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Gavin Newsom threatens Californians looking to reform the state’s pro-crime legal system. The Southern Poverty Law Center says a Sacramento parent-rights organization is a “hate group.” An Orange County judge temporarily ends the pro-Hamas UAW strikes on University of California campuses. Music by Metalachi.

Lance Christensen looks back at school closures during Covid in the light of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s congressional testimony this week. In the second segment, Will investigates UC Irvine’s capitulation to campus Hamas supporters in the sudden departure of lecturer Rabbi Daniel Levine. Music by Metalachi.

Meet the clean-energy project that requires the destruction of thousands of Joshua trees. San Diego-based Rubio’s workers get pink-slipped following the state-imposed wage hike that was supposed to help them. New bill would allow undocumented college students to work on campus. University of California teaching assistants organized by UAW strike for Hamas. Bonus: Eighty-seven years ago, the Golden Gate Bridge opened to the splash of its first suicide. Music by Metalachi.

State senator Susan Eggman is a progressive who says she’s had it with progressives. Gavin Newsom discovers the harsh realities of math. UC Irvine bows to pro-Hamas activists. CalPERS threatens Exxon at shareholder event, then runs and hides. Bonus tracks: Lance Christensen reports on the Assembly’s latest effort to keep parents out of schools. Oil industry expert Hank Muddmann on California’s trouble with energy. Music by Metalachi.

Reparations generates more crime, and the victims are almost always black. Gavin Newsom breaks his “no new taxes” pledge while making it. Caught making a deal with pro-Hamas student radicals, Sonoma State president Mike Lee decides he’d like to spend more time with family. UC Santa Cruz “academic workers” fronting for Hamas face a remarkably resolute university administration. Left and right meet in their contempt for income-based utility bills. California Policy Center’s Lance Christensen analyzes the teachers' union’s budget battle with Gavin Newsom, and National Review art critic Brian T. Allen discusses the California arts scene, from missions to metallurgy. Music by Metalachi.

Facing an historic budget crisis, campus violence, and new charges of billions lost through homelessness and unemployment fraud, Gavin Newsom leaves the country for a performance at the Vatican. Music by Metalachi.