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Lion attacks and kills worker in California cat sanctuary
An African lion attacked and killed a worker at a Californian cat sanctuary Wednesday, emergency officials quoted by local media said. The incident happened at Project Survival’s Cat Haven at Dunlap, some 225 miles (360 kilometers) north of Los Angeles, according to a state Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesman,…
Hemp legalization bills introduced to California legislature
Two California lawmakers, state Sen. Mark Leno (D) and state Assemblyman Allan Mansoor (R), introduced legislation on Friday to legalize industrial hemp production in the state. The bills, S.B. 566 and A.B. 1137, would allow non-psychoactive variants of the marijuana plant to be cultivated for industrial purposes. The legislation would…
Family claims skull and bones found at home altar were bought on Ebay
As investigators worked to determine the origin of human remains found inside a residential altar in Pasadena, California, the family that owns the property is claiming they were bought online. KNBC-TV reported on Monday that the skull and bones were found on Sunday while responding to a report of a…
Golfer Phil Mickelson apologizes for saying he might leave California over taxes
Phil Mickelson apologized for talking publicly about possibly moving from California over tax rates, saying he should not have discussed the matter in public. Many sports stars have homes in such states as Florida, where there are no payroll taxes, rather than in California, where taxes have risen this year.…
Outrage grows as records reveal bishops covered-up California sex abuse
Victims of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic clerics voiced anger after newly-released records showed church leaders discussing how to cover up priests’ alleged crimes in California in the 1980s. Prosecutors also said they wanted to study the previously confidential records, including exchanges involving then Los Angeles Archbishop Roger Mahony…
California lawmaker: Guns are ‘essential to living the way God intended’
A Republican lawmaker in California who disagrees with President Barack Obama’s effort to prevent mass shootings says that guns are an “absolutely essential” part of God’s plan. “Guns are used an average of 3 million times a year according to the Clinton Justice Department,” Assemblyman Tim Donnelly told the Christian…
CA gun show draws 10,000 people ‘getting ready for the next revolution’
What drew an estimated 10,000 people to a Northern California gun show? Simple. According to one attendee, they’re scared. “Obama wants to take everybody’s guns away,” said Bob Daziel, who stood in line with hundreds on Saturday to get into the Crossroads of The West event in Daly City, California.…
Family claims teen was shot and killed while in handcuffs
The family of a Riverside County, California teen recently killed by police said this week that the boy was shot after he’d been subdued and handcuffed by an officer. Police, however, claim that Lamon Khiry Haslip was armed at the time of his death. Haslip was shot after running from…
California’s Lt. Gov. comes out in favor of legalizing marijuana
In a New York Times feature published Thursday, California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) came out in favor of fully legalizing marijuana and regulating the drug like alcohol, even though he opposed legalization in 2010. “It’s shocking, from my perspective, the number of people that we all know who are…
Calif. marijuana activists learning from Colo. and Wash. state measures
Marijuana activists in California — many of whom thought that the Sunshine State would be first to legalize the drug — are looking to recently-passed ballot measures in Colorado and Washington state for inspiration, reported the San Jose Mercury News. Californians rejected a legalization measure in 2010, Prop 19, due…
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