I thanked Gov. Newsom yesterday for the tremendous news that he’s sending 120 California Highway Patrol officers to help Oakland fight crime.

I finished reading “Hella Town,” Mitchell Schwarzer’s book on the history of Oakland development. For those of us who have lived in Oakland a long time and are familiar with most of its roads and neighborhoods, it provides a fascinating glimpse into how we got our physical infrastructure.

You may not have been aware of it, but yesterday, in El Salvador, Nayib Bukele was re-elected president in a victory he described as “the biggest difference between first place and second place in the history" of democratic presidential elections anywhere.

Those advocating for reparations need to explain why such large majorities of Californians and Americans strongly oppose reparations, especially in the form of direct cash payments.

I’ve long said that disparities by race or ethnicity in police stops and imprisonments are due solely to the fact that some demographic groups commit crimes more than others.