Tag Archives: California

Trump Attacks Nancy Pelosi For Visit To SF Hair Salon

CNN reports: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi got her hair styled Monday inside a San Francisco hair salon, her office said in a statement Tuesday, an apparent violation of the city’s Covid-19 safety regulations that enraged the salon’s owner. The acknowledgment came after Fox News reported that the owner of the salon, Erica Kious, was angry that Pelosi had broken the …

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CA Man Charged For Shooting Protected Elephant Seal

Courthouse News reports: Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges Tuesday against a California man who fatally shot a northern elephant seal on a beach on the Central Coast. In September 2019, authorities discovered the corpse of a northern elephant seal on a beach near San Simeon. The animal had been shot in the head. The beach — located off California Highway …

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Wildfires Continue To Rage Across California [VIDEO]

The Independent reports: Dozens of wildfires have scorched nearly one million acres across California as officials scramble for aid to contain the raging blazes. Nearly 12,000 firefighters are actively combatting more than 20 fires, each made up of several blazes, as Governor Gavin Newsom seeks support from neighboring states and emergency services across the US and abroad. “These fires are …

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Cops Investigate CA Covidiot For Indecent Exposure

San Francisco’s ABC News affiliate reports: In the South Bay, a racist and homophobic rant was caught on camera. The public meltdown happened at a Marshall’s department store in Campbell on Monday, stemming from a request to wear a mask. “What’s your dumb fucking faggot problem? You don’t know the law? That’s how stupid you are,” the man said to …

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Covidiot Goes On Anti-Gay Rant In Marshalls [VIDEO]

TMZ reports: This anti-masker has found his hill to die on and it’s inside a Marshalls. Check out this video from the discount department store in Campbell, CA. The guy is shopping without a face covering, and he throws a fit when employees ask him to leave and launches into a homophobic rant. The man in the video, who some …

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Uber And Lyft Set To Suspend Service In California

The Verge reports: No Uber and Lyft rides in California? After a judge rejected the companies’ effort to delay an order that they classify drivers as employees, it seems inevitable. Uber and Lyft have until August 20th to comply with the order. But the companies have said they will need to go dark in the Golden State in order to …

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Court Rules CA Megachurch Can Hold Indoor Services

The Christian Post reports: Pastor John MacArthur, whose Grace Community Church had been holding in-person services in violation of the state’s COVID-19 health orders, is celebrating a California court’s vindication of their right to hold indoor worship with no cap on attendance or a ban on singing. While Los Angeles County was seeking a restraining order to stop the pastor …

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Trump Campaign Lawyer Sues CA Over Lockdown

Via press release: Thomas More Society Special Counsel Jenna Ellis and Charles LiMandri filed suit in the Superior Court of the State of California County of Los Angeles on behalf of Pastor John MacArthur and Grace Community Church against Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and other California and Los Angeles County public health …

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Jockeying Begins For Kamala Harris’s US Senate Seat

Roll Call reports: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Wednesday said he has already received a number of pitches from people who are seeking to fill Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris’s (D) Senate seat if she and Joe Biden win the White House this November. “You may be the only one that hasn’t, unless you just did. And …

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LA To Cut Off Power/Water For Hosting House Parties

The Washington Post reports: Los Angeles will cut off water and electricity at houses that repeatedly host “egregious” parties, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Wednesday. With bars and nightclubs closed to stop the spread of the coronavirus, hundreds of young people have flocked to large parties held at private homes and rental properties in the Hollywood Hills. In addition to raising …

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CA Cops Bent Badges To Celebrate Fatal Shootings

Open Vallejo reports: They call it, “The Badge of Honor.” For a generation, a secretive clique within the Vallejo Police Department has commemorated fatal shootings with beers, backyard barbecues, and by bending the points of their badges each time they kill in the line of duty, an investigation by Open Vallejo has found. The custom was so exclusive, some officers …

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California Megachurch Vows To Defy New Lockdown

The Christian Post reports: Pastor John MacArthur of California’s Grace Community Church announced that his church would continue to hold in-person services despite state-mandated restrictions banning in-person worship services. About two weeks after California indefinitely closed churches and other businesses in more than 30 of the state’s 58 counties as part of its response to the coronavirus, author and theologian …

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California Surpasses New York In Total COVID Cases

The Washington Post reports: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in California reached 413,576 on Wednesday, causing it to pass New York as the state with the most confirmed infections, according to data tracked by The Washington Post. New York on Wednesday reported 705 new cases, to bring its total to 408,886 since the start of the pandemic. California was …

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CA Woman Pisses On Store Floor After Mask Dispute

Sacramento’s CBS News affiliate reports: We’ve seen a lot of confrontations involving masks, including verbal fights, physical altercations and even coughing fits. But this one might top it all when a regular day at work turned into quite a show at the Verizon store off Galleria Boulevard in Roseville. In a 911 call, you hear a dispatch operator tell an …

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Majority Of CA Schools Won’t Reopen In Fall [VIDEO]

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: Schools in much of California will be blocked from reopening in-person classes this fall unless they meet strict guidelines to protect students and staff, and unless counties where they are located slow the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday. All public and private schools throughout California must also require staff and students …

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Covidiot Gets Pepper Spray After Mask Confrontation

CBS News reports: A confrontation inside of a Ralphs grocery store in the Mid-Wilshire section of Los Angeles turned hostile after a man refused to wear a face covering. Witnesses said a store employee told the man he had to wear a face covering or leave the store, as required by Los Angeles County as part of efforts to curtail …

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Rose Parade Canceled, First Time Since WWII [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: The 2021 Rose Parade has been canceled because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on planning for the New Year’s Day tradition and the risk of spreading infections among its huge audience and participants, organizers said Wednesday. The Pasadena, California, Tournament of Roses Association said the decision was put off until organizers were certain that safety …

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California Reports Near-Record 11K New COVID Cases

Deadline reports: Without fanfare — or one of Governor Gavin Newsom’s regular press conferences — California quietly posted the news that there were 11,126 new confirmed coronavirus cases reported on Wednesday. That’s the second-highest total of new cases since the pandemic began, eclipsed only by the 11,694 new cases reported last Tuesday. But last week’s record was padded by numbers …

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CA Tesla Plant Sees 130+ Cases, Workers Raise Alarm

The New York Post reports: More than 1,500 Tesla workers have been infected or come in contact with someone who was infected with the coronavirus in recent months, according to a new report. The majority of the cases popped up at Tesla’s Fremont, Calif. factory, according to Tesla blog Electrek. The facility was the focal point of a standoff between …

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CA Gov Closes Bars, Restaurants, Gyms, Churches

CNBC reports: California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered Monday all counties in the state to close indoor operations for a handful of businesses, including restaurants, bars, movie theaters and museums, as Covid-19 cases continue to climb. The order comes after Newsom previously ordered these businesses to close in counties on the state’s “watch list.” The new order, which will now apply …

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