California lawmakers try to compete with Texas and exhaust millions of dollars in incentives to draw in and maintain businesses. Everything, including business, is bigger in Texas, and the state has become a safe haven for businesses seeking relief from
California’s last nuclear power plant could be shut down over concerns about earthquake preparedness. The AP reportsthat former chief inspector of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power stationhas written a 42-page report stating that the station may not be able tosurvive
Monday morning, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews interviewed Alexandra Pelosi, daughter of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, as she sat in front of a collapsed storefront. Nancy and husband Paul Pelosi own a winery in Napa, the Napa Valley Register reported in
U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii ruled California’s 10-day waiting period on firearm purchases was unconstitutional on Monday. The ruling was the result of Sylvester v. Harris, a case in which Plaintiffs Brandon Combs and Jeff Sylvester filed suit against CA
In a column ostensibly lambasting local district attorneys around the state for failing to prosecute legislators who live outside the districts they represent, Dan Walters of the Sacramento Bee lives up to his paper’s penchant for looking out for Democrats.
The Occupy Wall Street movement, which blazed brightly two years ago amid a sea of arrests, vandalism and attacks against the wealthy, is coming back in the form of an online TV channel. Occupy Television, in conjunction with FilmOn Networks,
CBS 2 Los Angeles reports that seismologists say that their early warning systems did alert them that the Napa Valley earthquake was imminent, but the good news was that the quake struck at 3:20 a.m., when most people were asleep. “That
A major investor has withdrawn from funding the world’s largest solar farms near Silicon Valley after the Panoche Valley Solar project cleared major barriers to begin development. According to the San Jose Mercury News, Southern California Edison agreed to purchase
Napa Valley small business owners who lack earthquake insurance are weighing in on Sunday’s disaster that could cost them major financial hardships in the future. The 6.0-magnitude earthquake that targeted a six-mile stretch of Northern California early Sunday morning is
After Sunday’s 6.1 earthquake, 33 buildings in Napa have been red-tagged by building inspectors in Napa, including the county courthouse and the post office, according to CBS Sacramento. “It’s just really sad to see which buildings might come back and
Nearly 200 of the entertainment industry’s biggest names have signed on to a statement that unequivocally condemns the U.S. government-designated terrorist group Hamas and “ideologies of hatred and genocide which are reflected in [their] charter,” while advocating a “commitment to peace and
“It’s a bunch of politicians who want to buy votes,” San Diego City Councilman Scott Sherman said of Democrat councilmembers pushing a minimum wage increase in a suspiciously-timed vote to overturn a mayoral veto. “Don’t let them tell you that
Northern California suffered an “Earthquake Storm” on Sunday, as 60 smaller aftershocks rolled through Northern California following the magnitude 6.0 on the Richter Scale earthquake that struck Sunday at 3:20 a.m. Sunday’s earthquake is the 4th serious quake this year after a
Some Napa County skateboarders found the silver lining in the worst earthquake Northern California has experienced in over 10 years by turning a buckled street into an impromptu skate park. “My first thought was ‘oh no, earthquake. My second? Cool
A seismologist at UC San Diego asserted that the 6.0 Napa earthquake that struck on Sunday should be a “wake-up call” for the Napa Valley wine industry, which had a substantial amount of inventory destroyed by a relatively mild earthquake. Tom Rockwell explained
The magnitude 6.0 earthquake that struck Napa in the early hours of Sunday morning may not have done much damage, relatively speaking. Yet several wineries reported extensive damage to existing collections of valuable vintages, as well as to winemaking infrastructure
Last Friday morning, according to an officer with the California Highway Patrol, State Senator Ben Hueso (D-San Diego) was observed driving the wrong way on a one-way street. Hueso was subsequently arrested and charged with driving under the influence of
A boy was critically injured during Sunday’s 6.0 Quake in Napa when a brick chimney collapsed on him. The boy was one of 172 people who sustained injuries, including concussions and broken bones, and were treated at several hospitals in
