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.
TechCrunch reports that the Amazon Rewards Visa Card has joined Visa, MasterCard and American Express in accepting Apple Pay for credit card transactions. Although some were surprised that Amazon would do business with Apple’s “closed garden,” Chase Bank is already working with
Following a six-year civil rights lawsuit, California has agreed this week to put an end to its use of race-based punishment as a tool to quell and control violence in the state’s overcrowded prisons. California is reportedly the only state
Former Beverly Hills 90210 cast member and drama-maven Tori Spelling was quarantined in Ebola-like conditions last weekend–and has used the opportunity to kick off the season premiere of her new reality TV show True Tori, which began airing on Lifetime
In a decision that is sure to inflame San Francisco politics, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District Charles Breyer ruled Tuesday a San Francisco law requiring landlords to pay displaced tenants the difference between current rent and the amount needed to
Demonstrators marching against “Police brutality and police murder” marched through downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, creating traffic jams that brought vehicles to a halt. Unconcerned about the effects of their actions, at 2 p.m. the protesters marched from Olympic Boulevard
An online costume retailer is stirring controversy with its provocative Halloween costume offerings, which include a marijuana leaf, a cigarette, and an Ebola Hazmat suit. Alongside the more traditional costumes on display at BrandsOnSale.com, such as Super Mario, Roger Rabbit,
A video posted to YouTube Tuesday shows a pack of bikers doing wheelies and taunting a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer on route I-60 in Milpitas and San Jose as he tried unsuccessfully to stop them. At one point during
It’s a food truck-no, it’s a plumbing truck-no, it’s–a headshot truck? Welcome to Los Angeles, where a young couple decided to make headshots more accessible by using a truck to bring their headshot business around town. The truck is painted
Parents nationwide are visiting the Bay Area to obtain medical marijuana for their sick children. So-called “CannaMoms” are taking their children’s medical treatment into their own hands, according to CBS San Francisco. They say much of the medicine they get
Health officials in Sacramento County have been monitoring two people who traveled recently to Ebola-stricken West Africa. Although neither person is showing symptoms of the deadly virus and have yet to be hospitalized, the situation has raised alarms as to
Supporters of Measure D, which would require any changes to Santa Monica Airport (SMO) to be approved by the voters, are confident that they can “trounce” their opponents at the polls and defeat rival Measure LC, which would allow the
The California Department of Public Health has established an Ebola hotline to calm panicked residents, as two Sacramento-area residents are being monitored for possible symbols of the deadly hemmorhagic fever. In a statement Tuesday, state public health director Dr. Ron Chapman
California’s general election turnout is predicted to be dismal this year, with less than half of eligible voters likely to turn out. Two factors include a lack of competitive statewide races, and ballot measures that don’t inspire activism. Speaking of
A fight involving costumed sidewalk street performers dressed as Mr. Incredible, Batgirl, Chewbacca, Waldo, and Freddy Kreuger broke out in front of the TCL Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard on Tuesday. A production company named FilmOn.com captured the brawl on
Supporters of Measure LC, a local ballot initiative that would allow the Santa Monica City Council to close the municipal airport when its operating agreement expires next year, have resorted to blatant lies in an effort to fool the public.
New data gathered by public agencies and a data analysis by NBC Bay Area News reveal that Bloom Energy, which makes the Bloom boxes that supply power and supposedly act as cleaner producers of energy, may be hoodwinking the public
LOS ANGELES, California — Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Jim Parker said in an interview on Tuesday evening that he fears he could lose his job for providing TMZ with audio from his brief detainment of Django Unchained actress Daniele
An investigation by CBS News’ Sacramento affiliate has revealed that former D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee, who is Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson’s wife and has been campaigning for his “strong mayor” campaign, Measure L, is not even eligible to vote
A pro-marijuana legalization Democratic club has been commissioned by the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee to support marijuana-friendly candidates and work toward full legalization of the drug by 2016. The “Brownie Mary Democratic Club” is the first such club in
John Hrabe of the Flash Report reports that a shady group calling itself the “California Republican Taxpayers Association” has been sending slate mailers that actually support tax hikes to registered Republican voters in the state. The group, which Hrabe says
An illegal alien attending Harvard University as a student was allowed back into the United States after having gone temporarily back to Mexico, effectively deporting himself. Brought into the USA illegally when he was a toddler by his parents who
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With just two weeks until Election Day, more voters report being undecided in the volatile Peters-DeMaio race in California’s coastal 52nd congressional district, according to new polling by the San Diego Union-Tribune. The razor-thin margin, still undecided race between Republican
As “new generation” Republican challenger Carl DeMaio trades jabs with incumbent Democrat Scott Peters, new accusations of wrongdoing have entered the race that may include Federal Bureau of Investigation inquiries. Earlier in October, DeMaio Policy Director Todd Bosnich accused DeMaio
WhatsApp Chief Executive Officer Jan Koum, whose mobile-messaging company was acquired by Facebook for $22 billion this year, confronted a dicey past as he joined the Facebook board as the third-largest shareholder. Koum apologized for actions that resulted in a
The brother of Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo, who was murdered by his wife three weeks ago, is claiming that Lyvette Cespo did not kill her husband in self-defense, but instead executed a premeditated killing “with malice and in cold
