A woman’s pet alligator, which had been living in her Van Nuys home for 37 years, was taken away by Los Angeles Animal Services on Monday when it was discovered during a surprise search.
A law requiring all single-stall bathrooms to replace gender-specific signs (male, female) with gender-neutral signs will go into effect in West Hollywood on Thursday.
When it comes to online bragging, California takes the cake. A new study conducted by social media platform HeyLets found that people in the Golden State are the most boastful users of Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Fresh off the circuit from a visit to Paris, during which she marched alongside world leaders against the terrorism that took the lives of 17 people at the hands of Islamic fundamentalists, German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined a march in her own country organized by Muslim and Turkish community groups calling for an even more “open and tolerant” Germany and to counter anti-Islam protests that have been taking the nation by storm.
Adding another potential candidate for outgoing Sen. Barbara Boxer’s seat, U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-48) came mere syllables shy of declaring she will be running against Kamala Harris in 2016 in a Facebook post Tuesday; Harris is the first person to
A little girl’s letter to Heaven, addressed to her deceased dad, found its way into the hands of a few good-hearted Samaritans who reciprocated her message of love with some of their own.
Kamala Harris on Tuesday became the first person to officially declare her candidacy for outgoing Sen. Barbara Boxer’s seat in 2016. She has already started fundraising and is perceived as one of the stronger contenders from the Democratic side in a field of strong potential contenders.
A self-proclaimed atheist student in Egypt has been sentenced to serving three years in prison after a court found him guilty of insulting Islam, in addition to receiving testimony from his own father against him charging that he “was embracing extremist ideas against Islam.”
California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris is expected to announce Tuesday that she will be seeking retiring Senator Barbara Boxer’s seat in 2016. The anticipated news comes on the heels of Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom’s Monday Facebook announcement that he would not be competing for Boxer’s seat.
“There’s a lot of anti-Muslim fervor in parts of Europe and we have to make sure that doesn’t get grouped into this horrible act of violence,” he said, according to Variety.
California’s Lieutenant Governor, Gavin Newsom, announced on Monday that he will not be pursuing retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer’s (D-CA) seat come 2016, clearing his name from the list of potential contenders of Democrats and Republicans.
This past Three Kings Day left left dozens of people hospitalized in Orange County after eating traditional Rosca de Reyes (“King’s bread”) that was laced with synthetic drugs and, in some cases, induced hallucinations.
The list of possible successors to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) come 2016 is rife with many names, not the least of which is California’s longest-serving Gov. Jerry Brown. Should Brown choose to run for Boxer’s seat in 2016, the Golden State could witness a calculated progression in power that would result in many familiar faces for years to come–and possibly another eight to 10 years of Brown.
Dozens of Muslim men in Algeria took the streets outside of a mosque to celebrate the murders of 17 innocent lives in France at the hands of fundamental Islamist terrorists.
A 3-year-old Chihuahua in Chula Vista, California who died on the operating table was brought back to life by a veterinarian who refused to give up on her. Julietta died on Tuesday, but Dr. Juli Maher gave her a second chance at life.
An 18-year-old French student, Mourad Hamyd, who turned himself into police after his name appeared over French media as an alleged suspect and accomplice in the Charlie Hebdo atrocity has reportedly been cleared. But not before receiving an onslaught of support
Vice President Joe Biden released a statement Thursday about Sen. Barbara Boxer’s announcement that she would be leaving Congress in 2016. In it, he expressed that the California Democrat has been his “soul mate in the Senate for a long time.”
A San Diego woman made a slithering discovery at San Diego-based Vertical PR firm this week when she found a 5 1/2 foot Columbian rainbow boa constrictor in the toilet of the ladies room.
One of two French police officers who were killed during the brutal attack on Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was also a Muslim. Ahmed Merabet, 42, begged for his life to be spared before mercilessly being slain by two of three radical Islamists who would carry out his untimely demise as well as murder 11 other unarmed civilians.
Boxer’s likely successor will be a Democrat, with members of that party who could be vying for that slot in no short supply. Yet while it will likely prove to be an uphill battle for Republican candidates, there are a few who might consider taking a stab at the seat. Here is a list of the top contenders.
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) announced on Thursday that she will retire from her position after finishing her fourth term in office and more than three decades in Congress. Neither age nor the tremendous political raucous and fighting played roles in her decision.
Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) issued a statement in response to Wednesday’s deadly terrorist attack at the offices of the the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 lives were brutally taken. Rep. Royce expressed how the “disturbing” incident was a direct attack on free speech, which he described as a main “pillar of the civilized world.”
Outspoken liberal comedian Bill Maher took to social media on Wednesday, illustrating his longstanding belief that Islam is not a religion of peace, following the brutal terrorist attacks by radical Muslims at the offices of the Paris-based Charlie Hebdo magazine. In his
Following the bloody carnage that ensued after at least two masked gunmen opened fire on the the Paris-based offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12, supporters of ISIS (Islamic State), al Qaeda, and other extremist groups took to Twitter brandishing their praise for the killings in the name of Allah.
For the first time since 2009, the price of United States oil fell below $50 a barrel, and Brent crude (West Texas Intermediate crude) fell to a five-and-a-half year low of $51.12 per barrel. That statistic is in great part due to fracking and a global excess in oil supply, combined with OPEC’s refusal to slow its production.
