California Gas Prices Soar to New Highs
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The average cost for a gallon of regular gas not only hit another all-time high in California this weekend, it’s an all-time high for the country.Prices at the pump at some service stations were more than $5 a gallon…
$4,500 in Gas Siphoned in Latest California Pump Heist
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(ROSEVILLE, Calif.) — With the price of gas in California reaching record highs, thieves are increasingly targeting gas tanks with the most recent heist siphoning more than $4,500 from a gas station over a span of three days.Po…
Obese California Man Arrested in Alleged Kidnap Attempt
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A California soccer coach came to the rescue after a 425-pound gangster with more than 60 prior arrests allegedly tried to kidnap one of his young players. Santa Ana police officers arrested Victor Joseph Espinoza, o…
Roseanne Barr to Run Presidential Campaign Ads in California
Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic(SAN FRANCISCO) — One presidential candidate is buying television airtime in California, but it’s not Mitt Romney or Barack Obama.It’s former sitcom star Roseanne Barr, who is running as the Peace and Freedom Party&…
California Gas Prices Force Some Station Owners to Shut Pumps
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Soaring gas prices across California have forced some station owners to shut off their pumps while people change their driving habits or, in some cases, avoid driving all together.A gallon of regular gas was $5.69 …
California Sex Offenders Fighting Halloween Ban
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(SIMI VALLEY, Calif.) — Five California sex offenders and their families are suing the city of Simi Valley, Calif., claiming that Halloween restrictions placed on them through a new law violate their right to free speech.The gr…
Student Who Got ‘Gay Cure’ Sues California Over New Law
Comstock/Thinkstock(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A college student who claims he once had same-sex attractions but became heterosexual after conversion therapy has filed a lawsuit against California, which has enacted a law that bans so-called “gay cures” fo…
Hooded Robbers Take $2 Million in Gems from California Museum
Joseph Devenney/Getty Images(MARISPOSA, Calif.) — Robbers wearing black hoods hit the California Mining and Minerals Museum in broad daylight, using pick axes to break open the displays, officials said.California investigators are still searching for …
Pop Warner Coach Suspended For Bounty Program
Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The president of the Tustin, Calif., Pop Warner football league and the coach of an elite team there have been suspended while the national organization investigates allegations that 10 and 11-year-old players were offer…
New California Law Allows Self-Driving Cars
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — California Governor Jerry Brown is raising a few eyebrows once more after signing a bill Tuesday that allows self-driving cars on public roads in the Golden State.Google engineers have made cars that don’t require dr…
Yellowfin Tuna May Set Record for Heaviest Ever Caught
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A California man got a lot more than he bargained for when he caught a yellowfin tuna in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, that potentially could shatter the previous world-record weight of 405 pounds.Rangler Guy Yocom of Dana…
Yellowfin Tuna May Set Record for Heaviest Ever Caught
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A California man got a lot more than he bargained for when he caught a yellowfin tuna in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, that potentially could shatter the previous world-record weight of 405 pounds.Rangler Guy Yocom of Dana…
Reese Witherspoon Puts Her California Estate on the Market
Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Reese Witherspoon has put her Spanish Colonial estate in Ojai, California on the market for a cool $10 million. The Oscar-winning actress married CAA talent agent Jim Toth at the estate on March 26, and …
Southern California Firefighters Work to Contain Bel Air Brush Fire
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Firefighters in Southern California on Saturday morning are working to put out a brush fire that erupted near a major Southern California freeway Friday afternoon, authorities said.Los Angeles Fire Chief Steve Ruda t…
Police Sent to California Home of "Innocence of Muslims" Producer
Thinkstock/Getty Images(CERRITOS, Calif.) — As outrage over the anti-Muslim film Innocence of Muslims spreads across the Middle East, police were sent to the California home of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the film’s producer, who according to authoritie…
Calif. Lifeguards Lose Job Over Popular YouTube Video Imitation
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(EL MONTE, Calif.) — The popular YouTube dance music video “Gangnam Style” has not only gone viral, it’s indirectly gotten a group of California lifeguards fired. Korean pop singer PSY’s video — which sta…
California Attorney General ‘Superstitious’ About Presidential Talk
ABC News(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — California Attorney General Kamala Harris is a major “first” for her position: She’s the first woman, the first black person and the first South Asian to be attorney general of the Golden State.She’s…
Calif. Dem Says Ryan Lies Like Nazi’s Goebbels
ABC News(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — The chairman of the California delegation to the Democrats’ convention was criticized by both parties for comparing Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan to the Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels.In an i…
Calif. Dem Says Ryan Lies Like Nazi’s Goebbels
ABC News(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — The chairman of the California delegation to the Democrats’ convention was criticized by both parties for comparing Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan to the Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels.In an i…
California Fraternity Suspended After Pledge’s Death
Facebook(NEW YORK) — A California fraternity has been suspended after a freshman pledge died following a night of partying and drinking. Fresno police are working with Fresno State University to investigate the death of Philip Dhanens, 18, who died Su…