CORCORAN, Calif. —   Just west of this normally dusty prison town, a civic nightmare is unfolding: Tulare Lake, a body of water that did not exist just two months ago, now stretches to the horizon — a vast, murky sea in…

A handful of tough-on-crime measures targeting the ongoing fentanyl crisis were set to be ignored in 2023. GOP lawmakers balked over the carnage caused by inaction. In a surprise move, the California Assembly Public Safety Committee will hold a hearing…

On Tuesday the Temporary Evacuation Point and Shelter, TEPS, was successfully transitioned from Porterville College to the Porterville Army National Guard Armory at the corner of Olive and Plano. The TEPS at the PC gym opened on March 10 as…

The California Assembly recently shot down a GOP-backed bill increasing sexual assault criminal penalties California Assembly Republicans torched the Democrats on the chamber’s Public Safety Committee for opposing a bill to raise penalties for “raping a disabled child.” The Golden State lower…

By: Assemblyman Devon J. Mathis Working families in this country are struggling due to the high costs of everyday goods. With inflation raging due to Washington’s reckless policies and burdensome regulations, California legislators should be doing everything we can to…