Are Europe's Energy Problems a Preview of Things to Come in California

GV Wire | Kerry Jackson
October 3, 2022

As Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of climate bills that supercharge the rush to renewable energy, much of Europe was preparing for a winter shivering in the dark. Why does California think that the problems created by a reckless commitment to green energy elsewhere will bypass this state?
 

Crime in California and the Left/Right Divide
 

Right by the Bay | Steve Smith
October 7, 2022

Writing for the LA Times recently, columnist Anita Chabria calls Kern, Merced, and Tulare counties “Trump’s California” and describes Kern as first amongst the “the locales where your chance of being murdered is greatest.”  Merced and Tulare round out the top three.  She then contrasts them and their conservative district attorneys and sheriff with Contra Costa County and its progressive District Attorney Diana Becton. Yet, Contra Costa has an increasing homicide rate, but one that is lower than Kern, Merced, and Tulare.   Chabria considers this a victory.


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America's Homeless Capital
 

Right by the Bay | Steve Smith
October 5, 2022

According to USA by Numbers the center of homelessness in America isn’t New York, or Los Angeles, or even San Francisco.  It is relatively small Santa Cruz, California. Santa Cruz County has a population of 273,000 and according to a 2022 homeless census has 2,229 self-identified homeless residents for a rate of 852.9 per 100,000 – placing it at the top of a list of 15 cities nationally. Most of the homeless live within the city limits of Santa Cruz which has a population of just 65,000 and a corresponding high concentration of encampments.


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