LOS ANGELES, California — An enlisted member of the United States Navy is believed to be the first-ever patient to undergo treatment for an unofficial medical diagnosis known as Internet addiction disorder (IAD), stemming from his overuse of Google Glass.
Former Facebook president, Napster co-founder, and Silicon Valley “bad boy” Sean Parker has been assigned a very unique punishment as part of his community service for his environmentally unsound and lavish $10 million nuptials at Big Sur last year. He
LOS ANGELES, California — Porn mogul and publisher Larry Flynt’s well-known Hustler store in Hollywood will be closing, as the famed Sunset Strip prepares to undergo an upscale makeover which will include a wave of luxury hotels, residences, restaurants, and
China’s millionaires are relocating to the United States, and the Los Angeles, California suburb of Arcadia is experiencing a highly concentrated version of that, according to a report published by Bloomberg’s Businessweek on Wednesday. Two-thirds of China’s millionaires have either already emigrated or have
Doctors Without Borders revealed on Tuesday that nine of its staff members who had risked their lives fighting Ebola in West Africa have died. The fate of 16 other of their staff, who they said have also been infected, has
LOS ANGELES, California — Breaking with tradition, Democratic Senator Kevin de Leon held an elaborate and expensive swearing-in ceremony with over 2,000 invited guests at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Wednesday. De Leon was celebrating the first time in over
LOS ANGELES — Silicon Valley Democratic congressional candidate Ro Khanna told Breitbart News on Wednesday morning that tech investor Karl Mehta will reveal that he was solicited for campaign donations from Mike Honda’s reelection campaign team at an official State
On Monday, the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) sent a letter to the Westin Bonaventure hotel in Downtown Los Angeles calling upon it to “ban unlawful discrimination” on its property. The letter warns that hosting the annual meeting
An African grey parrot named Nigel that spoke with a British accent when it disappeared from its home in Torrance, California four years ago was reunited with its owner last week. Except now, Nigel’s lost his British accent–and he speaks
The advent of social media has directly resulted in dangerous scenarios in some of Southern California’s most beautiful, and otherwise safe, national parks. Daredevil images taken by visitors have drawn hoards of youth seeking thrills and fun to quiet enclaves such
The divisive Democrat vs. Democrat Congressional race in Silicon Valley between incumbent Mike Honda and his challenger Ro Khanna received a slight twist on Monday, with both campaigns releasing conflicting polls. Khanna, who has been gaining traction at the polls
LOS ANGELES, California — Three different sets of candidates vying for open seats at three levels of government presented their cases in front of an audience of constituents at University Synagogue in Los Angeles on Sunday. With just three weeks
Musician, feminist, and political activist Annie Lennox went on the record in an interview with Entertainment Tonight last week to clarify what she meant when she said that Beyonce was a “feminist lite” who took the word feminism “hostage” in
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo revealed that the Jihadist terror group ISIS (Islamic State) had threatened his life, in addition to the lives of his employees, during Vanity Fair‘s 20th New Establishment Summit in San Francisco this past week. “Obviously that’s
President Obama was met with protests from two groups with starkly opposing ideologies on the war as he prepared to head into his only scheduled fundraiser in San Francisco on Friday afternoon. The chants ranged from “Stop ISIS, save Kobani”
SANTA MONICA, California — A first of its kind, 24/7 internet-based news, entertainment, sports, and fashion photography sharing wire service called *newzcard officially launched on Wednesday in a way not many startups can boast about. They were one of three startups selected
President Obama made his way to San Francisco’s Bay Area on Friday to continue raising funds for the Democratic Party, despite the fact that many in his party have been distancing themselves from him. Democrats are projected to lose control to
Drug cartels, illegal marijuana farms, and cannabis cultivators are threatening the existence of an already-rare creature (about the size of a house cat) known as the Pacific Fisher along the Pacific coastline. The threat stems from the use of poisonous
BRENTWOOD, Los Angeles — A protester from the Occupy group 99Rise took to a busy Los Angeles intersection on Thursday in opposition to big money in politics. He “occupied” a spot just a few blocks away from Gwyneth Paltrow’s home,
Surveillance video footage captured a mountain lion standing on top of a vehicle in front of a home in San Jose, California this week, prompting the owner to make the video public in an attempt to inform his neighbors to
LOS ANGELES, California — Several posters depicting actress Gwyneth Paltrow as an “Obama Drone” have surfaced near the Brentwood home of the Iron Man 3 and Shakespeare in Love actress. Paltrow is hosting President Barack Obama at her home for a dinner-fundraiser
LOS ANGELES, California — On the same day the first Ebola patient diagnosed with the virus in the United States, Thomas Eric Duncan, was pronounced dead in Texas, news broke that an unidentified patient had been admitted to and placed under isolation in
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News on Wednesday, Democratic Congressional candidate Ro Khanna said he would champion a bipartisan approach in Washington, “reaching across the aisle” to work with Republicans as Silicon Valley’s representative. He contrasted his own approach
On Monday, Governor Jerry Brown threw his political weight behind one of his former aides, Libby Schaaf, who is running against incumbent Democratic Mayor of Oakland Jean Quan. Brown, who served as mayor of Oakland himself from 1999 to 2007,
Author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, who was sentenced late last month to five years’ probation and eight months of community service for violating federal campaign finance laws, revealed to Breitbart News that he will be documenting and broadcasting his court-ordered
