Donald Trump Rips Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg on Immigration
In the immigration plan he released Sunday, Donald Trump slammed Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for making the path easier for immigrants to land jobs at high-tech firms.
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California: $15 Minimum Wage, $30 Per Pizza, Massive Fail
Small businesses are already struggling to survive the spate of minimum wage increases to $15 per hour in parts of California.
L.A. Pol Slams ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Release
A former Los Angeles City councilman and LAPD officer blasted the timing of the release of Straight Outta Compton, saying that it exacerbates current tensions between citizens and police departments. According to CBS Los Angeles, Dennis Zine, who also helps
California Man Who Ran for DA Arrested for Murder
A defense attorney who ran unsuccessfully for district attorney in Stanislaus County last year has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the murder of a man he suspected was stealing his antiques.
GA Black Woman Indicted for Threatening to Kill ‘At Least 15’ White Policemen
On Friday, a black woman from East Point, Georgia who used a Facebook pseudonym to post threats of killing “at least 15” white policemen was indicted on charges of making terroristic threats and inciting a riot.
DNP: Spider Bite
Chris Johnson of the Cleveland Indians missed Sunday’s game because of playing Frodo to a small version of Shelob.
Donald Trump Will Report for Jury Duty Monday
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump will take a break from his campaign schedule because he has jury duty at the state Supreme Court in lower Manhattan.
Bay Area Schools Lack Teachers for Fall
Bay Area schools will face a shortage of teachers as they open later this month.
Jerry Brown Asks CA Legislature to Raise Taxes
Two special sessions of the state legislature that will convene Monday to consider raising taxes, at Governor Jerry Brown’s request.
Netflix, Hulu Banned for Hawaii State Employees
The Hawaii state government has eliminated access to video streaming services featuring entertainment for its employees.
Winston-Salem Is Against Removing ‘Dixie’ from the Dixie Classic Fair
After Winston-Salem, NC, Councilman James Taylor informed FOX8 that some of his constituency claim the “Dixie” in the Dixie Classic Fair’s name offends them, the news station took to the streets to test Taylor’s assertion and found a quite different response.
Spanish Festival Cancels Matisyahu for Not Endorsing Palestinian State
A Spanish music festival canceled a scheduled concert on August 22 by American reggae star Matisyahu after he refused to write or videotape a message supporting a Palestinian state.
Prop 47: California Has Lighter Sentences, More Crime
California’s Proposition 47 of 2014, The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, which changed some drug and property crimes from felonies to misdemeanors, has coincided with a rise in crime in parts of the state.
Apollo 14 Astronaut Claims Aliens Visited Earth
Edgar Mitchell, who rocketed into space as part of the Apollo 14 team to become the sixth man on the moon, claims that members of the U.S. Air Force saw UFOs flying over U.S. missile bases and the White Sands facility in New Mexico preparing to disarm the United States if a nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia became imminent.
Kentucky Man Stops in Pouring Rain to Fold Fallen American Flag
On July 26, one Kentucky man on the way home from church with his pregnant wife in the pouring rain saw an American flag on the ground and instinctively pulled his car over to pick it up and fold it.
S.F. Doctors Want Injunction to Allow Assisted Suicide
On Friday, three San Francisco doctors brought a request for a preliminary injunction to allow them to flout state law and help their terminally ill patients commit suicide.
North Carolina VA Clinic Rental Cost Double the Going Rate
The Veterans Administration, with a 20-year lease etched into stone, will shell out more than $68 million over 20 years for a Wilmington, North Carolina facility it will not own, renting it instead.
Fo Shizzle: Snoop Dogg’s Son Quits UCLA Football
Another rapper’s son on UCLA’s football team made news this week, as Cordell Broadus, the son of rapper Snoop Dogg, never reported for the team’s fall camp.
Kamala Harris Distorts Pension Referendum
State Attorney General Kamala Harris, eager to please public employee unions, has cunningly limned the title and summary of an amendment to the state Constitution that would legislate pension reform.
Young Mom Posts Breastfeeding Photo with Her Son and Her Friend’s Son
One young mother near Philadelphia decided to pose online breastfeeding two boys, but only one of them was her son.
Debate over Bill to Halve Gas Use in CA
The Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015, SB 350, which would force petroleum use in California cars and trucks to be cut in half by 2030, is snaking through the California State Assembly toward a vote, prompting acrimonious debate between supporters and opponents.
Rex Ryan Fields a Team of Problem Players
Remember Lee Marvin in 1967’s The Dirty Dozen, gathering the Army’s worst ex-soldier convicts and turning them into a team to attempt a suicidal assault on a meeting of Nazi officers at a chateau?
L.A. Dumps Black Balls into Reservoirs to Stop Evaporation
On Monday, DWP officials and Los Angels Mayor Eric Garcetti supervised the release of the last 20,000 “shade balls” into the Los Angeles Reservoir in Sylmar, marking the end of adding 96 million of the balls to the facility.
Chuck Schumer to Senate Dems: No Pressure to Oppose Iran Nuclear Deal
Ever-ambitious Sen. Chuck Schumer, according to Politico, is spending his valuable time reassuring other Democrat Senators that he won’t pressure them to join him in his opposition to the Iran nuclear deal.
Missouri Commission Removes Desert Storm Memorial with ‘Jesus Fish’
On Tuesday, the three-member Boone County Commission in Columbia, Missouri voted unanimously to remove a memorial honoring Operation Desert Storm from the county courthouse to a private cemetery because it featured an ichthys, AKA “Jesus fish.” Two Boone County men
