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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Mainstream Media Refuses to Condemn Obama for Broken Promise on Armenian Genocide
After he broke his 2008 campaign promise to recognize the Armenian genocide by refusing to use the term “genocide” this week on the 100th anniversary of the tragedy, most of the mainstream media, unwilling to slam their beloved president, has been conspicuously silent.
SCOTUSblog: Cal Raisin Farmers Had a Good Day at the U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments on April 22 regarding the constitutionality of a federal law that requires raisin farmers to transfer a portion of any raisin crop surplus to the federal government at a severe discount, or pay a fine. The law was passed during the Great Depression as a “New Deal” for agriculture to keep prices up. But the farmers call the law an “illegal taking” under the Fifth Amendment–and they appeared to have a very good day in Court, according to the SCOTUSblog.
CA ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban Did Not Ban ‘Assault Weapons’
New information released by the California Department of Justice’s Bureaus of Firearms shows that the state’s “assault weapons” ban did not ban “assault weapons.”
Pro-Life Banners Removed from USC; ‘Approved in Error’
A series of pro-life banners of images of 11-week-old fetuses in the womb saw mere hours of daylight at the University of Southern California on Tuesday prior to being removed by the same university organization that had initially approved them. The light poles instead featured hand-written signs posted on them reading, “Women deserve the right to choose.”
California Plans to Tax Airbnb; Company Fights Back
For California cities and counties, Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) for short-term hotel rentals rose from $1.38 billion in 2010 to $1.67 billion in 2012. Collection of the 13 percent average tax on short-term occupancies would have been much higher, except that Airbnb online rentals has never collected a dime. Now, State Senator Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) os pushing Senate Bill 593 legislation to require “online vacation rental sites” to collect TOT and report big data–such as number of guests or length of stay– to cities and counties. And Airbnb and hosts are warning about consumer privacy.
L.A. to Use Waze to Make Traffic More Efficient
On Tuesday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke of the partnership between the city and the Waze traffic-avoidance app, which functions by allowing drivers to share information regarding traffic and the conditions of streets on which they travel. Last week, Garcetti announced the partnership in his State of the City address, and on Tuesday he added that the 1.3 million Waze users in Los Angeles will receive alerts about hit-and-runs and abducted children, as well as information involving construction, film shoots, and road closures, according to the Los Angeles Times. In return, the city will glean data from drivers in real-time regarding traffic patterns and roadway conditions.
Chewing Tobacco ‘Going, Going, Gone’ at SF Giants AT&T Park
“Take Me Out to the Ballgame” lyricizes peanuts and crackerjacks as mainstays for baseball and both seem safe to remain that way. Chewing tobacco, a mainstay for players, may be on the same trajectory as the rotary telephone and the eight-track cassette player if the city of San Francisco has any say in the matter.
Bill Ending ‘Personal Belief’ Vaccine Exemptions Advances in California Senate
After a brief delay and second attempt, Senate Bill 277 (SB 277), which would require children in California to be vaccinated if they wish to enter a school setting, passed in the Golden State’s Senate Education Committee on Wednesday. The bill would end vaccine exemptions based on personal or religious belief. Only exemptions accompanied by a medical note would be granted.
Venice Beach Votes in Topless Sunbathing, ‘It’s an Equality Issue’
The Venice Neighborhood Council in a resounding 12-2 vote approved the allowance of female topless bathing at legendary Venice Beach.
Federal Court Reverses Barry Bonds Obstruction Conviction
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Barry Bonds’s obstruction of justice conviction on Wednesday.
Carson Passes Chargers-Raiders $1.7B L.A. Stadium
Uncertainty looms in the future of the Chargers and Raiders football organizations as the two teams negotiate over stadium plans that could either allow them to remain in their current home cities or join in sharing one stadium in Los Angeles.
SF Celebrates Super Bowl 50–As Kids Fight for Soccer Park
The children of Santa Clara are fighting a proposal by the San Francisco 49ers to use the city’s public soccer park for stadium parking in exchange for $15 million in rent over 39 years.
Worst Cities for Renters: Bay Area Sweeps 1, 2, 3 Spots
What are the worst three cities for renters in America? Surprise. Manhattan does not make the cut. According to Forbes, they are San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose–based on price-per-listing, market availability, median income and comparing the price of a mortgage versus that of renting.
‘Clear’ App Purges Tweets Before they Purge your Career
Going “clear” is in this year. First as a perfect score for horse jumping; then in Alex Gibney’s Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival; and now as the new project of Ethan Czahor, who had to resign as Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of the Jeb Bush Presidential campaign over some nasty old offensive tweets. Czahor has just launched a new iOS app called “Clear” to purge offensive “stuff” you may have posted on social media.
Andrew Breitbart, 2011: MSNBC Doesn’t Pay Taxes
The revelation that four left-wing MSNBC hosts have failed to pay their taxes (Al Sharpton, plus Melissa Harris-Perry, Joy-Add Reid, and Touré Nesbitt) recalls an episode in 2011, when Andrew Breitbart raised the issue of MSNBC’s tax-dodging.
The Hypocrisy of Net Neutrality: Who Needs Transparency?
TechCrunch’s Kat Zakrzewski has an odd argument against Republican bills to curb the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) recent decision to impose Net Neutrality: we don’t really need transparency, after all. Zakrzewski’s stance shows how far Silicon Valley’s “progressive” activists have come after years of pushing for the maximum transparency possible in public affairs. When the feds are doing what they want, the public is better off in the dark.
Iranian Indicted in L.A. Nuke Case Will Transfer to Texas for Trial
SANTA ANA, California — An indictment hearing was held at the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Santa Ana on Monday for Khosrow Afghahi, one of the five men who have been accused by the U.S. of “allegedly circumventing U.S. sanctions and illegally exporting controlled microelectronics to Iran.” The highly-sensitive technology is used for military-grade systems like surface-to-air and cruise missiles.
Sacramento Bee: Concealed Permit Holders’ Information Should Be Public
On April 20, The Sacramento Bee contended that concealed carry permit holders’ personal information should be public record.
‘Grexit’ Brinkmanship is Classic Greek Tragedy
The populists are screening a modern Greek Tragedy wherein the noble Greek people are forced to suffer deprivations in return for the villainous German-controlled creditors pretend to loan Greece money that mostly repay existing EU loans used to buy German imports. But with Greece on the brink of running out of cash, and Greece’s creditors running out of patience, a compromise may be coming together to avoid an overt ‘Grexit’ by allowing for a devalued “Greek euro.”
Antisemitism, Again: UC Riverside Approves Anti-Israel Course
The rise of antisemitism throughout college campuses in California has emerged again–this time at the University of California Riverside in the form of an anti-Israel course that was reportedly approved by the school’s faculty and has resulted in no less than 20 Jewish and pro-Israel groups penning an open letter to the chancellor requesting its removal.
Conservative Family Man Philip Rivers Wants Nothing to Do with L.A.
San Diego Chargers franchise quarterback Philip Rivers enters the final year of his contract. The Chargers want to extend the deal. Rivers does not. It’s not a money issue. It’s more a Los Angeles issue.
Major Setback for Jerry Brown’s Water Conservation Plan?
A California state appellate court struck down a tiered water rate plan used by the city of San Juan Capistrano as unconstitutional on Monday. The ruling that could represent a major setback for the state’s recently amended water conservation plan, backed by Gov. Jerry Brown as an answer to California’s crippling, historic drought.
Whistleblowers: Covered California Avoided ‘Paper Trail’
Sharyl Atkisson of the Daily Signal reports that Covered California deliberately tried to hide its operations from public scrutiny, including the number of enrollees, the close ties of many contractors to executive director Peter Lee, and general mismanagement. Her investigative report, based on whistleblower accounts, is the second in a two-part series on Covered California, which has been touted by Obamacare supporters as the model for how other states should run their programs.
John Legend Praises Prop. 47, Despite New Crime Problems
On Monday, Grammy-winning singer John Legend, praised California’s Proposition 47, which was passed last year by referendum and reduced some nonviolent crimes from felonies to misdemeanors, letting some convicts serve shorter sentences or avoid jail time altogether.
Used Playground Condom Leaves 8-Year-Old Student At Risk for STDs
The used condom an 8-year-old boy from Colorado found on his school playground may have infected him with any of many sexually transmitted diseases after the young boy mistook it for a balloon and placed his mouth on the object.
