A study conducted by IBM in India has found that old laptop batteries (e-waste), deemed useless by most accounts, still possess enough juice in them to power homes in the slums of India and other economically-disadvantaged regions. If executed properly,
LOS ANGELES, California — Terrorism is not yet being ruled out as a possible cause behind the massive conflagration that rendered downtown Los Angeles’s up-and-coming Da Vinci complex a total loss. “At this point nothing is [being] ruled out,” special
In less than 45 days, Los Angeles City county attorneys will return a plan to officials underlying steps to carry out a “john-shaming” campaign that will publicly display the identities of people who solicit sex from prostitutes. Part of the
The Coca-Cola Company in Liberia, through its Africa Foundation, has pledged to donate $200,000 worth of medical supplies to Liberia’s Ministry of Health in an effort to help thwart the deadly spread of the Ebola virus. The donations are being made in
A Berkeley activist who goes by the Twitter handle @violentfanon, and who was arrested for taking part in protests Monday evening, took to social media to complain about the quality of food he was being served while spending time in
This past summer, California declared a whooping cough (pertussis) epidemic, mirroring a 2010 outbreak that was deemed the largest the Golden State had experienced in 60 years. Now the situation is even more dire, with close to 10,000 reported cases
The Armenian Students Association (ASA) at UCLA is seeking to draft a resolution which would require the University of California Board of Regents to divest from the Republic of Turkey. The resolution, which will be presented to the Undergraduates Student Association
Soon there will be a new search engine in town, and it’s solely focused on garnering the attention of children. Google is rolling out a kid-friendly version of its world-famous online research tool, called Quinn. That provokes the question: Could
LOS ANGELES, California — Social media is ablaze with images from a historic conflagration that wiped out a developing, wood-based mixed commercial and residential structure. The fire forced the closure of the 101 Freeway in both directions. Below are some images
Hundreds of demonstrators convened on Hollywood Boulevard at noon on Saturday to protest peacefully and stage a die-in expressing their frustrations over grand jury decisions not to indict the officers involved in recent civilian deaths resulting from a variety of different
Less than three months after the initial installment of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s official portrait was hung in the rotunda of the state Capitol, bearing a somewhat visible image of his estranged wife Maria Shriver’s face on a pin on his
An elementary school principal in California was slashed on his face with a box cutter on Thursday by two men who approached him during school hours asking about a student. The incident occurred around 3:15 p.m. when two men, described
A 21-year-old transgender woman was fatally gunned down at 4 a.m. on Wednesday in Compton, Los Angeles, while pounding on the door of a home pleading for help. The homeowner came out after hearing multiple gunshots, but by then it was
A gang of three masked, anti-Semitic assailants allegedly robbed a couple in the heavily-Jewish French suburb of Créteil — located just north of Paris — and raped the man’s 19-year-old girlfriend, while they were staying at his parents’ home. The reason? Because
An apparently antisemitic man, who thought Paris Hilton to be Jewish, has posed death and rape threats on the Instagram accounts of both the socialite heiress and her father Rick. “KILL JEWS FOR FUN,” and “I know ur Jew family
A Yuba City, California woman of Sikh descent has made history by becoming the first female hailing from her ethnic background to be elected to City Council in the United States of America. A teary-eyed Preet Didbal, 46, was sworn in
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feueur is seeking to shut down a pot delivery service, called Nestdrop, that he says violates a citywide measure passed last year (Proposition D). Prop D limits the delivery of medical marijuana to patients’ primary
A violent Friday night riot by Ferguson protesters in San Francisco, who attempted to block Black Friday shopping, resulted in five police officers being badly injured and damaged one officer’s face so badly that he could be permanently disfigured. A
After falling one vote short of passing earlier this year, environmental groups are gearing up again to push a bill in California’s legislature that would ban microbeads from a wide slew of beauty products. Assemblyman Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) reportedly
Libertarian-minded Republican congressional candidate John Dennis has finally thrown in the towel, following his third unsuccessful attempt to unseat House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in her unmistakably liberal San Francisco district where Republicans are scarce, accounting for a mere
Californians were not put off by Ferguson protesters attempting to thwart the normal flow of life and holiday shoppers on Black Friday treasure hunts. Despite a group of approximately 70 protesters blocking service in the West Oakland BART station for more
Napa Valley experienced a slight Turkey Day scare on Thursday at 12:36 p.m., when a 3.1 magnitude earthquake struck the region. The quake hit approximately five miles northeast of Sonoma at a depth of five miles, according to local CBS
Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful for all the blessings we have. But for a large and ever-growing number of poor throughout Northern and Southern California, there is far less to be thankful for; particularly this holiday season. In
A former “Mother of the Year” was charged earlier this week with soliciting rape by placing online ads inviting men to sexually assault the wife of a couple who had bought a home she was interested in purchasing in California’s
Governor Jerry Brown has named Leondra Kruger, a former deputy assistant attorney general with the Obama administration, to replace California’s longest-serving Supreme Court justice, Joyce L. Kennard. Kruger is a Los Angeles native and a Democrat like Brown. The announcement
