Joel B. Pollak

Coronavirus tests are "nearly impossible" to find in the San Francisco Bay Area, thanks to a surge in demand, a labor shortage, and the failure of the Biden administration to plan ahead for a potential winter surge in COVID-19 cases.

Quinton de Kock, the former South African cricket captain who refused to kneel for his country's national anthem in solidarity with the radical left-wing Black Lives Matter movement, retired suddenly from the cricket world last week.

While vaccines and masks would prevent many cases, they do not prevent all transmission and would not stop all of the roughly 750,000 new cases per day.

Democrats used this week to hype the anniversary of the January 6 riot at the Capitol, but they were quietly, inadvertently burying one of the worst ideas in American politics: that "socioeconomic rights" should be guaranteed by the government.

Twenty percent of public school teachers in San Francisco skipped school on Thursday to protest the reopening of schools in the district in the midst of the coronavirus wave, and to complain about what they say are inadequate safety measures.

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) claimed Thursday on Fox News'Special Report that she is the "ranking member" of theU.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, in an apparent effort to defend the committee's subpoenas against legal challenges.

Democrats led a four-year insurrection against democracy with their false Russia collusion claims, their objections in Congress, their riots, and their phony impeachments.

The Beverly Hills City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to support recall efforts aimed at Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, whose "criminal justice reform" efforts coincide with a violent crime wave.

Vice President Kamala Harris kicked off the Biden administration's remarks on the first anniversary of the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot by comparing it to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Police and detective unions are blasting radical arrest and sentencing reforms announced this week by newly-inaugurated Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who issued a memo barring detention and incarceration except for homicide and a few other crimes.

Teachers in the San Francisco Unified Schools District (SFUSD) are planning a "sickout" on Thursday to protest what they say is the district's failure to protect them from the omicron strain of the coronavirus, which is now surging in the state.

The husband of Orange County Deputy District AttorneyKelly Ernby, who opposed vaccine mandates publicly and died of coronavirus earlier this week, was not vaccinated against the illness, according to comments by her husband on social media.

Some Democrats are using the anniversary of last year's Capitol riot on January 6 to launch an effort to win the 2022 midterm elections by disqualifying Republicans who supported the effort to challenge the 2020 elections results as "insurrectionists.

The California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) has adopted water restrictions that include potential fines of $500, warning that the state is not free from a two-year drought despite heavy rains and record-setting snowfall in December.

Los Angeles County, still in the midst of a surge in violent crime, will suspend all criminal trials for two weeks due to the challenge of dealing with the omicron variant of the coronavirus, according to presiding county Judge Eric Taylor.

Newly-installed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg instructed staff on Monday that his office will not seek pre-trial detention or prison sentences for crimes other than homicide, public corruption, and a few other exceptional cases.

First Lady Jill Biden will travel to Kentucky on Thursday alongside federal officialsto meet and comfort those most impacted bythe deadly tornadoes that tore through the state last month.

"Well this is partly, you know, the pound of beef today costs 5 bucks compared to less than 4 bucks before the pandemic," the president continued.

EAGLE PASS, Texas — 200 mostly Central American migrants attempted to cross into the United States over the Camino Real International Bridge with hopes of presenting asylum claims.

The State of California has had more rain this winter than in the previous 12 months, according to the National Weather Service.