Nine people who visited Southern California’s Disneyland or California Adventure theme parks during a five-day period in December have contracted measles, California health officials announced Wednesday.
The California Judicial Council, which oversees the statewide judiciary, engaged in at least $30 million worth of “questionable” spending practices over a four-year period, according to a state audit released Wednesday.
A man facing charges for possession of child pornography was arrested again after he allegedly created a fake Facebook page for his arresting officer–and used it to distribute more child pornography.
A Seattle stand-up comic was allegedly attacked by a man wielding a baseball bat while he was onstage at a restaurant Monday night.
With the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in full swing, it’s time to take a look at some of the most revolutionary (or just plain fun) toys coming out of the conference.
Beyonce and Jay-Z came under fire from an animal rights group after taking photos with a tiger cub during a recent trip to Thailand.
They were warned.
“Racism is taught in the home,” Jay-Z said. “I truly believe that racism is taught when you’re young. So it’s very difficult to teach racism when your kid looks up to Snoop Doggy Dogg.”
In a lengthy interview with the Los Angeles Times’ Steven Zeitchik, Taya Kyle, widow of famed U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, said she was initially fearful of the way Clint Eastwood’s recent film, American Sniper, would portray her husband, but she ultimately ended up enjoying the film
Former University of Texas Longhorns football player and band member Shawn Izadi issued an open letter to CBS radio host Jim Rome on Monday, calling on the sportscaster to take his apology seriously after he called members of college marching bands “dorks” in a tweet during the Rose Bowl last week.
Twitter user @CurvedDaily pulled off an amazingly successful Twitter troll over the weekend when he thanked rapper Kanye West for his ability to “shine light on unknown artists” like the under-appreciated newcomer Paul McCartney.
In the 2012 movie Pitch Perfect, Anna Kendrick performs a song using a single plastic cup as a percussion instrument. The song, like the film, became an instant hit, landing at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and cementing the film’s status as a cult favorite.
Russell Crowe dispensed some advice to his fellow thespians in this month’s issue of Australia’s Women’s Weekly, telling the magazine there are plenty of film roles for older actresses – if only they would accept them.
Empire Robotics’ Versaball robot has been hailed for its ability to grip a multitude of objects in a unique way: by using a giant inflatable sand-filled ball attached to a robot arm. The applications are practically limitless…which is why Empire Robotics has programmed the robot to be a beer pong phenom.
President Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia visited Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder at his house in Kailua on the last day of the first family’s two-week Hawaii vacation.
In response to new sanctions placed on North Korea by the United States Friday over its alleged involvement in a cyberattack against Sony Pictures, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued a statement hailing the Obama administration for its action but questioning the effectiveness of the new sanctions.
CBS Sports radio host Jim Rome drew the ire of music enthusiasts and decent people everywhere when he called the members of college marching bands “dorks” on Twitter during the Rose Bowl game between Oregon and Florida State University on Thursday.
A man was arrested on suspicion of DUI Thursday night after stealing a nine-passenger electric golf cart from the Rose Bowl and taking the vehicle onto the 210 freeway in Pasadena.
High housing costs across the Golden State are causing hundreds of thousands of low and middle-income workers to pack up and leave for other states.
The United States placed new sanctions on North Korea Friday in retaliation for what it claims is the country’s involvement in the November 24 cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro on Thursday urged New Yorkers and others across the nation to donate to a New York Daily News fund for the families of the two slain NYPD officers, Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos.
Digital music downloads plummeted in 2014, while streaming services like Spotify continued their steady growth, reports Financial Times.
Disney Channel star Selena Gomez provoked outrage with some recent pictures she took on her visit to Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.
A widely-viewed online video in which a homeless man takes $100 he’d been gifted and proceeds to feed other homeless people in the area is fake, the homeless man’s brother told CBS2 News.
An icy cold and strong winds hit much of Southern California Tuesday night into Wednesday, downing trees all over the state and stranding about 180 cars on the highways northeast of Los Angeles. The storm is also responsible for at least five deaths across California, reports Fox News.
