
As of this month, weed enthusiasts in Denver, Colorado can tune in and drop out to the sounds of Smokin’ 94.1, the country’s first entirely marijuana-themed terrestrial radio station.
by Daniel Nussbaum28 Jun 2015, 7:15 AM PST0

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia took a swipe at California in his dissent of Friday’s landmark 5-4 ruling that made gay marriage a constitutionally protected right under the Fourteenth Amendment and legal in all 50 states.
by Daniel Nussbaum27 Jun 2015, 1:46 PM PST0

The Internet’s biggest companies celebrated Saturday after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling Friday making same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states.
by Daniel Nussbaum27 Jun 2015, 12:41 PM PST0

Ben Affleck is set to bring the biggest corruption scandal in professional sports history to the big screen.
by Daniel Nussbaum26 Jun 2015, 6:50 PM PST0

John Mellencamp blasted the state of the music business at a UJA Federation of New York luncheon on Thursday—but reserved some kind words for Taylor Swift, who he said is the only one doing anything to save the music industry.
by Daniel Nussbaum26 Jun 2015, 5:39 PM PST0

LOS ANGELES – Some California water districts holding senior rights to river water may defy the state’s order to stop all water diversions as mass confusion reigns over the nature of curtailment notices sent out by the state’s top water regulators. Earlier
by Daniel Nussbaum26 Jun 2015, 1:59 PM PST0

The Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling Friday making gay marriage legal in all 50 states.
by Daniel Nussbaum26 Jun 2015, 12:59 PM PST0

PBS ombudsman Michael Getler said that his public TV station did a “good job” with its internal review of the circumstances surrounding censorship of actor Ben Affleck’s episode of genealogy series Finding Your Roots, but said the show’s producers made a “deadly” error when choosing to omit sensitive information from the episode.
by Daniel Nussbaum26 Jun 2015, 12:40 PM PST0

Monica Lewinsky received a standing ovation at the Cannes Lions festival on Thursday after delivering a fiery anti-bullying speech in which she called herself the “patient zero” of online abuse.
by Daniel Nussbaum26 Jun 2015, 10:51 AM PST0

According to the Associated Press, several air tankers dropping fire retardant on the blaze Wednesday evening were forced to land after one of the pilots spotted a drone flying in the area.
by Daniel Nussbaum25 Jun 2015, 4:49 PM PST0

A model at the Rick Owens Spring/Summer 2016 fashion show in Paris on Wednesday used his platform on the catwalk to protest against German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
by Daniel Nussbaum25 Jun 2015, 1:50 PM PST0

Rapper Nas has joined a growing chorus of artists speaking out on racial equality in America in the wake of the horrific killings of nine people at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina earlier this month.
by Daniel Nussbaum25 Jun 2015, 10:21 AM PST0

The producers of genealogy series Finding Your Roots violated PBS editorial standards when they omitted information about Ben Affleck’s slave-owning ancestors from the actor’s recent segment on the program, the public TV station said Wednesday.
by Daniel Nussbaum24 Jun 2015, 3:25 PM PST0

Hundreds of firefighters on Wednesday were struggling to contain a massive blaze that had broken out last week near the Alpine County town of Markleeville, California, just southeast of Lake Tahoe.
by Daniel Nussbaum24 Jun 2015, 3:06 PM PST0

Jaden Smith doesn’t shy away from making risky fashion choices.
by Daniel Nussbaum24 Jun 2015, 11:57 AM PST0

Rick Ross is in trouble with the law again.
by Daniel Nussbaum24 Jun 2015, 11:45 AM PST0

Kevin Spacey is teaming up with Megyn Kelly on a new political drama television series.
by Daniel Nussbaum24 Jun 2015, 5:48 AM PST0

The Sacramento resident used his cellphone to record footage of sprinklers watering the grounds at the state Capitol last week–on days when, due to record drought, lawn watering is legally prohibited.
by Daniel Nussbaum23 Jun 2015, 12:48 PM PST0

Jake Lloyd, who played young Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequel films, was arrested last week after leading South Carolina police on a high-speed highway chase.
by Daniel Nussbaum23 Jun 2015, 10:52 AM PST0

Rapper Lupe Fiasco penned a lengthy three-part open letter addressed to “White Supremacy” over the weekend in response to the horrific killings of nine people at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina last week.
by Daniel Nussbaum22 Jun 2015, 2:35 PM PST0

Late-night comic and South Carolina native Stephen Colbert joined thousands of marchers in Charleston on Sunday to form a “unity chain” in response to the murders of nine people at a black church last week.
by Daniel Nussbaum22 Jun 2015, 1:10 PM PST0

A new medical marijuana manufacturing facility has opened in Salinas, California—despite the fact that medical marijuana dispensaries are prohibited from operating there.
by Daniel Nussbaum22 Jun 2015, 12:17 PM PST0

Hundreds gathered at a mosque in Chino, California on Saturday to beseech God to help alleviate the state’s four-year drought during an interfaith Prayer for Rain.
by Daniel Nussbaum22 Jun 2015, 11:49 AM PST0

Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons bashed New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in a radio interview on Thursday, calling him a “b**ch” for not doing enough to enact meaningful police reform in the city.
by Daniel Nussbaum21 Jun 2015, 5:58 PM PST0

President Obama and Hillary Clinton weren’t the only two top-level Democrats on the West Coast this weekend – on Saturday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) fired up the progressive base at a pair of L.A.-area fundraising events to benefit his 2016
by Daniel Nussbaum21 Jun 2015, 11:36 AM PST0