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California Officials Get 18% Pay Cut - Later

Thu, May 21, 2009 at 9:16 am PDT

Following the ignoble defeat of every budget measure he tried to push, Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced that California’s top elected officials will get a salary cut of 18%. In ... uh ... seven months. Nice to see the Governator springing into action to handle the emergency. Schwarzenegger and other ...

California, Budget, Economy, Schwarzenegger

California Voters Say 'No Way!'

Wed, May 20, 2009 at 4:56 pm PDT

All of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget measures and tax increases for California were shot down in flames yesterday, and now the question is: how will California dig itself out of its fiscal hole? Federal bail-out time? Well, he may have had a grand day in D.C. schmoozing with the ...

California, Budget, Economy, Schwarzenegger

California Bankruptcy Sale

Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:20 am PDT

California’s going out of business! Everything must go! Unbelievable deals available on San Quentin State Prison, the L.A. Coliseum, and the Orange County Fairgrounds! Don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity!

California, Budget, Economy, Schwarzenegger

We Got Mail!

Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:51 pm PDT

Anti-vaccination fever caused an LGF reader in Irvine, California to email the following mash note, titled “how much we think we know:” Charles, How do you know there’s no connection between vaccines and autism?? AS far as I know there’s no “official” link between eating deep colored vegetables ...

California, Vaccines, Medicine, Health, kooks, Pseudo-Science, Email, Hate Mail

California Parents Buying Anti-Vaccination Hoaxes

Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 3:44 pm PDT

If you had any doubt that bad craziness is on the rise in America, here’s an LA Times report on the increasing number of California parents who refuse to let their children be vaccinated, because of pseudo-scientific fear-mongering by fringe groups. A rising number of California parents are choosing ...

California, Vaccines, Medicine, Health, kooks, Pseudo-Science

Another Democrat in Trouble

Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 9:14 am PDT

No wonder Democrat politicians are so quick to raise taxes—they aren’t paying them anyway. California’s Rep. Pete Stark, a senior House Democrat who helps write the nation’s tax laws, has been claiming a $1.7 million Maryland home as his principal residence in recent years, although he represents the Golden ...

Democrats, Pete Stark, California, Maryland

A Creationist Museum in California

Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 7:01 pm PDT

Remember the film “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure,” in which Pee Wee Herman visited a California roadside attraction that featured giant concrete dinosaurs? Well, that roadside attraction on Highway 10 near Cabazon, formerly known as “Claude Bell’s Dinosaurs,” has now been bought out by fanatics who’ve turned it into a creationist ...

Evolution, Creationism, Religion, creation museum, California

Schwarzenegger to Help Obama

Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:16 am PDT

Lending support to Barack Obama today in California: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is eager to get some of that bailout money.

Barack Obama, Economy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California

Stealth Creationist Play Shot Down in California

Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 5:54 pm PDT

Yet another stealth creationist play was shot down by the courts yesterday in California. The Association of Christian Schools International, Calvary Chapel Christian School, and parents attending the Chapel School filed suit against the University of California, after UC ruled that several courses taught by the Christian schools did not ...

LGF, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science, Religion, Creationism, California

Southern California Islamic Terrorist Sentenced to 22 Years

Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:40 pm PDT

One of the four Muslims indicted in that plot to attack Jewish and US military locations in Southern California has been sentenced to 22 years. SANTA ANA – A Muslim convert and former prison inmate was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison Monday for conspiring to wage war ...

LGF, California, Terrorism, Trial

California Legalizes Gay Marriage

Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:11 am PDT

In an election year, the California Supreme Court has legalized gay marriage. Hang on to your hats.

LGF, Gay Rights, California, Gay Marriage

California Dems Introduce Bill To Allow Communist Indoctrination in Public Schools

Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 3:40 pm PST

Yes, that’s right. The headline is no exaggeration. California Democratic Sen. Alan Lowenthal has proposed an amendment to the Educational Code that will explicitly allow the promotion of Communism in schools, and also allow groups who want to violently overthrow the US government to meet on public school property. Here’s ...

LGF, California, Democrats, Communism, Subversion

Dreaming of Super Tuesday

Tue, Feb 5, 2008 at 9:11 am PST

Super Tuesday is upon us. I tossed and turned all night, haunted by the ghosts of Rudy and Duncan. And when I awoke, it was all not a dream—we really do have to choose between McCain and Romney. Sometime during that unrestful interval, I decided: I’m pulling the lever for ...

LGF, Election 2008, Primaries, California

Odd, Murky Pre-Primary Post

Mon, Feb 4, 2008 at 6:40 pm PST

The night before not-so-super Tuesday, I still can’t decide who to vote for. I know who I want to vote against: the Hillary-Obama Appeasement Complex. The choice on the Republican side, though, is between a Washington good ole boy, and a guy I just can’t bring myself to totally trust. ...

LGF, Election 2008, Primaries, California

Cal Primary Resources

Mon, Feb 4, 2008 at 12:32 pm PST

Here’s a page at the LA Times with lots of information on voting in tomorrow’s California primary election, including polling locations and sample ballots: A California primary that matters. Here’s a link through Google News that bypasses the LA Times registration: ‘A California primary that matters’ - Google News. LGF ...

LGF, Election 2008, Primaries, California

'We Are Only Servants of Allah'

Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 1:21 pm PST

Two of the four Muslims who plotted to attack southern California military bases and Jewish centers are pleading guilty. One of four men accused of plotting attacks on Southern California military sites and Jewish targets pleaded guilty Friday to terrorism conspiracy charges. Levar Haley Washington, 28, admitted committing ...

LGF, California, Terrorism, Trial

'That Afternoon, We Prayed with a Little More Intensity'

Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 1:07 pm PDT

Here’s a heartwarming story of the human spirit, among the devastation of the fires in the San Bernardino Mountains: Camp offers shelter, peace amid fire chaos. The pairing of the rabbi and the firefighters was a natural one. He had beds. They had been sleeping on asphalt. He had ...

LGF, California, Wildfires, Emergency

Wildfire Open Thread

Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 2:57 pm PDT

Here’s another open thread, as wildfires continue to burn out of control all over Southern California. If you have any information that would be helpful to those in danger, please post here... UPDATE at 10/23/07 4:04:05 pm: From the USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center, here’s a map showing ...

LGF, California, Wildfires, Emergency

California Wildfires

Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 8:37 am PDT

Here’s an open thread for LGF readers to share information on the wildfires that are devastating California. The sunlight has a weird yellowish tinge today in Los Angeles, from all of the smoke and ash and particles in the atmosphere...

LGF, California, Wildfires, Emergency

Suspicious Activity at California Fire Stations

Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 12:24 pm PDT

A series of suspicious incidents at California fire stations: Video, photos taken at fire stations spark concerns. During the last week of July, fire officials in the Bay Area city of Campbell reported that two men had been seen videotaping routine activities at a fire station. The men were ...

LGF, California, Fire Stations, Surveillance

Terrorist's Wife Tells All

Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 3:53 pm PDT

The story of Saraah Olson, who married an Islamic terrorist affiliated with the Blind Sheikh, Omar Abdel Rahman, is a disturbing and fascinating look at the inner workings of an Islamic terror cell in Orange County, California. And perhaps the worst part is what happened when she tried to alert ...

Orange County, California, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, Blind Sheikh, WTC

MPAC Angry with Schwarzenegger for Supporting Israel

Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 3:43 pm PDT

Islamist PR group the Muslim Public Affairs Council is seething and whining over California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s appearance at the pro-Israel rally yesterday in Los Angeles: Schwarzenegger addresses pro-Israel rally, draws Muslim ire. LOS ANGELES - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sunday defended Israel’s right to self-defense at a pro-Israel ...

MPAC, Islam, Radical Islam, Fifth Column, Schwarzenegger, California