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.
SAN FRANCISCO — California’s historic and record-breaking drought has given way to many inventive ideas and attempts at water preservation, including showering with friends. Now, one San Francisco-based startup is playing up an old technique involving a toilet and a
Fresno County sheriff’s deputies arrested four teenagers on Wednesday on charges of burglary and felony cruelty to animals after authorities found 920 chickens beaten to death with a golf club at the Foster Farms chicken shed earlier this week. According
BAKERSFIELD, CA — A legal group representing nut farmers in California’s San Joaquin Valley filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, hoping to reverse a Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision from March that upheld a
The City of Los Angeles has settled a year-long lawsuit alleging that Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar (D) had sexually harassed his deputy chief of staff. However, details surrounding the deal remain shrouded in secrecy. “The parties have reached
BAKERSFIELD, CA — Kern County Agriculture Commissioner Ruben Arroyo is wary, but upbeat. “It’s hard to say what the future holds,” Arroyo said. “If we don’t get rain this year, the wells will run dry. People won’t have water for
The beautiful coastal city of Laguna Niguel, California is considering cutting ties with its sister city, Al Qaim, Iraq, since the city was captured and taken over in June by ISIS terrorist forces. Council member Robert Ming said, “We’d like
PIMCO has acknowledged that $23.5 billion of investors’ cash was withdrawn last month. It is my estimate that at least $19 billion or more of the liquidations followed legendary Pacific Asset Management (PIMCO) bond manager Bill Gross out the door after he left
Following criticism by Congressional candidate Ro Khanna on fellow Democrat and incumbent Rep. Mike Honda (CA-17), Honda’s congressional chief of staff has issued an apology for blurring the lines between her official duties and her work on Honda’s reelection campaign
Grammy-winning singer Carole King will serenade Vice President Joe Biden, House Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi, and high-donor Democrats over cocktails next Monday at an L.A. fundraiser benefitting Democrat women running for Congress entitled, “When Women Succeed, America Succeeds.” The Washington
A year-long lawsuit and ongoing political battle between officials in the Inland Empire and Los Angeles over control of the “deteriorating” Ontario International Airport (ONT) has given way to a war of words between officials in both regions. A hearing
School administrators at Pitman High School in Turlock, California have been trying to refute rumors that a photo of a topless woman that has been circulated around social media by students is their English teacher. “She’s extremely upset. Very upset
Nearly 200 Fresno residents gathered at a local high school for the first of four scheduled “water forums” on Monday night, where individuals voiced their concerns and proposed long and short-term solutions to the city’s water crisis. However, according to
Caltrans officials admitted on Tuesday that problems continue to arise with the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, which connects Oakland and San Francisco. SFGate reported on Tuesday that new revelations indicate that 423 steel rods that anchor the
A San Francisco man who was attacked by an UberX driver with a claw hammer, leaving him unconscious and bleeding on the side of the road, could lose vision in his left eye. Roberto Chicas, 35, was on his way
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed AB 1014, the legislation allowing “temporary” confiscation of firearms via “Gun Violence Restraining Orders” from persons “determined by the courts to be a threat to themselves or others.” Breitbart News previously reported that the
Authorities in Fresno are investigating an incident in which at least one man broke into the Foster Farms chicken shed and used a golf club to kill 920 chickens. “Whoever did something like this is pretty sick,” Deputy Chris Curtice
A Long Beach child has been infected with enterovirus D-68 this week making it the first confirmed case of the virus in Los Angeles County. Dr. David Michalik, a pediatric infectious disease specialist said that the child was critically ill
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement and the iconic speech delivered by Mario Savio from the top of a police car in Sproul Plaza at the University of California at Berkeley. The vibrant crusader for free
After preaching Sunday’s second church service at Capital Christian Church in Sacramento, California, Pastor Rick Cole left on a mission to live homeless for two weeks–or until he raises $300,000 for a local homeless service, Winter Sanctuary. He announced the
SAN DIEGO, California — On Tuesday, the nation learned that Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital has isolated a man now confirmed as the first Ebola case diagnosed within the U.S. With little early information, what remedies will doctors seek to use–and
A Bay Area guitarist and folk singer was one of two men arrested Monday on suspicion of setting a string of fires in Alameda that ravaged local businesses and caused $3 million in damages. According to the San Francisco Chronicle,
Several shots rang out in the heat of a domestic dispute between Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo, his 19-year-old son, and his wife Tuesday afternoon, when Mrs. Crespo allegedly grabbed a gun and shot her husband several times. Details continue
Following news Tuesday of the first confirmed Ebola case in the United States, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), who chairs the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, issued a statement calling for the mobilization and amplification of efforts from the United States
A new Silicon Valley-based smartphone messaging app called FireChat is quickly taking on the same role in powering pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong that Twitter played in fueling the 2012 Arab Spring. FireChat has been touted as an ideal communication tool
Django Unchained star Daniele Watts broke her silence in a Los Angeles Times op-ed over the weekend, blaming an encounter with police when she was a teenager for her recent clash with the Los Angeles Police Department in which she pulled the
