One Bay Area woman’s extraordinary journey of perseverance and love has transformed the face of China’s orphanages Berkeley filmmaker and screenwriter Jenny Bowen’s non-profit organization, Half the Sky is now training every welfare worker and administrator in China to nurture
A dangerous heat wave has arrived in Southern California resulting in the issuance of red flag warnings throughout the region and temperatures at beaches that are expected to rise above those in the infamously hot Death Valley, according to NBC4
According to reports from wildlife officials, it appears California’s gray wolf, known as OR-7, may have found love in southwestern Oregon’s Cascade Mountains and could be expecting pups, which would make it the first known wolf breeding in the mountains
Thanks to a bill known as Assembly Bill 1965 (AB 1965), diners who have been enjoying the company of their canine companions on outdoor patios of restaurants for years–illegally, with the exception of service dogs who have always had a
It is called naloxone–also known by its brand name Narcan–and as assembly bill 1535 (AB 1535) moves one step closer to passing in the California Senate, the drug that medical experts are referring to as the “overdose antidote,” could become
Where is the nation’s priciest ZIP code? Hint: it is 45 minutes south of San Francisco and less than 20 minutes to the headquarters of Facebook, Google and most of the nation’s major tech companies in Silicon Valley. Atherton, California
One of the most sought-after real estate parcels in Downtown Los Angeles, a car wash located across the street from L.A. Live, has been sold for nearly $25 million. The 36,300-square-foot lot was originally purchased for $525,000 in 1980, and the
Two black eyes, a missing tooth, and a bloodied nose and face are what Alfred McOsker, 79, received after his leg accidentally brushed up against a newer Hyundai while he was unloading groceries with his daughter in the parking lots of
After more than half a century, the nation’s oldest black bookstore, Marcus Books – named after Marcus Garvey, a man who is known as the father of black nationalism – is closing its San Francisco location on Fillmore Street following
A crime report email stating, “Penguin attempted to rob Gotham Royal Bank,” and “Killer Croc got stuck in the sewers,” reached the inboxes of some business students attending Canada’s Simon Fraser University. As it turns out, neither the Joker nor a
Mirroring one of Spain’s greatest, most dangerous traditions – the Running of the Bulls – the Boston-based company The Great Bull Run is poised to take place at a still upcoming events in Houston, Atlanta, Chicago, Virginia, and in Pennsylvania.
The city of Carson, California, decided to move forward with legislation Thursday when its city council voted unanimously to
Dozens of Chinese agencies in the Bay Area are advertising online package deals that offer the highly-coveted prize of U.S. citizenship to the children of Chinese and Taiwanese parents. In exchange, parents cough up upwards of cited as causing inflation.
The recent discovery of tainted meatballs that were
Beverly Hills has officially become the first municipality in California to prohibit fracking–the controversial technique used to extract natural gas and oil from underground rock deposits–following a unanimous vote by the Beverly Hills city council on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
Human error resulted in
Apparently the NFL isn’t the only organization that is drafting people. Male students at the affluent Corona del Mar High School in Newport Beach have cast aside the tradition of actually asking someone on a date in favor an NFL-style
Legal and moral questions have risen as to what should be done about 12,000 properties–including landmarks such as the Capitol Records tower in Hollywood, the Mondrian and Standard hotels in West Hollywood, three elementary schools, and Immaculate Heart High School
A parody of Steven Spielberg’s 1998 film Saving Private Ryan has hit the streets of Los Angeles just in time for President Barack Obama’s planned Wednesday visit to the city, the Washington Free Beacon reports. Obama is visiting this week to
Uber’s latest marketing ploy to attract Lyft drivers has reached Facebook. The competition between both San Francisco-based transportation companies has Uber offering Lyft drivers $500 for taking just one trip on UberX, plus a guaranteed $35/hour through June 30. (see
A 17-month-old boy is lucky to be alive after he was bitten three times by a baby rattlesnake in San Diego County. The bites were discovered by his mother after his grandmother heard the toddler’s cries while he was playing outside
Two California shootings over the weekend, one in San Francisco and the other in San Diego County, seem to have one common denominator: alcohol. Both victims were allegedly inebriated at the time of the shootings. The first shooting, which occurred
The California legislature is considering a bill introduced by Senator Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) that would test out taxing motorists for every mile they drive, according to CBS Los Angeles. It’s called the vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax. The proposed voluntary program–for
A woman has reportedly gone into labor in a pickup truck on San Diego’s I-805 highway after just 26 weeks–13 weeks prematurely–according to local ABC News affiliate 10News.com. The woman was a passenger in the truck which suffered a
UCLA is, for a fourth time, revisiting the idea of requiring a diversity class–racial, cultural, gender or religious diversity–as part of its core curriculum required for graduation, following three failed attempts and mounting criticism from both students and faculty members,
