SACRAMENTO, California — Neel Kashkari made quite the statement on Wednesday as he pulled up to the State Capitol in a Tesla and delivered 6,500 paper bags intended for Governor Jerry Brown in order to capitalize on Brown’s failure to
Congressional candidate and Afghanistan war veteran Jeff Gorell (R-Camarillo) launched the first television ad of his campaign on Tuesday, entitled “He Knows Us.” The 30-second “positive” TV spot features Democratic and Republican leaders, especially women, as well as several Ventura
NEWPORT BEACH, California — On Tuesday evening, less than one week after the GOP’s Neel Kashkari persevered in the first (and only) gubernatorial debate against Governor Jerry Brown, the candidate addressed an eager crowd of supporters at the Republican Party
UCLA has been ranked ahead of rival school USC according to the U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of university rankings and UC Berkeley has again been placed as the top public university overall. The list, which was released
LOS ANGELES — On Saturday, veterans, family, friends, and some of Hollywood’s most notable figures convened in the Veterans Home in West Los Angeles to celebrate the 95th birthday of iconic war and Hollywood photographer Sergeant Phil Stern. Coinciding with
A mobile app which seeks to help reduce water consumption called Shower With Friends won first place at Sunday’s TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2014 Hackathon in San Francisco. Contrary to its moniker, the app does not encourage users to literally shower
A six-year-old autistic boy who had been missing since Saturday morning was discovered the next day, the San Jose Mercury News reports, by several homeless people and good Samaritans whose modesty prevented them from calling themselves heroes despite their act of kindness.
San Francisco is experiencing a culinary drain of sorts due to the high cost of living in the city, which is forcing many of its most talented chefs and cooks to leave in search of more affordable cities such as
Governor Jerry Brown’s administration is refusing to release public records detailing California’s failure to woo Tesla Motors to build their $5 billion gigafactory in the Golden State. The state’s public records could verify the governor’s alleged claim that the reason
Neel Kashkari was trending on Facebook Friday, following Thursday night’s heated Gubernatorial Debate with Jerry Brown. @neelkashkari trending on Facebook after his debate with Gov. Brown! @masonharrison #CAGOV pic.twitter.com/olzhZCo1yE — Tyler Johnson (@GOPTJ) September 5, 2014 The fact that the Republican
Apple has unveiled plans to deliver an opulent upgrade from the Gorilla Glass it currently uses, to iPhone users in the form of a synthetic sapphire screen coating. The move follows in line with the luxurious Vertu phone that already offers
A four-day search for a venomous monocled albino cobra that was presumed to have escaped from a Thousand Oaks home ended with the snake’s capture around 3:15 pm on Thursday. The slithering snake was reportedly discovered along a fence not very
The evening before the first, and likely only, debate in the race for governor of California, Neel Kashkari released a mini documentary film attacking Jerry Brown for his ties to the California Teacher’s Association (CTA) and blasting him for his
California and traffic are no strangers, and the majority of people living in the Golden State will at some point complain about the less-than-savory jams that trouble their morning and afternoon commutes. For Bay Area commuters, in particular, the situation appears to
Sandra Fluke has renewed her free birth control campaign over social media, with calls to “fix Hobby Lobby,” i.e. to overturn the religious exemption to abortifacient contraceptives that was recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year. Her tweets
Governor Jerry Brown has called upon President Barack Obama to declare Napa Valley a federal disaster area in the wake of the 6.0 magnitude earthquake that rattled the region two weeks ago, so that the city will receive federal funds to aid
Orange County could see a surge in the issuance of concealed carry weapons (CCW) permits following the passing of a February court ruling that relaxed the standards for obtaining such permits. Prior to the ruling, interested applicants — typically business
Parts of the Central Valley housing market have rebounded recently, resulting in a 60% increase in inventory and the median price of existing homes in Fresno surpassing $200,000 for the first time since 2008. “Inventory is back. This is good
A handful of hecklers in Richmond, California has been aiming “bigoted vitriol” at the city’s first openly gay elected leader, Vice Mayor Jovanka Beckles, according to the Contra Costa Times. However, some residents believe the media’s amplification of the situation
Coachella Valley High School has retired an Arab mascot the school has used since the 1920s, following complaints from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) in November that the mascot was stereotypical and offensive. At Friday’s opening season opening football game, the
On Friday, singer Cee Lo Green avoided jail time by entering a no contest plea to one felony count of furnishing the drug Ecstasy (MDMA) to a woman who he had been in a relationship with for several months, while
The tragic fire-related death of an elderly woman and her son, with whom she lived in an Encino apartment complex, could have been prevented had the fire alarms been working, firefighters say. At lease 100 firefighters reportedly responded to a
Police have named Pakistan’s embattled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif a murder suspect over his alleged involvement in the deaths of 14 demonstrators in a June protest. The protest was led by supporters of populist and opposition cleric Tahir ul-Qadri, who
As California legislators prepare to adjourn from a year marked by political scandals, including the federal indictment of two senators on bribery charges, several bills were approved and on their way to Governor Jerry Brown for signing. Among them was
Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, have solved the mystery-phenomenon of Death Valley’s moving rocks, which have for years moved across the desert on their own. Theories which have been floating around
