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.
In reaction to occasional violence involving robberies, California Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 962 on Monday, August 26, to launch the first-in-the-nation requirement that all smartphones sold in California be equipped with “kill switches.” These switches allow owners to remotely render
Oprah Winfrey has reportedly been getting thousands of gallons of fresh water delivered daily to her massive Montecito estate–which she refers to as “The Promised Land”–in response to increased restrictions on water usage. In light of one of the most severe
The rich and predominantly white elites of Hollywood will soon be swimming in $330 million in tax credits paid for by the hard working citizens of California. This more than triples the amount of corporate welfare the failed state was
On Tuesday, a few hours after Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto said that Illegal Aliens deserve justice in the USA and Gov. Jerry Brown welcomed all illegal immigrants to California, lawmakers in Sacramento passed a proposed ballot measure seeking to
Fox 40 reports that on Monday, members of the California Black Caucus and the NAACP joined at the state capitol, brandishing huge pictures of five black men killed by police officers around the nation, including Eric Gardner, Michael Brown, Oscar
On August 26 the California Assembly passed SB199, requiring fake guns to be brightly painted so police know they are not real if a kid or a criminal points one at them. SB199 was born in the wake of the
Approximately 2,000 people attended a community prayer service for critically wounded San Bernardino police officer Gabriel Garcia on August 25. Garcia was shot “once in the head and twice in the torso” in “an ambush” on August 22. He is
SAN DIEGO — A San Diego man who had been fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) terror organization in Syria was found dead this weekend by the Free Syrian Army (FSA). Douglas McAuthur McCain, 33, is
On Tuesday, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto was pretty confident that most California state legislators would not need a translator to understand his remarks. Before he addressed the California State Legislature, Peña Nieto said, “I believe that most of you speak Spanish.” He
The Netflix series House of Cards put the streaming giant in the content big leagues, right alongside HBO, AMC and FX. Orange Is the New Black showed Netflix was no fluke in the original programming arena. Yet both the political
SACRAMENTO, California — Roughly 300 demonstrators gathered outside the Leland Stanford Mansion Musuem on Tuesday to protest against Mexico’s continued incarceration of U.S. Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, who is facing trial on gun charges. Inside the building, Gov. Jerry Brown
The $1 billion contract that L.A. schools had made with Apple to provide iPads to all the students in the district was suspended on Monday, according to a memo from Supt. John Deasy to the Board of Educationobtained by the
Forget so-called “Mexifornia.” How about the United States of Mexico? On Monday, Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto called on other states to “evolve” like California so the United States can be more like his home country. Appearing with Los Angeles Mayor
Two California legislators have refused to attend a Tuesday luncheon hosted by California Governor Jerry Brown in Sacramento to honor Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto–and are instead protesting the continued imprisonment of U.S. Marine Sgt Andrew Tahmooressi in Mexico on gun charges. California
Surveillance video caught a woman allegedly setting fire to a patio chair on the back deck of a nail salon in El Segundo, and police now believe she may be responsible for arson in at least seven fires within a
The Los Angeles Daily News reports that Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti has joined those who oppose the merger of cable giant Time Warner with cable giant Comcast. Mayor Eric Garcetti urged the Federal Communications Commission to closely monitor the
SAN DIEGO — “Got Unwanted Guns? Get a Gift Card,” reads the header for a San Diego County Sheriff’s Department program offering grocery store gift cards for anyone who wants to turn in guns, “no questions asked.” Two events will
As residents continue to clean up the damage caused by the Napa earthquake on Sunday, and aftershocks keep coming, some are beginning to find words to describe what many felt was an “otherworldly” experience. Rabbi Elchonon Tenenbaum, who has lived
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, speaking in Los Angeles, said that it is time to give justice to illegal immigrants in the USA. Governor Jerry Brown and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti joined with Pena Nieto and addressed hundreds of
NAPA, California — Islamic militants, including supporters of ISIS or Islamic State, have hijacked the #napaquake and #napaearthquake hashtags on Twitter in their latest social media strategy to spread their terrorist propaganda across the Internet and to the world. Images
“Time is running out for our planet,” exclaimed Assemblymember Mariko Yamada (D-Davis) in the midst of a lengthy debate in the State Assembly over the proposed statewide ban on plastic grocery store bags, Senate Bill 270. The controversial legislation, authored
NAPA — A series of aftershocks has been rolling through California’s Napa Valley, including a more pronounced tremor just after 5 pm on Monday, which the United States Geological Survey says registered at a magnitude of 2.9. Individuals who were
California lawmakers try to compete with Texas and exhaust millions of dollars in incentives to draw in and maintain businesses. Everything, including business, is bigger in Texas, and the state has become a safe haven for businesses seeking relief from
California’s last nuclear power plant could be shut down over concerns about earthquake preparedness. The AP reportsthat former chief inspector of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power stationhas written a 42-page report stating that the station may not be able tosurvive
Monday morning, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews interviewed Alexandra Pelosi, daughter of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, as she sat in front of a collapsed storefront. Nancy and husband Paul Pelosi own a winery in Napa, the Napa Valley Register reported in
