This week in politics with Gary Dietrich: Feb. 7, 2023
CBS13 political analyst Gary Dietrich previews the President's State of the Union address and discusses a potential 2024 push from Biden for a second term.
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CBS13 political analyst Gary Dietrich previews the President's State of the Union address and discusses a potential 2024 push from Biden for a second term.
The California Public Utilities Commission is holding a hearing about the soaring cost of natural gas prices. Governor Newsom sent a letter to the commission asking for them to investigate whether there's been any market manipulation. The price of natural gas rose more than 300 percent over the past year. That has PG&E and other utility customers paying a premium just to heat their homes-.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed a planned high-stakes weekend diplomatic trip to China.
California could soon ban people from carrying guns in nearly all public places.
Over 1,000 people have pleaded guilty or have been convicted of federal charges of defrauding COVID-19 relief programs that Congress established early in the pandemic.
"Can we truly be free if families cannot make intimate decisions about the course of their own lives?" Harris said in a fiery speech before a crowd of 1,500 people in Florida.
Three active-duty Marines have been charged with participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
CBS13 political analyst Gary Dietrich joined us for a discussion after the President's visit to California on Thursday.
"I respectfully urge Congress to act promptly to protect the full faith and credit of the United States," Yellen wrote to congressional leaders.
President Joe Biden has made a historical pilgrimage to what he calls "America's freedom church" to mark Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.
State republicans are demanding Governor Newsom do more to prevent the recent rain from flowing right into the ocean.
Political Analyst Gary Dietrich talks about levee repairs, how the Governor may tackle homelessness, and Kevin McCarthy's position as House Speaker.
Republicans in Nassau County, New York, held a press conference Wednesday calling on the congressman to step down.
His attorneys identified the material when cleaning out office space at the center and immediately notified the White House counsel.
House Republicans approved a rules package for House Kevin McCarthy.
The visit is his first to the U.S.-Mexico border as president.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom may be fresh off a campaign victory, but on Friday he talked like a politician ready for a fight as he held up his state as a beacon of freedom amid what he called a "rising tide of oppression" in Republican-led states.
Right now, Kentucky has highest cost for 15-minute call, at $5.70, and $9.99 for cellphone call
Ovidio Guzmán, son of the imprisoned drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is an alleged drug trafficker wanted by the United States.
A new state law will require the Department of General Services to commission a report on the state's vacant buildings and their potential for re-use.
Local organizers in Washington say three buses of recent migrant families arrived from Texas near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris in record-setting cold on Christmas Eve.
Kari Lake asked a judge to either declare her the winner or order a revote in a key county.
Jury selection for the seditious conspiracy trial of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants will resume in early January after a holiday break.
Word of the agreements came on the same day Bankman-Fried was being flown back to the U.S. from the Bahamas to face fraud charges.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused a request from tobacco companies to stop California from enforcing a ban on flavored tobacco products that was overwhelmingly approved by voters in November.
