The context: In 1929 as the economy crashed, the original owners were forced to sell and Villa Aurora sat empty for years.

Thanks to progressives, California's now a medieval society of a few very wealthy on the cone of the period pyramid and everybody else below.

Labor and health care groups are collecting signatures to put a measure that would levy a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of about 200 billionaires in California.

In a letter to the editor, a Santa Cruz resident writes that California Gov. Gavin Newsom, held up as an example of how to deal with bullies, is a bully himself.