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Sacramento County supervisors will pass an ordinance on Tuesday limiting indoor medical marijuana grow operations to nine plants per household, according to the Sacramento Bee. Supervisor Roberta McGlashan proposed the restrictions earlier this year in the wake of complaints from

Leroy Barnes, who plays one of the dancing hamsters in the Kia car commercials, has been arrested on insurance fraud charges in which he allegedly collected more than $51,000 in state disability benefits. According to a news release by the California

Questions have risen as to whether or not Oakland Mayor Jean Quan was texting behind the wheel before the vehicle she was driving was struck by another vehicle whose driver allegedly ran a red light. Two different accounts of what

A high school teacher in Southern California allegedly held a group of three students at knifepoint and demanded he be driven to a fast-food restaurant, reports NBC Los Angeles. John Edward Maust, a 34-year-old teacher at Arroyo Pacific Academy in

A new “aluminum-air” battery developed by Israel-based Phinergy and Alcoa Canada can more than triple the distance electric cars can travel. The battery, shown to the public in Montreal this week, is made of panels that are mostly made of

On June 6, AZ Central carried a column from former Arizona Republic reporter Tom Zoellner in which Zoellner argues that Democrats created the mental health crisis our country currently faces–and that instead of fixing it, they are using it to

BEVERLY HILLS — Rick Perry makes “no apologies,” he says, for his efforts to recruit California businesses to his state. He is proud that Texas has surpassed California as the top exporter of technology, and proud of the low-tax, low-regulation

In a burgeoning scandal that has been reported by the Sacramento Bee regarding the repair of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, a new fact has come to light: the Chinese company hired to fix the bridge, Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery

San Franciscans, who often pride themselves on their sophistication, have taken to a more sophisticated prank than their rural counterparts who favor cow tipping: Smart car tipping. Over the weekend, two more of the two-seat Smart cars were tipped over

Common Core in California is getting a boost from over 300 California businesses, nonprofits, and children’s groups that released a statement approving of the Common Core State Standards. The statement was circulated by Children Now, a non-profit advocacy group, and

Members of the pop band TLC are not pleased with Rihanna’s latest fashion stunt. Earlier this week, Rihanna stunned a gathering at the CFDA Awards by wearing a dress that left virtually nothing to the imagination. Now, TLC’s Tionne “T-Boz’

Last week, a new bill aimed at fighting diabetes in California by imposing warning labels on soda and other sweetened drinks passed the Senate in a 21-13 vote. A new report from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

The new buzz in the Beltway is the emergence–or, rather, return–of the “reform conservatives.” Politico’s David Nather reports that these “policy wonks” share a desire to “move the GOP beyond its Reagan-era script of cutting taxes and shrinking government and

Two Sonoma County teenagers were arrested last week after allegedly using a stolen credit card to rent a $12 million vacation home and a $240,000 orange McLaren sports car, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Mohannad Halaweh and Nhimia Kahsay, both

Gun control advocate and State Senator Leland Yee, indicted for arms trafficking and public corruption in March, received the vote of 323,858 California voters as of Saturday afternoon. Yee was running for the office of California Secretary of State until

Close to 400,000 people are expected to show up on Sunday for the annual L.A. Pride Parade, celebrating the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, according to CBS Los Angeles. The parade will begin at 11 am. A traditional

Last week, Donald Sterling and his wife Shelly agreed to sell the Los Angeles Clippers to Steve Ballmer for $2 billion. CNN reported on Saturday that $200 million, or 10%, of that sale price will go toward establishing a new

As part of a recent lawsuit filed against the National Security Agency on behalf of AT&T customers, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White issued an order last Thursday prohibiting the NSA from destroying documents and records relating to the the agency’s

Southern California, and Los Angeles in particular, has seen a steep increase in Chinese tourists and investors compared to years past.  According to the Los Angeles Times, Chinese tourism in Los Angeles has nearly quadrupled to 570,000 visitors, up from 158,000

Last week marked the one-year anniversary of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden‘s epic revelations of the existence of numerous global surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency (NSA), the Five Eyes (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States)

An elementary school principal shot himself on Friday at his Hanford-area California home after being under suspicion for having sexual activity with a young female student. According to the Fresno Bee, when Fresno county sheriff detectives showed up to 42-year-old

On Saturday, after California Chrome lost his chance to become horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978, co-owner Steve Coburn went off during a post-race interview, saying it’s a “coward’s way out” for owners to only run

The identity of an anonymous Palo Alto millionaire, who for weeks has been planting white envelopes stashed with hundreds of dollars in cash throughout Northern and Southern California, is no longer a secret. The Twitter moniker and name behind the

A star-studded silver screening showcasing 330 short films and 84 film premiers will be presented at the 20th Annual Palm Springs International ShortFest and Short Film Market at the Camelot Theatres from June 17-23, according to the Los Angeles Times. 

While there are still hundreds of thousands of late absentee and provisional ballots left to be counted before the final certification of last Tuesday’s primary election, there aren’t enough votes left to change the fact that Democrat state Senator Alex