News Story: Easter baskets are EBT eligible. While most people think that EBT card should be for food only, apparently they can be used to buy Easter baskets, Valentine baskets, and other such products. See the story for yourself.

A meteor blast over Russia is putting new focus on a transatlantic effort to crash a spacecraft into a far-flung asteroid in a bid to prove that incoming objects from space can be knocked from their path. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory are preparing a decade-long, $350 million project to propel a rocket […]

From the San Jose Mercury News: Imagine you’ve been paying the bills for a construction job that’s years late and costing nearly six times the original estimate. It’s finally almost finished — and the builder offers to throw a $12 million bash to celebrate. Complete with fireworks! Neat, huh? But wait. You’re going to have […]

According to the Sacramento Bee, a group of California Democratic legislators announced a series of proposals Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said would “once again make California’s gun laws the very toughest in the nation.”  Gun advocates were quick to criticize the proposals. Sam Paredes, executive director of Gun Owners of California, said the measures […]

According to a San Diego news report, gas prices are going up and it is affecting everything, from the goods you buy to your ever-shrinking paycheck. See News Story Here    

According to ABC Fresno, Since 2005 the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection hid $3.66 million in wildfire settlements. The fund was managed by the California District Attorneys Association. According to the Los Angeles Times the CA District Attorneys Association took 3% of the money when it came in and 15% when Cal Fire […]

The Contra Costa Times Editorial Board writes: Brentwood school officials claimed they couldn’t fire a teacher who pulled a 5-year-old student from his chair and kicked him as he lay on the ground. They said state teacher dismissal rules were too cumbersome. They’re wrong on the first point: There was plenty of evidence to pursue […]

It is nice to see a state Senator who represents one of the poorest neighborhoods in California and one who has often decry the 1%ers show his true colors – receiving compensation via his government job and special perks like Super Bowl tickets. The Los Angeles Times reported that State Sen. Kevin De Leon of […]

Gas prices are spiking up once again. AAA is currently reporting that gas prices in Orange County are at $3.80 per gallon.  Experts say prices are rising as supply declines and we could all see gas prices hitting the $4 mark in the coming weeks. See Video: Orange County Gas Prices On the Rise Again

“I don’t do the gay guys man,” said Culliver, whose Niners play the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. “I don’t do that. No, we don’t got no gay people on the team, they gotta get up out of here if they do.  Read More