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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‘Hoax’ Kidnapping Not a Hoax After All
A woman and her boyfriend, previously accused by police of concocting a kidnapping hoax, have been vindicated as the FBI has determined the kidnapping to be very much real, with a suspect apprehended.
Triple Threat: Bush, Fiorina, Carson to Fundraise in Bay Area
Jeb Bush, Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina are following the money trail to California’s Bay Area, all vying to fill their campaign war chests as they compete with a crowded field of Republican 2016 presidential candidates.
Audit: Harris Failing to Keep Guns out of Dangerous Hands
An audit of California’s Department of Justice (DOJ) has revealed that it is still facing a terrible backlog of persons who own guns but shouldn’t–and part of the reason for this is that it “failed over 18 months to fully implement seven of eight recommendations auditors made in 2013 to reduce backlogs.”
Microsoft Dumps Ballmer World, Tries to be Disruptive
Microsoft’s dumping of 7,800 employees and taking a $7.6 billion write-down related to its purchase of Nokia’s phone manufacturing operation was a cheap price to pay to vanquish the ghost of the Steve Ballmer era.
Doughnut Shop Owner: Police and Media are Wrong, I Want to Press Charges Against Ariana Grande
The owner of the doughnut shop where pop star Ariana Grande licked and spit on several doughnuts is disputing a police report that claimed he declined to file charges against Grande over the incident.
Syphilis in CA Women and Babies Skyrockets
On Monday, the California Department of Public Health revealed that syphilis among women and newborns has skyrocketed since 2012.
5-Year-Old Boy Finds Hidden Camera in Starbucks Women’s Restroom
On July 9, a five-year-old boy accompanying his mother to a Starbucks women’s restroom found a hidden cell phone under the sink with its camera pointed toward the toilet.
Royce: Iran Deal Violates Congress’s Conditions
Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, reacted to the nuclear deal reached with Iran in Vienna on Tuesday morning by warning that the terms of the deal violated the conditions laid down by 367 members of Congress in a letter earlier this year.
Bernie Sanders’ ‘Face the Nation’ Interview Déjà Vu for Hillary
After Bernie Sanders’ Face the Nation interview lit up the progressives ethosphere this weekend with dreams of a true warrior willing to attack “casino capitalism,” a seemingly sleep-deprived Hillary Clinton gave a passionless economic policy speech on Monday that supposedly highlighted her concerns, such as “The young entrepreneur who’s dream of buying the bowling alley where he worked as a teenager.”
Study: Latino, Asian Voter Turnout Plummets in California
Voter participation rates among California’s two fastest-growing ethnic groups dropped sharply in 2014, helping to contribute to a record low voter turnout in last year’s general election, a new study has found.
Berkeley Turns to ‘Bike Registry’ to Deter Theft
An independent bike registry is aiming to “make bike theft a little less convenient” in Berkeley. Bike Index, started by former bike mechanic Seth Herr in Chicago, allows users to register their bike’s serial numbers free of charge into an open source database to help anyone track whether the wheels they wish to purchase online are stolen goods–and reunite cyclists with their stolen bikes.
Willie Brown Criticizes S.F. Sheriff’s Extreme Sanctuary City Policy
San Francisco’s first black mayor, Willie Brown, slammed San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi Friday for “doubling down” on his department’s extreme version of sanctuary city policies–policies that released a five-time deported, seven-time convicted felon just two months before the he shot and killed 32-year-old Kate Steinle, according to the suspect’s own jailhouse confession.
Obama Writes Personal Letters to 46 Felons; No Contact with Kathryn Steinle’s Family
Nearly two weeks after 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle was murdered on San Francisco’s Pier 14 by an illegal alien and convicted felon who was released from prison earlier this year, President Barack Obama has failed to contact the victim’s family or mention her in public. Yet Obama took the time to write (and release) 46 personal letters this month to felons imprisoned for non-violent drug offenses whose sentences he has commuted.
Kate Steinle’s Parents: Pass Kate’s Law, Gov’t Agencies ‘Let Us Down’
Jim Steinle and Liz Sullivan, the parents of Kate Steinle urged the passage of Kate’s Law during an interview on Monday’s “O’Reilly Factor” on the Fox News Channel. In the first part of the interview, Steinle and Sullivan remembered their
Gun Store Owner Removes Confederate Flag After Alleged Death Threats
On July 10, Wild Bill’s Old West Trading Company in Elk Grove, California, took down its Confederate flag after allegedly receiving death threats.
Rubio Doubles-Down on H-1B Increase Amid Microsoft Layoffs
During a speech in Chicago last week, Rubio emphasized the false narrative that a lack of skilled American workers is the cause of these massive layoffs, using the phrase “skills gap” as his hook; a code phrase which is also employed by Microsoft, Southern California Edison and other companies. In reality, there is a surplus, not shortage, of skilled U.S. workers and not enough STEM jobs to accommodate these citizens.
Full Fisking: Hillary Clinton’s Economy Speech
Former Secretary of State and U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for president in 2016 laid out her proposed economic policy in an address to the left-leaning New School for Social Research in New York on Monday.
Obama ‘Hope’ Poster Artist Arrested for Vandalism
The artist behind President Obama’s iconic “Hope” posters was arrested in Los Angeles last week on vandalism charges in Detroit.
Mexican Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’ Ordered Wife to Give Birth to Anchor Babies in California
Escaped Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman ordered his young wife, Emma Coronel, herself a U.S. citizen and daughter of another Mexican drug lord, to give birth in California to secure U.S. citizenship for his children.
Man Impales Himself While Trespassing in Gated Area
On Sunday morning, a man trespassing at a gated apartment complex in Sacramento impaled his leg on the point of a wrought iron fence as he attempted to hop over it, according to News10 Sacramento.
Millennial Shock: Hillary to Attack Uber, Airbnb, ‘Sharing Economy’
In a speech laying out her economic policy, Hillary Clinton is set to attack companies like Uber and Airbnb in the “sharing economy” or “contractor economy,” arguing that such companies undercut wages. Her proposed alternative is to use government regulations to guide economic activity. Previews of her speech have set off alarm bells in Silicon Valley, and are sure to surprise millennial consumers, whose loyalty to the Democratic Party has has largely been blind, and who presumed that the party of government shared their love for technology.
California Faces the Skyrocketing Gasoline Prices Brown Fears
GasBuddy started an emergency petition on Friday calling on Governor Brown to obtain an EPA waiver to prevent gasoline price increases of at least 50-cents a gallon in Southern California and 30-cents in Northern California.
Surfer Meets ‘Aggressive’ Great White Shark in Huntington Beach
A surfer in Huntington Beach was bumped by an “aggressive” great white shark on Friday while on his surfboard, prompting authorities to close two miles of the beach for approximately 24 hours. The incident came as a surprise considering that shark attacks in California have been on the decline, and have decreased significantly (90%) since the 1950s.
The Left’s Hypocrisy: Murder Proves Need for Gun Control, but Not End of Sanctuary Cities
On Friday, California Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Kamala Harris continued to defend sanctuary cities after illegal alien Francisco Lopez-Sanchez confessed to murdering Kathryn Steinle in San Francisco.
Surprise Summer Snowstorm Hits California Mountains
Last Thursday, thick snowflakes covered a portion of Northern California as a much-welcomed summer snowstorm hit the Tioga Pass in the Sierra Nevada mountains, precisely one week after the snowpack on the mountain range had officially disappeared.
