In Barack Obama’s last weekly address before the November election, he resorted to his usual chicanery, this time with an emphasis on the War on Women. Obama started by claiming that over the past 55 months, “Our businesses have added
The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in the Mojave Desert, lauded by U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz at its opening last February, is having problems matching the initial boasts of how much electricity it would produce. Given a $1.6 billion
Parents of a boy enrolled in Manhattan Beach Middle School are pulling their son out of class because the school is teaching children the tents of Islam, Los Angeles news station KTLA reports. The father said, “The audacity of this
In an article written for Time magazine, Texas Senator Ted Cruz blasted the Obama administration for its vitriolic hostility for the state of Israel, calling on Democrats to demand that the administration member who called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “chickensh*t”
Despite a heartwarming Nike commercial celebrating the return of LeBron James to Cleveland that aired in the arena prior to the Cavaliers opening game against the New York Knicks, the Cavs lost the game, 95-90, as James played miserably in
Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics and the political prognosticator and founder of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, has now rated California’s 7th Congressional district race as “leaning Republican.” Sabato had rated the race between Democrat incumbent Ami
Now that Barack Obama is persona non grata at rallies for Democratic candidates around the country, those candidates are turning to former president Bill Clinton to help them squeak out tight victories in November. Clinton made appearances around California on
Dr. Colin Bucks of Stanford University, who returned from Liberia last week, is the first person in California to be quarantined because of Ebola. On Wednesday, the state came forth with its guidelines for those who have had contact with
When Grantland Rice wrote “When the One Great Scorer comes, to write against your name,” he must have meant the Elias Sports Bureau. The statistics gurus there advised the official scorers for Game 7 of the World Series that the
President Obama’s base of support among Hispanics and young people is eroding dramatically in the run-up to the 2014 elections. According to the Pew Research Center, Hispanic voters are upset with the Obama administration over what they perceive to be
Kaci Hickox, the nurse who returned from Africa after working with Doctors Without Borders in Sierra Leone to treat Ebola victims, blustered that Maine had better rescind her quarantine by Thursday or she will sue. Hickox, 33, told NBC’s Today,
More than 50 guests at an NAACP gala in Redwood City, California, experienced vomiting and diarrhea after suffering from food poisoning Saturday night, CBS San Francisco reports. Twelve people were rushed to the hospital in ambulances, where they were treated
Baroness Sandip Verma, a member of the House of Lords and a minister in the Department of Energy and Climate Change, said global warming has slowed because of measures taken by the government. Verma’s remarks came in response to Viscount
Researchers at Stanford and Dartmouth University crossed the line recently, sending material to voters that appeared to be official campaign mailings, and which judged where prospective candidates in California, Montana and New Hampshire stood in the political spectrum. That action
Jose Canseco blew off the middle finger of his left hand Tuesday afternoon while cleaning his handgun at home. The former Oakland Athletics slugger was taken to University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, where doctors said that no matter what
Tefere Gebre, executive vice president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), acknowledged publicly that a newly-built immigrant services center in Jersey City would be just the ticket to bring in more votes for Democrats.
The 38,000 high school seniors in the Los Angeles Unified School District may have serious problems applying to colleges. A faulty computerized records system that was newly implemented in August has produced so many errors, the Los Angeles Times reports, that the
More than 1,400 students at University of California Berkeley have signed a petition urging the university to cancel the appearance of comedian Bill Maher as the mid-year commencement speaker. The students aver in the petition that Maher’s anti-Islam comments are
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but if you’re an NBA owner, words can get you thrown out of the league, as Golden State Warriors owner Peter Guber may surely knows. Guber is the latest NBA exec to be
Matthew Abu Diab from Volusia County in Florida, already arrested once for food stamp fraud, will be in jail for nine months after buying food stamp cards for a fraction of their price and using the proceeds to stock the shelves
Many American cities are ignoring the federal government’s requests to hand over illegal immigrants, claiming that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) detainers that ask local law enforcement agencies to hold violators are creating a financial burden. ICE can
Murry’s Inc., maker of Bell & Evans gluten-free chicken breast nuggets (12 ounces) and Bell & Evans gluten-free chicken breast (10.5 ounces), have recalled the products, over 31,000 pounds worth, because of possible contamination with staph bacteria. The products being
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who hails from Bakersfield, has a plethora of ideas revolving around remaking the GOP’s image in Congress, and he’s not shy about sharing them–at least not with Politico. McCarthy, according to the exclusive profile by
Montreal, without a baseball team for a decade, may hear “Jouer a la balle!” again soon. The New York Daily News reports that Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg looks at Montreal as a possible landing spot for his team.
An event on November 18 in Washington hosted by the pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC “Ready for Hillary” is targeting the Latino community, as Latino political leaders are making appearances to stir up fervor for Clinton in their community. Among the
