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Rest in Peace Robert Duvall
Opinion and Commentary By Donna Westfall – February 17, 2026 One of the greats of our time passed away yesterday in his home in Middleburg, Virginia. I can’t think of any movie he was in that I didn’t like. He was born in San Diego, California. He served two years in the Army and when…
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“No Thank You, Congressman”
The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Crescent City Times.com By Kevin Kiley – February 16, 2026 After overturning Newsom’s insane gas-car ban, we’re now going to cut his insanely high gas tax. I am introducing the Gas Tax Reduction Act to place a national limit on state…
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WE WERE LOCKED IN AT WALMART!
Opinion and Commentary By Donna Westfall – February 16, 2026 First thing this morning we ate breakfast and then it was off to Walmart to shop. 10:33 am, lights went out. We were encouraged to get to the registers asap as they would stop working in 15 minutes. Well, we were the last one in…
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CALIFORNIA COMMENTARY: Local sales tax hikes are coming soon
The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Crescent City Times.com By Jon Coupal – February 16, 2026 As this column has noted on numerous occasions, California’s state sales tax rate of 7.25% is the highest in the nation. When the local sales tax rates are included, the…
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Stop the Mileage Tax
The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Crescent City Times.com By Carl DeMaio, Chairman- February 11, 2026 Important Briefing TODAY at NOON Block the CA Mileage Tax! Go to: info@reformcalifornia.org to register CA Democrats are pushing an outrageous new MILEAGE TAX that would tax you 6-9 cents for every…
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CALIFORNIA COMMENTARY: Why even bother with a state budget?
The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Crescent City Times.com By Jon Coupal Understandably, very few citizens of California follow closely the state budget process which, for the 2026-27 fiscal year, just kicked off with the release of the Governor’s proposal. Of course, part of that…
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OMG! Seniors exempted from paying property taxes?
Opinion and Commentary By Donna Westfall – February 7, 2026 For several months I’ve been reading snippets about whether or not seniors could be exempted from paying property taxes. This morning I read and reacted to an email. Author Jenny Huh from ABC10 was on a video and wrote an article dated February 6th with…
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BREAKING NEWS: WEIRD ACCIDENT ON “J” STREET
By Donna Westfall – February 6, 2026 5:15 pm – Pictures by Doug Westfall Two Sheriff’s vehicles pulled up in front of our curb. A fire engine blocked the road. The ambulance company is right across the street. What happened? Nobody seems to know exactly, but a car flipped over and rammed into two other…
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HISTORIC NEWS: DOW JONES HITS 50,000
Opinion and Commentary By Donna Westfall – February 6, 2026 What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)? It’s an index. In 1896, journalist Charles Dow and his business partner, statistician Edward Jones developed this tool to track the health of the American economy. Initially, they chose 12 industrial stocks. What you may not know…