An audience member expresses their view with a sign during a school board meeting on July 18, 2023, in Temecula. It looks like California state leaders won the latest battle against a conservative school board in Riverside County over highly contested social studies learning material. The sentiment from some board members and parents mirrors conservative backlash that’s played out at school districts across the nation, including in Southern California. “If these extremist school board members won’t do their job, we will — and fine them for their incompetence,” Newsom said via Twitter this month. Los Angeles TimesCalifornia continues to struggle with the proliferation of “ghost guns,” according to a report from Atty.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 24, 2023 16:35 UTC