Democratic Congressman Mike Honda, (D-CA), from the high-tech 17th congressional district in Silicon Valley, has a rather curious place for his campaign headquarters, the San Francisco Chronicle reports: inside the headquarters of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 521. That address, 2302 Zanker Road, San
Huy Fong Foods, the maker of Sriracha Hot Sauce, received backing from the GOP in the battle the saucemaker is having with the city of Irwindale, CA. The Republican Party of Los Angeles County (RPLAC) issued a statement announcing its unanimously-supported
There is good news for some drought-stricken California farmers as a result of recent rain and snow that the state experienced: on Friday, the Associated Press reports, the Department of Water Resources said it will step up the amount of
In Lehigh Acres, Florida, a crucifixion display that featured a man dressed as Jesus tied to a cross to honor Good Friday was ordered to be taken down and moved elsewhere. The display, which was set up near a busy
The Atlantic has published a piece championing the way college debating has been changed with the advent of ignoring the stated resolution and deciding that the subject to be debated should revolve around one’s own personal experience. The piece states
Stephen Pollard, writing in Sundayexpress.com, notes that the recent anti-Semitic leaflet distributed in Ukraine demanding Jews register or be deported might make Russia look more philo-Semitic than Ukraine, but that theory is false. Pollard, whose grandparents fled Poland and Latvia
California’s unemployment rate is rotten and holding steady. In March, according to the Los Angeles Times, the rate was 8.1%. In February, it was exactly the same. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the state only added 11,800 net
The Los Angeles Times reports that Weibo, a Chinese microblogging site à la Twitter, exploded on its first day of trading Thursday, skyrocketing up as much as 44% at its peak. Weibo’s American depositary shares were initially offered at $17-a-share, but
According to the FBI, William Bradford Bishop Jr., 77, who allegedly murdered his wife, mother, and three sons in Maryland in 1976 by beating them to death with a hammer, may be at large in Southern California. The Los Angeles
On Wednesday, Gov. Jerry Brown of California, unused to dealing with the minority GOP faction in his state house, asked for a special session of the legislature to consider his proposal to create a rainy-day fund, the Sacramento Bee reports. Brown
The landmark Proposition 13, passed in California in 1978, may be in for some revision. A whopping 69% of respondents surveyed in a new Field Poll state that they would approve reassessing business properties after they are sold or transferred, which
Sriracha Hot Sauce may move its factory out of California because of a months-long battle with the city of Irwindale over the smell from the factory, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sriracha sauce creator David Tran said on Wednesday that there
In Potosi, Missouri, a teacher yelled at a high school girl for holding a Bible and discussing Christianity with a fellow classmate. Angela English, the mother of Kiela, who was the student the teacher chastised, has created a Facebook page to stimulate a Bible
According to a new Pew Research Center study called “The Next America,” the majority of Americans do not identify Barack Obama as black, but rather see his identity as mixed race. 52% of Americans believe Obama is of mixed-race descent.
The woman who hurled a shoe at Hillary Clinton when she spoke at a metal recycling conference at Mandalay Bay has been charged with two misdemeanor counts: trespassing on a restricted building or its grounds and violence against someone in
California’s Ellis Act has triggered evictions in Los Angeles and San Francisco, as rent-controlled units are being converted to condominiums, apartment buildings, or groups of single-family homes. The law states that property owners can evict residents if they turn the
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Senator Dick Durbin, (D-IL) have published the data from a congressional staff investigation so the lawmakers can attack e-cigarettes. There are calls from California lawmakers for the Food and Drug Administration to start getting involved in
California State Senator Leland Yee, who has been charged with wire fraud and conspiring to import firearms, may be facing new charges from the federal government. Although U.S. Attorney Susan Badger said that the government “is anxious to start discovery,”
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen says she was targeted by the IRS with an audit because she was at the top of the income list of supermodels according to Forbes magazine. Forbes had her at the top for the seventh year running,
On Sunday, President Barack Obama issued a statement after the tragic shooting at the Jewish Community Center and a nearby school in Kansas which left three people dead. Obama said: This afternoon we heard reports of a horrific shooting in Overland Park, Kansas.
The new $6.5 billion San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is already in trouble; some of the cable sections and rods are rusting, according to the Sacramento Bee. Because the bridge and tower are held up by a single cable, according to
In a major blow to Israel-haters who support the boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement on campuses to divest from companies doing business in Israel, the Cornell Student Assembly staved off an attempt to stealthily move a vote on divestment
An Ohio man who harassed his neighbor and her disabled kids was ordered by a judge to wear a sign saying “I AM A BULLY” while standing on a street corner for five hours. Judge Gayle Williams-Byers, the municipal court
Cornealious “Mike” Anderson, who was sentenced to 13 years prison in 2000 by the state of Missouri for armed robbery, but never served time in jail because of a clerical error, changed his life to become a model citizen, but
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is now accusing the Keystone pipeline of being a cancer risk. Her first point was that the pipeline “will bring 830,000 barrels of dirty tar sands oil into our nation every day.” She then segued to
