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.
Eye on Sacramento (EOS), a community watchdog organization, has criticized Measure L, also known as the “strong mayor initiative,” in a recent report that called the proposition’s justification “exceedingly weak,” according to local news reports. Measure L, backed by former NBA
LOS ANGELES — Bold Agenda PAC launched a new broadcast television advertisement for 33rd congressional district candidate Elan Carr late last week, with just over two weeks remaining until the November 4 midterm election. Carr, a Republican, is battling state Sen.
California’s Gov. Jerry Brown, cruising to likely re-election in November, is presenting himself not just as the most experienced leaders in the Golden State, but as a conservative one. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Brown promised to
On Friday, Governor Jerry Brown said in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle that as California takes steps to prepare for the possibility of Ebola’s arrival, the state should avoid making the same mistakes that were made in Texas. The
Kaiser Permanente and other health providers are putting pressure on the powerful California Nurses Association (CAN) in negotiations for reductions in medical staffing and compensation due to the implementation of California’s version of Obamacare. Union nurses on Friday tried to
University of California, Berkeley police issued a security alert on Friday after a leader at the Theta Delta Chi fraternity claimed a member of his fraternity was sexually assaulted by another member. The fraternity leader also told campus police there
San Diego State University student Sara Stelzer remained on life support systems on Friday night after the University announced that she had died on Friday morning from bacterial meningitis. According to CBS Los Angeles, University spokesman Greg Block said that Stelzer’s parents
Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari has infused another $1 million of his own money into his campaign. Friday’s million-dollar addition brings Kashkari’s personal contributions to his gubernatorial campaign to more than $3 million, according to the Associated Press. The announcement came
LOS ANGELES, California — An enlisted member of the United States Navy is believed to be the first-ever patient to undergo treatment for an unofficial medical diagnosis known as Internet addiction disorder (IAD), stemming from his overuse of Google Glass.
Former Facebook president, Napster co-founder, and Silicon Valley “bad boy” Sean Parker has been assigned a very unique punishment as part of his community service for his environmentally unsound and lavish $10 million nuptials at Big Sur last year. He
With the Los Angeles Unified School District Board ready to fire Superintendent John Deasy, he resigned as head of the nation’s second-largest public school system just six months after he spiked his annual salary to $384,184 with $54,184 in buy-outs. After
A college freshman at San Diego State University died from highly infectious bacterial meningitis on Thursday after spending the weekend partying with sorority sisters, where she came in close contact with 400 people. On Tuesday, Sara Selzer experienced flu-like symptoms
A new resolution to be introduced next week in San Francisco would require the owners of most new apartment buildings in the city to install solar panels or gardens on the buildings’ rooftops. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, city
California governor Jerry Brown is riding so high in the polls that there is virtually no political force that can stop him. In retrospect, his success was almost guaranteed once he convinced California voters to approve a “temporary” tax hike
LOS ANGELES, California — Porn mogul and publisher Larry Flynt’s well-known Hustler store in Hollywood will be closing, as the famed Sunset Strip prepares to undergo an upscale makeover which will include a wave of luxury hotels, residences, restaurants, and
China’s millionaires are relocating to the United States, and the Los Angeles, California suburb of Arcadia is experiencing a highly concentrated version of that, according to a report published by Bloomberg’s Businessweek on Wednesday. Two-thirds of China’s millionaires have either already emigrated or have
Civilian drones have been deployed by California farmers to monitor crop growth, cartographers to create more precise maps of the Swiss Alps, and even by archaeologists in Bolivia to help excavate ancient Inca ruins. Most of these early adopters that have legitimized civilian
After a failed 2012 campaign to limit soda portions in New York City, former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $83,000 to the Yes on Measure D campaign, which aims to tax companies that distribute sugary drinks in Berkeley. The generous donation becomes
On Thursday morning at 10:16 a.m., over ten million Californians dropped, sought cover, and held on to something to prepare for the next major earthquake that will hit some Golden State community probably sooner than later. The simulated earthquake drill,
A college campus in San Diego was cordoned off by the county Department of Health on Thursday after a female student who may have had contact with an Ebola patient vomited in the middle of class. A teacher at Southwestern
Lack of training, inadequate protective gear, and a desire for a higher level of insurance for infectious disease are the main demands from the formidable California National Nurses United union in contract negotiations with Kaiser Permanente. Those negotiations have been
A new app that lets medical marijuana patients in the Bay Area tap a few buttons on their phone to receive high-quality medicine at their door hit the Google Play Store this week. The app, called “Meadow,” is the latest
Archaeologists working in a California desert this week dug up two giant sphinxes used on the set of the 1923 silent film “The Ten Commandments.” The sphinxes were famously dynamited and left buried in the Guadalupe Dunes after the completion
LOS ANGELES, California — Breaking with tradition, Democratic Senator Kevin de Leon held an elaborate and expensive swearing-in ceremony with over 2,000 invited guests at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Wednesday. De Leon was celebrating the first time in over
