How crazy are home prices in San Francisco? Try this: KBCW reports that one 266-square foot “home” has a sale price of $379,000. Located in the Crawford-Amazon district, it is listed as a “fixer-upper.” It sits on a lot that
Lakhpreet Kaur, a Sikh-American writing on the FaithStreet website, argues that the July decision of FIBA, the international basketball governing body, to ban players from wearing turbans should be overturned. She notes that FIBA believes turbans are “dangerous” and violate
If you have had enough of waiting in lines in the airport, you may finally have recourse: the Transportation Security Administration is now offering a total of up to $15,000 for the best techniques suggested for queuing passengers. The traditional
CBS 13 in Sacramento reports that an Olympic hopeful’s shotguns were allegedly damaged by Southwest Airlines, rendering his hopes for making the Olympic team much more distant. Branden Gover, from Turlock, ranked eleventh in the U.S. in the junior division
Bay Area Planned Parenthood executives, used to presenting their pro-abortion case to prospective clients without a countervailing response, are whining that the San Francisco police and the city attorney aren’t protecting them from those nasty pro-life protesters who are appearing
An ardent New York Yankees fan, Luigi Militello, bridged the chasm between Yankees and Red Sox fans by returning a lost 2013 Red Sox World Series ring to its owner, Drew Weber, the owner of Red Sox Class A minor
With ill winds blowing across the sails of the Democratic Party’s election chances in 2014 and the White House concerned about low voter turnout, Politico reports that Michelle Obama has recorded a new video to drum up support for her
Boston.com reports that estimates vary from hundreds to thousands of people who attended an anti-immigration rally in Boston outside the State House on Beacon Hill on Saturday. CBS Boston estimated the number of protesters in the hundreds, but Jeff Kuhner,
Americans may soon have the freedom to unlock their cellphones from the service providers to which they are attached. The House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act, sponsored by Rep. Bob
U-T San Diego reports that a study from the University of Colorado, Boulder, shows that California’s cellphone ban while driving has not reduced the number of car crashes in the state. The study was conducted from July 2008, when the
The Mercury News reports that a frightening scenario is unfolding in Silicon Valley: employers and employees in the rapid-paced, high-tech culture are turning to illicit drugs as strong as heroin in order to keep up with the frantic pace of
Wikipedia has instituted a ten-day ban on members of the US House of Representatives anonymously editing Wikipedia entries. After a bot called @congressedits came into existence, which examines anonymous edits from comgressional IP addresses and reveals them on Twitter, a
Sacramento’s CBS 13 is reporting that the severe drought affecting California is triggering a movement of rattlesnakes toward homes. Interviewed by CBS 13, rattlesnake wrangler Len Ramirez commented, “We’ve made four calls today and tonight; I don’t know how many
The Orange County Register reports that on Thursday two women, Candace Marie Brito and Vanesa Tapia Zavala, were sentenced to up to 11 years in jail for beating another young woman to death outside a Santa Ana nightclub. The charges
A California charter school chain threatened by the Los Angeles United School District (LAUSD) with closing may have two of its schools saved in court, as concurrently parents protested in front of a downtown Los Angeles courthouse. Standing near a
A soccer star who allegedly mocked grieving American tourists at a Heathrow Airport hotel a day after the 9/11 terror attacks has been signed to play in New York. Frank Lampard, 36, who starred with Chelsea FC starting in 2001,
A new poll released by the Public Policy Institute of California shows Gov. Jerry Brown with a huge 19% advantage over GOP challenger Neel Kashkari in the 2012 gubernatorial race. The poll shows 52% of likely voters favor Brown in
Apparently now that Hillary Clinton has her eyes set on the presidency, she’s jettisoning the “It Takes a Village” meme for which she is famous and returning to the idea that parents are indeed responsible for their children. The San
There is no going back for Los Angeles Dodgers hitting coach Mark McGwire. He is done with former “Bash Brother” Jose Canseco. McGwire told ESPNLosAngeles.com on Wednesday, “It’s too late. I don’t care to ever speak to him again…. What
If book sales of the last three weeks are any indication, Hillary Clinton’s life is nowhere near as interesting for those who want to know than the internecine warfare between the Clintons and the Obamas. The last three weeks, Clinton’s
ABC reports that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling filed a civil lawsuit in California State Court on Tuesday afternoon against his estranged wife, Shelly, NBA commissioner Adam Silver, and the league itself. The suit charges the defendants with breach
Paul Miller, writing for Algemeiner.com, reveals that Brandeis University has professors on its staff who are overtly anti-American and anti-Semitic. Examining writings gleaned from a faculty listserv and reported by Daniel Mael, a student at the university, Miller notes that
U-T San Diego reports that Rep. Darrell Issa now believes the primary cause of the massive number of immigrants crossing the U.S. Southern border is not increased violence in the immigrants’ countries, but poverty. Issa, who just visited Central America,
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, speaking at the annual conference of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Monterey, waxed eloquent on the deficiencies of the Constitution and implied that those who believe in the original intent of the
The Contra Costa Times has outlined Barack Obama’s schedule for his fundraising visit to California this week. Fresh out of raiding the fundraisers in Seattle, Obama will arrive Tuesday night in the Bay Area, then appear at a Democratic Congressional
