Rusty Strait

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SOME CANDIDATES WILL HAVE TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN IN NOVEMBER

Yogi Berra would be dancing at the ballot boxes if he were around today because, up and down the ballot, it will be déjà vu all over again in November around Southern California.

AMERICA’S ANGRY YOUNG MEN

I am not surprised at all the massacres at the hands of young men with firearms. They are not limited in race, color or ethnicity. However, the leading force is white young men. There are exceptions, of course. White young men are angry as hell and they are responding in a way to get attention. Believe me; they are getting the attention they attempt to draw.

CAN LIBERTARIAN JEFF HEWITT DO IT AGAIN?

Four years ago, Jeff Hewitt startled the political world when he upset Russ Bogh to win the office of Supervisor in Riverside County's Fifth District. He won as a Libertarian at a time when Libertarians were "also-rans."

DENI MAKES ANOTHER RUN FOR OFFICE

Deni Antionette Manzingo never gives up. This is her third try. She is a Democratic candidate, this time for the newly realigned Riverside County’s 5th Supervisory District. She is not alone in the position, and three others are in the race with her.

TIMES CHANGES AND SO SHOULD WE

Once upon a time, transportation was accomplished by foot. The next step was on the backs of animals. That gave way to wheels. Wheels spawned a movement for all generations thereafter. Carts, wagons, horse and buggy, rails, tin lizzies, sophisticated motor vehicles, planes and space ships.

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Fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison

Crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for a massive fraud on hundreds of thousands of customers that unraveled with the collapse of FTX, once one of the world’s most popular platforms for exchanging digital currency.

Why are so many dying in California jails?

More people are dying in California jails than they did before the pandemic, and it’s not because of COVID-19.

Why California Democrats are divided on retail theft bill

Legislators may be off for spring recess, but debates about their bills are still happening outside committee rooms.

California delays financial aid deadline over bungled FAFSA rollout

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed legislation extending the deadline for students to apply for state scholarships as problems continue to beset the Biden administration’s rollout of a simplified federal aid form.