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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City Agrees to $2.45 Million Settlement with Occupy LA
The City Council of Los Angeles has agreed to settle claims brought by Occupy LA protesters for $2.45 million.
Top 10 Weird Facts About California’s Drought
California Gov. Jerry Brown finally pulled the trigger Wednesday, ordering mandatory statewide water restrictions for the first time in state history. While Brown has been criticized for his slow, “lame” response to California’s water problem, the fact is, we are
EU Sets Out Groundwork for Antitrust Charges Against Google
The European Commission is set to file antitrust charges against Google in the next few weeks as a five-year-old investigation into the US internet search giant comes to a head. This follows allegations Google abused its position as the dominant
Jerry’s Folly: Turning California Brown to Appease the Greens
Instead of building dams, reservoirs and fighting to preserve every drop of water he can for Californians, Jerry Brown has chosen to waste his political capital on a train that no one wants, which California can’t afford–and he’s stealing people’s land and closing down businesses in order to do it. And now, finally in his fifth year as governor, he finally decides to act on the drought—and, in quintessential Jerry Brown style, he blames those who have nothing to do with creating the crisis and threatens to penalize them if they don’t comply.
UC Tuition Unaffordable: Fed Warns about Student Loan Default Risk
With University of California tuition more than doubling in the last decade, about two-thirds of Californians now rate affordability at America’s largest public college system as poor. Despite Federal Reserve warnings about default risks for student loans, the UC system intends to raise tuition by 5 percent next year and 21.5 percent over the next 5 years.
Why President–Er, Governor–Brown Took Drastic Action on Water
On Wednesday, California Gov. Jerry Brown made national headlines by announcing that he had “signed an executive order requiring the State Water Resources Control Board to implement measures in cities and towns to cut the state’s overall water usage by
Repeat Domestic Violence Offender Kills Mother of His 5 Children, Then Kills Self
Tuesday morning a man with previous a history of domestic violence walked into a pediatric office in Fresno and gunned down the mother of his five children and then shot himself minutes later killing both of them.
Orlando Sentinel Reports Former SeaWorld Trainer Turned Critic Caught on Video Using N-Word
The Orlando Sentinel reports SeaWorld critic and former trainer John Hargrove is coming under scrutiny for repeatedly using the N-word while possibly intoxicated in a video SeaWorld reportedly released Tuesday.
Emergency: Jerry Brown Orders First Mandatory Water Cuts in CA History
California Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order Wednesday mandating a 25 percent cut in statewide water use, the first mandatory water restrictions in state history.
Tom Hanks’ Rapper Son Feuds with Howard Stern, Threatens Violence
Tom Hanks’ rapper son Chester, aka Chet Haze, took to Twitter to threaten radio shock jock Howard Stern this week after Stern questioned Haze’s gangsta credentials as the son of a famous Hollywood celebrity.
Tom Steyer, Greens Question CA Gas Price Spike
San Francisco’s billionaire environmental activist and Democrat mega-donor Tom Steyer joined a group of consumer advocates supporting a California Senate investigation to determine if an “oligopoly” is the reason the price of California regular gasoline at $3.19 a gallon is $.78 higher than the national average, the Sacramento Bee reports.
Gunman Turns Himself In at UC Irvine
A man with a gun at UC Irvine who caused a brief lockdown prior to a Tuesday afternoon induction ceremony for the school’s new chancellor, Howard Gillman, called the police and turned himself in after seeing an alert that he was being sought.
San Diego Celebrates Illegal Immigration Opponent Cesar Chavez
California is one of a number of states, including Texas and Colorado, that mark the birthday of famed labor, civil rights and anti-illegal immigration activist Cesar Chavez as a state holiday. San Diego celebrated with reduced parking enforcement and closed administrative offices, while University of California San Diego continued a year-long celebration of the activist with, ironically, an illegal alien student event.
Head of SF Crime Lab Failed DNA Competency Test
A San Francisco police crime lab technician and her supervisor, both of whom were implicated in alleged misconduct that could jeopardize over a thousand criminal cases, had reportedly failed a DNA proficiency exam last year, which barred them from processing evidence.
Oil Fortune Heir Andrew Getty Found Dead in Hollywood Hills Home
A man was found dead Tuesday in the Hollywood Hills home of oil fortune heir Andrew Getty, and the Getty family confirmed that it was the 47-year-old grandson of J. Paul Getty.
Who Is Beheading Animals in Sacramento? Machete Offers Clue
Animal control is hunting down the culprit behind 13 recent incidents of animal mutilation. The incidents are growing bolder in nature with the most recent, a bowl of dead bird heads topped with a 2-foot machete, provoking concern over the community’s safety.
Report: ‘Superbug’ Still at Large; Devices Still Unsafe
A new report from a public health department in Seattle that examines Seattle’s 10-month outbreak of a superbug in 2013 indicates that despite efforts to make duodenoscopes–the medical devices responsible for the transmission–risk-free, they still pose a risk to patients at hospitals nationwide, the Los Angeles Times reports. Los Angeles suffered an outbreak last year that was reported in early 2015.
New Video Shows Arson Suspect in Massive Da Vinci Fire
The video reportedly shows the still-at-large suspect parking his car on the 110 Freeway and walking into the unfinished structure with several cans of fuel, a fire official told a community group.
Democrat Proposes Smart Gun Mandate for Law-Abiding Citizens
California state senator Jerry Hill (D-Dist. 13) has introduced a bill to “mandate” smart guns as the only kind of guns law-abiding Californians can “sell, lend, or give” to another law-abiding Californian.
Iran Talks Extended; Deal on April Fool’s Day
Diplomats meeting Tuesday in Lausanne, Switzerland to hammer out the framework agreement for a deal on Iran’s nuclear program missed their deadline of March 31, and resolved to continue their negotiations for an additional day, expecting to complete an agreement on April 1st, otherwise known as April Fool’s Day.
One-Quarter of Californians Reject Party Affiliations
Over 23 percent of Californians chose “no party preference,” a number swollen by an additional 400,000 Californians joining the ranks of those without party affiliation, according to Capital Public Radio.
LAPD Diversity: Helping Build Trust, or Not?
Despite assertions that the more diverse Los Angeles Police Department has been more effective in improving community relations, there is evidence that distrust of the police in the general community still has a racial tinge.
Bernie Sanders Replaces Elizabeth Warren as Hillary Alternative
Incensed that Republicans want to abolish Obamacare and that the “billionaire class wants more and more for themselves and less for working families,” socialist U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont barnstormed the Bay Area with a spate of speeches and interviews signaling a possible 2016 presidential run.
San Diego’s Republican Mayor Joins ‘Boycott Indiana’ with Travel Ban
San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer, the only Republican mayor of a major U.S. city, joined the “Boycott Indiana” bandwagon, banning city travel Monday to the state over its recent Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which critics have called anti-gay. “We’ve directed the City’s Chief Operating Officer to take the necessary actions to restrict publicly funded travel by city employees to Indiana if the law is not amended or repealed by next week,” said Faulconer’s spokesperson.
CalPERS Could Owe Obamacare $770 Million in “Cadillac Tax’
California government entities and their unions are panicking because Obamacare’s punitive 40% “Cadillac Tax” beginning in 2018 will directly hit the low-deductible and broad-provider network type of “platinum” healthcare coverage that public employees have enjoyed under the California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS).
