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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Vaccine Bill Opponents: We’ll Pull Our Kids out of School
Parents opposed to a California legislative effort to revoke their ability to exempt their children from some vaccinations plan to bring their children to a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Education Committee–and promise to yank those kids out of school if the measure passes into law.
Stanford Student Files Complaint after Jewish Faith Questioned
A junior at Stanford University has filed an official complaint after being questioned about whether her Jewish faith would affect her ability to serve in the student Senate. The allegedly antisemitic incident is the second such recent case in California, coming a month after UCLA’s student council questioned a candidate for student office about her Jewish faith.
California’s Liberal Tax Utopias Cancel Out
Politicians–and liberals–live to provide people with a world where everyone and everything “wins.” Whether it’s water, the environment, or any number of other ills facing our, state the answer to every question is shared sacrifice and more money…your money, to be precise.
Cybersquatters Force Celebs to Buy .Porn Web Addresses
Celebrities, heeding Benjamin Franklin’s advice that “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” are buying up new “top-level” domain names like .porn to prevent cybersquatters or extortionists from besmirching their reputations and/or selling them later for a much higher price.
Florida Gov. Scott Recruiting Cal Shipping Companies After Strike
Florida Governor Rick Scott flew into Southern California and spent Sunday and Monday trying to lure away shipping and logistics companies from the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and San Diego. When Governor Brown was asked by reporters at
Armenian Community Cheers Pope for Acknowledging Genocide
Pope Francis took a brave leap forward on Sunday, risking backlash from the Turkish government, when he spoke out against the Armenian genocide that took place almost 100 years ago at the hands of Ottoman Turks. Members of California’s over 200,000-strong Armenian community rejoiced at his courage to name and condemn the genocide.
El Salvadorian Gang Member to be Deported Without Prosecution
An MS-13 gang member attempted to sneak into the United States from Mexico near the Calexico, California Port of Entry on Friday. Border Patrol Agents saw the El Salvadorian national before apprehending the individual as he crossed illegally into the U.S.
Worker Trapped in Plane’s Cargo Hold Bangs Frantically to Stop Flight
A Los Angeles-bound Alaska Airlines flight had to return to Seattle on Monday after a worker reportedly fell asleep and found himself trapped in the plane’s cargo hold.
Jerry Brown Oddly Silent as CA Dems Congratulate Hillary
“Here we go! Super excited about @hillaryclinton running for President!!” gushed California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom on Twitter Sunday following Hillary Clinton’s tepid Presidential announcement. The message was one of many strong reactions pronounced by California’s statewide leaders–all Democrats. However, Gov. Jerry Brown was not among them.
San Diego Farmers Want Same Treatment as Farmers in Central Valley
San Diego farmers are calling a foul on Governor Jerry Brown’s new and unprecedented 25% mandatory water regulations, accusing the governor of favoring Central Valley farmers with exemptions and pressing for similar allowances for other California farming regions, including those in San Diego County.
California Among Many States That Won’t Lift Iran Sanctions Easily
As the June 30 deadline for a final nuclear deal with Iran approaches, almost 30 U.S. states, including California are keeping tight grips on their own sanctions on the Iranian regime–separate from those imposed by the federal government.
China Launches ‘Great Cannon,’ Internet Weapon Leaked by Snowden
China recently flooded American websites with a barrage of Internet traffic known as a “denial of service attack” to block providers that allowed China’s Internet users to circumvent websites blocked by government policies. The action was initially thought to be another example of China’s use of a program called the “Great Wall.” But academic researchers have determined that China appears to have reverse-engineered the capabilities of a powerful National Security Agency (NSA) program that was first described to the public in the leaked Edward Snowden files two years ago.
‘Get a Job’ Taunt Incites Homeless Man’s Stabbing Spree
A homeless person stabbed two men in Ocean Beach, because one of them commented that the transient should “get a job.”
Some Democrats Willing to Fight Public Sector Unions
The latest battle in the intra-party struggle between moderate and more leftist California Democrats comes from the East Bay, where a state Senate seat pits Orinda Democrat Steve Glazer, who has championed banning transit strikes and higher standards for teacher tenure, against union-backed Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla, D-Concord.
Would Going Vegetarian Help Curb the Drought?
It’s only getting worse. As a fifth year of crippling droughts dries California up, leaders at local and state levels have been seeking a host of ways to combat the absence of water, the most basic necessity. While desalinization and using recycled waste water are drawing more interest, liberal media outlets have suggested that going vegetarian could be a viable, long-term option.
American Economy Still Down by 5.9 Million Jobs Since 2008
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) just published the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary (JOLTS) report for February. The job openings percent for the workforce hit a 14 year high of 5.1 million, while the layoffs and discharges percentage stayed at a historic low. But despite the job availability rate more than doubling since 2009, the hiring rate only grew by 30 percent in the same period. Adjusted for population growth, the American economy is still down by 5.9 million jobs.
Little Known Fault Poses Major Threat Near Bay Area
Late Sunday night, a magnitude 3.5 earthquake rocked Los Angeles to sleep. While the San Andreas and Hayward faults grab headlines when the media talk of the “big one,” a lesser-known fault line named the Concord is flying under the radar. Geologists, however, have been keeping a watchful eye on the 11-mile-long fissure that is equally, if not more, capable of producing a devastating and catastrophic earthquake.
California State Departments Funded Raises with Ghost Employees
Seven months after a Sacramento Bee investigation revealed how State of California departments play a personnel shell game to pad their budgets with millions in tax dollars earmarked for staffing salaries, an audit released Friday on the Department of Finance’s website confirmed that phantom employees are very widespread, and some of the cash allocated for salaries has been used to pay for raises and other unauthorized spending instead.
LAUSD Defies Obama, Cuts Pre-School Program
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is cutting the School Readiness and Language Development Program, a half-day pre-school program, in the face of statements by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan that pre-school programs should be available to all who want them.
Hollywood Car Accident Lands Prius on Top of Other Car
Saturday afternoon a photo of a bizarre car accident resulted in a Toyota Prius ending up on top of another vehicle—piggy back style—creating quite a bit of stir on social media.
California City Plans Water Park in Mid-drought
Despite the severe drought plaguing the state of California, the city of Manteca, roughly 75 miles east of San Francisco in the state’s parched Central Valley, has plans to build a giant water park.
Hillary II: A Hollywood Production
Hollywood executives are opening their checkbooks–and new Super PACs–for Hillary Clinton as she makes a second run at the presidency. Ted Johnson and James Rainey report for Variety that Hollywood is far more unified behind Clinton than they were in 2008, when Barack Obama successfully split the liberal donor base. This time, heavyweights such as Jeffrey Katzenberg are joining Clinton loyalists like Haim Saban to provide the big money to fuel her 2016 campaign.
Jerry Brown Courts Farmers as WSJ Backs His Water Stance
California Governor Jerry Brown has received support from an unusual source as he defends the state’s farmers from the charge that they overuse water. The Wall Street Journal editorial page defended California’s farmers in a weekend editorial that takes both liberals and conservatives to task for using agriculture as a “scapegoat.” Brown, meanwhile, visited with farmers north of Sacramento this weekend in a show of solidarity with farmers against accusations of water-wasting.
UCLA Mandates Diversity Class Because Students ‘Afflicted with Bigotry’
After twenty years of lobbying for a mandatory diversity class for all students, the University California Los Angeles faculty finally got their way.
NOAA Warning: Strong El Niño Could Turn Drought into Mass Flooding
On April 9, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officially declared a strong El Niño advisory reflecting substantially above-average surface sea temperatures forming across the equatorial Pacific. This means that there is a 60 to 70 percent probability that America could experience a monster winter like the El Niño that hit in 1997-1998, causing torrential rains in the Southeast, ice storms in the Northeast, tornadoes in Florida, and mass flooding in California.
