San Francisco, CA…Caltrans is urging travelers who will be making a trip to the San Francisco Bay Area during Labor Day weekend to plan ahead, choose an alternate route now, and allow plenty of extra travel time because the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will be closed. The bridge will be shut down from 8 p.m., […]
(Reuters) – Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier convicted of the biggest breach of classified data in the nation’s history by providing files to WikiLeaks, was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Wednesday.
Duncan, OK…Prosecutors on Tuesday charged two teenagers accused of gunning down an Australian student in Oklahoma for the “fun of it” with first-degree murder, and a third teen with being an accessory. Officials say 22-year-old Christopher Lane, who was visiting the U.S. on a baseball scholarship at East Central University, was jogging along a road […]
Ben Lomond, CA…Crews are working a fire in the area and CHP has been requested to close Felton Empire Road so crews can work safely. Please use caution in the area… cident: 00231 Type: CLOSURE of a Road Location: Felton Empire Rd / Sr9 Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 37.053024 -122.073252 Detail Information 2:21 PM 3 [7] […]
Sacramento, CA…For the second time in as many years, the State of California is mailing hundreds of thousands of fire tax bills to rural Californians who live in the so-called State Responsibility Area. The bills are hitting mailboxes even as the class action lawsuit I’m backing has finally received a green light to move forward. […]
Washington, DC…President Barack Obama’s Weekly Address: Hi, everybody. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been visiting with Americans across the country to talk about what we need to do to secure a better bargain for the middle class. We need to rebuild an economy that rewards hard work and responsibility; an economy built firmly on […]
Monterey, CA…Crews are working an injury accident on Hwy 1 near Aguajito. There is at least one vehicle overturned and a trailer loaded with rocks with a bent axle. Expect delays in the area… t: 00257 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: SR1 N / AGUAJITO Loc Desc: NB 1 JSO Lat/Lon: 36.591667 -121.880000 Detail Information […]
Los Angeles, CA. August 16, 2013 – Former L.A. music journalist Thomas Wictor was prodded into writing his memoir after his postings on Talkbass.com forum garnered more than 140,000 views in a single month. Ghostsand Ballyhoo, Memoirs of a Failed Music Journalist (Schiffer Publishing, 2013) cleverly dishes about the craziness of the industry without revealing […]
Sacramento, CA…Governor Brown has signed AB1266 into law that will prohibit physical gender based school programs and make them and facilities open to all sexes based on their gender preference and not just physical gender. Some may see this as progress but I wonder how long until some kids decide they are “Male” this week […]