October 27, 2013 (Lakeside) – “It started as a single flame in rugged, remote backcountry…The perfect alignment of extreme weather, fire weather and circumstances quickly transformed that flame into...

SACRAMENTO — Senators Joel Anderson of La Mesa and Mark Wyland of Solana Beach were among Republicans who earned a 100 percent rating from the California Taxpayers Association. Most local Democrats...

SACRAMENTO — Illegal immigrants living in California will be eligible to apply for driver’s licenses under a law signed on Thursday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, in the latest action to expand...

California legislators recently signed AB 60, allowing about 1.4 million undocumented immigrants the right to obtain a California driver’s license. “My father was stopped and detained for driving...

September 28, 2013 (Lakeside) – On the tenth anniversary of the Cedar Fire, community leaders and fire survivors will gather to dedicate a historic memorial commemorating the worst wildfire in...

SACRAMENTO, Sept 25 (Reuters) - California has become the first state in the nation to commit to raising the minimum wage to $10 per hour, with the increase to take place gradually through the start...

A sold-out group of 200, that included many Ramonans, attended Assemblyman Brian Jones’s (R-Santee) 3rd Annual 2nd Amendment Awareness Event Saturday, Sept. 21, to support and celebrate Constitution...

Breaking new ground in the state-level battle over firearms, the Democratic-dominated California state legislature has taken gun control into uncharted territory with a flurry of new bills that target...

The time has come for many Ramona residents to pay the much disputed $150 "rural fire prevention fee" again, even while a class action lawsuit is underway that challenges the fee as an illegal tax...

SACRAMENTO — California Democrats this year advanced an aggressive agenda to expand immigrant rights with support from a handful of Republicans intent on rebuilding the party’s image among Latinos...