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.
An officer-involved shooting in the lobby of the Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel in Beverly Hills Monday evening left a bank robbery suspect critically injured and caused Rodeo Drive to be shut down for several hours. The shooting happened at about
Sacramento Kings rookie guard Ben McLemore decided to weigh in on the events in Ferguson, Missouri in the Kings’ game against the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday by inscribing “RIP Mike Brown” on his shoe. Brown was shot and killed by
Tuesday, December 2, is the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1964, on December 2, a simmering dispute between campus activists and the UC-Berkeley administration boiled over as over 1,000 took over the
Sacramento’s first Pet Expo, scheduled for December 6, has been cancelled because the St. Louis-based company that organized it said workers who had been frightened by the events in Ferguson, Missouri did not want to leave their homes, which were
CA Republicans proposed two bills aimed to stop a cap-and-trade program for transportation fuels which starts up in January that will increase gasoline prices for motorists across the Golden State. The Sacramento Bee reported that since 2006 cap-and-trade laws, designed
Activists using the pretext of the grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri attacked police in San Francisco’s Union Square on Black Friday while frightening shoppers. New video of
#HandsUpWalkOut protests involving hundreds of protesters occurred throughout California Monday, as activists nationwide continued to protest a grand jury’s decision not to indict a police officer in the shooting death of Ferguson, Missouri resident Michael Brown. Walkouts were called for
A new poll has found that a majority of Californians expect their children to be poorer than they are. That result comes despite a generally positive outlook on the state and positive ratings for re-elected Gov. Jerry Brown, according to
An LAPD officer chasing an armed burglary suspect down a street Sunday morning got a lift from a taxi driver who pulled over, picked up the officer, and helped him reach the suspect. According to the Los Angeles Times, two
Amazon.com is following a military model to conquer cyber-space this holiday shopping season. The company has hired 80,000 seasonal workers and deployed 1,500 Kiva logistic robots for each of its 10 warehouses across the United States. The military math per
After falling one vote short of passing earlier this year, environmental groups are gearing up again to push a bill in California’s legislature that would ban microbeads from a wide slew of beauty products. Assemblyman Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) reportedly
As other regions of the country have faced severe winter weather – a polar vortex and freezing temperatures – southern California has remained largely unaffected. This week brings what is expected to be the first big storm of the region’s winter season
Los Angeles County saw 1.4 inches of rain on Sunday, and with a crippling drought choking California, many viewed the rain as a welcome relief. However, along with the wet conditions comes a new risk: mudslides. Between ten and fifteen
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The mood of protesters turned somber on Sunday night at a candlelight vigil near Lake Merritt where about 200 people calling for more accountability from law enforcement gathered in quiet prayer. The group gathered in response to a grand jury
Even those battle-hardened UC Berkeley students who gallantly put their bodies at risk, occupying Wheeler Commons day and night for a whole week to protest tuition hikes, decided Thanksgiving weekend was too tempting to pass up: they abandoned their protest
The Uber ride-sharing app suffered its first U.S. state-wide ban last week when a Washoe County, Nevada court made a preliminary ruling that the company operates “in all ways” like a taxi business. Uber suspended all operations in Nevada and
Libertarian-minded Republican congressional candidate John Dennis has finally thrown in the towel, following his third unsuccessful attempt to unseat House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in her unmistakably liberal San Francisco district where Republicans are scarce, accounting for a mere
A Northern California 14-year old girl is suing her gym teacher for forcing her to participate in a gym class that required her to swim in a school pool. A video that has now gone viral shows the physical education
Marcos Breton, columnist for the Sacramento Bee, has defended Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson’s absurd comments on the Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict former officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown. Breton says that Johnson is
Students who volunteered for political campaigns for course credit at Occidental College are learning a hard lesson in defeat after every single one of them joined a Democratic candidate in 2014–and all of them lost. The sole survivor, Sen. Mary
On Black Friday in the Westlake section of Los Angeles at about 6 p.m., the Los Angeles Police Department started detaining Ferguson protesters, shackling them with zip ties and running background checks. Lt. Andy Smith for the LAPD said bluntly,
Californians were not put off by Ferguson protesters attempting to thwart the normal flow of life and holiday shoppers on Black Friday treasure hunts. Despite a group of approximately 70 protesters blocking service in the West Oakland BART station for more
When a group of students protesting the Ferguson grand jury decision shut down Interstate 5 during Wednesday morning rush hour, thousands of people became late for work. Some got out of their cars to watch the protesters, while others simply
Given that Edward Snowden‘s concerns that UK authorities operate a surveillance system where “anything goes”, it is not surprising that Prime Minister David Cameron told Parliament this week that Internet firms are “being used to plot murder and mayhem.” Cameron’s
Dozens of demonstrators opposed to a Ferguson, Missouri’s non-indictment of police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown disrupted public transit in Oakland on Friday, shutting down the West Oakland BART station and slowing traffic to and
