National City, California voted to write up rules that would outlaw retail pet sales on Tuesday. According to Fox 5 San Diego, California state law requires that cats and dogs can only be sold in stores that are obtained by state-sanctioned animal rescues. Presently, there are only two pet stores left in National City: Puppy…
BY CHUCK MCFADDEN POSTED 05.20.2019 Capitol Weekley Once again, the stage is being set for a multi-pronged battle in California between environmentalists and the Trump administration. On May 9, the federal government announced plans to open 725,500 acres of public lands on California’s Central Coast and the Bay Area to new oil and gas drilling.…
BY CONNOR RICHARDS / MAY 21, 2019 – Peninsula Press Mike Weber starts his days early at the family-owned egg farm, Weber Family Farms, in Petaluma, a North Bay city where poultry processing makes up 1.7% of all employment. As one of the facility’s owners, his younger brother is the other owner, Weber is responsible…
People for the Extortion, Torture and Abuse of Human beings (PETA) picked on the wrong guy this time. The human hate group singled out internet personality and professional gambler Dan Bilzerian recently for feeding his Kodiak bear, Tag, at a 4/20 party he held at his ranch recently. PETA filed false complaints with the California…
The Centers for Disease Control has reported that almost 700 measles cases have been reported in 22 states and, according to NPR, is the largest amount of cases nationwide since 2000 when the disease was declared beaten. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar was quoted by NPR as saying measles outbreaks are avoidable if…
A guest opinion editorial published last week in The New York Times made some startling assertions. The authors, Scott Wiener (a California legislator) and Daniel Kammen (a Berkeley professor), attempt to make the case that denser public housing and transportation would reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Both authors also state that low-density, single-family-home zoning is effectively…
Los Angeles dockworkers are up in arms over increased automation that will soon come to the Port of Los Angeles in the form of driverless electric cargo trucks. According to the Associated Press, a hearing Thursday held by the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners resulted in union members, local business owners and activists attending.…
