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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‘Frozen’: Disney at Risk of Jury Trial over Copyright Infringement
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria denied Walt Disney Company’s effort to strike a copyright lawsuit that a trailer for their multi-billion dollar blockbuster Frozen featuring the character Olaf was “substantially similar” to a Mill Valley, California, animator’s film short called The Snowman.
Joe Biden Gives Campaign Speech One Day After ‘Draft Biden’ Super Pac Set Up
“We’ve gone from crisis to recovery, and America is now on the verge of resurgence,” exclaimed Vice President Joe Biden to a group of invited guests at the Pacific Gas & Electric Service Center in Oakland. “The United States of America … is not talking about outsourcing anymore, we’re talking about insourcing.”
CalPERS: Actuaries Demand 10 Percent Annual Funding Increases
Despite hot stock market gains over the last three years, California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) actuaries just demanded that public pensions increase funding by a stunning 10 percent next year and make similar annual increases for each of the next 5 years due to an inappropriate “assumption.” That means that CalPERS’ annual payment could leap 61% from $4.5 billion this year to $7.25 billion in five years.
Iranians in California Skeptical of Nuclear Deal
Iranians living in California are deeply skeptical of the emerging nuclear deal announced last week by the Obama administration. Many fled Iran for Southern California during and after the 1979 revolution–some after suffering human rights abuses, and many leaving property and relatives behind in uncertain circumstances.
Battle for Tech Talent in Ride-Sharing Wars Expands to Asia
Uber’s largest rival in Southeast Asia, GrabTaxi, has reportedly announced the launch of an R&D center in Singapore this week. The move marks the latest battle in the global expansion of ride-sharing turf wars as companies seek to draw talent from overseas.
Shock Video: 10 Deputies Allegedly Beat Tased Horse Thief
Several San Bernadino County Sheriff deputies piled on and beat a suspect who allegedly stole a horse on Thursday afternoon in San Bernadino County.
‘Discount Venting’ Offered to Stressed CA Beach Town
Ronald Reagan lived there. The Beach Boys incorporated it into a song. This is Pacific Palisades. And now this sleepy little beach town nestled against the Santa Monica Mountains is home to the who’s who of celebrity: Steven Spielberg, Ben Affleck, Tom Hanks, Adam Sandler, Goldie Hawn, Conan O’Brien, JJ Abrams, Diane Keaton, Matt Damon, Reese Witherspoon, Bill Hader, Kate Hudson, Sugar Ray Leonard, Chris O’Donnell… to name just a few.
Brown’s Drought Mandates Drip Into San Diego Under “Series of Actions”
San Diego residents will feel the squeeze to comply with government mandated water restrictions under new declarations from the city’s Mayor Kevin Faulconer and councilmembers who joined California Governor Jerry Brown’s unprecedented decree to reduce water usage 25% statewide.
San Fernando Valley Democrat Rejects Ethics Complaints
Three Democratic activists from the San Fernando Valley are stirring up trouble for Democratic Assemblywoman Patty Lopez and are reportedly planning formally to ask her to resign from her seat “in the near future.”
Jerry Brown Showers California with More Government
As I listened to California Governor, Jerry Brown on a Sunday morning talk show this past weekend, he confirmed that the ongoing water “crisis” has nothing to do with water, and everything to do with control. Brown, who took unprecedented
Blue State Blues: The Obama Dust Bowl in California
The left has a convenient explanation for California’s severe drought: climate change. Though scientists have yet to make a direct connection, and have suggested instead that the drought is the result of a wind anomaly not related to overall global warming, that has not prevented politicians from putting on their lab coats and declaring their conclusions, demanding not only (sensible) water restrictions but also (irrational) controls on the use of fossil fuels, as if less coal equals more rain.
Wisconsin Bans State Workers From Discussing Climate Change
Wisconsin state officials have banned employees who work for an agency that oversees a Wisconsin public land trust from discussing climate change. Enacted this week by a vote of Wisconsin’s Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, it includes prohibitions on
Ben Allen 1, RFK, Jr. 0 as Vaccine Bill Advances
California legislators voted a bill through a State Senate committee 6-2 on Wednesday that would eliminate parental ability to opt their school-aged children out of required vaccinations, despite a strong showing from parents opposed and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who condemned the bill as “anti-woman and anti-mother” at a rally in Sacramento.
San Francisco Man Abandoned by State Department Flees War-Torn Yemen in Motorboat
If you are an American trapped in Yemen, waiting for help from the State Department is plain suicide. It is no exaggeration to say you are far better off appealing to the Chinese or Indian governments for help–in fact, that is precisely what the State Department itself recommends.
Sleep Hacks: 3 Ways to Prevent Electronics from Wrecking a Good Night’s Rest
Electronics are wreaking havoc on our sleep; late night reading on smartphones and tablets bombards our eyes with artificial light, tricking our brains into being alert right before we attempt to fall asleep. A recent experimental study from Harvard Medical
Background Checks and Handgun Sales Soar in California
Background checks for handguns hit a new high for California in March, just months after yearly handgun sales in 2014 broke a 21-year record in California, as well.
UC Doctors on Strike Today
Starting Thursday, April 9 at 7 a.m. doctors employed by the University of California student health centers will protest over claims of Unfair Labor Practices (ULP) for a week, inviting students, fellow UC employees and concerned community members to join them and flying a banner over select locations.
Hollywood Swinging Hard for Trans-Pacific Partnership
Hollywood moguls and the vast majority of leftist entertainers have joined forces in a last-ditch effort to bully wavering Democratic lawmakers into backing President Obama’s fast-track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as the centerpiece of what he calls his “pro-trade agenda.”
Uber Taking over from Taxis in Key Metro Markets
Uber’s popularity overtook traditional taxi service for San Francisco and Dallas business reimbursements in the first three months of 2015, reflecting an overall nationwide trend toward the innovative transportation company, according to analysis of millions of receipts processed through expense management software provider Certify.
Big Labor Scorecard Reveals Slavish Loyalty of CA Legislators
A couple of weeks ago a freshman Republican member of the State Assembly said to me: “You were right, this place is controlled lock, stock and barrel by the unions.”
Fire Rips Through Top of Another L.A. Building
A raging blaze ripped through the top floors of a six-story commercial office building in Los Angeles’s Westlake District on Monday evening. Two people were reportedly rescued from the fire and one of them is being treated for non life-threatening injuries.
Lois Capps to Retire in 2016; 24th District in Play
Democratic U.S. Rep. Lois Capps, 77, announced on Wednesday that she will be retiring her congressional post, leaving the competitive 24th congressional district seat open for the first time in almost two decades. Capps, who is from Santa Barbara, was first elected as the representative for the 24th district in 1998.
Tech Workers 12X More Likely to Support Rand Paul Than Jeb Bush — But Hillary is Their Favorite
Tech workers do have a libertarian streak. Twelve times more tech workers would vote for Paul (12 percent) than Jeb Bush (one percent). But, I must stress, the results are within the margin of error.
Fiorina Slams Liberals: Human Beings Are More Important Than Fish
Potential 2016 presidential candidate and former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina recently penned an op-ed in Time in which she chastises liberal environmentalists for making a species of fish a priority over human beings, resulting in billions of gallons of precious fresh water released to the Pacific Ocean–water that could have been used to help California during it’s fourth year of a devastating drought.
School Board Member Claims Hispanic Kids Don’t Need Air Conditioning
A recording of a school board meeting has gone viral after a Martinez school district school board member was recorded suggesting that a school largely comprised of low-income and Hispanic students could do without air conditioning while another school with mostly white, wealthier students should receive air conditioning.
