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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Vaccine Mandate, SB 277, Passes California Assembly
On Thursday, the California State Assembly passed the SB 277, which mandates child vaccinations as a condition of private and public school enrollment, by a vote of 46-30. Democrats and Republicans were divided within their own parties over the bill, which ultimately passed with bipartisan support. Due to amendments, however, the bill was immediately ordered back to the State Senate, where it previously passed.
‘Skinny Jeans’ Hate Crime Suspect Surrenders to Police
Timothy Brownell, 25, who is accused of accosting three Sacramento-area musicians wearing skinny jeans and stabbing them with his knife while screaming homophobic slurs on Sunday, turned himself in to police Tuesday night.
‘Silicon Beach’ Kicks Off Annual Festival in L.A.
The largest tech event in Los Angeles kicked off in Marina Del Rey on Wednesday night. Organizers of Silicon Beach Fest are anticipating over 2,000 techies to attend the conference over the course of the next three days.
Rohrabacher Files Embezzlement Charges Against Campaign Treasurer
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) has filed a criminal complaint against his former campaign treasurer, Jack Wu, for allegedly embezzling over $170,000 in campaign funds.
China’s Alibaba Goes to Hollywood with ‘Mission: Impossible 5’
Just nine months after Alibaba (BABA-NYSE) raised $25 billion in the largest-ever U.S.-listed initial public offering (IPO), the Chinese dominant e-commerce shopping search engine, electronic payment service and cloud computing company is coming to Hollywood.
California to Reissue Black License Plates
On Monday, the California Department of Motor Vehicles announced it will start releasing black license plates similar to the 1960s version in two or three weeks. Personalized black plates will be released in August.
Bakersfield Flag Store Still Selling Confederate Flag–and Selling Out
While Amazon, eBay, Walmart, and Sears cut ties with the Confederate flag and refuse to sell it anymore, Bakersfield’s USA Supplies and Signs is still selling the flag–and selling so many it cannot keep them in stock.
CA Pol Tells San Diego to Dump ‘Robert E. Lee Elementary’
California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) is calling on the San Diego Unified School District to change the name of Robert E. Lee Elementary School because of its namesake’s ties to the Confederacy.
California Pensions Move Closer to Divesting from Coal
California’s pension funds moved one step closer to divesting from coal on Wednesday, with an Assembly committee approving SB 185 bill by a 5-1 vote. The bill, which has passed the state Senate, moves to the floor for a vote. It is likely to pass, and Gov.Jerry Brown is likely to sign it into law, though he has opposed measures to ban fracking for oil in the state.
Assisted Suicide Bill Delayed as Uneasy Legislators Reconsider
Assisted suicide legislation in California is in danger of dying itself, as a vote in the State Assembly Health Committee slated for Tuesday was delayed another two weeks.
Firefighters Struggle to Contain Massive Blaze Near Lake Tahoe
Hundreds of firefighters on Wednesday were struggling to contain a massive blaze that had broken out last week near the Alpine County town of Markleeville, California, just southeast of Lake Tahoe.
CA Assembly Panel Approves Resolution Against Antisemitism on Campus
The California Assembly’s Higher Education Committee unanimously approved a resolution (SCR-35) on Tuesday condemning antisemitism on California college campuses.
New Bay Bridge Cracks Discovered
The bad news for the San Francisco Bay Bridge tower just got worse: cracks have been discovered on some of the rods that are part of the tower foundation, according to Caltrans. Caltrans also admitted that one of the four tower anchor rods broke after water exposure made it brittle.
Diddy Claims Self-Defense in Alleged Kettlebell Assault Incident
LOS ANGELES — Sean “P. Diddy” Combs broke his silence regarding allegations that he assaulted his son Justin’s football coach at UCLA this week, suggesting he acted in self-defense and in order “to protect himself and his son.” Justin plays defensive back for the Bruins.
San Francisco High School to Offer First LGBT Studies Course
A San Francisco high school will offer the first-of-its-kind “LGBT Studies” course next fall.
Man Allegedly Lifts ‘Towel-Covered Hand,’ Shot by LAPD
On June 19, a 48-year-old man allegedly approached two LAPD officers in their patrol car; when he raised a “towel-covered hand” and appeared to point it at them, he was warned–then shot in the head.
Court Rules ‘Shoot the Gays’ Referendum Can Be Blocked
On Monday, a judge from Sacramento County ruled that a proposed ballot measure called the “Sodomite Suppression Act,” which called for the execution of gays and lesbians throughout the state, was unconstitutional. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Raymond M. Cadei’s decision means that the measure cannot advance to the signature-gathering phase, thus barring it from being placed on the ballot.
Sacramento Flag Works: Selling Confederate Flag Like Pouring Gasoline On Fire
On June 23, Sacramento Flag Works ceased sales of the the Confederate flag because Dylann Roof allegedly shot and killed nine people at Charleston, South Carolina’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church last Wednesday.
Lawyers Grumble as Brown Appoints Another Young Obama Yalie to Bench
California lawyers are complaining after Gov. Jerry Brown announced the appointment of yet another young Yale Law School graduate with little more than Obama administration experience to the state’s appellate bench. “Baker is only 37 years old and has no judicial experience. So, he would be a typical Brown appointee to the appellate bench,” wrote legal columnist Roger M. Grace in the Metropolitan News-Enterprise in December 2014–an opinion he has since reiterated.
Google Play Music Ready to Crush Spotify and Apple Music
On the heels of Apple Music’s $9.99 streaming service getting the bodyslam from a 99-pounder named Taylor Swift, Google has just rolled out “Play Music,” which will offer a free, ad-supported streaming music service. Combined with their “All Access” subscription product released in May, Google appears positioned to crush both Spotify and Apple Music.
Special Ed Student Duct-taped During Class
A teacher and aide could lose their jobs over a February 26 incident involving duct tape and students in a remedial learning class that authorities are now calling a practical joke that got out of hand. Oceanside Police were
Facebook Overtakes Walmart in Stock Value
The world’s biggest online social network knocked the world’s largest retailer out of the top 10 list of the highest-valued companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index on Monday and the gap widened on Tuesday.
CA Transgenders Can Now Choose Sex on Death Certificate
By next month, California, ever-eager to push the envelope on social issues, will become the first state to let transgendered people list their changed identity on their death certificates.
Some California Tarballs Linked To Santa Barbara Oil Spill
A few of over one hundred tarballs collected on some southern California beaches were tested found to have come from the Santa Barbara oil spill that occurred on May 19 just north of Refugio Beach. Some samples were also connected to naturally occurring ocean floor seepage.
#DroughtShaming Jerry Brown: Citizen Busts California Capitol for Illegal Watering
The Sacramento resident used his cellphone to record footage of sprinklers watering the grounds at the state Capitol last week–on days when, due to record drought, lawn watering is legally prohibited.
