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.
The number of permits issued for adult film productions in Los Angeles is down 90% as a result of a 2012 law requiring porn actors to wear condoms. In what could best be described as a complete sacking of the
After previously threatening to do so, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has decided to push back against the will of many Escondido, California residents, who came out by the hundreds in June in opposition to the proposed installation of
Apple will be holding a media event on Tuesday, September 9th to unveil its iPhone 6, according to reports today in the Wall Street Journal and tech news site Re/code. The company releases a new phone each year, and the company
CBS Sacramento reports that California students are going to become more enlightened about their civic duty, if California teachers have their way. A newly-crafted curriculum will be implemented to focus on political issues, candidates running for office, field trips to the
Excessive groundwater withdrawal in California’s Central Valley spurred by the drought could start triggering earthquakes. A study published in May in Nature calculates that water pumped out of the ground in the Central Valley increases crustal deformation and seismicity, thus rendering greater chances
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Caltrans is under siege because of accusations that the agency displayed a lack of transparency and “gagged and banished” engineers who warned of construction problems on the new Bay Bridge eastern section. Another charge leveled
The political fight between incumbent U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA) and her Republican opponent Assemblyman Jeff Gorell (R-Camarillo) has the trigger-happy media tripping over themselves. Timm Herdt, the Ventura County Star‘s Sacramento bureau chief, published an article Monday in which
Allegations of animal abuse hurled at circuses are hardly new. Circuses train animals to create any number of wondrous stunts, and animal rights activists do all they can to make sure the creatures are treated in as humane a way
Two birds of a feather, Don and Maxine Simpson, after nearly 62 years of marriage, died just four hours apart, side by side. Their granddaughter Melissa explained that when Maxine died, Don’s soul went with her. According to CBS Los
Grapes throughout much of California will be harvested early due to the dry, hot weather conditions resulting from the Golden State’s fourth year in a deep-cutting drought. The rough climate change has caused for an earlier than normal ripening of
CBS Los Angeles reports that a thief pretended to be a blind veteran in order to gain access to the back room of a check-cashing business and escape with $5,000. The business is located at Figueroa Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway
California Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari believes that illegal immigrant juveniles, nearly 90% of whom are teenagers, need to be sent back to their home countries, because having open borders is just not rational. While guest-hosting CNBC’s Squawk Box on
The Los Angeles Times ran a story entitled, “Freelance Workers a Growing Segment of California Economy,” lamenting that millennials working part-time costs California $17 billion a year in tax revenue. Aside from the Times bizarre comment that young people are
A Stockton man is showing his support for his city police department by creating a web page dedicated to the men and women who risks their lives to battle crime. After a recent deadly bank robbery, the Stockton Police department
On August 4, Breitbart News reported that AB 1014–the legislation containing “Gun Violence Restraining Orders”–stalled in the California Senate Appropriations Committee. While gun control proponents are suggesting they will amend the legislation and bring it back for a vote as
Other than actors Jon Voight, Nick Searcy, James Woods, and Adam Baldwin (who wholeheartedly support Israel), the only voices we’ve heard from Hollywood about Israel’s war of self-defense in Gaza have come from anti-Israel actors like Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz,
Peter Himmelman clearly isn’t listening to Roger Waters or the mainstream media, for that matter, when it comes to the current Israeli fight against Hamas. The folk rocker’s new song, Maximum Restraint, mocks Israeli critics complaining that the country’s military
Several “concerned local veterans” have reportedly pointed out that Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA) of the 26th congressional district sent a political mailer to her constituents in July that featured a stock photo of a “veteran” wearing a hat bearing a
LOS ANGELES — A local pharmaceutical research company, MMRGlobal, plans to offer its antibody technology to universities conducting research on the Ebola virus without charging them royalties for licensing fees. “In light of the humanitarian crisis from Ebola and other
On August 4, the bill creating “Gun Violence Restraining Orders” for California stalled in the state’s Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill–AB 1014–was suspended because of its estimated cost of implementation. According to CAL FFL, the bill will probably be changed
For the first time since war between Israel and Hamas broke out, hundreds of pro-Israel demonstrators in the Bay Area showed up in front of San Francisco’s City Hall on Sunday. The event was organized by three Stanford University students,
Users of the popular California-based dating app Tinder who are located in New York have recently been presented with the possibility of finding “puppy love” on their quest for romantic human matches with the appearance of a number of doggy
What weighs a 150 lbs and wears a suit of armor and can be seen strolling down your driveway if you live in the city of Alhambra? If you said a giant tortoise, you are correct. Radio station 88.3 KPCC
On Saturday, Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency due to the rampant wildfires that are scorching central and northern California. Meanwhile in the southern part of the state, the West Nile virus is making its presence known in
San Diego resident Roberto Alcaraz-Garnica was arrested Saturday night at a Beyoncé and Jay-Z concert for allegedly groping a young woman and biting off her boyfriend’s fingertip. Reports and accounts of the incident state the 25-year-old Alcaraz-Garnica allegedly sexually assaulted
