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.
Cinemark, the theater chain involved in the 2012 shooting rampage in Colorado which left 12 people dead, will likely have to defend itself against charges it should have done more to prevent the mass murder. For the second time in
Actor Kevin Sorbo, star of the hit independent film God’s Not Dead, has sold a pilot called Can’t Get Arrested to Hallmark Channel, but it won’t be shooting in Los Angeles. “No,” he says, “in Vancouver [Canada].” This is a
Anti-Israel activists claimed that their protest Saturday at the Port of Oakland successfully blocked an Israeli ship from the Zim cargo company from docking. However, the ship was still far away from the port at the time of the protest,
As California’s historic drought continues to drain the Golden State of its precious liquid commodity, cemeteries throughout the Southland are adopting and experimenting with alternate ways to preserve water while maintaining the aesthetics of their burial grounds. Places such as
Orange County police authorities, reacting to the fuming riots in Ferguson Missouri, concluded that a militarized law enforcement response is valid in heated situations, but needs to be initiated on a case-by-case basis. The Orange County Register reported that Irvine
The United States Military is now allowing more popular black hairstyles by members of the armed forces after three months of negative reaction from the African-American community about appearance and hair regulations put forth earlier in the year. According to
Narcotics investigators removed and airlifted up to 4,000 marijuana plants in various stages of maturity that were discovered in Laguna Wilderness Park in Orange County, California, on Friday, just a few hundred feet from a private high school and a
U.S. Border Patrol agents responded to a 911 distress call, rescuing two injured and three dehydrated illegal aliens trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border near Old Mine Road and Highway 78 in the El Centro border sector. The rescue resulted
California’s drought has been negatively affecting businesses throughout the Golden State, particularly in Folsom Lake, where water levels have shrunken so much that the area which should be bustling with beach-goers and water sport enthusiasts resembles a desert, resulting in
Rapper 50 Cent isn’t just a musician who acts on the side. He’s a business man. His company’s new set of headphones offers a way for fitness buffs to cut down on the number of devices they carry while working
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles is considering turning voting ballots into lottery tickets. With fewer than a fourth of voters showing up for recent local elections, the city’s Ethics Commission voted to recommend that the City Council consider a
Rallies were held across California and the nation on Thursday on behalf of the demonstrators in Ferguson, MO, where Michael Brown, who was black, was killed last Saturday by police, and riots and looting followed. In Sacramento, dozens of people
The Los Angeles Times reports that the Los Angeles Ethics Commission has a wonderful, tax-friendly idea to draw more voters to the polls: pay them. Voting on Thursday to send the idea to City Council President Herb Wesson’s Rules, Elections
The leftists pushing for San Francisco to increase its minimum wage to $15 an hour had some salient information handed them by a report from the city’s Office of Economic Analysis: by 2019 the private sector will have approximately 15,270
A 12-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department who suffered the traumatic effects of an amputation is back on duty following an onerous recovery. Upon his discovery of a huge, tumor-like mass on the bottom of his left foot,
Some California school districts are hiring extra personnel and coordinating resources for support services in preparation for the arrival in schools of the newest wave of illegal alien juveniles who have come across the U.S. southern border by the tens
On Thursday, AB 1576, which would have mandated the use of condoms by all adult film performers in California, died in an Assembly committee, reported the Daily News. The death of the bill is considered a victory for the pornography
As the rising popularity of pole dancing reaches new heights, the movement has garnered a push by the International Pole Sports Federation to make pole dancing an Olympic sport. And in Sacramento, California, a group of pole-fitness dancers have been
LOS ANGELES — A group of Kurdish demonstrators gathered in front of the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles on Tuesday imploring the United States to assist the Kurdish people with humanitarian relief and military support in order to establish
NEW YORK, Aug. 14 (UPI)–Twitter darling and original Star Trek helmsman George Takei opened up to NBC Thursday about his experience being taken to a Japanese American interment camp, discussing the imagery he’ll “never forget,” and how it influenced his
The long-running reality show Survivor may not dominate pop culture as it once did, but the show still snares a sizable audience leading up to its 29th season. The only thing standing in the show’s way lately is a labor
Republican congressional candidate Elan Carr has been recruited into the National Republican Congressional Committee’s Young Guns program. Carr, who finished in first place ahead of Democratic opponent Ted Lieu in the June 3 primary to advance to the November general
If you like Obamacare, you’re going to love Proposition 45, the ballot initiative that would give one politician– liberal Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones–complete authority over health care costs and benefits for individuals and small businesses in California. Worse, the trial
On Wednesday, the California legislature and Governor Jerry Brown united to endorse a $7.5 billion water bond, AB1471, that will appear on November’s ballot. A previous water bond from 2009 had been approved by the California legislature but was thought
Outrage over a first day school assignment which for years has required special needs kids at Patriot Valley High School in California’s Riverside County to dig through the trash in search of recyclable items, has prompted the mother of one
