Only Bay Area Has Recovered from Great Recession in CA
Only four counties out of California’s 58 have fully recovered from the Great Recession, in the sixth year after the official economic recovery began.
Only four counties out of California’s 58 have fully recovered from the Great Recession, in the sixth year after the official economic recovery began.

Muni operators in San Francisco extended their “sickout” into a second day on Tuesday, snarling traffic in the city and causing long delays for those trying to commute, according to CBS San Francisco. The San Francisco Chronicle had reported on

After 4,000 “trips” on psychedelic drugs, discovering and testing hundreds of mind-altering chemicals, and penning the results of his and wife and co-author Ann’s findings in two separate volumes, Sasha Shulgin–a man who has been dubbed the “Father of Ecstasy”–has

A “devoted family man,” Douglas Menegos, was killed in a head on collision on his way home last Friday, May 30, on California State Route 67 in San Diego County. Trista Lynn Stier, who didn’t appear to have any connection

Google Glass has partnered up with American fashion icon and designer Diane Von Furstenberg to elevate users’ cool optical experience with a whole new level of chic. The hardware will remain unchanged with the exception of its color, which will

Time is running out for an aging, historic bridge in Los Angeles that spans the soon-to-be-transformed Los Angeles River, as its demolition may occur within the next week to prepare the way for a new bridge being built upstream. The
BRENTWOOD — Breitbart News was on site Election Day morning at several Los Angeles-area polling stations, talking with voters and watching one candidate for the 33rd district congressional seat cast her vote. “What’s the election for–mayor?” asked a passerby at

Voters in Long Beach, California are casting two ballots this Election Day–the first for the primary election, which encompasses statewide and legislative races; and the second for municipal races, including the election for mayor, City Council, and city attorney, according to
City Councilman Noel Gallo is outraged by a veiled $30 million garbage tax being levied on Oakland residents, hidden in a new contract between the city and a waste management provider. The councilman points out that whoever wins the new

The San Francisco Chronicle carried a story over the weekend that chastised Silicon Valley venture capitalists for failing to throw money at the marijuana industry the Chronicle says is “experiencing a 68 percent growth rate.” Despite the fact that venture

Indian-American activists in Silicon Valley are outraged at what they are calling “the crudest form of racially coded language” by a Democratic PAC that has endorsed incumbent Rep. Mike Honda (D) over rival Democrat Ro Khanna. The same PAC recently

Democrat primary candidate Ro Khanna, taking on Nancy Pelosi-endorsed incumbent Rep. Mike Honda with the help of powerful Silicon Valley executives like Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, has a penchant for hyperbole. Shortly after declaring the 17th congressional district the “world’s

A nine-year-old girl was allegedly attacked by a woman with a hammer in her Oakland-area school Friday morning, according to CBS San Francisco. Hasseemah Diame, the mother of another student at the school, was arrested at the scene and will

Police work is one of the few professions in which fitness is a key component in determining success. Yet very few California police departments have fitness requirements for their cops. This lack of monitoring allows once-athletic members of the force

What might sound like Death Porn to you and I, smells like profits to Hollywood. A new reality show will follow the selection, training, and eventual one-way, 300 million-mile trip to Mars for those “lucky” 705 chosen to colonize the

Tens of millions of dollars are flooding California races in the 2014 primary election, making this a monumental year in election spending. Independent expenditures have ratcheted up to rival 2006, with outside spending of $28.9 million, says the Sacramento Bee,

Wildlife officials in California are alleging that medical marijuana farms are damaging the rivers and streams in Northern California, polluting them and leaving them high and dry, the Associated Press reports. The marijuana farms’ use of water is compounding the

Last week the California Assembly passed a bill that, if signed into law, would mandate space be set aside for breast pumping in California airports. California Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal introduced AB 1787. The bill cites existing law which requires employers

A new video from political technology startup Crowdpac asks voters whether they will support Angelina Jolie in her upcoming California congressional primary this week. Jolie’s new film, Maleficent, was the winner at last weekend’s box office. And there really is a congressional race

A mobile app that provides homeless shelters a place to report their needs to restaurants and volunteer groups won first prize on Sunday at a Los Angeles “hackathon.” The app determines where the resources are most needed and enables supplies to

Thanks to the ongoing drought, Californians in small towns throughout the Golden State are experiencing somewhat of a nostalgic throwback to a once highly lucrative time. What’s being referred to as more of a “gold fever” than a rush has handfuls

BRENTWOOD — Republican Kevin Mottus is one of eighteen candidates, and three Republicans, listed on the ballot for the June 3 primary to replace retiring Democrat Rep. Henry Waxman in California’s 33rd congressional district. Mottus’s focus throughout the campaign has

Early in the primary race, Breitbart California issued a challenge to each of the 18 contenders for the 33rd congressional district seat currently held by retiring Democrat Rep. Henry Waxman: summarize your candidacy in 100 tweetable characters or less. The