Peanut, a 2-year-old mutt who is believed to be a Chihuahua-Shitzu mix, was crowned with the title of “World’s Ugliest Dog” at the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds in Petamula, California Friday. The contest has been held annually for 26 years. Peanut is
LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of candles were illuminated by members of the greater Los Angeles community at a vigil in Pan Pacific Park Amphitheater on Thursday night who united in song, prayer, and hope for the safe return of three
A stolen necklace containing the ashes of a 23-year-old girl has her mother pleading for its return. Brittany Brown of Barstow, California, passed away from a rare liver disease in 2012, according to CBS Los Angeles. Her mother, Karen, got
A handsome mugshot of one of Stockton’s “most violent criminals” has gone viral internationally with over 68,000 “likes” on social media and nearly 20,000 comments such as “I wish I was his victim” and “baby ur too hot for jail.”
Ruuxa, a 7-week-old cheetah cub and Raina, an 8-week-old Rhodesian Ridgeback pup have been bonding quite nicely at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Zookeepers say the baby feline and baby canine are spending time together at the Animal Care
Daniel Keyes, author of Flowers for Algernon, the literary work that became a classic staple in classrooms and which explores the human mind through the treatment of a mentally disabled man whose intelligence is temporarily heightened then tragically relapses resulting
After serving 24 years on the bench, California Supreme Court Justice Marvin H. Baxter has announced he will be retiring come January, which will leave not just one, but two, vacant seats for California’s Democratic Governor Jerry Brown to fill
Hillary Clinton, at one time in her life, sought to do “all we can to strengthen traditional marriages,” according to a recently republished 1996 interview she had with the San Francisco Chronicle — which was then called the San Francisco Examiner.
The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen in San Francisco has taken two home-cooking classics to a gargantuan level with their new creation: the giant grilled cheese cake. “It’s about 32 sandwiches, made with Tillamook Monterey Jack and Medium Cheddar. We build
What police believe to be a stray bullet reportedly passed through a the second-floor chambers of U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Whitbefore it ended up lodged in a jury room at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in downtown Oakland, California. According
At least 45 members of a South LA gang were arrested and indicted on Tuesday by federal officials for years of committing lawless and violent acts allegedly including murder, selling drugs, and using violence and intimidation to control an area
The Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles has condemned Sunday’s bloody murder of 48 Christians by the Islamist terror group al-Shabaab in the Kenyan village of Mpeketoni, calling the killings “Nazi-like.” Militant members of the jihadi al-Shabaab group spent hours
A K-9 was wounded and a pitbull shot dead during a sheriff’s search for a wanted transient on Saturday near Lake Elsinore in Western Riverside County, California. The shooting occurred while two deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department were
Expectant couples have been celebrating the anticipated arrival of their little ones with a twist on the traditional baby shower called “Gender-Reveal Parties.” One expectant mom, Kaylee Callahan Ng, spoke to Breitbart News. Ng is calling the trend “a happy,
Los Angeles celebrated the Kings’ second Stanley Cup victory on Monday with a parade and rally that saw tens of thousands of people lining the streets in a raucous on downtown LA. Later that day, the streets filled with World
Bill and Melinda Gates gave an emotional joint commencement speech at Stanford on Sunday, telling graduates to use their “genius” to help the poor and change the world. “Take your genius and your optimism and your empathy and go change
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who leads the Republican Governor’s Association (RGA), appeared at a $10,000-per-head luncheon in San Francisco on Friday, and campaigned earlier in the day in support of Neel Kashkari’s efforts to unseat Governor Jerry Brown in
As of Friday, California state department officials have declared the state is in the midst of a whooping cough (pertussis) epidemic. Officials are urging everyone living here to get vaccinated, placing a particular emphasis on pregnant women and infants. “Preventing
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is ready to collect on his bet with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and hear him sing Randy Newman’s “I Love L.A.” on Jimmy Kimmel Live following Friday night’s Stanley Cup victory by the L.A.
Starbucks has announced it will be providing their clients with a second way to recharge their batteries–literally–through the introduction of wireless Powermat charging stations, which have already arrived throughout their San Francisco locations. According to ABC 10 News, the international coffee
Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is now the sole candidate for the position of House majority leader following an announcement on Thursday from Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) that he has dropped out of the race. Sessions’ announcement comes just two days
The LA Kings’ 2-1 loss to the NY Rangers on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden is not deterring frustrated but hopeful Kings fans from believing their team could bring the Stanley Cup home on Friday. “We’re going to come back
A watchdog group has called on the California Department of Motor Vehicles to slow Google down in its rush to get the company’s driverless cars on the road. A prototype for the vehicle was released in May. According to the
Silicon Valley billionaire and Napster co-founder Sean Parker has announced he’s moving into politics with a new social media network platform called Brigade Media, which will act as a sort of LinkedIn for civic life and political engagement via Facebook.
Is Tesla the latest target of Texas Governor Rick Perry’s recent campaign to woo California businesses to the Lone Star State? Perry was seen cruising around in a Tesla vehicle in Sacramento Tuesday, just days after Governor Jerry Brown’s administration
