Daily Business Report: Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Artillery misfire over I-5 during Marine celebration hits VP Vance security detail
By Staff & Wire Reports | Times of San Diego
Ordnance fired over Interstate 5 at yesterday’s 250th anniversary of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton prematurely detonated, striking and damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle that was part of Vice President JD Vance’s detail, the CHP said Sunday.
The incident happened in the area where CHP officers were supporting a traffic break along I-5, which had briefly been ordered closed by Caltrans during the live-fire exercise in a decision that became a political hot point, with Gov. Gavin Newsom criticizing the Trump administration for holding the display, and Newsom drawing criticism himself for the freeway closure.
“This was an unusual and concerning situation,” CHP Border Division Chief Tony Coronado said Sunday. “It is highly uncommon for any live-fire or explosive training activity to occur over an active freeway. As a Marine myself, I have tremendous respect for our military partners, but my foremost responsibility is ensuring the safety of the people of California and the officers who protect them.”
Leaving California: Interviews With Californians Who Moved To Greener Pastures
By Katy Grimes | California Globe
What could possibly make someone leave Laguna Niguel and Coachella Valley, California for a move to Goodyear, Arizona? According to our latest interview with Barri on Leaving California, California’s highest-in-the-country cost-of-living, and “quality of life.”
Everyone is piling on California these days, and for many valid reasons. California is always ranked as one of the worst states in the country in which to run a business, while many other states are ranked at the top of the chart. People leave because of the exorbitantly high cost of living, leftist politics, and ever encroaching government.
California even ranks as one of the bottom five least free states – a dismal 48th – on CATO Institute’s Freedom in the 50 States ranking. New Hampshire, Florida, South Dakota, Nevada, and Arizona are the five freest states in the country.
Sacramento Report: Redistricting on the Brain
By Nadia Lathan | Voice of San Diego
As Nov. 4 nears, spending from supporters and opponents of Proposition 50 has drawn more attention as campaign dollars continue to grow.
Thirty-second ads featuring former President Barack Obama urging voters to check “yes” in favor of Proposition 50 and arguing that “democracy is on the ballot” hit screens this week as thousands of mail ballots continue to be turned in.
Proposition 50 – the ballot measure seeking to redraw the state’s U.S. House maps temporarily to give Democrats more seats in Congress – has continued to amass a lopsided amount of money and starpower on the “yes” side in the final days leading up to Election Day amid a fractured “no” response.
