The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee rejected a proposal on Monday that would have evicted dozens of businesses from a building at 2 Henry Adams Street so that tech giant Pinterest could relocate their
Fishing from the Manhattan Beach pier is strictly prohibited through the end of July 8, and possibly much longer, while the City Council decides whether or not fishing played a role in the July 5 shark attack near the pier
The city of Los Angeles has joined Orange County, Riverside County, and other cities nationwide in ending the practice of holding illegal immigrant inmates past their scheduled release dates, characterizing the practice as “unconstitutional” under a recent federal court ruling.
Tesla Motors has asked permission from Los Angeles authorities to examine the charred remains of a totaled Model S, which split in two and caught fire after the driver who stole the vehicle crashed into several parked cars and a
Support for ethics reform legislation among California lawmakers, which reached a peak after the arrest and indictment of Democrat State Senator Leland Yee earlier this year, is dying a slow death in the Sacramento legislature. The centerpiece of the effort
A 15-year veteran lifeguard drowned while attempting to rescue a swimmer in distress near the Newport Beach pier on Sunday. Ben Carlson, 32, was pulled from the water after a nearly three-hour search, according to the Daily Mail. He had
A San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority parking officer has “gone rogue” and is slapping cars in the Glen Park area of town with unwarranted parking tickets, according to a fed-up resident. Gary Malec, 33, told the San Francisco Examiner that
A swimmer was bitten by a great white shark on Saturday morning off Manhattan Beach in Southern California. The attack happened around 9:30 a.m., according to the Associated Press. L.A. County Fire Department spokesman Rick Flores said the shark became
LOS ANGELES — A line of eager patients snaked around three city blocks for the Independence Day opening of the California Heritage Market, the world’s first medical marijuana farmers market at West Coast Collective in Boyle Heights. Blunt smoke and
Hollister, California is gearing up for its annual July 4th motorcycle rally. Set to take place from July 4-6, the town that calls itself the “Birthplace of the American Biker” will play host to more than 100,000 motorcycle enthusiasts from
Los Angeles has introduced bitcoin ATM machines at two local convenience stores. The digital currency, which is already changing the landscape of online commerce, is steadily gaining popularity, and can now be used to pay for things like political campaign contributions
California is the nation’s capital of car thefts. Nine of the top ten cities in the country plagued by car thefts are in California, according to the Los Angeles Times. The National Insurance Crime Bureau authored the list. Cities in
Another California mayor was allegedly caught red-handed blatantly ignoring traffic laws after a Twitter user spotted San Francisco mayor Ed Lee apparently parked illegally in front of a city bakery. Bay Area mayors may want to brush up on their
A two-week operation conducted by U.S. Marshals operating out of the Northern and Eastern Districts of California resulted in the arrest of 104 violent fugitives and gang members throughout the state. The U.S. Marshals Service’s Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task
SANTA MONICA — Tesla Motors gave a presentation to a sold-out crowd of 175 people at Cross Campus, an entrepreneur co-working space, on Tuesday night. While the presentation mainly focused on design aspects, it came at a time when the
Three buses carrying 140 illegal aliens arrived at the Chula Vista Border Patrol Station on Tuesday afternoon, after angry protests by citizens in the town of Murrieta forced the buses to turn away. According to San Diego 6, the buses
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the Calexico port of entry arrested a California man traveling to Mexico last week after discovering more than $410,000 in unreported U.S. currency stashed in the door of the man’s SUV. In all,
Oakland mayor Jean Quan has not yet provided her insurance information to Lakisha Lovely, the driver of another vehicle who was injured after the two were involved in a car accident nearly three weeks ago, according to Lovely’s attorney. CBS
A new survey ranks Sacramento the worst city in the country for small business owners. Six other cities in California, out of 82 cities nationwide included in the survey, ranked among the least business-friendly in the country. The Times of
A California man who reached out to Al-Qaeda in Pakistan in an attempt to help train terrorist fighters has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release. The man, identified as 25-year-old Sinh
Oakland, California will finally lift a city-wide ban on pinball that has been in place since the 1930s. Although the law was rarely, if ever, enforced, the ban was on the books for nearly 80 years. Pinball was classified as
In three separate incidents on Wednesday, Border Patrol agents in Murrieta and Indio, California seized $964,530 worth of drugs, including cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin. All three seizures occurred in under two hours. At 10:30 a.m., Murrieta sector Border Patrol agents
A new charity campaign from the Beverly Hills-based Urgency Network will send at least one lucky donor 338,000 feet into outer space for the low price of $10. The grand prize in the “Ticket To Rise” contest is a chance
Milo’s Kitchen Treat Truck, a food truck serving meaty treats for dogs, will roll through San Francisco for its opening day launch this week. The truck will serve up free samples of chicken meatballs and grilled “burger bites” to lucky
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department has joined over 140 counties and municipalities countrywide in ending the practice of holding deportable inmates, including illegal immigrants, past their scheduled release dates in order to turn them over to federal immigration authorities. The
