On Tuesday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed onto a pact between 12 regions in seven countries, including four U.S. states, binding each to reduce greenhouse gas emissions drastically. The goal of the cuts is to keep the rise in global average surface temperatures below 2º Celsius. However, recent revisions by the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change suggest global temperatures are projected to rise by less than 1º C over 30 years–and perhaps by less than 0.5º C.
by Michelle Moons20 May 2015, 4:00 AM PST0
The arrest of 14 individuals charged with circumventing airport security to operate a nationwide drug trafficking organization has brought safety at America’s airports into serious question.
by Michelle Moons19 May 2015, 11:54 AM PST0
Irvine-based immigration attorney Ken Zhiyi Liang has been arrested and charged with repeated witness tampering for assisting multiple material witnesses in fleeing the United States, in violation of orders in the March Chinese “maternity tourism” scandals.
by Michelle Moons19 May 2015, 11:41 AM PST0
On Saturday night, a California Save-Mart janitor’s night went from calm to violent minutes before closing when two alleged gang members began attacking the man for his blue shirt, which was allegedly interpreted by the attackers as gang colors, according
by Michelle Moons19 May 2015, 5:43 AM PST0
Scores of cosmetic, shampoo, toothpaste and personal care products containing microbeads will be forced to find new exfoliating ingredients should California State Assemblyman Richard Bloom’s (D-Santa Monica) reprised bill to ban microbeads pass the state legislature and become law. An
by Michelle Moons18 May 2015, 1:11 PM PST0
Shots fired at approximately 8:25 a.m. Sunday morning that sent one San Diego Police Officer to the hospital were met with responding shots fired at the shooting suspect leaving the man dead at the scene. SDPD officers originally attempted to
by Michelle Moons17 May 2015, 8:54 PM PST0
A female San Diego Police Officer was shot in the neck Sunday morning at approximately 8:25am in the Kearny Mesa area and has been taken to a local hospital.
by Michelle Moons17 May 2015, 1:33 PM PST0
Parents and kids showed up in droves at the California Democratic Convention Saturday for a protest against SB 277 and other legislation.
by Michelle Moons16 May 2015, 7:09 PM PST0
ANAHEIM, California—Mention of 2016 Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has been noticeably absent from California’s 2015 Democrat convention as the party faithful flocked to the Saturday speech from Senator Elizabeth Warren, considered by many a Clinton alternative.
by Michelle Moons16 May 2015, 3:42 PM PST0
Next door to “the happiest place on earth” California Democrats are gathering in Anaheim for their 2015 state convention in great anticipation of progressive favorite Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
by Michelle Moons16 May 2015, 6:35 AM PST0
On Thursday, the California State Senate passed Senate Bill 277, which would eliminate California parents’ ability to opt out of mandatory vaccines for their school children for reasons of “personal belief.” The vote was 25 in favor and 10 against.
by Michelle Moons15 May 2015, 12:51 PM PST0
Nepalese authorities reported Friday that three bodies have been pulled from the remains of a U.S. Marine helicopter in Nepal after search teams discovered the aircraft that had gone missing Tuesday while delivering earthquake relief supplies.
by Michelle Moons15 May 2015, 11:57 AM PST0
“Dam [thumbs up]… Train [thumbs down]… Governor, put our water before your train,” reads a billboard message erected by Fresno City Councilman Steve Brandau, revealed this week in California’s Central Valley.
by Michelle Moons14 May 2015, 12:50 PM PST0
Crowds of activists from both sides of the ferocious illegal immigration debate clashed in a war of words directed at the L.A. County Board of Supervisors as the elected officials voted 3-2 Tuesday to kill the 287(g) program that allows U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) agents inside county jails in order to review inmates for legal status and potential deportation prior to release.
by Michelle Moons14 May 2015, 5:07 AM PST0
A helicopter from U.S. Marines Camp Pendleton was on a rescue mission following the massive and deadly Nepal earthquakes when it lost contact Tuesday. Search efforts continue in hopes the six U.S. Marines and two Nepalese soldiers aboard the UH-1Y Huey are simply unable to communicate in the mountainous region.
by Michelle Moons13 May 2015, 12:31 PM PST0
New amendments may have expedited passage of the controversial SB 277 bill to eliminate California parents’ right to exempt their children from one or more school required vaccinations on the basis of “personal belief.” The bill could see a floor vote as early as Thursday.
by Michelle Moons13 May 2015, 11:54 AM PST0
Sticky, black gobs of tar goo are washing up on southern California beaches–but before climate change activists sound the alarm, experts are saying the phenomenon is completely natural.
by Michelle Moons12 May 2015, 3:45 AM PST0
U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn of the Seventh Congressional District of Tennessee, joined Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon Saturday for an exclusive radio interview at the South Carolina Freedom Summit. The two honed in on the war on radical Islamic terrorists and critical national security issues facing the U.S. following the Texas terror attack and the military’s heightened threat level.
by Michelle Moons11 May 2015, 6:17 AM PST0
Usually political consultants like Enrique Pearce are charged with handling the scandals of their political clients, but this week it was the consultant in hot water for hundreds of disturbing child pornography images allegedly found in Pearce’s possession.
by Michelle Moons9 May 2015, 3:16 PM PST0
A new study released by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has added fuel to the argument that the MMR vaccine is not causing autism.
by Michelle Moons9 May 2015, 11:27 AM PST0
Hillary Clinton’s first California fundraising tour since announcing for president raked in $800,00 for a mere 15-minute speech in Pacific Palisades today. It was part of a $3 million single-day haul for the Democratic Party frontrunner, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Hollywood
by Michelle Moons8 May 2015, 12:01 AM PST0
Los Angeles Times owner Tribune Publishing announced Thursday that it has agreed to purchase one of the most well established papers in Southern California, the San Diego Union-Tribune, for $85 million.
by Michelle Moons7 May 2015, 8:39 PM PST0
Little baby Grayson can’t leave Mexico for home after an overnight legal change in Tabasco, Mexico left him with no birth certificate and no way for his parents to bring their new child back over the border for weeks after his birth.
by Michelle Moons7 May 2015, 2:33 PM PST0
“I am not remorseful,” 30-year-old Thomas Miguel Guerra told a San Diego Judge as he faced conviction and a six-month sentence for knowingly infecting another man with HIV.
by Michelle Moons6 May 2015, 1:00 PM PST0
Hillary Clinton continues to dodge direct media questions as she jets off for her first official fundraising trip to the Bay Area since quietly making her campaign for President official.
by Michelle Moons6 May 2015, 11:11 AM PST0
