
The parents and uncle of a baby girl kidnapped Saturday evening from the family’s home in Long Beach, California were shot as the abductor took off with the infant. Hours later, a baby girl was found dead in a dumpster over a hundred miles south in Imperial Beach, California.
by Michelle Moons5 Jan 2015, 2:42 PM PST0

Last November, protesters now known as the “Black Friday 14” were charged with criminal offenses and assessed fines totaling $70,000 for actions including chaining themselves to BART trains in West Oakland–offenses for which other “Black Lives Matter” activist groups are
by Michelle Moons5 Jan 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

Riverside County firefighters freed a naked woman from a fireplace Saturday, posting photos of the rescue to Twitter that show the woman’s soot-laden legs dangling through a hole they had opened to free her.
by Michelle Moons4 Jan 2015, 2:32 PM PST0

Occupy veterans in Oakland, California, craving greater establishment and a place to breed the ideologies of their movement, are considering the purchase of a Mediterranean-inspired commercial building in a highly coveted section of their city.
by Michelle Moons3 Jan 2015, 12:55 PM PST0

Search crews discovered a small plane crashed in the woods of southwest Kentucky and four dead Friday after a distressed seven-year-old girl showed up at a nearby residence asking for help, telling the resident she had survived the accident.
by Michelle Moons3 Jan 2015, 8:27 AM PST0

California chickens are getting an extreme coop makeover in 2015 under a proposition passed by the state’s voters back in 2008, and it’s costing farmers and consumers in renovations and rising egg prices.
by Michelle Moons2 Jan 2015, 1:52 PM PST0

About ten protesters showed up for a planned protest of Pasadena’s annual Tournament of Roses Parade with signs and a banner heralding the name and image of Ezell Ford and others who have died in confrontations with police, along with the declaration “#BlackLivesMatter.”
by Michelle Moons1 Jan 2015, 11:14 AM PST0

Protesters plan to ring in the New Year in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Pasadena, California as #BlackLivesMatter and Occupy movement activists have laid out a busy night, as well as demonstrations on New Years’ Day at Pasadena’s annual Tournament of Roses parade.
by Michelle Moons31 Dec 2014, 5:36 PM PST0

New Year’s Eve protests began early in St. Louis as protesters rushed the doors of the 1915 Olive St Police Headquarters in Missouri with chants of, “We say fight back.”
by Michelle Moons31 Dec 2014, 10:30 AM PST0

Sixteen California firefighters are on paid administrative leave after the estranged wife of alleged murderer and battalion chief Orville Fleming made accusations that she viewed a sex tape involving Fleming, his mistress turned fiancé, and other firefighters having sex on a fire truck.
by Michelle Moons30 Dec 2014, 5:47 PM PST0

Parents Matt and Raeona Dies cannot bring their young daughter back to life, but have pushed to hold accountable those responsible in the DUI crash that killed her. A quiet early November settlement granted the couple $2.5 million from the United States Government, a co-defendant in the lawsuit seeking damages and asserting the Congressional aide behind the wheel that night became intoxicated on government time. Reports have indicated a possible cover-up from Congresswoman Capps’ office.
by Michelle Moons30 Dec 2014, 4:27 PM PST0

“It’s pretty radical, I mean there was no warning at all, I was about ten feet from him and it was absolute quiet, silent, nothin,” Andrew Walsh told a reporter from the shores of Montaña De Oro State Beach
by Michelle Moons30 Dec 2014, 10:07 AM PST0

Three Muslim groups joined forces to organize a Saturday protest in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania invoking Koran scripture and the words of Malcolm X in announcing the “Muslims Mobilized Against Police Brutality” protest. Muslim groups who coalesced to lead the protest charge
by Michelle Moons28 Dec 2014, 8:15 PM PST0

Protests continued throughout the day in Los Angeles Saturday featuring DJ Mustard, rappers TYGA and The Game, and some rather antagonistic activists well into the night.
by Michelle Moons28 Dec 2014, 2:46 PM PST0

Only the sound of footsteps were audible as protesters marched down the streets of St. Louis past City Hall with duct tape on their mouths in silent protest over the police-involved shooting deaths of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York . Activists got loud, however, as they ended up down at the landmark St Louis Arch, flooding the entrance to the Visitor’s Center chanting, “FTP, F**k the Police” and “Hands Up Don’t Shoot.”
by Michelle Moons27 Dec 2014, 3:55 PM PST0

Five deaths have been reported out of 29 Listeria-related illnesses in the United States in a recent outbreak that has been linked to Happy Apple Brand Caramel Apples produced out of Orosi, California and Union, Missouri. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states, “Listeria can cause a serious, life-threatening illness.”
by Michelle Moons26 Dec 2014, 3:02 PM PST0

Investigators are looking in to a fatal Christmas Eve series of events that led to the death of a dangerous and combative male U.S. citizen attempting to enter the United States from Mexico near San Diego, California. The man first attempted
by Michelle Moons25 Dec 2014, 5:54 PM PST0

Ferguson Action held a weekend ‘Transition and Transform Mass Meeting” at the same location where Ferguson protesters were trained before riots, looting, and arson ignited upon the announcement a grand jury chose not to charge police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown.
by Michelle Moons24 Dec 2014, 2:22 PM PST0

Illegal aliens from El Salvador and Mexico have been using fraudulent passports in an attempt to cross the U.S. southern border, four of which were caught in their attempts over the weekend.
by Michelle Moons24 Dec 2014, 4:00 AM PST0

Residents of San Diego’s Courtyards apartment complex received a not-so-jolly letter in the mail this December – a letter accusing one family in the complex of operating as a criminal element in the community. The letter calls the apartment’s residents
by Michelle Moons22 Dec 2014, 4:15 PM PST0

lleged gang members from California, Arizona and Texas were recently indicted for manipulating approximately 100 girls, ranging in age from 12 to mid-20s, into a life of prostitution. The case is the third prosecuted under the federal RICO racketeering statute
by Michelle Moons21 Dec 2014, 11:04 PM PST0

Virtual scent seekers in pursuit of that scent-selfie, fragrant floral photo, or a scent to accompany that Instagram food shot may be in luck. Debate continues, however, over whether scent technology will be the next leading tech breakthrough in 2015.
by Michelle Moons20 Dec 2014, 5:49 PM PST0

Twenty-eight dangerous gang members have been apprehended in the El Centro sector of the U.S.-Mexico border this year, with the most recent an aggravated felon member of the “Sureños 13” criminal street gang arrested Thursday morning. Jose Carmona-Escobar, a 43-year-old
by Michelle Moons20 Dec 2014, 9:41 AM PST0

“Climate change is a top priority for me as the new leader of the Senate,” California state Senate President Pro Tem Kevin De Leon said at a recent NextGen Climate Leadership Forum in Oakland. That priority is reflected in a
by Michelle Moons20 Dec 2014, 7:38 AM PST0

Avocado and guacamole lovers: brace yourselves. as your delectable fruit may soon be even more pricey and in short supply. thanks to rising fertilizer and water prices; California drought; and Mexican gangs. Comprising “[a] $435 million industry in California,” according
by Michelle Moons19 Dec 2014, 5:03 AM PST0