The kidnapping of 300 young girls in Nigeria by the terrorist group Boko Haram has once again brought the issue of radical Islam to the forefront of public debate. The group repsonsible, Boko Haram, unambiguously declared war on Western Civilization
Environmentalists and members of the California Energy Commission turned against a major solar power project in Riverside County when preliminary evidence suggested the type of solar power generation planned for the site is a hazard to birds. The Palen solar project
Human Rights Watch has published a new report titled “Punished for Protesting” which offers detailed descriptions of abuses carried out by Venezuelan authorities. HRW found 45 cases where there was strong evidence of human rights abuses including “violations of the
A survey by the Indiana University School of Journalism found that self-described Democrats outnumber Republicans by a ratio of four to one, 28 percent to 7 percent. The survey (pdf), which has been conducted every 10-11 years since 1971, found
Democrat Amanda Renteria is challenging incumbent Republican David Valadao for the right to represent California’s 21st Congressional District. Democrats are hoping her victory will be a bright spot in what is shaping up to be a tough year. Valadao, who
The California High-Speed Rail Authority has two meetings scheduled this week. These are the last procedural steps before the Board will decide whether to approve a 114-mile segment of line connecting Fresno and Bakersfield. The Authority released the final draft
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health has fined Tesla motors a total of $89,000 for seven safety violations at the Fremont production facility. Though a final report on the decision may not be available for weeks, the outcome
Vietnamese residents of Westminster, CA marched and chanted in remembrance of the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. The Orange County Register reports that residents of the heavily Vietnamese area known as Little Saigon hold the march and rally
Occupy Wall Street protester Cecily McMillan has been convicted by a jury in New York of assaulting a police officer and faces up to seven years in prison. McMillan’s trial stems from an incident in early 2012 when protesters had
CBS News President David Rhodes described what the “government” believed about the Benghazi attack the day after it happened, saying it was not just a “mob reaction” to a film. He also predicted the incident would quickly become part of
Buses are usually favored by progressives as a means of green, efficient transportation. In San Francisco, stopping some private buses has become the goal of a new lawsuit filed by a coalition of progressive activists. Tenant activists going under the
The New York Times published a story Sunday which makes clear that protesters in Venezuela have been suffering tremendous abuse at the hands of the country’s police and soldiers. The crackdown is so severe that even some allies of President
A wildfire in the hills above Rancho Cucamonga, CA has grown to 1,000 acres in size. The wildfire, dubbed the Etiwanda fire, was first reported to authorities Wednesday morning. At the time it was believed to cover nearly 200 acres.
Yesterday the House Energy and Commerce Committee released a statement about the Obamacare payment rate which got a lot of attention. The committee reached out to individual insurers in states using the federal Obamacare exchange and then collated the response.
Home ownership in the U.S. hit a peak in 2005 and began a long slide in 2007 leading into the recession. Currently home ownership is at its lowest rate in 19 years. The Census Bureau released a report Tuesday showing
On the morning of September 14th, Jay Carney gave a press briefing in which he addressed the attack in Benghazi at length. There is good reason to think the memo used to prepare Amb. Rice for her television appearances was
White House spokesman Jay Carney did his best to spin the revelation yesterday of a new document showing the White House pushed Amb. Susan Rice to blame a video during her Sunday show appearances. The problem is that Carney’s spin
A technology journalist helped bring a speedy end to a new web service last week. Milo Yiannopolous published an account at TechCrunch of killing web service personalpaper.me within four hours of its launch last Thursday. The site has remained down
Billy Joel celebrated his 65th birthday this week with a Q & A session moderated by radio host Howard Stern and sidekick Robin Quivers. The event, which comes a week before Joel’s actual birthday, included a few guests (about 100)
Blame the video, not the president’s foreign policy. That was the White House’s advice to Susan Rice as she prepared to appear on Sunday morning talk shows after the terrorist attack in Benghazi. A newly released email collected by Judicial
The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is proposing new rules which would allow Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to charge higher rates for services that use more resources. This has created a fresh battle in the debate over net neutrality.
A tax break for property owned by companies working on space flight has been passed by the State Senate and Assembly and is now headed for the desk of Governor Jerry Brown. The new tax break, known as AB-777, was
Healthcare.gov was supposed to do more than just sign people up for insurance. It was also supposed to manage subsidy payments to insurers on the back-end of the site. But with the first enrollment period closed, that part of the
California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board was created in 1975to insure farm workers had the right to unionize and choose their ownrepresentatives. Now the same board appears to be slow-walking attemptsby farm workers to get rid of a union they don’t
Is aerial monitoring of our city streets the future of policing? A system that would make it a reality has already been tested in several including some locations in California. For nine days in early 2012, the LA County Sheriff’s
