Roughly 4.2 million immigrants are still waiting to enter the country legally, as wait times for lawful, family-sponsored visas continue to climb despite Obama’s executive immigration action last week. Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders make up 40 percent of those 4.2
NFL Week 13 is here, and for many fantasy owners, playoff seedings will be cemented this week. This week’s action kicks off with a special three-game set on Thanksgiving Day, starting with the NFC North divisional matchup between the Chicago
San Francisco environmental organization Presidio Trust will soon create an “amnesty pond” next to the city’s Mountain Lake, a pond where merciful goldfish owners will be able to dump their pets with a clear conscience. The creation of the amnesty
Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney is almost finished with his new film about Scientology for HBO, but the premium cable channel isn’t taking any chances. According to the Hollywood Reporter, HBO has already hired about 160 lawyers to defend the film
In a video posted to Facebook late Monday night, Creed frontman Scott Stapp confesses that he is broke and currently living in a Holiday Inn hotel. In the 15-minute video, Stapp claims he is “under vicious attack,” and outlines a
San Diego rapper Tiny Doo, who faces 25-years-to-life in prison for his most recent album release, gave his first television interview on Sunday from the George F. Bailey Detention Facility in San Diego County, where he awaits trial next month.
Bob Dylan “superfan” Fredrik Wikingsson just had an experience he likely won’t soon forget. On Sunday afternoon, the legendary artist and his touring band performed a concert at the 2,509-seat Philadelphia Academy of Music. However, there was only one person
The driver of a tour bus that encountered two separate accidents in Northern California on Sunday may have been extremely fatigued, California Highway Patrol officers told the Los Angeles Times on Monday. The second accident, on Interstate 5 near Redding, killed one man
The city of Burbank will allow more than 300 of its public vehicles to gather dust and grime over the next 60 days as part of a broad new effort aimed at combating California’s devastating drought, now in its fourth
New Zealand superstar Lorde had nothing but kind words to say about Cuban rapper Pitbull after the two met backstage at Sunday night’s American Music Awards in Los Angeles. In a tweet posted before the show, Lorde said meeting the
The Eureka Times-Standard editorial board issued a plea on Saturday to Humboldt County, urging residents and local government to be prepared for the inevitable legalization of marijuana in California. “Legal pot is coming to California whether we like it or
More than 1.1 million illegal immigrant parents in California will qualify for deportation protection under President Obama’s executive immigration action, according to the results of a Pew Research Center Study. According to the study, 1,116,000 immigrant parents in California are
A University of Southern California alumnus was among those killed in a terror attack at a Jerusalem synagogue this week, the man’s relative confirmed to CBS Los Angeles’ KCAL9. Rabbi Cary William Levine, 55, was killed in a synagogue in
The bus drivers that shuttle Facebook employees to and from the company’s Menlo Park campus have voted to unionize. According to PBS San Francisco affiliate KQED News, the drivers will join Teamsters Local 853 after voting 43-28 in favor of unionizing. The
NFL Week 12 is here, and with just two more weeks to go until fantasy playoffs start, this Sunday’s matchups are critical. This week’s action kicks off with an AFC West showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and the winless
Like countless artists before him, San Diego-based rapper Brandon Duncan’s new album features a picture of a gun and bullets on its front cover. However Duncan, who raps under the name Tiny Doo, could be the first artist to go
The sale of film studio DreamWorks Animation to toymaker Hasbro has been abandoned after an anonymous letter outlining the discussions around the deal and problems with DreamWorks Animation’s business was mailed to several media outlets. It is the second such
Benjy, a gay bull in Ireland, was saved from the slaughterhouse this week by a crowdfunding campaign backed by an online gay magazine and Sam Simon, co-creator of The Simpsons TV show. According to the Associated Press, Simon is paying
Victoria’s Secret model Sara Sampaio hit back at “skinny-shaming” critics last week on Instagram, after saying she receives constant criticism about being too skinny. But in another video posted to her Instagram just days later, Sampaio describes being jealous of
Selma, the new Oprah Winfrey-produced film about a year in the life of Martin Luther King Jr., received “two thunderous standing ovations” at its first screening in New York Monday night, film critic Roger Friedman wrote on his website, Showbiz 411.
A San Diego-area man allegedly stabbed the boss he would have potentially worked for during his job interview Monday afternoon. According to NBC San Diego, Jose Lopez was drunk when he went in for a job interview at 207 South
Lifetime, the network behind Aaliyah: Princess of R&B, came under fire over the weekend from fans of the late artist as well as rapper/producer Timbaland, who called the film, which premiered Saturday night, “bullsh*t.” “Hope yall not watching this!!!!!!” Timbaland
A demolition crew working to clear space in downtown Fresno for California’s high-speed rail inadvertently uncovered a more than 100-year old tunnel once used to move raisins underground between two factories. According to the Fresno Bee, crews were dismantling the
Rosewater, the feature film directorial debut of Comedy Central’s Daily Show host Jon Stewart, is off to a good start both critically and commercially. The film tells the true story of Maziar Bahari, a London-based Iranian-Canadian journalist who traveled to
Speaking at The Lodge at Torrey Pines in San Diego on Thursday, UBS Financial’s chief information officer, Michael Woloshin, said that millennials are not buying homes at the rate their parents once did. “It’s not that they don’t want to
