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.

The Associated Press reports that roughly 4,000 California companies, farms, and other entities hold the majority of rights to rivers and streams and, as a result, receive free water during the severe drought now plaguing the state. These entities received

Facebook is taking down “fan pages” glorifying Santa Barbara mass murderer Elliot Rodger, including a page called “Elliot Rodger is an American Hero,” reports USA Today. Still, the widely-condemned pages, celebrating Rodger for killing six people and himself near UC

On May 26 two alleged home invaders broke into a house and got in “a violent gun battle” that left “one suspect dead and a second seriously wounded.” According to the Fresno Bee, the home was in Orosi. And when

Voters in California’s 33rd congressional district head will decide Tuesday which of an enormous field of 18 contenders will succeed retiring Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) after 40 years in the House. Poll data is scarce, but all signs point to

Elliot Rodger, who went on a shooting spree at the University of California Santa Barbara targeting the school’s “hottest” women, began by stabbing three Asian students, two of whom were his roommates. Rodger, who was half-Asian himself, repeatedly stabbed to

Sugary drinks could soon have a warning label printed on them, if a California bill designed to address the Golden State’s growing diabetes epidemic passes in the Senate. Senate Bill 1000 is slated for voting this week, according to California Healthline.

It’s shockingly common for famous folks to trip over their reactions to national tragedies. When Gilbert Gottfried made an insensitive crack following the Japanese tsunami of 2011 he lost his gig with Aflac. Now, Mahbod Moghadam is suddenly unwelcome at

An innovative condom called the Galactic Cap may be the solution for the pornography industry to combat proposed California legislation requiring performers to wear condoms during sex. Last week, Breitbart News reported that a delegation of porn stars known as

Several candidates in the race to replace retiring Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) in California’s 33rd congressional district are currently polling voters, but none are willing to release their results–at least not on the record. Sources in several campaigns said that

White envelopes containing sums of $100 bills are being left all over San Francisco by an anonymous real estate magnate who is sending out tweets to alert treasure hunters where they can find the hidden cash. Concerns over San Francisco’s

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is talking to the Army Corps of Engineers about turning the Los Angeles River, which is generally seen as a concrete line flood control channel, into a natural waterway, NBC reports. Garcetti’s billion dollar proposal,

Alaska is experiencing the second-largest wildfire in the 72-year history of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. A fire ironically named for the Funny River is so flagrant that it is being referred to as “apocalyptic” by some. Rapid changes in

SANTA BARBARA, California — “It’s really hard watching it all play out on social media,” said University of California Santa Barbara student Lindsay. Lindsay is friendly with members of the Tri Delta sorority, which lost two of its members, Veronika

America’s finest military surfers faced off against Britain’s best in the first international edition of the Red Bull Rivals Surf Competition off Camp Pendleton in California on Saturday, May 24. First place went to the men and woman of the
A truck driver hauling a car from Los Angeles to Memphis apparently did not realize he was transporting 115 pounds of marijuana, worth about $650,000, along with the car, reports Oklahoma City ABC affiliate KOCO. The Canadian County Sheriff’s Office

What in the world was Ann Hornaday thinking with this anti-science tripe that attempts to blame Seth Rogen’s Neighbors and Judd Apatow films for the actions of 22-year-old Elliot Rodger, the confessed killer who went on a shooting/stabbing rampage in

A buried treasure of 19th century gold coins unearthed by a couple walking their dog will go on sale at the Old Mint in San Francisco on Tuesday and is expected to retrieve $10,000,000. As reported by Breitbart News in February,

The Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department has released the names of the three victims whom Elliot Rodger stabbed to death and describes the crime scene as “horrific.” On May 23 Rodger stabbed three people to death, shot three others to death,

A man involved in a “family dispute” with his ex-wife had to be rescued from inside her chimney early Monday morning after sliding down in an effort to get into her house, Orange County authorities told local television station KTLA. O.C.

In the aftermath of Elliot Rodger’s knife and gun attacks in Santa Barbara, Alpha Phi sorority has placed two good guys with guns outside their front door. According to the LA Times, the good guys are armed security guards in

On Friday, the parents of Elliot Rodger, knowing that something was very wrong, traveled frantically up the California 101 freeway to find him before he went on a multiple shooting and stabbing rampage that left him and six others dead. According

On Saturday, Michael Moore reacted to the multiple homicide in Santa Barbara that left seven dead. The filmmaker, who wrote and directed Bowling for Columbine, said in a Facebook post that the horrifying event was “now part of normal American life.”

The parents of Elliott Rodger, the 22-year-old gunman who killed six people and himself in a deadly rampage near UC Santa Barbara on Friday, had contacted authorities last month after viewing their son’s disturbing YouTube videos. According to the San

Vietnam War veteran John Medlin planned to protest on Memorial Day against the inclusion of the Confederate flag at Veterans Affairs ceremonies–his fourth annual protest, he said in a recent letter to a local newspaper. Medlin, who is originally from