Covering for California governor Jerry Brown, the California legislature has allotted $250 million gleaned from “cap-and-trade” greenhouse gas fees on businesses to make it look as though Brown’s bullet train is still a viable idea. But as Dan Walters notes
Jumping on the bandwagon Hillary Clinton revved up with her comment saying she and her husband were broke when they left the White House, Barack Obama said Tuesday that his wife is “kind of a bad example” for the need
A suicide bomber on a tricycle taxi detonated explosives in an outdoor World Cup viewing center in Damaturua, Nigeria, killing at least 14 people and injuring at least 26 more. The BBC reported that a source informed them that the
The next president pro tem of the California state Senate will be Democratic state Sen. Kevin de León of Los Angeles, who was elected Monday. De León, 47, a Democrat, asserted that one of his highest priorities will be to
The battle between Idaho Republican Congressman Raúl R. Labrador and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy to replace Eric Cantor as House majority leader features two wholly different strategies. Labrador is working the media, according to analysts, in an attempt to convince voters
House GOP members determined to show that the actions of Barack Obama and his minions triggered the IRS targeting of politically conservative groups have released a 77-page report detailing the connections. According to the report from the House Committee on
A new poll from CNN/ORC International shows more than 60% of the American public thinks the Obama Administration has been dishonest about how it has procured information related to the terror attack on the Benghazi compound and the subsequent massacre. The poll found only
On Monday, Baltimore Ravens star running back Ray Rice and his wife met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss how the league would deal with his February arrest for aggravated assault against his wife. The NFL has a personal
Barack Obama allowed his White House to release the news that he is planning to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against their employees on the basis of sexual orientation. Ahead of his appearance in New York on Tuesday at a Democratic fundraising
On Sunday, the Democratic-dominated state legislature in California approved the new fiscal year’s $108 billion general fund spending plan. State bill SB852 passed 55-24 in the Assembly and 25-11 in the Senate, largely along party lines. The legislature met on
A November ballot measure put up by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour has restaurant owners in the city determined that they will have to raise their prices as a result. Some
Los Angeles rioters destroyed a drone flying outside the Staples Center Friday night, chanting “We got the drone! We got the drone!” The downing of the drone occurred after the victory of the Los Angeles Kings over the New York
In an astonishing challenge to traditional Catholic doctrine, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, nominally Catholic, has taken to telling San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone that he should not attend the National Organization for Marriage’s June 19 march on the Supreme
Because of tension between the United States and Russia over the Russian invasion of Crimea, the storied Rocketdyne plant in Canoga Park that once built engines to take rockets to the moon may be revived, the Los Angeles Times reports. Rocketdyne,
The UC Irvine chapter of Young Americans for Liberty was unimpressed by the fact that Barack Obama gave the university’s Saturday commencement address at Angel Stadium, creating a mock “program schedule” for the event. The post read like this: Program
A New Jersey neurologist accused of sleeping with a patient he himself had diagnosed as suffering from a mild brain injury has been stripped of his license by the NJ State Board of Medical Examiners. Dr. Jonathan Fellus allegedly began
A woman traveling on JetBlue from New York to Boston last Monday had to watch as her 3-year-old daughter urinated in her seat because a flight attendant would not permit the mother to take her child to the bathroom. Jennifer
Pope Francis, speaking to the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, issued a blistering assault on “the god of money,” asserting that it is the root of problems facing the young people of the world. He also said that the world economy
The Sacramento Bee reports that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, head of the Republican Governors Association, will headline a $10,000-per-person luncheon fundraising event for the group on Friday in San Francisco, accompanied by California GOP gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari. Kashkari
California senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer are suddenly realizing that the escalating crisis in Iraq is a matter of concern. The Iraqi Shiite government led by Nouri al-Maliki is under assault by al-Qaeda and Sunni forcesand is near collapse.
Al Michaels, the iconic play-by-play announcer, bluntly told talk-show host Jim Rome that the controversy over the Washington Redskins’ name is “nuts.” Michaels asserted on Rome’s Showtime program that he had spoken to Redskins’ owner Daniel Snyder about the issue
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, speaking before the Commonwealth Club of California Wednesday night, triggered a minor controversy with his remarks about homosexuality. Perry was addressing a question about the platform of the Texas Republican party that supported the possibility for
The Los Angeles Times reports that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, already besieged for his racist remarks, is now being sued by a former intern for the team. Frank Cooper is suing the team because he says he
The Sacramento Bee writes that “unexpected revenue” is giving the Democratic governor and legislature leeway to call their spending of the funds “investing.” The Bee buries the reason for the “unexpected revenue” in the 16th paragraph: California’s fiscal turnaround is caused in
The teachers of the Los Angeles Unified School District are not satisfied with the raise offered them by the Los Angeles Unified school board, which approved pay raises for its employees on Tuesday, the Los Angeles Daily News reports. The board
Champ Bailey, the New Orleans Saints cornerback who started his career with the Washington Redskins, has jumped on the bandwagon of those who want to see the team change their team’s name. Bailey told USA Today: I don’t know where
The Los Angeles Times reports that P.F. Chang’s, an Asian restaurant chain with roughly 200 franchises across the United States and abroad, may be the newest outlet targeted by hackers who stole the restaurant chain’s customers’ credit and debit card
Tuesday night, during Game 3 of the NBA Finals on ABC, the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation aired an ad protesting the nickname of the Washington Redskins. The 60-second spot, which ran in Miami during Game 2 Sunday night, ran in
Allegations continue to surface that a staff member for California Democratic Rep. Lois Capps attempted to help a fellow staffer escape jail time after he drove while drunk and killed a young woman. Those allegations have apparently prompted an investigation by
California Senator Dianne Feinstein is admitting that the White House has kept her at a distance after she criticized the Obama Administration for ignoring Congress when the Bowe Bergdahl deal was made. Feinstein, the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee,
Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder has retained a lobbying firm to fight for his NFL team’s interests. The move follows the team launching a nonprofit to help distressed American Indians and an unambiguous pledge to keep the team’s nickname despite
The Sacramento Bee has tried to paint California Governor Jerry Brown as the fiscally prudent partner in his squabble with his cohorts in the state legislature over the state’s budget. The reality is that Brown’s budget calls for the state
You may not enjoy the football if you’re a Jacksonville Jaguars fan, as they have gone 11-37 in the last three years. But if you have $13 Grand to spend, you might still love going to the game. The Jaguars
A new “aluminum-air” battery developed by Israel-based Phinergy and Alcoa Canada can more than triple the distance electric cars can travel. The battery, shown to the public in Montreal this week, is made of panels that are mostly made of
NBC News reports that U.S. officials have stated that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was examined at the U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, after his release from the Taliban, is in decent physical shape. He has no permanent physical
In a burgeoning scandal that has been reported by the Sacramento Bee regarding the repair of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, a new fact has come to light: the Chinese company hired to fix the bridge, Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery
San Franciscans, who often pride themselves on their sophistication, have taken to a more sophisticated prank than their rural counterparts who favor cow tipping: Smart car tipping. Over the weekend, two more of the two-seat Smart cars were tipped over
Common Core in California is getting a boost from over 300 California businesses, nonprofits, and children’s groups that released a statement approving of the Common Core State Standards. The statement was circulated by Children Now, a non-profit advocacy group, and
Hillary Clinton is trying desperately to create some distance between herself and Barack Obama’s disastrous foreign policy record with regard to the Middle East. Clinton is attempting to woo Jewish voters by asserting that unlike Obama, she thinks that when
A new $5 billion Tesla Motors plant, called a “Gigafactory,” which could employ as many as 6,500 workers, is being competed for by Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, and California. California lawmakers and CA governor Jerry Brown’s administration are attempting
