CBS 13 Sacramento reports that scientists, led by a UC Davis researcher, are trying a novel technique to deal with issues of the mind that plague people: deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (DTMS). Using magnetic pulses sent through the brain from
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, attempting to protect the shield, has brought in a famous badge. The league has hired former FBI director Robert S. Mueller III to investigate the NFL’s actions in handling evidence in the Ray Rice domestic violence
The University of California, keeping pace with the state government’s obsession with climate change, is proposing to invest $1 billion over five years in companies and researchers that are seeking solutions solving climate change, the Sacramento Business Journal reports. UC plans
Some residents in Borough Park in New York City are irate with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) because their service has been halted due to their low-set mail slots, according to the New York Daily News. The postal service claims
On Tuesday, the LAPD acknowledged that there has been an exponential increase in the cases they have been working on that have unanalyzed fingerprint evidence, according to the Los Angeles Times. The number of cases has risen more than 100%
The Los Angeles Unified school board, under fire because of the release of internal emails outlining a possibly inappropriate relationship between its executives and Apple, as well as textbook publisher Pearson, has decided to buy a service that will automatically
Miami Heat forward Luol Deng responded to a scouting report read by Atlanta Hawks general manager Danny Ferry on a conference call among the team’s executives. An owner deemed the description of Deng racially insensitive, and reading it aloud ultimately
According to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, Republicans have soared to a monumental lead among Americans in the decision of which party they can trust to maintain a strong national defense. A majority of respondents, 54%, chose the
Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had a grand day in Sacramento on Monday, first appearing at a climate change symposium with Governor Jerry Brown and then attending the unveiling of his portrait in the state rotunda. It was his first public
A 31-year-old testicular cancer survivor from Salinas, California is pushing a 6-foot inflatable “testicle” across the country to heighten the public’s awareness of the disease. According to local NBC News affiliate KSBW-TV, Thomas Cantley says he is going to depend on public
A small fire in the backcountry of Yosemite National Park that had been allowed to burn for forest restoration and various other reasons was transformed into a dangerous wildfire on Sunday by strong winds and high temperatures, reports the Fresno
Google has settled charges brought by the federal government, consenting to reimburse $19 million to consumers whose children may have been deceptively lured into buying items through the Android app store, reports the Washington Post. The Federal Trade Commission stated
In a weird display of punishing the messenger for the message, Atlanta Hawks co-owner and CEO Steve Koonin said disciplinary action will be taken against general manager Danny Ferry for reading aloud a comment someone else made about a prospective
In a rare appearance marking his former identity as governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger is returning to Sacramento on Monday for two reasons: to join Governor Jerry Brown to champion the state’s efforts addressing climate change, and to celebrate the
A 14-year-old Florida girl was arrested and charged with arson and attempted murder for setting her family’s Port Richey house on fire while her mother and 9-year-old brother slept, according to Fox News. She was allegedly influenced by the fictional horror figure, Slender
California’s immigration activists are furious at President Barack Obama’s recent decision to postpone taking executive action to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens, breaking a promise to do so by summer’s end. Los Angeles CBS News affiliate KCAL 9
In the wake of the Ferguson, Missouri riots and protests that have been mounted against the so-called “militarization” of local police forces around the country, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan wrote on Facebook that Urban Shield, a four-day trade show and
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that all signs read stop for Sen. Barbara Boxer’s 2016 campaign. Boxer, 73, has not indicated whether she will run for re-election, but her campaign account has less than a paltry $200,000, as opposed to
On Thursday, Sep. 4, KCAL 9 News Los Angeles showed fans of the late Joan Rivers stopping by her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to pay their respects and comment on how much the late comedienne meant to
A new Field Poll finds a huge increase in the percentage of Californians happy with the direction the state is headed, bolstering Governor jerry Brown’s reelection chances. 43% of respondents thought that the state was improving, compared to only 13%
The scientific journal Nature Communications has published the results of a study conducted by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital that focused on an avian influenza virus that left harbor seals dead along the New England coast, and their findings indicate
NBA commissioner Adam Silver has reversed the league’s position on gambling, acknowledging that legalized sports betting is “inevitable.” Only two years ago, in November 2012, former NBA Commissioner David Stern had joined the Department of Justice, the NCAA, NFL, MLB,
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E), having been found responsible for a Sept. 9, 2012, blast and fire that killed eight people and injured another 66, is protesting a fine of $1.4-billion fine imposed on its shareholders by two administrative
The Cardinal Newman Society has solid evidence that contrary to what the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) attested, the state did not have a long-standing policy of viewing elective abortion as a mandatory, “medically necessary” insurance benefit. In
On Wednesday, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, informed the Silicon Valley Leadership Group in Santa Clara that the U.S. must fight ISIS, which she called “totally evil.” Feinstein intoned, “I have
