
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has consistently opposed the Iranian nuclear deal that President Barack Obama has championed, told diplomatic correspondents that an American public increasingly aware of the deal’s dangers is growing more hostile to the agreement.
by William Bigelow31 Jul 2015, 6:41 AM PST0

A man attempting to become the first swimmer to ever make the 28-mile journey from Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands had to abort his effort after 25 miles when a great white shark menacingly circled the boat following him and headed toward its prey.
by William Bigelow30 Jul 2015, 6:37 PM PST0

According to a report released by the Center for Energy Policy and the Environment at the Manhattan Institute, the energy policies of the state have imposed a greater burden on poorer customers in the inland and Central Valley regions of the state.
by William Bigelow30 Jul 2015, 12:19 PM PST0

According to a poll released this week by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), almost two-thirds of Californians believe, contrary to scientific evidence, that the state’s historic drought has been caused by global warming (not “climate change,” but “global warming”).
by William Bigelow30 Jul 2015, 10:43 AM PST0

The Philadelphia Phillies traded ace lefthander Cole Hamels to the Texas Rangers ahead of Friday’s trade deadline.
by William Bigelow30 Jul 2015, 7:47 AM PST0

Mia Farrow, the onetime actress who now functions as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, took a particularly vicious route in joining celebrities venting their fury at Walter Palmer, the dentist who killed Cecil the lion, tweeting Palmer’s home address.
by William Bigelow30 Jul 2015, 7:13 AM PST0

The trailer for Michael Bay’s new movie, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, based on Mitchell Zuckoff’s nonfiction book 13 Hours, has been released. The book on which the film is based discusses how six members of a security
by William Bigelow29 Jul 2015, 11:15 AM PST0

On Tuesday, eight children between the ages of six to eight years old were injured, two of them critically, when a massive pine tree fell during a field trip at a summer day camp in Pasadena.
by William Bigelow29 Jul 2015, 11:02 AM PST0

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft ripped the NFL on Wednesday for its refusal to alter Tom Brady’s four-game suspension for Deflategate, calling the decision “unfathomable.”
by William Bigelow29 Jul 2015, 9:41 AM PST0

Linda Tripp, the woman who exposed Monica Lewinsky as Bill Clinton’s mistress but has remained silent the last twenty years about what she knew about Bill and Hillary Clinton, gave an exclusive interview to The Daily Mail in which she offered what she knew about Hillary Clinton that makes her unfit for the presidency.
by William Bigelow29 Jul 2015, 7:18 AM PST0

Tom Brady allegedly destroyed his cellphone during the NFL’s investigation of “Deflategate.”
by William Bigelow29 Jul 2015, 12:05 AM PST0

On Sunday, vendors at the Orange County Fair barred former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas, 33, from winning any more prizes after he swished too many basketballs at carnival booths.
by William Bigelow28 Jul 2015, 12:47 PM PST0

Elon Musk, CEO and product architect of Tesla Motors and the CEO/CTO of Space ExplorationTechnologies, joined roughly 1,000 artificial intelligence (AI) experts, scientists and robotics researchers–including Stephen Hawking–to sign a letter urging the world’s nations to reject using artificial intelligence when waging war.
by William Bigelow28 Jul 2015, 12:33 PM PST0

Two fisherman on kayaks near San Diego last Thursday morning turned the tables on a mako shark intent who attacked one of the kayaks, reeling the shark in instead.
by William Bigelow28 Jul 2015, 6:15 AM PST0

In a promotional video for the new show Feherty, to be aired on The Golf Channel, Speaker of the House John Boehner got teary-eyed once again.
by William Bigelow27 Jul 2015, 9:11 PM PST0

Sarah Palin pulled no punches when calling for the defunding of Planned Parenthood on Sunday, pointing out that it was Planned Parenthood, not the Confederate flag, which killed 90,000 black babies in 2014.
by William Bigelow27 Jul 2015, 7:22 PM PST0

A 94-year-old World War veteran living in Modesto with his wife was brutally beaten in a home invasion on Friday–and is fighting for his life. Richard Iverson was left in an induced coma at the Memorial Medical Center after a man
by William Bigelow27 Jul 2015, 1:54 PM PST0

In San Francisco, of all places, a high school will offer a college preparatory class approved by the UC system that revolves around the importance of being gay.
by William Bigelow27 Jul 2015, 12:00 PM PST0

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, who had previously supported the idea of hosting the 2024 Olympics, has gone cold on the idea, concerned that the city will be left on the hook for cost overruns.
by William Bigelow27 Jul 2015, 10:17 AM PST0

According to Sacramento utility officials, over 3.3 million gallons of water were lost last year due to leakages from the city’s water system.
by William Bigelow26 Jul 2015, 12:29 PM PST0

Illegal alien children who cross the United States border with their mothers can no longer be held in detention centers supervised by the federal government and run by private operators, according to a decision by U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee on Friday.
by William Bigelow26 Jul 2015, 12:21 PM PST0

On Friday, two animal rights activists who allegedly traveled around the country in 2013 setting over 5,600 mink free from ranches and vandalizing stores selling furs and others distributing meat were arrested by the FBI in Oakland.
by William Bigelow26 Jul 2015, 6:24 AM PST0

On Friday afternoon, a man armed with a handgun in a shopping area in Studio City was shot and killed by police after he allegedly fired shots into the air.
by William Bigelow26 Jul 2015, 6:15 AM PST0

On Thursday, the NAACP in Grand Prairie, Texas, staged a protest to defend Demoyas Baker, 27, a worker at the Dalworth Recreational Center who was arrested because he allegedly showed two teenagers a gay child sex tape featuring two 12-year-old boys.
by William Bigelow25 Jul 2015, 10:28 AM PST0

Eighty Mormon teenagers are paying tribute to their ancestors, imitating the pioneers’ 1,300-mile trek across the United States by donning pioneer clothes, pulling handcarts, and trudging 16 miles of fire trails from Big Basin Redwoods State Park to Davenport.
by William Bigelow25 Jul 2015, 9:00 AM PST0