A female newsreader appeared on Saudi state television without a headscarf. The anonymous woman appeared on the Al Ekhbariya channel reading a bulletin from London. The same woman had made prior appearances wearing a hijab, as the Islamic dress codes
A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll reveals that an all-time record of 76% of Americans do not believe their children’s lives will be better than their own. Almost as many respondents, 71%, believe the U.S. is headed in the
CBS Los Angeles reports that a thief pretended to be a blind veteran in order to gain access to the back room of a check-cashing business and escape with $5,000. The business is located at Figueroa Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway
Anthony Bosch, the former Alex Rodriguez associate who founded Biogenesis, surrendered to the DEA on Tuesday after making a deal to plead guilty to conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids between October 2008 and December 2012. Bosch, 50, was arrested along
The Washington Post reports that Sean Labar, 26, and Shelby Myers, 24, who have been selling “Keep-the Name” T-Shirts in Richmond, Virginia, had the biggest supporter of keeping the “Redskins” name stop at their corner to buy T-shirts this weekend:
LOS ANGELES — The battle for California Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown’s “bullet train” is heating up. Brown, undeterred by the possibility of the U.S. House of Representatives blocking federal funding for Brown’s $68 billion bullet train, told the Wall Street
LOS ANGELES — Flash floods and freak summer thunderstorms have paralyzed parts of Southern California. Video footage of the mudslides in San Bernardino County shows mud, sometimes hip-deep, covering the area. Fox News reports that roughly 2,500 people were stranded
The death of Eric Garner, 43, who died in police custody on Staten Island on July 17, has been ruled a homicide by the city’s medical examiner. The examiner said a chokehold that compressed Garner’s neck and chest while he
An anti-homosexuality law in Uganda has been struck down by the nation’s constitutional court. The law had instituted penalties for gay relationships that included sentences as long as life in prison for “aggravated homosexuality” and jail sentences of seven years
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Michael Egan, who filed sex abuse lawsuits against X-Men director Bryan Singer and three others last April, had been evading being served a copy of a lawsuit against him for malicious prosecution, and was
CBS 13 in Sacramento reports that a local news anchor was arrested for theft while in an unrelated case her fiancé was arrested for arson. Fox 40 news anchor Sabrina Rodriguez was arrested and charged with three felony counts of
KTLA 5 in Los Angeles is reporting that the city of Burbank is under assault from coyotes coming into residential neighborhoods. Nick Mendoza, a Burbank resident, was out walking his 130 lb. dog at 3 a.m. when a pack of
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that KPIX-TV news has been victimized in Oakland again. For the second time in two years, its crew had thieves steal personal items while the crew was conducting a live broadcast. On Thursday morning at
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the closing of the century-old Drakes Bay Oyster Company, once called Johnson’s Oyster Farm, prompted quite an emotional reaction from its fans, with hundreds of them mourning its demise Thursday afternoon. The plaintive melody
Southwest Airlines, bowing to pressure from animal rights activists, will repaint the three 737 jets that were painted to look like Shamu, the whale from Sea World. Southwest is terminating its 25-year relationship with Sea World as a result of
ABC News reports that after Turkey’s Vice Prime Minster Bülent Arinç asserted Monday that one reason his country is suffering a moral decline is women laughing in public, he was mocked by Turkish women posting laughing selfies on social media.
The Associated Press reports that contrary to popular perception, Donald Trump’s attempt to buy the NFL’s Buffalo Bills is not a publicity stunt. It’s the real deal. Trump, along with Buffalo Sabres owners Terry and Kim Pegula, has been selected
CBS KPIX San Francisco reports that Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow has pleaded not guilty to a new charge of racketeering, which entails committing a series of crimes to promote a corrupt enterprise. Chow already had 200 criminal counts against him.
The Sacramento Bee reports that Gov. Jerry Brown said Wednesday he remains noncommittal about debating Republican Neel Kashkari, saying, “I haven’t made up my mind. I’m going to take that up later in the year, because we’ve got time.” Kashkari
Tiger Woods is finally baldly admitting a painful truth: he’s losing his hair. Interviewed by Fox Sports’ Colleen Dominguez, Woods, 38, said aging was not bothering him as much as going bald: “I’m comfortable with it; my hairline’s not. I have
The Los Angeles Times reports that GOP gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari recently lived as a homeless person for a week in Fresno to point out California’s economic woes. Kashkari also has an essay in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal describing his
CBS 13 in Sacramento reports that a man trampled by a bull at the Alameda County bull run as he attempted to record his flight on his phone while running away has seen his video go viral. Justin Triplett, who
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, a Democrat who incurred the wrath of the state’s Democratic party and unions because he supported Measure B in 2012, has eschewed supporting Betty Yee, a state Board of
CBS 2 Los Angeles tells the story of Dwight Johnson, a skyscraper inspector who tragically lost both legs, but fought back and now has his own company making shoes. Johnson remembered how his ordeal started: “I was going back and
In a scene straight out of Hollywood, Chicago Cubs backup catcher John Baker, 33, had fans chanting his name after the longest game, by the clock but not by innings, in the team’s history. Baker pulled off the unprecedented feat
