LOS ANGELES-Mark McHenry an African American businessman from Orange County, California has settled a lawsuit with Landmark Steakhouse over racial slurs that were printed on his receipt. McHenry was given receipts that listed his name as “McStinky(N-Word) and Mc(N-Word)(S-Word) at the restaurant where he was a regular customer. The Huffington Post reports: After McHenry’s lawyer’s […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Backers of affirmative action asked a federal appeals court Monday to overturn California’s 15-year-old ban on considering race in public college admissions, citing a steep drop in black, Latino and Native American students at the state’s elite campuses. A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeal heard arguments in […]

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court has declared California’s same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, paving the way for a likely U.S. Supreme Court showdown on the voter-approved law. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled 2-1 Tuesday that a lower court judge interpreted the U.S. […]

SANTA MARIA, Calif.— A police officer under investigation for sexual misconduct with a teenage minor was shot and killed while on duty by fellow officers Saturday as they tried to arrest him on California’s central coast, authorities said. The officer was manning a DUI checkpoint when the shooting occurred shortly after 1 a.m. He was […]

The most prominent Black foe of affirmative action is being accused of financial mismanagement of donations to his own cause. Ward Connerly, for years the champion of white conservatives and the bane of Black liberals, is alleged to have received excessive compensation on behalf of his American Civil Rights Institute, which is under investigation by […]

PASADENA, Calif. — Several overturned semis on a Utah highway. Hundreds of thousands without power in California. A wind gust reaching 123-mph in Colorado.

STOCKTON, Calif.-Michael Davis a 5-year-old student with Attention Deficiency Disorder was handcuffed and charged with assaulting a police officer after he allegedly kicked him in the knee. The officer was asked to speak to Davis at Rio Calaveras Elementary of Stockton after Davis was caught fighting with other children. KCRA reports: Earlier this year, a […]

SAN FRANCISCO — A California university placed two of its police officers on administrative leave Sunday because of their involvement in the pepper spraying of passively sitting protesters, while the school’s chancellor accelerated an investigation into the incident amid calls for her resignation.

WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice has changed its policy towards medical marijuana in California and is vowing to shut down medical marijuana dispensaries. This is a reversal of policy for the DOJ, who previously left medical marijuana dispensaries in California under the jurisdiction of the state. Beer Industry Fights To Keep Marijuana Illegal In California Montel […]

California correction officers are harshly retaliating against prisoners who are striking to protest inhumane prison policies, according to recent reports. Officers are allegedly denying visits from lawyers and family members, and are denying some inmates their medication. Families of inmates have been denied visits to Pelican Bay, according to Jay Donohue of the Prison Hunger […]

COSTA MESA, CA — A former model who was convicted of killing her husband, dismembering his body parts, and then cooking and eating them in 1991 is currently asking for parole. Omaima Aree Nelson is asking for parole for the second time after being denied in 2006. Prisoner Accused Of Threatening To Eat Obama KTLA reports: […]

FRESNO, Calif. — As the sun rises on tilled soil on the outskirts of Fresno, Calif., Mori Vance bends to pick black eyed peas, then disappears among towering okra bushes. Vance, who is African-American, is harvesting her first crop with several other novice black farmers, all hoping to make it their life’s work. Also read: […]