Anna Shvets / Pexels LA County Sheriff Stands Up for Businesses, Won't Enforce Newsom's New Crackdown LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said his deputies will not take part in enforcing business closures ordered by Gov. Gavin Newsom. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal December 4, 2020
Gustavo Fring / Pexels LA Mayor's Order Literally Bans Walking Except for These 'Essential' People The Los Angeles mayor's new 'Safer at Home' order bans citizens from walking outside their homes with a list of exceptions. By Michael Austin, The Western Journal December 4, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr California Churches Score a Big Win as Supreme Court Scraps Ruling Upholding Newsom's COVID Restrictions The Supreme Court ordered a lower court to revisit a ruling against a California church, which is challenging a state restrictions on worship. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal December 3, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr LA Mayor Tells Residents To 'Cancel Everything' as Part of Extreme New COVID Rules Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti asked his city’s residents to stay home, avoid contact with others and ‘cancel everything.’ By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal December 3, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Newsom Ignores SCOTUS, Doubles Down on Religious Gathering Restrictions The state's limited stay-at-home order, which places strict limitations on religious services, will not extend to the film industry. By Elizabeth Stauffer, The Western Journal December 2, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Dem Mayor Caught Dining at French Laundry the Night after Newsom's Infamous Mid-Pandemic Soiree San Francisco Mayor London Breed confirmed earlier this week that she attended a party at the same exclusive restaurant Gavin Newsom did. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal December 2, 2020
'WJ Live': Trump Phones in to Fraud Hearing, Calls Out AZ Gov for 'Rushed' Election Certification Several Arizona legislators held a hearing on Monday to examine claims of election fraud in the state. Trump's legal team also attended. By The Western Journal December 1, 2020
Anthony Quintano / Flickr After Telling Citizens To 'Cancel Big Gatherings This Year,' CA Mayor Attends Thanksgiving Party San Jose’s Democratic mayor asked people to avoid Thanksgiving dinner, and then reportedly spent the holiday with his family. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal December 1, 2020
Fox News / Screen Shot LA County Supervisor Eats At Restaurant Hours After Voting To Ban Outdoor and Indoor Dining 'She did dine al fresco at Il Forno on the very last day it was permissible,' Barbara Osborn said in a statement. By Erin Coates, The Western Journal December 1, 2020
Kanaka Rastamon / Flickr Newsom's 'Small Business Saturday' Looks Like Pure Hypocrisy After What He's Done This Year California Gov. Gavin Newsom's tweet provoked an infuriated response on social media, given his restrictions in the name of controlling COVID-19. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal November 30, 2020
YouTube video screen shot CA Pastor Reclassifies Church as 'Strip Club' So That It Can Open for Services During COVID A Ventura County pastor has managed to find a way for his flock to meet using a rather secular loophole created by a court ruling. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal November 27, 2020
Andrea Hanks / Flickr Amy Coney Barrett May Turn the Tide Against Cuomo as Supreme Court Weighs His Church Restrictions A 5-4 decision in May could be reversed now that a conservative like Justice Amy Coney Barrett has been confirmed to the high court. By Joe Saunders, The Western Journal November 23, 2020
Russ Allison Loar / Flickr Fed-Up California Residents Defy Newsom's New Curfew with Mass Protest California residents responded to a new series of COVID lockdown measures with protests in several cities. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal November 23, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Actor Kevin Sorbo Tweets Stinging Message About Newsom's Unprecedented COVID Curfew California Gov. Gavin Newsom instituted the curfew on Thursday, which prohibits gatherings and nonessential work after 10 pm. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal November 21, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Multiple California Sheriffs Say They Will Not Enforce Gov. Newsom's New COVID Restrictions 'At this time, due to the need to have deputies available for emergency calls for service, deputies will not be responding to requests for face-coverings or social gatherings-only enforcement.' By Erin Coates, The Western Journal November 20, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr DNC Member Suggests 'Deprogramming' 75 Million Trump Supporters In a disturbing tweetstorm, he said Trump supporters should be shown footage of 'kids in cages' and 'COVID wards' to deprogram them. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal November 20, 2020
Element5 Digital / Pexels Voter Fraud Charge: 8,000 Fraudulent Voter Registration Applications from 2 Men in LA County From California comes a tale of an alleged voter fraud scheme that tried to get 8,000 fake voters registered. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal November 18, 2020
Marco Verch / Flickr Criminal Complaint: Pair Allegedly Submitted 8,000 Fraudulent Voter Applications for Homeless People Two Los Angeles men are being charged with allegedly forging voter applications in a local mayoral election and could face years in prison. By Cameron Arcand, The Western Journal November 17, 2020
John Ramspott / Flickr California Dems Preparing To Descend on Georgia for Senate Races, Prompt Pushback from Officials Flip the West, an organization that 'works to unseat Republicans,' has already filled over 7,500 phone bank shifts to make calls in Georgia. By Erin Coates, The Western Journal November 17, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr California Gov. Gavin Newsom Attends Party That Seems To Violate State's COVID Restrictions After his attendance at a gathering that appeared to violate the state's rules was publicized, Newsom said he made a mistake. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal November 13, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Trump Posts Video of Ballots Being Stuffed Into Bags, Asks 'Is This What Our Country Has Come To?' With counties already flipping to Trump, there's no telling how 'off' the numbers given to America on election night truly were. By Jared Harris, The Western Journal November 12, 2020