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Iraqi citizens risk threats of violence and stringent security in order to cast a vote in the first parliamentary election since the U.S. withdrawal of troops from the country in 2011. Risk of violence plays a lesser role for Iraqi

On Sunday, a Long Beach man running away from police with an attack dog at his heels allegedly reached into his waist band, prompting officers to open fire and kill him. According to Southern California NBC4, cell phone footage of

The California Latino Legislative Caucus is one of several ethnic caucuses in the California state legislature. However, according to investigative journalist Steven Greenhut, it is the only one that is closed to Republicans. Greenhut notes in the San Diego Union-Tribune that

The race for California’s 7th District Congressional seat is heating up. Democratic incumbent Rep. Ami Bera has released a new campaign ad claiming that he supported a bill that would withhold politicians’ salaries unless Congress passed a budget. However, in two

The Republican candidate for the hotly-contested Silicon Valley House race is employing an unusual tactic to win the 17th district congressional seat: she is not showing up to any of the debates. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Dr. Vanilla Singh,

Several Democrats running to succeed veteran Rep. Henry Waxman (D) in California’s 33rd congressional district have released their first television advertisements. First among the ten Democrats to take to the airwaves was Matt Miller, the Clinton administration official-turned-public radio host

Oh well, maybe next year the people of Fresno can say they lived through the driest year on record. The Fresno Bee reported that in the 2013-2014 year, which ends officially in May, the city surpassed the driest year of

Twitter shares dropped approximately $4–close to 10%–following the release of their first quarter earnings Tuesday, according to CNBC. The company’s reported revenue of $241.5 million did not seem to be enough, according to Techcrunch.com, as despite the company’s rapidly-expanding earnings, investors are concerned that

UCLA announced Tuesday that it would reject a $3 million donation by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, and would return the portion of that donation that had already been delivered, local CBS news affiliate KNX reports. The announcement is

A technology journalist helped bring a speedy end to a new web service last week. Milo Yiannopolous published an account at TechCrunch of killing web service personalpaper.me within four hours of its launch last Thursday. The site has remained down

Americans have become increasingly concerned about the federal government’s seizure of privately-held lands and property, especially after the Cliven Bundy incident in Nevada. Now another land owner, Bill Johnson of Temecula, California, claims his property at Vail Lake, the largest

The state of California is sending an average credit of $35 to residents who use one of three utilities: PG&E, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric. The total amount of money returned to California residents is estimated

Billy Joel celebrated his 65th birthday this week with a Q & A session moderated by radio host Howard Stern and sidekick Robin Quivers. The event, which comes a week before Joel’s actual birthday, included a few guests (about 100)

On Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council asked newspapers like the Los Angeles Times to stop running ads from ventures associated with Donald Sterling.  The City Council passed a resolution from Councilman Bernard Parks that also backed the NBA’s lifetime ban of

The San Diego Union-Tribune speculated Tuesday about the possibility that the Los Angeles Clippers’ new owner–if Donald Sterling bows out–could move the team back to San Diego. NBA commissioner Adam Silver is planning to have a vote of the league’s owners to

Marianne Williamson, bestselling author and Independent contender for the CA-33 Congressional seat, has been racking up celebrity endorsements in her effort to shore up support in the district’s tightly contested race, according to New York Times blog The 6th Floor.

An explosion and subsequent fire at a La Habra metal polishing company left eleven people injured, two critically, on Tuesday morning, according to the Orange County Register.  The number of injuries could grow, as authorities continue to investigate the explosion, said Greg

The street performer known as “Evil Elmo” is back, and so are the accusations he shouted more anti-Semitic comments in public. Some San Francisco residents say 50-year-old Dan Sandler is still shouting hateful rants to anyone within earshot. Sandler was previously

Toyota Motor Corps’ recent decision to relocate its Torrance, CA-based sales and marketing headquarters to Plano, Texas, is a blatant indictment of the failed policies of the Brown administration to attract and sustain top corporations doing business in California, according

The Hollywood Reporter writes that due to “Mr. Peadbody & Sherman” flopping, DreamWorks Animation took a $57 million “impairment charge” on the film and lost a total of $42.9 million in the first fiscal quarter. The animated children’s film cost

Comedian Craig Ferguson offered something no other late night comic could–he was a new, and proud, U.S. citizen. The Scottish actor/comic took over The Late, Late Show nine years ago, and three years later he took the oath of citizenship.

This morning the gubernatorial campaign of Republican Neel Kashkari, a former U.S. Treasury official and financial investment executive, announced that he has been endorsed by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush.   The endorsement by Bush incomes on the heels of

Stadium funding, pension reform, social welfare programs, and education and school controversy trump potholes among the “sexy” government issues that get activists riled up. Yet while everyday issues like road repair may lack the same excitement, infrastructure remains a basic

In California, a public school teacher can be fired at any time without cause during the first two years of employment. After that, however, about 98 percent of teachers manage to attain tenure–or, more accurately, “permanence.” Principals make tenure decisions

In 1972, President Nixon conducted unconstitutional surveillance of those he deemed “suspicious” and, when caught, resigned under threat of impeachment. Under the current administration, unconstitutional surveillance has expanded to all citizens, suspicious or not. This behavior was not permissible during