Tag: Californias

Stanford Professor Behind California’s New Equity-Focused Math Curriculum Accused of Bogus Citations – HotAir

Someone should really make a documentary about this. A “rock-star” Stanford Education professor who helped inspire math de-tracking in San Francisco and who subsequently helped re-write the California math curriculum with an emphasis on equity has been accused of dozens of cases of “citation misrepresentation.”  A Stanford University professor, whose research was credited with inspiring […]

California’s Miracle Hot Springs closed after another death

The Miracle Hot Springs in California’s Sequoia National Forest closed indefinitely after a second person was found dead in two years, the U.S. Forest Service announced this week. The body appeared floating in the springs on Feb. 17. Officials didn’t identify the deceased. For years, people used rock-and-mortar tubs built at the springs to relax […]

Judge Roger Benitez reverses himself, rules that California’s ban on billy clubs is unconstitutional

SAN DIEGO — A federal judge struck down a California law banning possession of club-like weapons, reversing his previous ruling from three years ago that upheld the prohibition on billy clubs, batons and similar blunt objects. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez ruled last week that the prohibition “unconstitutionally infringes the Second Amendment rights of American […]

California’s Insurance Situation Still Getting Worse – HotAir

Last year I wrote a couple posts about the decline of the California insurance market. Major insurers like State Farm and Allstate announced they would continue doing business with existing customers but wouldn’t write any new policies. Farmers Insurance said they would cap the number of new policies they would write per month. Those are three […]