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.
A true Halloween nightmare occurred on Friday in Santa Ana as three 13-year-old girls were killed by a hit-and-run driver while trick or treating. Two of the slain girls were twins. The Los Angeles Times reported that the three girls
U.S. Marine veteran Andrew Tahmooressi has been released from a Mexican jail, where he had languished for months on weapons charges after crossing the border with three guns in his car earlier this year. Tahmooressi has long maintained his innocence,
In a city already known for its flamboyancy, West Hollywood will be adding another proverbial nose ring with their annual Hollywood Halloween Carnival. On Friday night the LGBT haven expects to entertain 500,000 people in what is being promoted as
The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in the Mojave Desert, lauded by U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz at its opening last February, is having problems matching the initial boasts of how much electricity it would produce. Given a $1.6 billion
Virgin Galactic, the commercial space tourism venture set to launch next year under the supervision of British investor and adventurer Richard Branson, suffered a fatal crash in California’s Mojave Desert today as it was testing a new rocket engine called
A copyright infringement lawsuit over the hit song “Blurred Lines,” filed by the estate of late musician Marvin Gaye against artists Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke, can proceed, a U.S. District Court judge ruled on Thursday. According to the Los
Three individuals who have recently returned to San Diego County from West Africa are being monitored for Ebola, but have been labeled as “low risk” and are described as having no symptoms of the deadly disease. According to NBC San
Attorney General Kamala Harris released her second annual California Data Breach Report on October 28, which revealed hacking penetration is up 600% since 2012. This year, the Attorney General issued 12 recommendations to companies in various industries, and to the legislature
Parents of a boy enrolled in Manhattan Beach Middle School are pulling their son out of class because the school is teaching children the tents of Islam, Los Angeles news station KTLA reports. The father said, “The audacity of this
Jack Dean likes to tell the story of Prichard, Alabama, a city that declared bankruptcy not once, but twice. “They were warned that the pension fund was running dry, and in 2009, it ran dry,” says Dean. “So they stopped
Larry Sabato’s highly accurate “Crystal Ball” shifted its evaluation of California’s highly contentious, highly-targeted and highly controversial 52nd congressional district race Thursday, moving it from “Toss-up” to “Leans Democrat”. Freshman Democrat incumbent Congressman Scott Peters faces off next Tuesday against
Former CEO of Death Row Records Marion “Suge” Knight and comedian Katt Williams were arrested Wednesday on robbery charges after the pair allegedly stole a camera from a woman in a Beverly Hills alley on September 5. According to the
BERKELEY, California — University of California chancellor Nicholas B. Dirks has refused to rescind an invitation to controversial comedian Bill Maher to address mid-year commencement. That has not deterred Berkeley’s Muslim Student Association, which organized a massive “town hall” meeting
As someone who was forced into Covered California (CC) last year when Aetna, my long-time and excellent healthcare insurer, exited California’s individual market, I am painfully aware of the technical incompetence of the CC website. This year, the CC website
Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics and the political prognosticator and founder of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, has now rated California’s 7th Congressional district race as “leaning Republican.” Sabato had rated the race between Democrat incumbent Ami
Now that Barack Obama is persona non grata at rallies for Democratic candidates around the country, those candidates are turning to former president Bill Clinton to help them squeak out tight victories in November. Clinton made appearances around California on
A Dutch start-up called Blendle is taking global the equivalent of “a penny for your thoughts” by pioneering a Spotify-style market for copyright journalism. To begin to touch a world of seven billion people, Blendle just raised $3.8 million in a first
Dr. Colin Bucks of Stanford University, who returned from Liberia last week, is the first person in California to be quarantined because of Ebola. On Wednesday, the state came forth with its guidelines for those who have had contact with
The latest Field Poll, released Thursday, shows that in every single statewide contest that pits a Republican against a Democrat, the latter has a substantial lead. The only race that appears to be competitive as Election Day approaches is the
The State of California issued its own set of Ebola quarantine guidelines on Wednesday, saying that only those who have had contact with infected people in West Africa will be required to undergo a 21-day quarantine upon their return to
With all sails up and heading downwind, Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown is on course to win an unprecedented fourth term as governor in California, 40 years after he won his first. The Orange County Register has Brown leading opponent Neel
SANTA MONICA, California — FWD.us, the immigration reform initiative founded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, plans to launch a massive political push in December to support President Barack Obama’s planned executive action on immigration. On Tuesday evening, it brought roughly 100
LOS ANGELES, California — Silicon Beach, the rapidly-expanding tech and media corridor in West Los Angeles and Santa Monica, is the most “underestimated” technology production sector in the nation, according to mega-entrepreneur Peter Thiel. On Wednesday, the University of Southern
More than 50 guests at an NAACP gala in Redwood City, California, experienced vomiting and diarrhea after suffering from food poisoning Saturday night, CBS San Francisco reports. Twelve people were rushed to the hospital in ambulances, where they were treated
Researchers at Stanford and Dartmouth University crossed the line recently, sending material to voters that appeared to be official campaign mailings, and which judged where prospective candidates in California, Montana and New Hampshire stood in the political spectrum. That action
