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California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) officials announced that a 57-year-old Courtland man was found guilty on multiple criminal charges and fined $5,000 for the illegal trapping of bobcats and foxes. The San Francisco Chronicle reported on its website

Barclays Investment Bank Research recently downgraded the entire U.S. electric utility sector because they believe that “a confluence of declining cost trends in distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation and residential-scale power storage is likely to disrupt the status quo”

Two California women were arrested on Thursday in a six-count federal indictment accusing them of, for years, filing fraudulent green card applications on behalf of immigrants, and shattering their hopes with empty promises–and thousands of dollars–by taking advantage of a

On Thursday, the state Department of Motor Vehicles held a hearing in Oakland on Assembly Bill 60, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed in October granting illegal aliens a right to a California driver’s license. For those at the hearing who

A new Field poll released Friday reveals that Californians are growing increasingly disgusted with the state Legislature; only 35% approved of the Legislature while 47% disapproved of them. It appears the plunge in approval was catalyzed by the arrest of

The L.A. County District Attorney’s office said Wednesday that an LAPD officer who allegedly forced masseuses to undress and then fondled them, has pleaded no contest in a bargain that includes his forced resignation from the Los Angeles Police Department. 

Even some Democrat legislators are averse to proposed California legislation to raise the minimum wage faster and further than last year’s Assembly Bill 10. Minimum wage will rise from $8 to $9 an hour on July 1, 2014, according to

Rumors surrounding pronounced Democratic Hollywood Actor George Clooney’s possible transition from the silver screen into politics have been gaining traction, as a friend of the actor recently revealed he might be eyeing the California governorship; most likely in 2018. This

A compromise bill that ostensibly would have pacified two California lobbyists who have been antagonists for years over property tax policy fell apart on Wednesday, the Sacramento Bee reports.  Lenny Goldberg, who represents the California Tax Reform Association, yanked his support

Any hope Hollywood had for a record 2014 box office is pretty much over. Although the year started out with a triumphant run that found the box office up 9% over 2013 at the end of April, a disappointing summer

Nothing speaks more to the sheer power of the free marketplace than innovation – and changes in the way we do business.  There may be no better example today of swift moving, fundamental change than the rise of transportation network

In three separate incidents on Wednesday, Border Patrol agents in Murrieta and Indio, California seized $964,530 worth of drugs, including cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin. All three seizures occurred in under two hours. At 10:30 a.m., Murrieta sector Border Patrol agents

The latest fashion trend in San Francisco (normcore) is actually quite antifashion and perhaps not even really a “trend” as the wardrobe of a “normcorer” is seemingly unchanging and entrenched in the basics of comfort and functionality; quintessential American dressing,

This Independence Day weekend, Los Angeles will host the world’s first medical marijuana farmer’s market, a gathering where interested buyers can purchase cannabis directly from the source–the growers themselves.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, the California Heritage Market seeks to foster

There is almost nothing that surprises me in California politics anymore. When State Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) presented a bill to ban “single-use” plastic bags at an Assembly hearing this week, I couldn’t believe he could do it with a

SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds gathered at the Fairmont Hotel on Thursday evening to hear lawyers David Boies and Ted Olson discuss their new book, Reedeming the Dream: The Case for Marriage Equality. Boies, a Democrat, and Olson, a Republican, sued

In a frightening scenario, a woman hired as a live-in nanny in Upland, California is refusing to work, will not consent to being fired, and will not leave the family’s home.  Instead, she is telling the family they must leave

According to a new study released by The Journal of the American Heart Association, like Big Tobacco, Hollywood’s newest product can kill you.  Over the past few years, Hollywood has made a dramatic push to shorten the life expectancy of

One courageous member of the powerful state-employee union, SEIU Local 1000, is challenging the way they do business, trying to make public the union’s financial records.  Miriam Noujaim, who works for the DMV, is fighting the state’s largest union with

Johnny Depp reportedly has earned around $350 million for playing the eclectic Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. That, combined with his steady film schedule, means he doesn’t need another gig. Yet Depp decided to add one

When my Breitbart California colleague Adelle Nazarian and I met Texas Gov. Rick Perry at the magnificent La Valencia hotel in tony La Jolla, he looked more like a venture capital executive than a governor.  He was dressed in shirtsleeves

On Wednesday, a controversial San Francisco adult entertainment website was shut down by the FBI and the IRS for allegedly facilitating prostitution of adults and minors. A message on Myredbook.com indicated that the website has been seized and is subject

A new charity campaign from the Beverly Hills-based Urgency Network will send at least one lucky donor 338,000 feet into outer space for the low price of $10. The grand prize in the “Ticket To Rise” contest is a chance

The Obama Administration appears to be trying to balance its embrace of pro-carbon elimination of restriction against exporting U.S. domestically produced crude oil with an embrace of anti-carbon demands for radical increases in public investment and regulatory restrictions to combat