SEPT. 18, 2011 By ALLAN BARTLETT LOS ANGELES -- Ron Paul has ignited fires of liberty in California. "Ron Paul!" and "End the Fed!" chanted about 600 youthful supporters of presidential candidate Ron Paul on Saturday morning as he arrived at the Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live hotel. They ...

SEPT. 16, 2011 By JOHN SEILER These are propitious times for California Republicans as they meet this weekend at their state convention in Los Angeles. In last fall's election, they lost every statewide seat. And they barely held on to a minority of more than one third in both houses of the st...

SEPT. 16, 2011 By KATY GRIMES While cash-strapped California is cutting the state-funded health care safety net more aggressively than most other states, lawmakers continue to push for a government takeover of private-sector health care. Despite the failure of every government-mandated heal...

SEPT. 15, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Sept. 16 is X-Day in the Delta Smelt legal battle. I call tomorrow X-Day -- sort of like D-Day in World War II -- because it concerns the battle over X2 conditions in the California Delta. X1 Up to the early 20th century, X1 was made by nature and extended ha...