Katy Grimes: Assemblyman Curt Hagman (R-Chino Hills) brought up a menacing subject during a committee hearing this week with the California Public Utility Commission. But he didn't get answers to his questions - just yet. Following the recent release of the Independent Review Panel’s repor...

John Seiler: Our CalWatchDog.com editor-in-chief Steven Greenhut posted a shocking a new column on LewRockwell.com, the most popular libertarian site on the Internet. Title: "But America IS a Police State." He specifically references the beating-to-death last month by Fullerton police of a har...

John Seiler: Jerry Brown no longer is "Gov. Moonbeam," for his high-tech, progressive ideas. Now, he's "Gov. Boondoggle" for stepping on the accelerator of the retrograde, ridiculously wasteful California High-Speed Rail Authority. Reported the Fresno Bee: In comments to The Bee's editorial b...

Steven Greenhut: The Orange County District Attorney's Office has confirmed that Christopher Hibbs, the Orange County Sheriff's Deputy prosecuted by the DA for excessive force after he repeatedly Tasered a handcuffed suspect in the back seat of a squad car, is back on the job after arbitration. The ...

Steven Greenhut: It's hard to find any reason to criticize this effort by Sen. Ted Lieu, per his office statement: Sen. Lieu pushes bill limiting CSU salaries and raises in wake of $100,000 raise, tuition hike SACRAMENTO – In the aftermath of California State University trustees granting a ...

John Seiler: The farther we get from the 2011-12 budget passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown seven weeks ago, the more it looks like the script for a fantasy movie by the previous governor. The latest, from the Bee: "Gov. Jerry Brown's Department of Finance said Tuesday t...