A majority of California voters support an upcoming ballot measure that would strip funding from the high speed rail project and divert it toward new water storage projects, according to a poll released Thursday.
“Restricted to Female Applicants Only” reads a recent U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) hiring announcement on USAJobs.gov, advertising CBP’s goal to fill positions in border states from California to Texas with more females. Minorities and veterans are specifically encouraged
After a fourth consecutive night of protests–this time marred by destruction of city property, including a speed limit sign–organizers in Berkeley were enthusiastic. The crowds remain large; the media remain interested; and the Berkeley City Council has been forced to
A Berkeley activist who goes by the Twitter handle @violentfanon, and who was arrested for taking part in protests Monday evening, took to social media to complain about the quality of food he was being served while spending time in
The federal government has sent a team of investigators to study Monday’s massive fire in downtown Los Angeles, and could begin as early as Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. The main agency involved is reportedly the Bureau of Alcohol
This past summer, California declared a whooping cough (pertussis) epidemic, mirroring a 2010 outbreak that was deemed the largest the Golden State had experienced in 60 years. Now the situation is even more dire, with close to 10,000 reported cases
After losing a 21-to-26 squeaker to the Green Bay Packers, Coach Bill Belichick demanded his New England Patriots make the ultimate sacrifice and fly directly from Wisconsin to California for a week of practice in preparation for Sunday night’s game
Grumpy Cat may be grumpy, but the cat’s owner, Tabatha Bundesen, may need a truck to cart the money earned by her famous feline, rumored at close to $100 million in the last two years. Bundesen denied the amount, according
As Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and fellow Democrats trumpet the release Tuesday of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)’s interrogation techniques, the senior California Senator is being called to account for her own encouragement of
You know that the “Ferguson ruling—Eric Garner“-inspired protest movement is getting out of hand when one of the most progressive mayors in the United States says it has gone too far. Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates condemned protesters for looting and
California, according to a Professor of Law at Stanford University, “has some of the most complicated water rights systems in the United States, if not the world.” Buzz Thompson explained to KQED that early in California’s history, whoever got to
Back in early, November Breitbart News featured a story about the speculation that California’s junior United States Senator, Barbara Boxer, might retire. The piece opened: In 2016, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) will be up for re-election for the fifth time. California’s
The Armenian Students Association (ASA) at UCLA is seeking to draft a resolution which would require the University of California Board of Regents to divest from the Republic of Turkey. The resolution, which will be presented to the Undergraduates Student Association
Soon there will be a new search engine in town, and it’s solely focused on garnering the attention of children. Google is rolling out a kid-friendly version of its world-famous online research tool, called Quinn. That provokes the question: Could
A Sacramento area woman who found a man’s cremated remains on the side of the road made it her mission to return them to the family. Ana Riddle left the Arden Fair Mall, then saw some objects on the side of
The inmates at San Quentin are often highly intelligent–and usually sociopathic. Due to its racial and gang related violence, the residents refer to California’s oldest prison as “The Arena.” But aided by 4,000 volunteers, many prisoners try to improve themselves
A fire that torched a towering residential construction project on Monday morning in downtown Los Angeles and shot flames seven stories into the air is now believed to have been started intentionally. The heat from the fire exploded windows in
Officials say that they believe Monday morning’s massive fire in downtown Los Angeles was set on purpose. The blaze, which engulfed an unfinished apartment building, and burned so hot that it melted nearby highway signs, will be investigated as soon
For the third straight evening, demonstrators took to the streets of Berkeley, California to protest the shooting by police of unarmed black suspects Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO and Eric Garner in Staten Island, NY. And for the first time
BERKELEY, California — Organizers of a demonstration against police killings told a crowd of hundreds before their march Monday evening that they should feel free to use violence if they so chose. The leaders of a group called “By Any
BERKELEY, California — Shops in downtown Berkeley boarded up windows and at least one posted an armed guard at the entrance, as the quintessential university town dug in for another night of protests and clashes. For the past several nights,
California activist Robin Hvidson with We the People Rising (WTPR) and Stolen Lives Quilt told Breitbart California that the groups will “hold a stolen lives quilt display and stop Obama amnesty rally the same day sheriffs will be in Washington
Disney responded this week to the mother of a child with Down syndrome who had petitioned the studio to include more disabled characters in its films. On November 26, Keston Ott-Dahl hand-delivered a petition signed by more than 75,000 people
