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.
U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii ruled California’s 10-day waiting period on firearm purchases was unconstitutional on Monday. The ruling was the result of Sylvester v. Harris, a case in which Plaintiffs Brandon Combs and Jeff Sylvester filed suit against CA
In a column ostensibly lambasting local district attorneys around the state for failing to prosecute legislators who live outside the districts they represent, Dan Walters of the Sacramento Bee lives up to his paper’s penchant for looking out for Democrats.
The Occupy Wall Street movement, which blazed brightly two years ago amid a sea of arrests, vandalism and attacks against the wealthy, is coming back in the form of an online TV channel. Occupy Television, in conjunction with FilmOn Networks,
CBS 2 Los Angeles reports that seismologists say that their early warning systems did alert them that the Napa Valley earthquake was imminent, but the good news was that the quake struck at 3:20 a.m., when most people were asleep. “That
A major investor has withdrawn from funding the world’s largest solar farms near Silicon Valley after the Panoche Valley Solar project cleared major barriers to begin development. According to the San Jose Mercury News, Southern California Edison agreed to purchase
Napa Valley small business owners who lack earthquake insurance are weighing in on Sunday’s disaster that could cost them major financial hardships in the future. The 6.0-magnitude earthquake that targeted a six-mile stretch of Northern California early Sunday morning is
After Sunday’s 6.1 earthquake, 33 buildings in Napa have been red-tagged by building inspectors in Napa, including the county courthouse and the post office, according to CBS Sacramento. “It’s just really sad to see which buildings might come back and
Nearly 200 of the entertainment industry’s biggest names have signed on to a statement that unequivocally condemns the U.S. government-designated terrorist group Hamas and “ideologies of hatred and genocide which are reflected in [their] charter,” while advocating a “commitment to peace and
“It’s a bunch of politicians who want to buy votes,” San Diego City Councilman Scott Sherman said of Democrat councilmembers pushing a minimum wage increase in a suspiciously-timed vote to overturn a mayoral veto. “Don’t let them tell you that
Northern California suffered an “Earthquake Storm” on Sunday, as 60 smaller aftershocks rolled through Northern California following the magnitude 6.0 on the Richter Scale earthquake that struck Sunday at 3:20 a.m. Sunday’s earthquake is the 4th serious quake this year after a
Some Napa County skateboarders found the silver lining in the worst earthquake Northern California has experienced in over 10 years by turning a buckled street into an impromptu skate park. “My first thought was ‘oh no, earthquake. My second? Cool
A seismologist at UC San Diego asserted that the 6.0 Napa earthquake that struck on Sunday should be a “wake-up call” for the Napa Valley wine industry, which had a substantial amount of inventory destroyed by a relatively mild earthquake. Tom Rockwell explained
The magnitude 6.0 earthquake that struck Napa in the early hours of Sunday morning may not have done much damage, relatively speaking. Yet several wineries reported extensive damage to existing collections of valuable vintages, as well as to winemaking infrastructure
Last Friday morning, according to an officer with the California Highway Patrol, State Senator Ben Hueso (D-San Diego) was observed driving the wrong way on a one-way street. Hueso was subsequently arrested and charged with driving under the influence of
A boy was critically injured during Sunday’s 6.0 Quake in Napa when a brick chimney collapsed on him. The boy was one of 172 people who sustained injuries, including concussions and broken bones, and were treated at several hospitals in
NAPA, Calif., Aug 24 (Reuters) – Prized collections and wooden casks crashed to cellar floors when a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Napa Valley on Sunday, but damage to the famous wine region at the start of harvest time might be
The U.S. Geological Survey reports that there have been ten earthquakes in California stronger than magnitude 7.0 since the biggest ever recorded, the estimated 7.9 Fort Tejon earthquake, struck in 1857. By comparison, the Napa earthquake of 2014–a mere 6.0–hardly
Sunday was a bad day for a 20-year-old wine cellar worker who survived a twenty-six gallon fish tank falling on his head during a 6.0 earthquake that injured scores of people, trashed buildings, destroyed roads and smashed hundreds of wine
NAPA, Calif. (AP) — The strongest earthquake in 25 years struck the heart of California’s wine country early Sunday, igniting gas-fed fires, damaging some of the region’s famed wineries and historic buildings, and sending more than 120 people to hospitals.
According to scientists at the University of California at Berkeley, an earthquake early warning system operated successfully and was able to detect the quake ten seconds before the 6.0 quake hit on Sunday morning in Napa Valley. Although ten seconds
California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency on Sunday, following a magnitude-6.0 earthquake that struck at 3:20 a.m. and was the region’s strongest in 25 years. There were no reported deaths, though 120 people were reported injured, three
Despite opposition by parents and teachers to the Pearson Education Corporation’s Common Core curriculum, conflicts of interest may explain why the Los Angeles School District administrators have been so adamant to implement the standards. Since release of a devastating conflicts
State Bill (SB) 270, introduced by State Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) in January to ban disposable plastic check-out bags from grocery stores, may come to a vote by midnight Aug. 31, according to the Los Angeles Times. Padilla, who is also
NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Northern California hospital treats more than 70 patients from 6.0-magnitude earthquake.
The severe California drought is prompting farmers and vintners to hire dowsers, AKA “water witches,” to locate water underground, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The harshness of the drought has cut the normal quantity of water delivered to farmers,
