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Oga’s Cantina will close for at least six weeks at Disneyland ahead of a major overhaul of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge that will bring a younger proprietor to the hive of scum and villainy and new music to the alien cocktail bar’s soundtrack. Disneyland will close Oga’s Cantina from Tuesday, Jan. 20 through at least early March for an extended refurbishment with no reopening date yet announced. Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscribe here. ALSO SEE: Disneyland brings Darth Vader, Han Solo and Princess Leia to Galaxy’s Edge The Oga’s Cantina refurbishment will last much longer than initially announced. The original 5-day closure has now been expanded to at least six weeks. Disneyland teams will perform standard maintenance during the closure of Oga’s and make some of the updates related to the upcoming expansion of the Star Wars timeline coming to Galaxy’s Edge on April 29. Patrons at Oga’s Cantina during opening day at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, May 31, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Oga’s Cantina opened in 2019 along with the rest of Galaxy’s Edge as the first place in Disneyland to serve alcohol outside of the mysterious, private and exclusive Club 33 in New Orleans Square. Oga’s was designed to be reminiscent of the Mos Eisley cantina in the original 1977 “Star Wars” movie while still retaining its own unique character. ALSO SEE: Disneyland adds John Williams’ Star Wars score to Galaxy’s Edge Oga’s Cantina stopped offering reservations in August and transitioned to walk-up availability only as the popularity of the Star Wars bar waned after years of hard-to-get bookings. Patrons at Oga’s Cantina during opening day at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, May 31, 2019. . (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Walt Disney Imagineering will expand the Star Wars timeline in Disneyland’s Galaxy’s Edge starting on April 29 to include the original trilogy of movies. The storytelling shift will have a ripple effect throughout the Star Wars themed land — including Oga’s Cantina. The exterior of Oga’s Cantina at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Oga Garra will still run the cantina, but the proprietor will now be relatively new to Black Spire Outpost in the expanded timeline and yet to take control of the Batuu underworld as the local crime boss, according to the revised backstory for the bar. The infectious Benny Goodman-esque “Cantina Band #1” by Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes heard in the original 1977 “Star Wars” movie will join the playlist inside Oga’s Cantina. An R-3X droid spins music at Oga’s Cantina at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Fans have been clamoring for an animatronic version of Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes to replace droid DJ R-3X — but don’t expect that to happen. Walt Disney Imagineering officials have said that the closure of the Rise of the Resistance attraction starting on Jan. 20 will be for an extended refurbishment. The attraction’s storyline will not be updated to reflect the upcoming Star Wars timeline expansion. Related Articles Disneyland dropped plans for 5 missions aboard Millennium Falcon ride, report says When will Disneyland add Star Wars prequel characters to Galaxy’s Edge? Disneyland adds John Williams’ Star Wars score to Galaxy’s Edge Disneyland brings Darth Vader, Han Solo and Princess Leia to Galaxy’s Edge Disney turned down Tomorrowland makeover proposed for Disneyland, report says

By Alan Greenblatt, KFF Health News When one of Adam Burkhammer’s foster children struggled with hyperactivity, the West Virginia legislator and his wife decided to alter their diet and remove any foods that contained synthetic dyes. “We saw a turnaround in his behavior, and our other children,” said Burkhammer, who has adopted or fostered 10 kids with his wife. “There are real impacts on real kids.” The Republican turned his experience into legislation, sponsoring a bill to ban seven dyes from food sold in the state. It became law in March, making West Virginia the first state to institute such a ban from all food products. The bill was among a slew of state efforts to regulate synthetic dyes. In 2025, roughly 75 bills aimed at food dyes were introduced in 37 states, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Related Articles Vance and Rubio set to attend Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Italy. Trump isn’t on the list US Catholic cardinals urge Trump administration to embrace a moral compass in foreign policy Hawaii’s strict gun law faces Supreme Court scrutiny in landmark case AP Source: Fed Chair Powell to attend Supreme Court argument on Cook case As faith in the US fades a year into Trump 2.0, Europe tries to end a reliance on American security Chemical dyes and nutrition are just part of the broader “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. Promoted by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., MAHA ideas have made their deepest inroads at the state level, with strong support from Republicans — and in some places, from Democrats. The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program — created last year as part of the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act to expand health care access in rural areas — offers incentives to states that implement MAHA policies. Federal and state officials are seeking a broad swath of health policy changes, including rolling back routine vaccinations and expanding the use of drugs such as ivermectin for treatments beyond their approved use. State lawmakers have introduced dozens of bills targeting vaccines, fluoridated water, and PFAS, a group of compounds known as “forever chemicals” that have been linked to cancer and other health problems. In addition to West Virginia, six other states have targeted food dyes with new laws or executive orders, requiring warning labels on food with certain dyes or banning the sale of such products in schools. California has had a law regulating food dyes since 2023. Most synthetic dyes used to color food have been around for decades. Some clinical studies have found a link between their use and hyperactivity in children. And in early 2025, in the last days of President Joe Biden’s term, the Food and Drug Administration outlawed the use of a dye known as Red No. 3. Major food companies including Nestle, Hershey, and PepsiCo have gotten on board, pledging to eliminate at least some color additives from food products over the next year or two. “We anticipate that the momentum we saw in 2025 will continue into 2026, with a particular focus on ingredient safety and transparency,” said John Hewitt, the senior vice president of state affairs for the Consumer Brands Association, a trade group for food manufacturers. This past summer, the group called on its members to voluntarily eliminate federally certified artificial dyes from their products by the end of 2027. “The state laws are really what’s motivating companies to get rid of dyes,” said Jensen Jose, regulatory counsel for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a nonprofit health advocacy group. Andy Baker-White, the senior director of state health policy for the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, said the bipartisan support for bills targeting food dyes and ultraprocessed food struck him as unusual. Several red states have proposed legislation modeled on California’s 2023 law, which bans four food additives. “It’s not very often you see states like…

Understandably, very few citizens of California follow closely the state budget process which, for the 2026-27 fiscal year, just kicked off with the release of the Governor’s proposal. Of course, part of that may be due to the complexity of public finance issues, but the reality is that since 2010 with the passage of Proposition 25, the state has no discernable annual spending plan. Technically, the timing of passing a budget hasn’t changed. It’s merely that the deadlines in the constitution are ignored. This column has previously reported on how all phases of the budget dance are fake insofar as they are subject to substantial amendments throughout the year. This happens through so-called “trailer bills” and “junior budget bills,” rendering what was for decades a rational process for fiscal planning into a never-ending convoluted outflow of taxpayer cash. The real corruption in the budget process – percolating for several years prior – was constitutionalized in 2010 with the passage of Proposition 25, laughingly labeled the “On-Time Budget Act of 2010.” Its real purpose was to repeal the two-thirds vote requirement for the state budget. Voters were promised three things. First, annual budgets would be passed on time; second, the budget process would be fully transparent; and third, legislators would forfeit their pay if the budget was late. As we now know, all three of these representations were lies. While the “budget bill” is constitutionally mandated to be enacted by June 15, what the politicians actually pass on that date is a temporary placeholder budget. And it only passes so that legislators can get their pay checks. The damage Prop. 25 inflicted is hard to overstate. Just last year, a major overhaul in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) was passed as a trailer bill, bypassing many of the normal procedures for enacting legislation. Granted, CEQA reform was needed, but the far-reaching proposal should have been enacted under regular order with more debate and transparency. The fact that there is no longer a single budget bill, and that money is appropriated 365 days a year, has removed all seriousness in dealing with California’s precarious financial position. Just a month ago, California’s Legislative Analyst (in a desperate display of wishful thinking) recommended that elected leadership deal with the budget challenges now rather than waiting until we have a full-blown crisis, such as a recession. “While important components of the state economy are sluggish, revenues are not falling, nor are conditions as bad as they would be in an outright recession,” the LAO explained. “This makes solving the budget problem with ongoing solutions all the more important. Continuing to use temporary tools – like budgetary borrowing – would only defer the problem and, ultimately, leave the state ill-equipped to respond to a recession or downturn in the stock market.” But hopes for rationality were dispelled on January 9th with the release of Newsom’s latest budget proposal. While the LAO is traditionally diplomatic and measured in reporting on the initial plan in January, this year, the criticism was particularly harsh. Related Articles Laws protecting endangered plants are now endangering lives and property Jon Coupal: Why even bother with a state budget? Susan Shelley: The Supreme Court could make election night great again Is the middle class ‘shrinking’ or ‘struggling’? The difference is important. California politicians wrongly fixate on education spending instead of results Here are the problems laid out by the LAO. First, Newsom is overly optimistic that the stock market will stay strong. The Legislative Analyst warns that several reliable indicators show the market may be overheated and at risk of a downturn. Because the state relies heavily on high earners and capital gains, revenues drop sharply when markets fall rather than decline slowly. Second, LAO reports that the budget doesn’t begin to address the…

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