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.
SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 struck California’s northern San Francisco Bay area early Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The earthquake struck just before 3:30 a.m. about 10 miles northwest of American Canyon,
As residents of Northern California reel from the strongest earthquake in 25 years, debate rages in Los Angeles over how a buried tectonic fault might affect the path of a new subway line–or whether the fault exists at all. The
Just before 3:30 a.m. Sunday, an earthquake rocked Northern California 10 miles northwest of American Canyon, six miles southwest of Napa, California according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The 6.0 reading on the Richter scale renders it the largest earthquake
Water scarcity is becoming increasingly acute in select California regions. In East Porterville, residential wells have begun running dry, spurring emergency deliveries of bottled water to thirsty San Joaquin Valley residents. In contrast, there is an abundant supply of fresh,
On August 22 California lawmakers passed Senate Bill 505, requiring police to check the state’s gun registration database before going on a “welfare check.” SB 505 was sponsored by state senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) in reaction to Elliot Rodger’s
SpaceX suffered its first missile failure when one of their F9R rockets aborted its mission and auto-destructed over Texas shortly after takeoff on August 22. One observer video shows debris falling from the sky just after the explosion. No one was hurt
Years of mistreatment and “patient dumping” of mentally ill and disabled patients in downtown Los Angeles’ Skid Row have resulted in a law suit against the Glendale Adventist Medical Center. The lawsuit is part of a wider attempt Los Angeles
On August 20, a possible gunman was reported on the campus of California State University San Marcos (CSUSM), and orders to “Shelter-In-Place” (S-I-P) were put out until a SWAT team finally surrounded their suspect, “a staff member carrying a large
Test results for an Ebola scare in Sacramento have come back negative. However, the negative news that California’s state capital has suffered the loss of one of their children to the deadly disease in Africa has Sacramento’s Liberian community fearing
California environmentalists were giddy after the market for pollution credits traded up in price to a new high on record volume. But rather than a sign of greater enthusiasm to fight CO2, the California legislature quietly passed in 2012 a
California officials have issued an arrest warrant and are searching for 24-year-old Augustin Zeferino for discontinuing his treatment for a highly-contagious case of drug-resistant tuberculosis. They believe he is in Santa Barbara County. “He has many ties in Santa Maria,
San Diego businessman and Mexican national Jose Susumo Azano Matsura was indicted in February on charges relating to campaign contribution fraud, but just this week charges of alien in possession of a firearm and falsification of records were added to
On August 21 the California State Assembly voted 66-1 to pass AB 2444, banning the state from selling Confederate flags or displaying them. An exemption would exist for “the flag’s use in school textbooks, public museums and other educational settings.”
Honey bees have become the latest victim in the three-year drought in California, where more than 80 percent of the state is suffering from “extreme” or “exceptional” drought. According to Gene Brandi, vice president of the American Beekeeping Federation, this
Singer Lauryn Hill, whose career of late has taken a back seat to her legal woes, is using one of her songs to spotlight the tensions in Ferguson, MO. The former Fugees star uploaded a song called Black Rage (Sketch)
The Sacramento Bee is barking good news for dog owners: If you live in California, you don’t need to bring a doggie bag home from the restaurant any more. You can simply bring your dog to the restaurant with you.
Democratic San Diego Representative Scott Peters has been caught on camera making contemptuous and dismissive remarks about his openly gay Republican opponent Carl DeMaio. Peters also took a stab at Utah’s Mia Love, who could become the first black female Republican
California state Senator Ben Hueso (D-San Diego) was arrested and booked into the Sacramento County Jail early Friday morning. He is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol with a blood alcohol limit of 0.08 percent or more. California
SAN DIEGO — Thousands of illegal alien juveniles in California and their lawyers are slated to receive $3 million in California taxpayer dollars for legal services as they are processed through immigration proceedings. California Governor Jerry Brown announced a bill
Thanks to a reversal by Governor Jerry Brown’s administration, two Catholic universities, Santa Clara and Loyola Marymount, have now been prevented from offering insurance plans for their employees that refused coverage for “elective” abortions and only permitted abortions if the
On Thursday, a music video titled “F*** tha Police” called for revenge for the fatal police shooting of Ezell Ford in South Los Angeles on August 11. The video has prompted the LAPD’s union to issue a warning to officers to be
Nursing mothers occupied the chairs inside, and lined the street outside, of the Anthropologie store in Beverly Hills, staging a nurse-in to protest what they perceived as the mistreatment of a fellow mommy who was asked to finish breastfeeding her
Nancy Pelosi and 62 other House Democrats with 100% ratings from the Sierra Club have for decades been using the Endangered Species Act (ESA) try to litigate small rural California communities out of existence for having the gall to use
The Contra Costa Times reports that a San Ramon home woman who received a rebate from the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) for tearing out her lawn and replacing it with drought-resistant plants has been fined $50 a month
Geometric forms typically add a kind of serenity to art. Matrices, grids, and colors establish comforting patterns that draw the viewer into a contemplative state. Not so Matthew Carter’s hellequinharlequinclown paintings, on exhibition at the Luis De Jesus Los Angeles gallery
