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Top stories and breaking (bad) news from across California.
Socal to Go Socialist?
The absolute last thing L.A. needs is a “housing advocate” that lets deadbeats squat in apartments and homes without ever paying rent. Actually, maybe we WOULD vote for Rae Huang for mayor if she can also give this deal to Los Angeles homeowners stuck paying their rent and mortgage payments like suckers.
Is Hollywood Going the Way of the Detroit Auto Industry?
This is a disaster for the industry that built Los Angeles. Even big stars can’t seem to make a movie successful anymore. Have video games, porn, and Tik Tok taken Tinsel Town down? Or is the problem more basic than this: the studios are giving audiences what studio executives WANT them to like, and not … Read more
WINNER: The Ugliest Building in L.A.
L.A. has its share of hideous architecure, but this one, the “Wrapper” building, may be the winner. Who greenlit this building? Who paid for it? The same people who think this building is lovely also hate President Trump’s new White House ballroom. Good taste in Los Angeles is in shorter supply than affordable single-family homes … Read more
The Death of Santa Monica: Peachy Keenan’s Latest Column for The Spectator
I was born in Santa Monica, California. So were four of my children. When I was little, Santa Monica was still a sleepy backwater with mom-and-pop stores, a quiet local beach that was never crowded and virtually zero crime. A place where murder or mayhem or even robbery were unthinkable. Then, sometime in the 1990s, … Read more
WORST CHRISTMAS EVER: Silicon Valley Dems Jump for Joy After Raising Sales Tax to 9.75%
How are local politicians and the people they represent different? Politicians literally leap into the air and cheer and high-five when they pass a tax increase; voters cry when they see a new tax increase. We supposed we’d cheer to if a tax increase would help us win our next election. There’s one natural resource … Read more