http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ca/ en-us Mon, 6 Oct 2008 01:45:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098356/posts High School's Ban of American Flags Has Students Outraged Oct 1, 2008 By Jeff Gatlin San Benito High School students Jared Ballinger, left, and Abraham Enriquez were told they could not fly the flag on campus. Photo by: Nick Lovejoy, The Free Lance HOLLISTER, CA San Benito High School senior Jared Ballinger, who has completed basic training in the Army Reserve's Alternate Training Program and is set to finish advanced training after graduation, was driving around the campus parking lot this week with an American flag flying from the back of his truck when a school counselor flagged him down.... Hollister, CA FreeLanceNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098356/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 01:45:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097702/posts Scroll down a bit for pix and report from rally at Carson, CA Ace od Spades Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097702/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 01:04:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097225/posts OJ Simpson jury to announce decision tonight in Las Vegas at 10pm Pacific. KFI in Los Angeles http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097225/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 04:47:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2089874/posts Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this afternoon outlawed text-messaging while driving. He signed legislation banning drivers from sending, writing or reading messages on electronic devices starting in January. LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2089874/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:28:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089288/posts It's like some sort of spy novel gone bad where the Soviet Agents are somehow the good guys. A grocery store worker and union member that makes over $20 an hour "quits" his job and starts a job in another grocery store making only $10 an hour just so he can cajole his new workplace into joining the union from the inside, pretending to be one of them. In fact, the union "supplements" this activist's pay while he invades the other store to agitate for unions there. At issue is the organizing of the Fresh & Easy grocery chain in... publiusforum.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089288/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:23:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079335/posts Brad Johnson with his patriotic banners San Diego, Sep 10, 2008 / 07:51 am (CNA).- A federal judge ruled on Friday that a San Diego high school teacher has a free speech right to display patriotic banners in his classroom with messages such as “God Bless America,” “In God We Trust,” and “One Nation Under God.” School officials had ordered the banners removed on the grounds they promoted a “Judeo-Christian” viewpoint.Brad Johnson, a high school math teacher, had displayed such red, white and blue banners in his Poway Unified School District high school for twenty-five years before they were... CNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079335/posts#comment Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:49:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085778/posts "Authorities are sweeping the Truckee area looking for explosives that were reported stolen from near Interstate 80 early Wednesday morning. The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the theft of the explosives, or for the recovery of the material. “Anytime explosives are stolen there is a concern,” said Nevada County Sheriff Keith Royal, explaining the federal agency’s response and reward offer. Royal said the vault containing the explosives was “forcibly entered.” Sierra Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085778/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:17:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081237/posts Fatalities confirmed, passenger train VS freight train, head on. Very brutal collision, video of rescues being aired now. FOX channel 11 LA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081237/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:55:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2065435/posts SAN DIEGO, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The University of San Diego has withdrawn its offer of an endowed chair to a Catholic feminist scholar who supports abortion rights. The announcement that Rosemary Radford Ruether had been appointed to the Monsignor John R. Portman Chair in Roman Catholic Theology was greeted with dismay by many Catholic and anti-abortion groups, the San Diego Union-Tribune said Wednesday. Ruether sits on the board of Catholics for a Free Choice.University spokeswoman Patricia Gray Payton said that one person who did not object was the anonymous benefactor who endowed the chair."Her public position and the symbol... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2065435/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:56:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054682/posts Thousands laid off in California The governor said he had not taken his decision lightly Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California has moved to end a budget crisis by sacking 22,000 state workers and ordering pay cuts for 200,000. The most populous state in the US faces a budget deficit of more than $15bn (£7.6bn), and legislators are struggling to agree a spending plan. The cuts, which will save $100m a month, are designed to put pressure on politicians to end the budget crisis. But a leading official in the state challenged the decision to cut pay. California has one... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054682/posts#comment Fri, 1 Aug 2008 03:12:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054274/posts Cash Infusion for 'Protect Marriage' Group Thursday, July 31, 2008 By Susan Jones, Senior Editor (CNSNews.com) - A conservative advocacy group is giving half-a-million dollars to the organization that is leading the fight to protect marriage in California. The American Family Association said the $500,000 donation comes from "years of savings." In a message to supporters, AFA acknowledged its "obligation to be good stewards of the gifts given to this ministry. We don’t buy anything on credit. We have no debt. We are careful to make sure your gifts are used wisely. We are very frugal with your gifts." AFA... Click here for story http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054274/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:38:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2053644/posts The wall footings, foundation and floor of the oldest Christian house of worship in California were found during grading work on Monterey's San Carlos Cathedral on Monday. The "third chapel" of the Royal Presidio of Monterey was a rectangular adobe building located directly in front of the present stone church, according to archaeologist Ruben Mendoza of CSU-Monterey Bay. The chapel was built in 1772 after the first two chapels — a lean-to made of brush and a later log pole structure with a thatched roof — burned down. Historian Gary Breschini, writing on the Monterey County Historical Society Web site,... Monterey Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2053644/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:51:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2053410/posts The Sacramento Bee reports that California State Senator Don Perarta has called off a budget vote, largely because he can’t find more than 25 votes to pass a $9.7 Billion tax increase. Meanwhile, the California Democratic Party has donated $250,000 to help Don Perata pay off his legal bills, as the Senate Democratic leader continues to rack up expenses fending off an ongoing FBI corruption investigation. Time to blow up the box, Arnold. Halfway to Concord http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2053410/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:00:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052154/posts As California goes, so the nation? Let’s hope not.Thought this was worth posting in its entirety, c/o WSJ.–California as No. 1 July 17, 2008; Page A14 Wall Street JournalNew York City has long been the highest tax jurisdiction in the United States, but California politicians are proposing to steal that brass tiara. California faces a $15 billion budget deficit and Democrats who rule the state Legislature have proposed closing the gap with a $9.7 billion tax hike on business and “the rich.” There’s a movie that describes this idea: Clueless. The plan would raise the top marginal income tax rate... California Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052154/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:35:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051843/posts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CSU Dominguez Hills to Host Town Hall on State Budget WHAT: State Budget Town Hall WHEN: Tuesday, July 29, 6 p.m. WHERE: Loker Student Union, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson (Carson, CA)— On Tuesday, July 29 – five weeks into the state’s fiscal year – California State University, Dominguez Hills will host a community town hall on the state budget stalemate with Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) and local representative Assemblyman Warren Furutani (D-Carson). Scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., the event will take place in the Dominguez Ballroom at the... CSU Dominguez Hills Press Release #DH 08 ABS44 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051843/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:06:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051565/posts Your daily routine -- switching on a light, cooking a meal, driving down the street -- would generate less greenhouse gases under a first-of-its-kind regional strategy to curb global warming unveiled Wednesday at the state Capitol in Salem. The strategy emerged from the Western Climate Initiative, an alliance of Western states -- including Oregon and Washington -- and Canadian provinces trying to jump ahead of any federal move to regulate greenhouse gases. Large utility companies and factory owners would feel the effects first, followed by fuel distributors, as they face limits on their greenhouse gas emissions. Individual Oregonians would not... OregonLive http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051565/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:45:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050346/posts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Media inquiries: contact@aipnc.com Fenton, MI – July 23, 2008 – In a statement released today by America’s Independent Party, Chairman Tom Hoefling welcomed California’s American Independent Party to the growing ranks of AIP state affiliates. Hoefling, commenting in the wake of a statement from the office of the California Secretary of State recognizing Edward C. Noonan as the rightful chairman of the American Independent Party and the legitimacy of the actions of the July 5th State Convention in Sacramento, said, “We gratefully accept the AIP State Central Committee’s decision to affiliate nationally with us. We share a... America's Independent Party http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050346/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:29:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049637/posts Drill for oil off the California coast? ( )Yes, need all the domestic supplies we can get ( )No, just look at Santa Barbara's beaches ( )A limited amount in most promising fields Current results (4:13pm Pacific time): 573 votes: Yes: 33% No: 62% Limited: 6% SF Gate (San Francisco Chronicle) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049637/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:23:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045334/posts KGO Poll: The White House says President Bush is planning to lift an executive ban on offshore oil drilling, a move that by itself will not lead to more drilling off America's coastlines. Question: If California offshore oil drilling could dramatically lower the cost of fuel at the pump, would you be okay with it? Current Results: Yes 48% No 52% KGO Newstalk Radio,San Francisco, AM810 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045334/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:32:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043713/posts Dust storms that fouled Kern County’s air in May could mean months of delay for two major Kern County freeway projects. A project to widen Highway 46 from Holloway Road west to Highway 33 at Blackwells Corner will almost certainly be delayed for five months or more, said Ron Brummett, executive director of the Kern Council of Governments. And the Westside Parkway in Bakersfield, a freeway that’s to run west from a point near Highway 99 to Heath Road, might also be delayed if dickering over air quality standards goes on too long. The Environmental Protection Agency, Brummett said, is... The Bakersfield Californian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043713/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:46:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033056/posts Old Glory Radio Interview with Brian Brown, Executive Director for the National Organization For Marriage. Old Glory Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033056/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:49:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2032222/posts Bishops in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Archdiocese have reiterated that they "cannot approve of redefining marriage" as anything but the union of "a man and a woman in a committed relationship" as same-sex couples prepare to marry in California. The brief statement, signed by Cardinal Roger Mahony and his six auxiliary bishops, was issued hours before California counties were to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples under a ruling of the California Supreme Court. The court ordered the ruling to become final on June 16 at 5pm. Condemning "all forms of violence, scorn and hatred - whether subtle... Total Catholic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2032222/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:49:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2031220/posts The recent liturgy of ordination to the diaconate honored the ministry of presence which is primary to the vocation of permanent deacons. Nineteen men were ordained as permanent deacons at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angles June 7 before a congregation of more than 2,500 faithful. During the nearly three-hour liturgy, Cardinal Roger Mahony, main celebrant, prayed for the blessings of the Holy Spirit to be poured forth on this class of deacons known as St. Ignatius. "May there abound in them every Gospel virtue," said the cardinal, "love, concern for the sick and poor, unassuming authority, the... The Tidings http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2031220/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:12:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025712/posts As former Rep. Doug Ose and State Senator Tom McClintock battle it out for the Republican nomination to succeed retiring Rep. John Doolittle today, a new survey for their soon-to-be Democratic rival shows what is likely to be a second difficult race for anyone campaigning in the suburban Sacramento district. The poll, conducted by Benenson Strategy Group for former Air Force pilot Charlie Brown's campaign, was taken 5/14-15 and surveyed 400 likely general election voters for a margin of error of +/- 5%. Brown, Ose and McClintock were tested. RealClearPolitics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025712/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 08:37:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025065/posts ... Barack Obama had the Clifornia Democratic Convention spellbound for 23 minutes as he appeared with state Majority Leader Gloria Romero, State Assembly Majority Leader Karen Bass, and San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris and urged them and all Californians to "turn the page for hope" and to write the next chapter in history... California Progress Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025065/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:42:55 GMT