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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CA Bill Could Strip All Confederate Names, Including Fort Bragg
In the wake of the anti-Confederate hysteria that swept the country following the heinous June 17 attack on a black church in Charleston that killed 9, California state senator Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Orinda) has put forward a bill to ban the use of Confederate names for “schools, buildings and other public facilities.”
China Contagion: Hong Kong Growth Stock Index Plunges 13%
Despite suspending trading in over 1300 of the 2800 stocks listed in China, the “Shanghai Stock Exchange B Share Index” of growth stocks suffered another 7 percent loss Tuesday and the neighboring Hong Kong ‘S&P Growth Enterprise Market Index’ plunged by 12 percent. With Chinese stock losses now over $3.5 trillion since June 12, contagious fear is sending every major stock exchange around the world tumbling.
S.F. Sheriff Had Own Criminal Record Expunged at Time of Sanchez’s Release
When San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi released Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez from jail on April 15, he was likely focused on expunging criminal charges from his own record–charges that had been downgraded from “domestic violence” to “false imprisonment” after he had initially pleaded guilty in 2012 to false imprisonment over “a spat with his wife, Eliana Lopez, during which he bruised her arms.”
Second Wave of U.S. Oil Boom Will Bankrupt OPEC
With every OPEC member now at a higher break-even cost than the U.S., it is OPEC members that are at risk of being bankrupted in the second wave of the U.S. oil boom.
Miss California USA, Other Contestants Not Quitting Pageant over Trump
Miss California USA and Miss Texas USA, who are both of Mexican descent, are not backing down from participating in the Miss USA competition despite remarks made by 2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump about Mexican immigrants.
Report: Gun Used In San Francisco Murder Belonged To Federal Agent
The gun with which Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez allegedly shot and killed Kathryn Steinle on July 3 belonged to a federal agent.
Los Angeles Schools to Teach Students Not to Sext
Sext ed will be part of the curriculum for Los Angeles students this fall.
CA Attorney General: Don’t Judge Immigration Policy by ‘One Man’s Conduct’
California Attorney General Kamala Harris is weighing in on the shooting death of 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle by five-time deportee and seven-time convicted felon Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez last week.
China ‘Black Tuesday’: Stocks Fall 5%, Despite Suspending 25% of Issues
Despite the Chinese communist government’s efforts to hide the severity of the “Black Tuesday” stock crash by indefinitely suspending trading in over a quarter of the nation’s weakest stocks, the Shanghai B Share Index suffered a 9.1 percent loss, while the Shenzhen Exchange plunged 5.8%.
Brown Signs Bill Allowing Organ Donation to Medical Marijuana Users
On Monday, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law authored by Assemblyman Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) that prevents state hospitals from denying organ donations to medical marijuana users strictly because of their marijuana use.
Los Angeles Times Hires ‘Black Twitter’ Reporter
The Los Angeles Times has hired a reporter to cover what has colloquially become known as “Black Twitter.”
Expanded Background Checks Didn’t Prevent S.F. Shooter from Finding Gun
It is a fact that California’s expanded background checks for gun sales did not prevent illegal alien Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez from allegedly shooting Kathryn Steinle on July 3.
Aid-in-Dying Bill May Fail Due to SoCal Democrat Latinos
California Senate Bill 128, which allows terminally ill people to end their own lives, has looked like a shoo-in for passage, but suddenly some key southern California legislators may stand in the way.
Fresno Bee Blasts Marijuana Industry for Harming Environment
The Fresno Bee has published an editorial blasting marijuana growers, noting the environmental impact of marijuana farms around the state of California and the catastrophic ecological impact effect of 18 years of medical marijuana legalization, including “exacerbating the drought.”
San Francisco Murder Suspect Confesses to Shooting
An undocumented immigrant has admitted to a CNN affiliate that he killed a San Francisco woman, and in turn added fuel to an already fiery national debate over whether the case illustrates serious flaws in the country’s immigration system.
S.F. Sheriff Defends Releasing Killer, Calls Trump ‘Opportunist’
San Francisco’s Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is defending the intentional April release of five-times-deported Mexican national Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, who has since confessed to the Wednesday shooting death of a young woman at Pier 14.
‘Spoiler Alert’ App to Eliminate $1 Trillion in Food Waste
Given that the world is full of hunger, volatile food prices, and social unrest, a pair of recent MIT Sloan Business School graduates have launched a mobile application called Spoiler Alert to make it quick and easy for companies to sell or donate millions of tons of surplus food.
Production Assistant Shot in Head in Random Hollywood Attack
Police were searching Monday for a gunman who shot and killed a woman in a seemingly random attack as she walked with her boyfriend on a Hollywood street.
‘San Francisco: It’s the New Rome.’
“San Francisco: It’s the New Rome.” That’s the anonymous comment overheard by Politico’s Mike Allen–or one of his sources–at the Aspen Ideas Festival, the summer gathering of the nation’s intellectual elite (and the people with enough money to be seen with them). It is an acknowledgment of the city’s new power–and its decadence.
Ouch! Massive Obamacare Premium Increases Will Dominate 2016
Oregon Commissioner of Insurance Laura N. Cali has approved premium rate increases of 25 percent for the Moda Health Plan and 33 percent for LifeWise in 2016. Due to Obamacare’s radical plan design and high utilization costs, skyrocketing American healthcare costs are becoming the norm–and will be a top issue in 2016 elections.
Passenger Grabs Steering Wheel, Crashes Greyhound Bus in CA
A Los Angeles-bound Greyhound bus originating from Arizona crashed into a ditch on San Bernardino’s 10 Freeway on Saturday after a passenger grabbed the wheel from the driver and forced it off the road.
Newsom’s Base: LGBT Donors, Voters
California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, who is already running for governor in 2018, is tapping his base in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community to raise money for this campaign and build voter support. Newsom rraised $2.7 million for his prospective 2016 gubernatorial campaign between February and June, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
California’s Democrats Have Blood on Their Hands in S.F. Murder
Congratulations to Brown, Harris, Newsom and Ammiano. This killing is the result of your policy of coddling dangerous criminals, and your rampant obsession with protecting criminal illegal aliens is now on display for all the public to see. Don’t look now, but the blood on your hands is dripping onto your Gucci loafers.
Single-Engine Plane Crash-Lands On Beach, Injures Boy
On July 4, a single-engine Piper PA18 aircraft crash-landed on Carlsbad State Beach, injuring a 12-year-old boy who was on the beach.
Murderer: I Chose SF Because It Is A ‘Sanctuary City’
Five-time deportee, seven-time convicted felon Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez said in a new interview Sunday with a local ABC News affiliate that he came to San Francisco because he knew the sanctuary city would not hand him over to immigration officials.
