Nancy Pelosi: I Can See Iran from Bahrain (120+ Miles Away)
During a CNN interview on Wednesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) claimed she could see Iran across the Persian Gulf when she visited Bahrain.
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El Niño: China, Facing Drought, Accepts U.S. Rice
China’s President Xi Jinping will sign an agreement to open up China’s rice market to U.S. exports as part of his economic charm offensive this week, after signing a $38 billion aircraft deal with Boeing in Seattle.
Haggen Grocery Faces Massive Store Closures in CA
Northwest-based grocery purveyor Haggen is closing a batch of stores that had expanded the company’s market into the southwest Unites States late last year.
Girl Who Approached Pope Was Trained by Radical Group
A Los Angeles-based pro-illegal immigration group trained the five-year-old girl who approached Pope Francis during his parade in Washington for a photo-op to promote amnesty.
Saudi Prince Arrested in Beverly Hills For Alleged Sex Crimes
Authorities in Beverly Hills arrested Saudi prince Majed Abdulaziz Al-Saud on Wednesday after he allegedly tried to force a house worker to perform sex acts on him.
California’s Kevin McCarthy Could be New Speaker
California’s own Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who replaced Eric Cantor as House Majority Leader, could take over as Speaker of the House following John Boehner’s surprise resignation, announced on Friday.
September Call-Up: Baby Born at Petco Park
A rookie named Levi made his debut in Petco Park last night.
Blue State Blues: Why Bill Clinton Is Bad for America
Bill Clinton angles for his return, counting on nostalgia for a better past–one he has done more than anyone else to undermine.
Google Ideas Employee Distances Herself From Online Abusers After Breitbart Report
Following our report on Google Ideas’ bizarre decision to invite several online abusers to a discussion about preventing online abuse, the organisation’s employees have begun to distance themselves from some of the individuals mentioned in our article. Izzie Zahorian, a designer
Chief Keef Denies Link to Pot Shop Where Two Found Dead
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating an apparent double homicide at a Compton marijuana dispensary that appears to share a name with rapper Chief Keef.
Syrian Refugees in Oakland Realize Start of American Dream
The plight of Syria, a country now in midst of a bloody civil war, has given way to a refugee crisis which has resulted in several fortunate Syrian families landing in Oakland, California.
Bed Bugs Force Closure of Palo Alto Library
Palo Alto’s new Mitchell Park Library was closed Thursday following the discovery of bed bugs there.
Fast and Furious Trial Revisits Night of Brian Terry Murder
On September 23, former Border Patrol Agent William Castano broke down in tears on the witness stand as he described searching for a bullet wound in fellow agent Brian Terry the night Terry was murdered with guns from Operation Fast and Furious.
Levi’s Stadium Blinding Lights Prompt Collision Course with Airlines
Some airplane pilots complain that lights from Levi’s Stadium, which sits directly in the flight path of a runway at San Jose Mineta International Airport, create a serious hazard and may be a disaster waiting to happen.
Asian Tiger Mosquitoes Appear in San Diego
Another dangerous mosquito has been found in San Diego County, as vector control inspectors discovered Asian tiger mosquitoes in Barrio Logan.
Berkeley Firm Invents Glasses to Correct Color-blindness
A Bay Area company named EnChroma has just released glasses that use multi-notched filters that for the first time can correct the red-green color blindness suffered by 8 percent of men and 0.5 percent of women of Northern European ancestry.
Obama Makes New Push for Minority Mortgages
The Obama administration is demanding that minorities again receive preferences to qualify for mortgages–the same policy that helped trigger the sub-prime mortgage crisis and the 2007-8 financial crash.
Google Ideas Invites Online Harassers to Talk About Online Harassment
It seems that Google Ideas, the Internet giant’s New York-based think-tank, isn’t very good at googling.
‘Happy Birthday’ Loses Copyright, Hollywood Loses $5K a Day
Warner/Chappell Music will no longer collect about $5,480 per day on royalties for the copyright to “Happy Birthday to You” after federal judge George King ruled Tuesday in Los Angeles that the 1893 lyrics weren’t subject to copyright protection anymore.
Brookings: Obama Uses Bad Data to Push ‘Preschool for All’
The Brookings Institution found that President Obama is using bad data to justify spending an extra $120 billion on “Preschool for All.” Research by the left-leaning think tank discovered that advocates of the policy, which would extend a new entitlement for all low- and
Raiders Explain Why They Remain Lone Franchise to Not Paint 50-Yard Marker Gold
To commemorate the upcoming 50th Super Bowl, the NFL has mandated that every team paint their 50-yard line markers gold. But the Oakland Raiders refused to add gold to their silver and black.
To Dismay of the Left, Pope Francis Canonizes ‘Father of California’
On Wednesday afternoon, Pope Francis canonized Father Junípero Serra, a Franciscan friar who founded a chain of Catholic missions up and down the coast of California, each of which would become a major Californian city, such as San Diego, Santa Clara. and San Francisco.
CEO Resigns as VW Scandal Could Cost up to $30B
CEO Martin Winterkorn just stepped down as CEO of VW Group after the company admitted that for the last 6 years they had installed sensor “defeat device” software to reduce emissions readings by up to 98 percent in 500,000 diesel-powered cars sold in the United States.
Today’s Canonization of Junipero Serra: Pope Francis’s Controversial Act
The Pope’s visit to the United States will include Wednesday’s plan to perform the first canonization on U.S. soil; the act will make controversial Spanish Franciscan priest Junipero Serra a saint.
Trump Credited With ICE Agents Ability to Deport Illegal Aliens from L.A. Jails
Donald Trump is being given credit for a new L.A. County policy that lets federal agents “interview [jail] inmates who have committed serious crimes” to gauge if they need to be deported.
LA Times: Supreme Court ‘Erred’ in Creating Individual Right to Gun Ownership In 2008
On September 23 the Los Angeles Times editorial board restated the paper’s position that the individual right to keep and bear arms was created by the Supreme Court via District of Columbia v Heller (2008).
