ESPN reports that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, who has challenged his wife Shelly’s pending sale of the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, met with Ballmer on Monday afternoon in Los Angeles to discuss the sale. Sources
Over the weekend, New York City, defying those who think such a move is insulting to the poor, approved a move by the developer Extell to build a separate entrance at an Upper West Side condominium for its affordable housing
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a study by Zip Realty, a national, online real estate brokerage, found that no Bay Area city or area near Los Angeles made their top ten list of the best places for a family
What to do if you’re a Cleveland Cavaliers fan? Now that home-town hero LeBron James is returning to the team all the Lebron jerseys at the NBA store are selling out, according to bleacherreport.com. ESPN’s Darren Rovell tweeted on Saturday,
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that although San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has voted unanimously to fund relief efforts for the 200-250 immigrant children who are entering the city every month, Mayor Ed Lee nixed a huge shelter for the
This past weekend, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was the featured speaker at a gathering for Silicon Valley conservatives called Lincoln Labs Reboot 2014. The conferencewas devoted to the question: How can technology and liberty exist side by side? Sen. Paul
A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that although the annual diagnosis rate of HIV has dropped by one-third in the general population, the percentage is increasing among young gay and bisexual males. HIV,
On Monday, a 46-year-old man who was reportedly accused by two leaders of a Philadelphia mosque of stealing jars of money from the mosque had his hand chopped with a machete, requiring hospital treatment. Police reports stated that the two
According to Harris Interactive’s new poll from June 11-16 of this year, LeBron James now ranks as America’s favorite sports star, surpassing Michael Jordan. This reverses their positions from last year, when Jordan stood atop the mountain and James looked
One week after a case of pneumonic plague surfaced in Colorado, three more cases of the plague turned up, two of them pneumonic plague and one a milder form of the disease. It was suspected that the original case plus
As reported by the Los Angeles Times, GOP gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari compared himself to former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, noting that Schwarzenegger was defeated by a conglomerate of the state’s unions because “he needed to be loved.” Kashakari’s remark was
CBS13 in Sacramento reported on the outrage of one family to a decision by a federal judge that the California death penalty is unconstitutional. Santa Ana-based Judge Cormac J. Carney wrote on Wednesday of the 1995 death sentence of Ernest D. Jones,
The Los Angeles Times reports that California Governor Jerry Brown, claiming he is concerned about the cost of a supplemental pamphlet on the November ballot, decided against signing an advisory measure that requests Congress to amend the U.S. Constitution and
Seleta Reynolds, 38, the new general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) starting August 11, has never lived in Los Angeles. Reynolds took the new job after leaving the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, where she spent
Fox Sports features an interview with Pele in which the Brazilian soccer legend discusses his country’s disappointing performance in the World Cup. Brazil was slaughtered in the semifinal game by eventual champion Germany, 7-1, and then lost in the consolation game
In 1983, as the AIDS epidemic was raging, gays and bisexual men were banned from donating blood by the FDA. Now San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener has introduced a resolution to end the ban, and the city board is expected
Eric Roston, sustainability editor for Bloomberg, writes that some larger companies are ignoring the skepticism with which their sustainability efforts are greeted. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said in June, “It kind of doesn’t matter. We do it because it’s the right
The Los Angeles Daily News reports that first lady Michelle Obama is visiting Los Angeles and speaking at two separate events about issues near and dear to the Obama administration’s heart: supporting veterans and education. On Wednesday, Mrs. Obama will
A new report that compared May 2014 to May 2013 reveals that despite warnings from the state to conserve water, overall consumption by Californians increased 1% during the drought. The report, which corrected an earlier estimate that said consumption had
Shabazz Napier, the incoming Miami Heat rookie whose selection in the 2014 NBA draft had Lebron James lauding the pick, is protesting that he was unaware of unfollowing James on his Twitter account, @ShabazzNapier, and deleting some tweets after James
A new Pew Research survey indicates that many more Americans sympathize with Israel rather than the Palestinians in the current war between the two. A total of 51% of Americans side with Israel and 14% with the Palestinians. Another 15%
Dan Walters of the Sacramento Bee has attacked California governor Jerry Brown for allegedly favoring what he calls “rent-seekers,” those who use government largesse to improve their “private” investments. In a column this week, Walters alleges that Brown “has become
CBS News’ local affiliate KPIX-5 in San Francisco reports that medical marijuana advocates are offering free marijuana for signatures on a ballot referendum petition in San Jose. The advocates have set up tents near San Jose’s City Hall and plan to
The Sacramento Bee reports that a former janitor for the state of California who once cleaned Jerry Brown’s apartment received an award of merit from the California State Fair for depicting him with a knife in his hand looming over a
The Washington Post reports that a highly definitive study from 2013 has pegged the size of the gay population in the United States at far less than has sometimes been estimated. The National Health Interview Survey by the Centers for
