You may not enjoy the football if you’re a Jacksonville Jaguars fan, as they have gone 11-37 in the last three years. But if you have $13 Grand to spend, you might still love going to the game. The Jaguars
A new “aluminum-air” battery developed by Israel-based Phinergy and Alcoa Canada can more than triple the distance electric cars can travel. The battery, shown to the public in Montreal this week, is made of panels that are mostly made of
NBC News reports that U.S. officials have stated that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was examined at the U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, after his release from the Taliban, is in decent physical shape. He has no permanent physical
In a burgeoning scandal that has been reported by the Sacramento Bee regarding the repair of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, a new fact has come to light: the Chinese company hired to fix the bridge, Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery
San Franciscans, who often pride themselves on their sophistication, have taken to a more sophisticated prank than their rural counterparts who favor cow tipping: Smart car tipping. Over the weekend, two more of the two-seat Smart cars were tipped over
Common Core in California is getting a boost from over 300 California businesses, nonprofits, and children’s groups that released a statement approving of the Common Core State Standards. The statement was circulated by Children Now, a non-profit advocacy group, and
Hillary Clinton is trying desperately to create some distance between herself and Barack Obama’s disastrous foreign policy record with regard to the Middle East. Clinton is attempting to woo Jewish voters by asserting that unlike Obama, she thinks that when
A new $5 billion Tesla Motors plant, called a “Gigafactory,” which could employ as many as 6,500 workers, is being competed for by Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, and California. California lawmakers and CA governor Jerry Brown’s administration are attempting
On Thursday, Occidental Petroleum confirmed that its assets will become part of a separate business titled California Resources Group by the end of 2014. The documents permitting the switch were filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Occidental had
Yuri Kochiyama, a political and social activist who triggered reparations being paid to Japanese-Americans who were interned during World War II, died in Berkeley, California on Sunday at the age of 93. Kochiyama’s most famous moment came when she held
Time is running out for an aging, historic bridge in Los Angeles that spans the soon-to-be-transformed Los Angeles River, as its demolition may occur within the next week to prepare the way for a new bridge being built upstream. The
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that two 12-year old girls from Waukesha, Wisconsin, attempted to murder their friend after planning the homicide for months as a tribute to a fictional character called Slender Man, a character from a horror story
TMZ Sports reports that Gloria Allred, quick to seize a high-publicity lawsuit, is representing Maiko Mayya king, a one-time employee of former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, in a suit alleging that Sterling fired her after she was insulted
Facebook is adding to its LGBT resumé with a new “Pride” pack that allows users to color their chat messages with rainbows, “same-sex cuddles,” and 28 different emoticons. The “Pride” pack has a caption reading, “Love is universal.” Facebook’s announcement coincides
Wildlife officials in California are alleging that medical marijuana farms are damaging the rivers and streams in Northern California, polluting them and leaving them high and dry, the Associated Press reports. The marijuana farms’ use of water is compounding the
Former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling attended services at a largely black church in South Los Angeles on Sunday. Sterling went to Praises of Zion Missionary Baptist Church and commented that the service was “beautiful.” KNBC-TV reported that Pastor
The story of the Clark County, Nevada cattle-ranchers and their eviction by the federal government in order to protect the Mojave desert tortoise is a classic tale of the federal government’s insidious efforts to target those out of favor with
The Los Angeles Daily News‘ Steve Scauzillo has attacked the two GOP gubernatorial candidates, accusing them of taking the GOP to “backward” anti-environmental positions. Scauzillo slams Tim Donnelly for supporting the use of dogs to hunt bears; rips Donnelly and rival Neel
Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari is wooing voters in the June 3 primary, the Los Angeles Times reports, by asserting that he wants the Republican Party to show it is a big tent that emphasizes diversity. Speaking in Silicon Valley on Saturday at
The Washington Post, desperate to split the GOP as the fortunes of the GOP in 2014 look ever rosier, has a piece asserting that GOP candidates are backing off from repealing Obamacare. The implicit goal of the Post, of course, is
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s mental incapacity is caused by Alzheimer’s disease, according to TMZ. TMZ quotes sources close to the Sterling family who confessed that Sterling underwent an examination earlier in May by two well-known neurologists, who conducted
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti praised Barack Obama for his generosity toward Los Angeles–using other people’s money–on Thursday. Garcetti credited Obama’s involvement for the federal government’s approval of the $1 billion plan to turn the concrete Los Angeles River into
The Los Angeles Times has claimed that Huy Fong Foods, the maker of Sriracha hot sauce, and Siracha Chief Executive David Tran, were convinced to stay in California as a result of Governor Jerry Brown’s intercession. The city of Irwindale filed a public
On the floor of the House Wednesday, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs featured a dialogue between Chairman Jeff Miller and Dr. Thomas Lynch, assistant deputy undersecretary for health for clinical operations at the Veterans Health Administration. Another shocking piece of
Seeing Hillary Clinton live and up close isn’t quite as attractive as her machine thinks; tickets to see her in person at an event in Broomfield, Colorado next week have been reduced from $175 to $59 because the venue is
