Tucker Carlson Tonight: The slow, painful death of California. You may have noticed we often make fun of California on "Tucker Carlson Tonight," but we're not really joking. California matters, and not just because it's our biggest state. What happens there is, at some point, almost certain to happen where you live. Find a national trend that didn't begin in California. There may be some, but there aren't many. If you want to know the future, or if you want to prevent it, look west. With that in mind, here's the bottom line: California is falling apart. Over the course of the last several decades, California has gone from one of the richest places in the world to the poorest state in our country. More than a third of its population hovers around the poverty line. Even before COVID, more than four million Californians were collecting food stamps. More than 150,000 people in California are homeless. They're living on the streets, in parks, under overpasses, in tents on the sidewalk.

Minnesota -- SHOCKING footage of some rather serious hydro wires arcing during a blizzard tonight.

Tucker Carlson Tonight: Lord Fauci Day. Fauci is the high priest of the Covid cult. A paper mask is his sacred garment. Cable television is his pulpit. The people of Washington bow before Father Fauci. They throw their Patagonia fleeces before him to ease his way as he passes. They consider him holy. Now, the city’s mayor, Murial Bowser, has made it official. Bowser has declared December 24th —formerly the date of a notable Christian holiday — “Doctor Anthony S. Fauci Day.”

🔥 Creek Fire! *New start* 300+ acres in light-medium fuels with a moderate rate of spread backed by northerly winds. Potential for a large extended attack incident. No structures threatened at this time. The fire has burned well into Camp Pendleton.

Bosnia and Herzegovina. A huge blaze broke out in the Lipa refugee camp located near the Croatian border. The fire destroyed the temporary shelter that was designed to house the refugees living there since last March.

⚠️🔥 UPD: Creek Fire: (Fallbrook, San Diego Co) - Evacuations being started for the area around Lake O'Neill, including the De Luz housing area. Moving staging + ICP to the Albertsons in Fallbrook.

San Bernardino PD: Officers conducted an investigation as they followed tips of someone selling illegal drugs. They searched the home and located these items. Suspects were felons and some firearms were reported stolen. Suspects were arrested, narcotics were collected and firearms were confiscated.

Today family and friends remember the lives of Mike Chiapperini and Tomasz Kaczowka in an early morning vigil at the memorial site. The firefighters were killed during an Christmas Eve ambush attack off Lake RD in Webster in 2012.

CA. On October 31, 3 Men Shot Up a Strip Club With AK-47s After being Kicked Out For Not Wearing A Mask, 2 Face Life Sentences.

WARNING! GRAPHIC CONTENT! Columbus Police(OH) have released the officer body-cam video from this recent officer-involved #shooting of a suspect holding a phone. This is the body camera footage from the Officer Involved Shooting on December 22, 2020, resulting in the death of Andre Hill.Officer has been placed on administrative leave.