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    85°F
    Saturday, February 28th 2026

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    Breaking News

    Iran’s supreme leader has been killed during major attack, Trump says

    February 28, 2026 at 2:49 pm

    Opinion

    Featured

    The conceit of energy planning is driving up California’s gas prices

    High gas prices are shown as a pedestrian waits to cross the street in Los Angeles, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
    Without a policy reversal, families across the Golden State will face worsening affordability problems.
    High gas prices are shown as a pedestrian waits to cross the street in Los Angeles, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
    President Donald Trump exits the House Chamber after delivering the State of the Union address.

    Trump ditches ‘America First’ to put the American Empire first

    President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address.

    Veronique De Rugy: Why Trump’s tariffs are a losing game

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      Made in America, fired abroad — Washington’s bullets fuel chaos and blowback

    • Candidates for governor environmentalist Tom Steyer and Rep. Eric Swalwell attend a climate-focused forum with former U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra and former Rep. Katie Porter at Lineage Performing Arts Center in Pasadena on Wednesday evening, January 28, 2026. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

      Californians can’t afford Democrats’ ‘affordability’ agenda

    Editorials

    Tom Steyer, right, and Matt Mahan talk to attendees after the California gubernatorial candidate debate Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Laure Andrillon)

    Editorial: Tom Steyer should get his facts straight before attacking Prop. 13

    That won’t keep jobs in California, and it sure won’t make the state more affordable.
    • Editorial: OC cities jump on bandwagon to ban kratom

    • Editorial: State preschool plan is ruining the daycare market

    • Editorial: Read Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams for true clarity

    Opinion Columnists

    High gas prices are shown as a pedestrian waits to cross the street in Los Angeles, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

    The conceit of energy planning is driving up California’s gas prices

    Without a policy reversal, families across the Golden State will face worsening affordability problems.

    Letters to the Editor

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    Letters to the editor: Week of Feb. 15

    Mailbag
    • Letter: John Phillips is wrong. Mahan is California’s Beto O’Rourke.

    • Letters: Justice Bedsworth sounds the alarm on federal abuses

    • Letter: San Clemente’s creepy surveillance cameras

    Commentary

    Inmates at the California Institute for Men in Chino gather outside the newly opened Cal State LA’s Prison Graduation Initiative program building at the prison on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. The refurbished building at the prison has been transformed into the Cal State LA’s Prison Graduation Initiative program whcih is part of a state-wide effort to increase educational opportunities, reduce recidivism, and increase post-incarceration options for incarcerated people and to give them the path to a college degree. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

    Mass incarceration won’t make California safer — but the next governor can

    Safety isn’t about who can sound toughest at a press conference.
    • Walter Block: On birthright citizenship, Trump is simply wrong

    • David Hadley: Trump 2.0 one year in – successes amid the drama

    • Excessive litigation is a hidden tax on California households

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