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Although Los Angeles is heavily gun-controlled and has more controls on the way, gun crime in 2015 was up in ‘all categories.’

A man riding a hoverboard in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles got quite a shock Wednesday when the board he was riding suddenly “exploded” beneath his feet and burst into flames.

Following a series of protests against the celebration of the new year this week, a radical Islamist party staged a “street play” in the Turkey, featuring a repentant Santa Claus converting to Islam and reciting the Muslim profession of faith, or Shahada.

[WARNING: Graphic Video] Per a report by WPTV, a Florida family’s Christmas cruise ship turned into a scene from a horror film after they found what appeared to be blood pouring out of the top of an elevator on board.

Los Angeles Times “Black Twitter” correspondent Dexter Thomas has a New Year’s resolution for white people: dump Donald Trump.

A store on Etsy called “Peace Parcels” is selling earrings made from marbles thrown at IDF soldiers by Palestinians. The store also hawks Christmas tree ornaments from expended tear gas canisters (pictured).  The seller, who calls himself William Stephenson but whose

SeaWorld is suing the California Coastal Commission for conditioning an Orca habitat expansion on ending killer whale breeding programs.

Muslim convert Enrique Marquez was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on five counts–including conspiracy to provide support to terrorists and false statements made regarding two guns, which he stands accused of providing as a “straw purchaser,” used in the December 2 San Bernardino terror attacks.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Richard Burr from North Carolina, Republican chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, told Breitbart News that his panel will investigate whether President Obama’s National Security Agency (NSA) broke the law by eavesdropping on private conversations between American lawmakers and Israel.

The Ninth Circuit CA Atty. Gen. gave Kamala Harris access to the donor list for the Koch Brothers-backed “Americans for Prosperity.”

Tim and Eva Jisser started a mobile home park in Palo Alto, California, in 1986. Now the family wants to move on, but the city told them they must pay $8 million to do so.

San Francisco’s gentrification is slowly creeping into the Bay Area’s traditionally black neighborhoods, forcing out locals and slowly replacing them with Silicon Valley techies and professionals who are better able to afford higher prices.

In a new study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, scientists from the University of California, Davis and the Harvard University Center for the Environment suggest that violent crime is precipitated by air pollution.

Omaha man Norman Bennett has at least 13 kids from 11 women and owes at least $50,000 in unpaid child support.

Campus Carry for concealed carry permit holders becomes illegal on January 1, the same day on which police get expanded powers for firearm confiscation.

Vaccination rates seem to be rising in California on their own–long before the state’s controversial new mandatory vaccination law takes effect in July 2016.

The revelation Tuesday by Adam Entrous and Danny Yadron of the Wall Street Journal that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been spying on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s conversations with congressional leaders represents the latest–and worst–partisan abuse of power by the Obama administration.

Police are searching for information leading to the arrest of an African-American man accused of masturbating for over 30 minutes while leering at a female commuter on New York’s No. 2 train last weekend.

California citrus growers dodged a frozen bullet–twice–over the Christmas Day weekend.

Beginning January 1, police in California may confiscate firearms from gun owners thought to be a danger to themselves or others without giving the owner any notice.

Twitter has hired former Apple executive Jeffery Siminoff, a white male, as vice president of diversity and inclusion, the company announced Monday.

Per a report by Turnto23, police said a man wrapped raw bacon around the door of a Las Vegas, NV mosque over the weekend. Police are investigating the incident captured on video as a possible hate crime since pork or bacon

A 35-foot artificial Christmas tree that was donated to the city of Stockton’s Weber Point several years ago was devoured by flames early Monday morning, rendering it a total loss.

On Monday afternoon, an elephant seal weighing up to 1,000 pounds climbed out of San Pablo Bay in Sonoma County, then slid its way toward Highway 37, repeatedly trying to cross it before finally stopping on the shoulder.

That the Russians have turned to Orwell is quite telling. They know totalitarianism when they see it.

A man died on Christmas Day in Germany after he was hit in the head by a flying piece of metal from a condom machine that he and two accomplices blew up in an apparent robbery attempt, police said on

Orange County’s Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) took a symbolic stand against big government spending in voting against the recent omnibus bill–despite the fact that one of his own amendments was included in it.

Tashfeen Malik, the terrorist who killed 14 people on Dec. 2 in San Bernardino with her American-born husband Syed Farook, told U.S. immigration officials that she was pregnant when she applied for a K-1 fiancée visa in 2014.

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The average price of gas is below $2 per gallon in more than half of the United States, but prices at California pumps are creeping higher due to maintenance issues at refineries across the Golden State.

The City of San Francisco is demanding that Justin Bieber’s music label put an end to a graffiti marketing campaign that is defacing their city, annoying residents, and costing taxpayers money.

Super Bowl 50 (#SB50), scheduled to take place February 7, 2016 is geared to be the most technologically advanced Super Bowl to date and could draw the largest U.S. television audience in history, presenting a tremendous opportunity for business–both big and small–to piggyback off of the publicity it will bring.

Video of a woman throwing her small dog in Fairfield, California is receiving a lot of attention–attention that may lead to charges against her. Surveillance video from outside a home shows Brandy Chin walking with the dog, then throwing it onto

A prankster had some Christmas fun over the weekend by programming–or reprogramming–a California highway traffic sign with a message supporting the frontrunner in the Republican presidential race.

On December 27, eight people were wounded in a mass stabbing in Anaheim. No firearms were reportedly involved.

On Sunday night, for the fourth time this month, a Southwest Airlines plane experienced problems, forcing it to change its landing plans.