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.
On December 7, 1914, Pope Benedict XV asked both sides in WW I to stop the war to observe Christmas. Although the countries refused to halt their hostilities, soldiers on both sides observed the truce, even singing to each other
Los Angeles-area animal rights activists will gather on Black Friday to protest the sale of fur on Rodeo Drive, in what organizers call “the bloodiest street in America.” The Beverly Hills protest is just one of many events scheduled as
Napa Valley experienced a slight Turkey Day scare on Thursday at 12:36 p.m., when a 3.1 magnitude earthquake struck the region. The quake hit approximately five miles northeast of Sonoma at a depth of five miles, according to local CBS
Several CHP units arrived at the Port of Oakland to break up an illegal “side show” on Wednesday night that got out of hand when 150 cars blocked a main thoroughfare so that some drivers could participate in an illegal
Much attention has been paid to President Obama’s recent unilateral decision to create a de facto new legal status for millions of illegal immigrants in the United States by making it clear that the United States will not in any manner attempt
On Thanksgiving day, San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s deputies tracked and seized thousands of pounds of marijuana leading to the discovery of the suspects’ alleged panga boat along the northern California coast and the subsequent seizure of a second van
In just five years, the Uber ridesharing service has managed to become a dominant international brand with operations in 45 countries. Part of the company’s disruptive worldwide strategy has been to spend its venture capital on giving away free service. But after
On November 26, California Attorney General Kamala Harris’s office said that it will ask that the judgment against California’s “good cause” requirement for concealed carry permits be referred to an “en banc” [full] panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court
Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful for all the blessings we have. But for a large and ever-growing number of poor throughout Northern and Southern California, there is far less to be thankful for; particularly this holiday season. In
Roughly 4.2 million immigrants are still waiting to enter the country legally, as wait times for lawful, family-sponsored visas continue to climb despite Obama’s executive immigration action last week. Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders make up 40 percent of those 4.2
Rioters protesting the non-indictment of Officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri ravaged Oakland, California for the third successive night Wednesday as outgoing mayor Jean Quan struggled to contain the second major outbreak of riots
Because more and more Californians work on traditional holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, employers will be forking out double-time pay if one California assemblywoman gets her way. Former labor leader Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego plans on sponsoring a bill
Josef Koudelka, the Czech-born photographer whose smuggled images defined the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet bloc in August 1968, is the focus of a visiting exhibition, Nationality Doubtful, at the Getty Center in Los Angeles through March 22, 2015.
The University of California will see a slew of new anti-Israel resolutions on campus before the year is through. The United Automobile Workers (UAW) Local 2865 is considering whether to join the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, and
San Francisco’s “Twitter Town” is a four-block stretch along Market Street from Seventh to 11th streets that is now considered ground zero for the “digerati” venture capital crowd. Trendy restaurants, murals on the walls and lots of coffee shops power
A former “Mother of the Year” was charged earlier this week with soliciting rape by placing online ads inviting men to sexually assault the wife of a couple who had bought a home she was interested in purchasing in California’s
On Monday, Border Patrol agents took down a previously deported sexual battery felon illegal alien in the El Centro sector of the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported. Convicted in 2010 for felony sexual battery in Salt Lake
“Michael Brown could have been your son man, he could have been your son…How does that make you feel?” shouted a very angry protester at a black Los Angeles Police Department officer. On the third day of demonstrations in response
Governor Jerry Brown has named Leondra Kruger, a former deputy assistant attorney general with the Obama administration, to replace California’s longest-serving Supreme Court justice, Joyce L. Kennard. Kruger is a Los Angeles native and a Democrat like Brown. The announcement
SKID ROW, LOS ANGELES, California — “Prayer changes things,” said Latasha Knighten, as she stood in the heart of the one of the most dangerous and destitute areas of Downtown, Los Angeles. She was one of over 30 volunteers helping
San Francisco environmental organization Presidio Trust will soon create an “amnesty pond” next to the city’s Mountain Lake, a pond where merciful goldfish owners will be able to dump their pets with a clear conscience. The creation of the amnesty
On November 25, the Los Angeles City Council approved gun control measures requiring locked storage or trigger locks for guns in the home and digital tracking of ammunition sales. Both measures were put forward by Coucilman Paul Krekorian (D-Dist. 2),
On Tuesday evening, in the midst of the Ferguson protest outside the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), a group of protestors confronted a black police officer and challenged him. One young woman, who identified herself as a UCLA student and
A subcontractor for the California Department of Transportation misspelled Olympic Boulevard on an exit sign on the northbound 710 Freeway. The sign read Olimpic Blvd. The word Olympic in terms of spelling difficulty may not qualify for an elementary school
Mirroring Tuesday night’s protest activities in Los Angeles, traffic once again screeched to a halt on the southbound Hollywood (101) Freeway this morning around 9 a.m. near downtown by protesters who obstructed traffic. The demonstrators gathered in response to the
