Nancy Pelosi: I Can See Iran from Bahrain (120+ Miles Away)
During a CNN interview on Wednesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) claimed she could see Iran across the Persian Gulf when she visited Bahrain.
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16,000 Registered CA Gun Owners Cannot Legally Own Guns
On April 30 SF Gate reported that 16,000 gun owners on California’s registry cannot legally own guns.
Appeals Court Upholds Nativity Scene Ban in Santa Monica
On Thursday, the Republic of Santa Monica, California, not content with its 2010 designation as the homeless capital of America, when 48,000 people lived on the streets, won a victory in its continuing quest to capture the title of America’s most anti-Christian city.
Airbnb Calls SF Led Union Ballot Measure a ‘Trojan Horse’
In response to San Francisco’s new vacation-rental law to allow unlimited short-term rentals when a host is present, a powerful group of unions, landlords, housing activists and traditional hotels are preparing a November ballot initiative to severely constrict Airbnb and other “sharing economy” companies’ ability to help individuals secure short–term rentals from part or all of their homes or apartments.
Mean Girls’ Partially Nude Instagram Shot Sparks Child Porn and Rape Investigation
Chula Vista High School girls turned frenemies now find themselves in the middle of potential criminal charges, including child pornography and statutory rape, after one of the girls Instagramed a photo of the other changing clothes in a school bathroom stall.
Los Angeles Man Builds Mini House for Homeless Woman Living on His Street
A man in Los Angeles did not want to see a homeless woman who lived on his block continue without the basic necessity of a roof over her head. So he built her a home.
Old Man Punches Bear in Face to Save His Chihuahua
Legend has it that Davy Crockett killed a bear when he was only three, but he never punched one in the face. Carl Moore did at the age of 73 because “The man or beast that I run from ain’t been born. And its mama’s already dead,” he said.
Blue State Blues: Israel Is a Failed Socialism’s Great Success
TEL AVIV — May 1 is still a significant day in Israel. There are marches through the center of Tel Aviv celebrating May Day and the solidarity of the international working class. (The international working class has shown considerably less interest in solidarity with Israel, but never mind.) Today, Israel is more “start-up nation” than workers’ paradise, known more for the entrepreneurship of its Internet millionaires than for the power of its labor unions or the collectivism of the kibbutz.
US GDP Temporarily Stalls Out, Similar to 1986 Oil Crash
U.S. economic growth stalled out in the first quarter of 2015 as the domestic energy boom caused a short-term collapse in capital spending, large lay-offs in the oil industry, and a 15 percent jump in the exchange rate of the US dollar. A pattern of slowing GDP just before a consumer spending boom takes off is consistent with what happened the last time a big rise in U.S. crude oil production tanked gasoline prices beginning in 1986.
Forget Prop 209–Use Race to Help Latinos, Says Study
According to The Campaign for College Opportunity, a nonprofit organization, the paucity of Latinos in California with a college degree represents a problem that should be solved by allowing the state’s public universities to use race or ethnicity as a factor in weighing an applicant’s qualifications.
CA Native Americans help ‘i-Poker’ Bill Move to Legislative Vote
The Assembly Governmental Organization Committee voted unanimously this week in favor of advancing AB 431. The positive vote marks the first time that the legislature has moved a digital gambling bill towards a floor vote that could allow widespread sponsorship by Native American casinos, horse tracks and poker of online gambling.
Dems Kill More Good Republican Legislation Under Pressure from Most Powerful CA Union
California’s powerful Teacher’s union is relentlessly assaulting efforts to support student rights, going hard after a judicial ruling against teacher employment laws and a Republican bill package that would have returned quality discernment to teacher layoffs and tackled troubled tenure issues.
Freddie Gray Protests Extend to Depressed San Diego Neighborhood
Hundreds took to City Heights area streets calling for greater law enforcement transparency following the example of protests over the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore and other “BlackLivesMatter” protests in recent months.
UC Riverside Reverses Decision to Stop Selling Israeli Hummus
UC Riverside has reversed an earlier decision to ban the sale of a popular hummus brand that is partially owned by an Israeli company after an anti-Israel student group, the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), made the request.
‘Beware of Polarizers,’ Jerry Brown Warns at Climate Change Event
BEVERLY HILLS, California — Governor Jerry Brown and Sen. President Pro Tempore Kevin De Leon participated in a lunch time panel discussion at the Milken Global Conference on Wednesday where climate change and the drought took center stage. Thousands were
Mandatory Vaccine Bill Clears Another Hurdle in CA
Hours of contentious debate in California’s Senate Judiciary Committee resulted in a 5-1 vote earlier this week to advance SB 277, a bill that would eliminate parents’ ability to exempt their children from required vaccinations on the basis of personal belief.
Hollywood Adopts ‘If It’s Yellow, Let it Mellow’ to Fight CA Drought
California’s drought has hit the Hollywood enclave of Beverly Hills particularly hard.
‘Lone Survivor’ Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell Shares Special Friendship with Rick Perry
SIMI VALLEY, California — Two noted veterans took to the stage on Monday evening at the Ronald Reagan Library. Former Texas Governor Rick Perry, who is likely gearing up for a presidential announcement, arrived to introduce former Navy SEAL and author of Lone Survivor, Marcus Luttrell.
Los Angeles Firefighters Help Rescue Nepali Boy from Earthquake
On Thursday, Los Angeles firefighters gave critical aid in a remarkable story of survival after the massive Nepal earthquake; a 15-year-old Nepalese boy, Pemba Lama, who was trapped under the wreckage of a nine-story Kathmandu hotel, was pulled out after being trapped in the rubble for five days.
Rubio: USA Lost Vision, ‘We’re Not Trying to Get to The Moon Anymore’
Florida Senator and 2016 presidential hopeful Marco Rubio made his debut fundraising event in California on Tuesday reiterating his theme, “this next election is a generational choice about the direction of this country.”
CA Gov. Jerry Brown Orders Toughest Statewide Emissions Cutbacks in US
California Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order Wednesday mandating a statewide reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent under 1990 levels by 2030, an ambitious addition to the state’s already-tough emissions cutback targets.
Bumble Bee Worker Cooked in Tuna Oven, Two Charged
Two employees of Bumble Bee Foods were each charged with three counts of violating Occupational Safety & Health Administration rules when they inadvertently cooked a maintenance worker in a 35-foot-long industrial pressure cooker oven along with tons of tuna.
Teamsters Crank Up Labor Strife at LA, Long Beach Ports
Despite a continuing backlog of freight following the nine months of bitter labor strife between the Pacific Maritime Association and members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union(ILWU), who settled their disputes two months ago, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has started a
Catalina Island Sinking, Could Cause Tsunamis
According to a Stanford graduate student, the jet-setters who live in Marina Del Rey should don their scuba gear: Catalina Island is sinking, and that may trigger a tsunami that would leave them submerged.
Half of Juniors in Affluent Palos Verdes High School Opting Out of Common Core
Despite the April 21 threat uttered by U.S Secretary of Education at the Education Writers Association meetings in Chicago that the federal government would “step in” if states did not make sure their students took tests aligned with Common Core Standards, students around the country are skipping the tests, and now more than half of students at Palos Verdes High School have opted out of taking the tests.
With Bernie Sanders Announcement, Could Jerry Brown Be Next?
Late last week, former San Francisco mayor–and Hillary Clinton supporter–Willie Brown said that the “Clinton Cash” scandal could prove “fatal” to her candidacy. Sanders, who warned in the past that Clinton would not fight the “billionaire class,” seems to agree–but could be too radical for voters. Jerry Brown’s opportunity may have come.
