Tony Beard, who has served as chief sergeant-at-arms for the California Senate’s in-house law enforcement unit for 34 years, announced his retirement Tuesday amid news that he had not informed Senate leader Darrell Steinberg that one of his employees had
Rutgers can’t get its act together as to whom it should invite to give its 2014 commencement speech. First the university’s offer to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice triggered harsh protests from professors at both its campuses in New
The Lutheran Georgen Parochial cemetery in Berlin has designated a 4,300-square-foot plot for lesbians who want to rest eternally next to each other. The cemetery was first established in 1814. There are 80 vacancies available in the tract, which opened
On Monday morning, a group of roughly 50 Americans from the Morgan Hill Patriots stood silently at attention holding tall American flags outside Live Oaks High School in Morgan Hill, CA to honor America’s commitment to free speech. The rally
If you were the San Francisco Chronicle, and the supposed voice of news for a city that leans heavily Democratic, and you learned that one of your favorite Democratic politicians was holding a fundraiser at a venue that calls itself “the
Adopting his stand-up comic persona, Barack Obama used the opportunity of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to whine about how he is treated by reporters, in particular Jake Tapper of CNN. Referring to Richard Sherman, the All-Pro cornerback seated in
Emily Letts, a 25-year-old abortion counselor who works at a New Jersey abortion clinic, decided she wanted to be an inspiration to other women by filming her own abortion. EMILY’S ABORTION VIDEO from Emily Letts on Vimeo. A story on
The Chronicle is reporting that despite the brouhaha after the 2012 fire at Chevron’s Richmond plant, when 15,000 people experienced breathing problems and wound up at hospitals, the millions of dollars spent to ensure better safety have been used by
Secretary of State John Kerry, stopping in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to visit with U.S. Embassy staff, implied that religious tenets created more than 1000 years ago were inappropriate for modern society. Kerry said: This is a time here in Africa
The U.N. is cracking down – on the Vatican. A U.N. committee said Monday that the numerous cases of sex abuse by priests should be prosecuted and dealt with by the Vatican as cases of torture. The committee wanted to know why the
San Francisco’s Hook-Up Truck, which was designed for couples to copulate while in a commercial box truck that was mobile, made its debut over the weekend. Two couples climaxed their weekend with ejaculations of satisfaction. The brainchild of artist Spy Emerson,
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll triggered Politico to assert that the results give Democrats four major reasons to worry about their election prospects in 2014. GOP voters are more driven to vote in 2014 than Democrats. When the poll
A battle will soon be held in Oklahoma over a statue of Satan that a group wants to erect near the monument of the Ten Commandments on the Statehouse lawn in Oklahoma City. A group called the Satanic Temple, backed
Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) had a novel idea last winter: a “wiki-bill” that would let California citizens write their own bill and edit it online, then submit it to the California Assembly for approval. Now the California Assembly has
Bill Bloomfield, the Manhattan Beach Republican who became an independent and then challenged 33rd congressional district Rep. Henry Waxman (D) in the 2012 election, is investing almost $200,000 of his own money in the campaign of Democrat Ben Allen in
According to TMZ Sports, Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Andre Roberson was unaware while he was playing Game 3 of the NBA playoffs on April 24 that his home was being burglarized. Roberson, who lives in Oklahoma City, had some official
On Thursday, Judicial Watch, which successfully challenged a Los Angeles law that said the cars of unlicensed drivers could be released and not impounded, announced it had filed an answer brief after the City of Los Angeles appealed the decision. The
San Franciscans may lack affordable housing, but they have a new play-toy: the Hook-Up truck. It is nothing more than a traditional truck that gets used for sex, but the truck is called a conceptual “art” installation by its creator,
Los Angeles may not be able to see the annual Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus show after 2016. On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council approved a ban, going into effect January 1, 2017, that prohibits the circus
It’s official: a bag of Chili Cheese Fritos is the breakfast of champions. Sports on Earth reports that boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., undefeated welterweight champion boxer famed for his intense training regimen and devotion to staying in tip-top shape, was
The Orange County Register reports that some of the black Americans who live near the sites of race riots in Los Angeles that occurred after the Rodney King verdict from twenty-two years ago feel that in the wake of L.A. Clippers
Gov. Jerry Brown is so confident that he will win reelection that he is ignoring a survey put together by the Sacramento Bee for its voter guide and refusing to answer its questions. Every other gubernatorial candidate in California has
Max Scherzer, who won the American League Cy Young award last year, appears on the cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated. He’s not all-that happy about it. The pitcher is miffed that the magazine featured his contract dispute with the
Politico, doing its usual water-carrying for the Obama administration, has published a piece defending Secretary of State John Kerry as attacks have come fast and furious for his remarks likening Israel’s future to apartheid. Even the title of the piece,
The state of California is sending an average credit of $35 to residents who use one of three utilities: PG&E, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric. The total amount of money returned to California residents is estimated
