
The Obama Administration’s new Countering Violent Extremism Task Force is an effort to coerce Silicon Valley tech companies to cooperate in encryption back-door digital surveillance.
by Chriss W. Street9 Jan 2016, 2:20 PM PST0

Governor Jerry Brown shocked Sacramento on January 8 when he announced his opposition to two November union-backed ballot initiatives that would sell a $9 billion school construction bond and extend Proposition 30 tax surcharges on the wealthy.
by Chriss W. Street9 Jan 2016, 8:24 AM PST0

Convicted child molester Cesar De La Torre was apprehended near a middle school in Calimesa, California on December 29 after a six month investigation.
by Michelle Moons9 Jan 2016, 8:01 AM PST0

Middle Eastern refugee Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab was arrested Thursday and charged in connection with making false statements involving international terrorism.
by Michelle Moons9 Jan 2016, 5:00 AM PST0

The reason that U.S. payrolls just spiked up by 292,000, crowning the second-best year for workers since 1999, is that America is now sucking back jobs outsourced to China.
by Chriss W. Street9 Jan 2016, 4:00 AM PST0

House Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) appeared on CNN to discuss the Obama administration’s tilt away from America’s traditional Saudi ally and towards Iran. Royce suggested this escalation is fueling a divide between the Sunnis and Shiites, as continued violence spills over borders in the region.
by Adelle Nazarian9 Jan 2016, 4:00 AM PST0

“Smart Guns” failed in California in March 2014 and in Maryland in May 2014, yet President Obama’s executive gun control contained an order directing the DOD, DOJ, and Homeland Security to explore ways to “further” the use of “smart guns.”
by AWR Hawkins8 Jan 2016, 7:55 PM PST0

Hillary Clinton drew back to her mother’s “roots” during a visit to the Golden State’s San Gabriel Valley—where her mother attended school—this week. As part of her fundraising tour, Clinton made a specific appeal to the Asian American community during a speech at the San Gabriel Hilton.
by Adelle Nazarian8 Jan 2016, 6:09 PM PST0

Venture capitalist and former Facebook president Sean Parker has thrown his support behind a new ballot measure that seeks to regulate and legalize marijuana for recreational purposes in California this year.
by Daniel Nussbaum8 Jan 2016, 5:43 PM PST0

On Friday, Chee Kung Tong leader Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, 56, was convicted of racketeering, murder, and other charges.
by William Bigelow8 Jan 2016, 4:03 PM PST0

According to a new Field poll taken roughly one month after the December terrorist attack in San Bernardino in which 14 people were massacred and another 20 wounded, 33% of California voters believe it very likely that a terrorist attack will occur in the state in the near future, a 50% increase from 2002, when only 21% felt that way.
by William Bigelow8 Jan 2016, 9:24 AM PST0

President Barack Obama strategically backpedalled from his vows to impose sanctions against Iran after they violated international law by conducting two missile tests, thus failing to deliver on his promise to work with Congress on this issue.
by Adelle Nazarian7 Jan 2016, 6:33 PM PST0

One brave sports car owner in San Diego wasn’t going to let torrential rain and massive flooding caused by El Niño get in the way of a midday drive.
by Daniel Nussbaum7 Jan 2016, 5:21 PM PST0

A second day of powerful storms unleashed by El Niño brought flooding, power outages and heavy snowfall to drought-ravaged California.
by Daniel Nussbaum7 Jan 2016, 2:01 PM PST0

A group of San Francisco goats regularly rented out for clearing brush are being used to eat old Christmas trees. Now, company that owns the goats is pursuing nonprofit status to push forward a climate change agenda.
by Michelle Moons7 Jan 2016, 1:13 PM PST0

On Thursday, California Governor Jerry Brown proposed a tax in his new budget that would tax all health plans, replacing California’s current tax that only taxes health plans that participate in Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid plan.
by William Bigelow7 Jan 2016, 1:02 PM PST0

A Walnut Creek man described by his estranged wife as displaying “erratic behavior” has been jailed in connection with fires set to cars and homes of men that had served as his groomsmen four years before. Van Buskirk, 33, has
by Michelle Moons7 Jan 2016, 12:14 PM PST0

On Wednesday, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled that a monkey who took selfies cannot be the copyright owner of the photos.
by William Bigelow7 Jan 2016, 11:50 AM PST0

California gun controllers reacted to President Obama’s executive gun control by claiming the new regulations and expanded laws will help California fight crime.
by AWR Hawkins7 Jan 2016, 6:33 AM PST0

San Francisco’s creeping gentrification was the central theme of a recent musical, City Not For Sale, starring schoolchildren between the ages of 5 and 11.
by Adelle Nazarian7 Jan 2016, 6:12 AM PST0

On Monday, California State Assemblyman Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach) introduced two pieces of legislation to counter the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against the State of Israel.
by Adelle Nazarian7 Jan 2016, 5:42 AM PST0

With China in the midst of a foreign exchange and currency crisis, investors around the world are hitting the “sell” button in a scramble for cash liquidity.
by Chriss W. Street7 Jan 2016, 5:31 AM PST0

The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for San Diego County, California on Wednesday afternoon.
by Michelle Moons6 Jan 2016, 6:07 PM PST0

Los Angeles County prosecutors declined Wednesday to charge Bill Cosby with sexually abusing two teenagers in 1965 and 2008, citing time limits and a lack of evidence.
by Breitbart News6 Jan 2016, 4:05 PM PST0

A hoverboard that caught fire inside a Van Nuys home nearly burned the entire house to the ground, but quick-thinking firefighters were able to prevent catastrophe and successfully douse the flames.
by Daniel Nussbaum6 Jan 2016, 2:54 PM PST0