Politics | Other Politics

Trump administration trying to claw back California high-speed rail money - POLITICO

And DOT said it wants to go even further, saying it's 'actively exploring every legal option' to seek the return of $2.5 billion in federal funds.

Travel | Travel Tips

The Best Ways to Travel From L.A. to San Francisco, Without a Car

Make the West Coast's most iconic road trip without a car.

Politics | Second Amendment

#2A alert: Cam Edwards and others hammer 'progressive priorities' after L.A. passes law about disclosing NRA ties

"Should infuriate every American who cares about our 2A rights."

Food & Drink | Coffee

Pacific Crest Coffee Co.

Pacific Crest Coffee Company roasts, brews, and serves the best coffee and tea in Truckee, California. Order single origin and blended coffees and teas, or learn how to brew better at home or on an adventure!

News | The News

Don't Tell AOC: CA Governor Cancels High-Speed Rail From LA To San Francisco | Daily Wire

Don’t tell Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and her socialist chums who want to eliminate air travel and replace it with high-speed rail, but the leftist governor of California has just canceled the long-developing high-speed train from Los Angeles

Politics | Malfeasance

John Stossel: San Francisco has become the slum by the bay -- Bad laws cause city's homeless crisis

San Francisco is one of the richest cities it the world. It’s given us music, technology and elegant architecture.

Sports | Cycling

Rollout: Perspective - Ginger Boyd

Perspective. Easton joined Ginger Boyd, Brand Manager for Machines for Freedom, in LA to talk perspectives within the cycling industry, opportunities for gro...

News | News

Joshua Tree national park 'may take 300 years to recover' from shutdown

National park saw ‘irreparable’ damage including vandalism, ruined trails and trees cut down, says former superintendent

News | The News

California Parents Protest Against Public Schools’ Sexual Education Curriculum

Some parents in California are protesting the change in sex education in schools.

News | The News

Willie Brown Admits He Boosted Kamala Harris's Career

Former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown broke his silence on his relationship with Democratic senator Kamala Harris on Saturday.

Politics | Politics

Revealed: Number Registered to Vote in Los Angeles County Far Exceeds Population of US Citizens

UPDATE: Settlement Mandates Purge of 1.5 Million Inactive Voters Statewide.

California has counties with more voters than people, ballot harvesting, and the jungle primary, but there is “definitely” no widespread corruption here.

Politics | Leftist Lunacy

California Dem State Senator bans 'he' and 'she' pronouns during judiciary committee hearings

Says it's because state recognizes non-binary as gender

Politics | Illegal Immigration

San Francisco to pay $190G to undocumented immigrant over sanctuary law violation, lawyer says

A man from El Salvador in the U.S. illegally who sued San Francisco after police turned him over to immigration authorities in violation of the city's sanctuary law is set to be awarded $190,000, his attorney said Thursday.

The insanity on the left, and the implications of their childish policies, are epic.

Sports | Cycling

Taylor Phinney's LA

"It's a place where you can find anything you want to find. Whether that's a group of people that you click with, or a certain type of food, or a certain com...

News | National News

Having Solved All Other Problems, California Will Now Ban Paper Receipts

California has apparently solved all of its major problems and will now embark on a quest to rid the state of its one and only remaining menace: long paper receipts.

Politics | PC Culture

New California Governor's wife picks different title than "First Lady"

This won't be awkward at all...

The “first partner.” Liberals hate tradition and know how to suck the dignity out of literally anything.

Sports | Cycling

Who Do You Imagine When You Imagine Biking in Cities

New book challenges biking advocates and racial justice advocates to expand their imaginations around biking.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

ADL Condemns ‘Chilling’ Human Swastika Formed by California Middle Schoolers

Several middle school students in California were recently photographed while forming a human swastika, prompting a Jewish civil rights group...

Can it be that the continuing demonization of Israel, which has become a legitimized for of Jew hatred, is responsible for the re-emergence of increasingly acceptable antisemitism?

Politics | The Hall of Idiots

California’s Women’s March Rally Canceled For Being 'Overwhelmingly White' In Overwhelmingly White County

Organizers of the Women’s March rally for Humboldt County in northern California canceled its January march over concerns that the participants would be “overwhelmingly white.”

These people truly are idiots. Extreme leftism is completely illogical. Therefore, it’s end results will often be absurd. This is a perfect example of that. Only fools don’t see how contradictory, narcissistic and childish the extreme left is.

Politics | Politics

Actually, even California says Trump is right about the wildfires

President Trump’s critics are belittling him for not buying the lefty narrative that global warming is to blame for the California wildfires. Instead, Trump points to decades of mistakes by governm…

Entertainment | Music

The Trashwomen Live full set Burger Boogaloo 2016 with John Waters and Traci Lords

http://www.OutOfFocus.TV - 6/25/16 - Mosswood Park in Oakland, Ca The Trashwomen played at the annual Burger Boogaloo. Watch until the end to see an amazing ...

News | The News

5 Ways You Can Help California's Wildfire Victims

Financial donations are great, but that's not the only way to help California's evacuees.

News | In The News

In photos: Woolsey fire wreaks havoc on Southern California

The fire is still on the move.

Music | Music

Self Titled 7", by Tozcos

5 track album

Great old school style from Santa Ana Ca. All screamed in Spanish.

Politics | Politics

Fox 11 Los Angeles

Voters were narrowly defeating a bid to repeal increases in the state's gas tax and car registration fees.

Sports | Surfing/SUPing

Best Places to SUP in San Diego

There's a reason it's called America's Finest City

Politics | Interesting Links

The only way to unify America is to kick California out

The 2000 election was boring. With both candidates trying to out-moderate each other, they were almost indistinguishable. The biggest breach of civility was Democratic candidate Al Gore’s very practiced sighing during the debates. The campaign did not b

As a Californian who was born and raised in the state:I approve of this message.

Sports | Cycling

Revolution Bike Festival - Revolution

Revolution Bike Festival - A bike festival for everyone. Rides, Races, Bike Demo & Expo, Food Trucks, Beer Garden, Camping in the SoCal November Fall.

News | Human Interest Stories

Mega Millions jackpot jumps to $1.6 BILLION after no one won it all Friday night

The jackpot is now tied for the largest prize in U.S. lottery history.

Politics | Leftist Lunacy

San Francisco to vote on taxing rich businesses for homeless

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco has come to be known around the world as a place for aggressive panhandling, open-air drug use and sprawling tent camps, the dirt and despair all the more remarkable for the city's immense wealth. Some streets are

And we keep waiting for the lightbulb to go on in the heads of California Democrats finally telling the rest of us that the moment is here when they realize that big government, spending, and treating homelessness like it’s noble have all led to this point.

Politics | Illegal Immigration

OPINION: California Morphing Into A Separate Country Over Immigration

Cash-strapped, terrorized by rampant crime and with a balkanized population lacking any connective societal tissue

California is inarguably becoming a pit: it used to inarguably be the greatest state in the nation.

Sports | Cycling

Los Angeles Is the Worst Bike City in America

While New York, Seattle, and San Francisco become friendlier cities for cyclists, Los Angeles is letting the cars win.

Sad but not surprising:(

Politics | Leftist Lunacy

Cal State–Long Beach Students, Faculty Say That Any Human Mascot May Be Offensive | National Review

We have officially reached the point where people are suggesting that any human mascot of any kind may be offensive.

Sports | Cycling

Rounding out the 2018 Sierra Buttes Triple Crown with Grinduro in Quincy! | The Radavist

Grinduro is my favorite cycling event of the year and when you include it in the Sierra Buttes Triple Crown, alongside Lost and Found, as well as Downieville, you're in for a hell of a weekend. In its...

Travel | Travel

California's Skeleton In The Closet: The Salton Sea

My first travel documentary about a strange yet fascinating place in California's Imperial Valley - The Salton Sea. I encourage you to read more about the la...

This decrepit area, once a playground of the stars, appears to be a harbinger of the entire state of the once-great California.

Politics | PC Culture

California State University To Move ‘Prospector Pete’ Statute Due To Gold Rush’s Impact On Indigenous People

Classes have only been in session a few weeks and already we’re back to demands to change campuses because decades-old buildings or statues now represent oppression.

There is literally no limits to the imany forms of diocy of social justice warriors.

Politics | Leftist Lunacy

San Francisco Is Removing Statue That Shows Founding Of California Over Racism Concerns

American Indian groups have tried to remove the statue for over 30 years

If the SAME statue was made by kale eating, weed smoking, anti-shower antifa members, and called “the subjugation of indigenous peoples by white men,” they would be all over this thing. Hey liberals: how about just keeping the statue, not destroying our history, and putting your little feel good plaque on the statue? Can leftists really be this stupid? Yes. Yes they can.

News | The News

Liberal California's Poverty Rate Is Highest In The Nation

California is the most liberal state in the nation. It's also the most poverty-ridden state in the nation.

Politics | Leftist Lunacy

Gavin Newsom Reveals Plan For Single-Payer Healthcare In California 'Regardless Of Immigration Status'

California gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom doubled down on claims he made earlier this month that he'd turn California into a single-payer healthcare state, telling the Pod Save America podcast that he plans on expanding Medicare to cover every

Newsom is yet another democrat who would love nothing more than to marginalize CA even more in service of his extremism.

Politics | Politics

California kids can kiss their soda good-bye as kooky law aims to ban yet another thing liberals don't like | Fox News

Every time you limit the rights of parents you expand the rights the government. This is the problem with the trending socialism that’s gaining popularity with liberals.

what?

Politics | Politics

NO JUICE FOR YOU: California Unleashes Most Nanny State Bill Yet

California is home to some of the most absurd nanny state laws in the union: defy a plastic straw ban and you might find yourself behind bars; buy a Happy Meal for your scream

This is outrageous.

Miscellaneous | Interesting stories

The Colorful History of the Rowdies, Radicals and Ruffians of Ocean Beach

Grassroots and Progressive views on local, national and world news

It's what makes OB the place that it is.

Food & Drink | Bars & Restaurants

Sorry New York, California Is A Better Place To Eat Now

Iconic mainstays like baked goat cheese at Chez Panisse and new classics like shrimp tacos dorados at Mariscos Jalisco ripple through American dining

Yeah it is!

Politics | The Hall of Idiots

Sen. Kamala Harris: How will you spend all the money you’ll be getting back from her Rent Relief Act? – twitchy.com

Sen. Kamala Harris really thinks she's onto something with this Rent Relief Act of hers.

Democrats do NOT understand economics. We cannot allow them to run this country. Kamala Harris is one of the worst offenders, she is either an idiot, ignorant, or just exploiting this issue to pander to voters or - all three. I vote all three!

Entertainment | The Hometown

25 Fun Facts About the Hollywood Walk of Fame | Mental Floss

Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.

Politics | Leftist Lunacy

THAT'LL DO IT: Having Solved All Its Other Problems, San Francisco Looks To Ban Free Lunches | Daily Wire

Having solved crippling homelessness, cleaned its streets, and driven down the cost of housing in the Bay Area, the city of San Francisco has moved to tackle the real challenge facing the tech-centric city: free lunch.

News | National News

California city OKs jail time for defying plastic straw ban

A California coastal city has become the latest municipality to ban plastic straws, enacting what is potentially the strictest plastic prohibition

History | Los Angeles History

30 Found Color Photos That Capture Everyday Life of California in the Late 1940s

This is pretty cool.

Politics | Articles By The Rant

Why California Matters – The Rant – Medium

I wrote this in 2016 during the presidential campaign. I am taking this blog out for a spin, don’t have time to write something new, so here we go…enjoy… One of the things that many people show…

News | The News

California Democratic Candidate Praised Farrakhan On Facebook

“I, for one, enjoy listening to Farrakhan’s sermons.”

If Democrats in Congress openly embrace Farrakhan, it’s absokutely no surprise that other liberals do too. And these bigots have the nerve to whine about Trump’s imagined “racism.”

Miscellaneous | Other Kinds of Whatnot

Why (and How) California Is Destroying Mountains of Weed | WIRED

How exactly do you obliterate potentially tens of thousands of pounds of cannabis across the state? Not unlike how you get rid of yard trimmings.

Politics | Politics

California bans local soda taxes

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Thursday that prevents local governments from taxing soda until 2031.

Music | Music

‘The race for governor has turned into a scam’

How California’s Democratic primary became a giant flop.

The jungle primary is outrageously antithetical to America’s political system.

Sports | Cycling

Lost and Found Gravel Grinder

Lost and Found Gravel Grinder and Bike Ride in the North Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Miscellaneous | Interesting stories

Woman Who Filmed Oakland, Calif.’s BBQ Becky Speaks Out

Michelle Snider, the woman behind the camera who confronted a fellow white woman after she called the police on Snider’s husband and his friends using charcoal at Oakland, Calif.’s Lake Merritt park, took to YouTube Sunday to answer the question every

Props to her.

Health & Fitness | Health

Report finds cases of STDs reach all-time high in California | The Sacramento Bee

A California report finds the number of cases of sexually transmitted diseases in the state reached a record high in 2017.

Travel | Travel

June Gloom: What California Beaches Are Really Like in the Summer

Find out what June Gloom is, when and where it happens in California, and what to do if you are visiting California during the summer months.

Politics | Politics

Neo-Nazi Senate candidate kicked out of California GOP convention

Patrick Little is running against Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein, and his campaign website advocates for "limiting representation of Jews in the government"

Politics | Politics

Barbara Bush 'racist' rant: Tenured professor could lose job

A California State University, Fresno professor's rant about Barbara Bush being an "amazing racist" could cost her a job.

This woman is absolutely disgusting. She should lose her job and never be allowed to teach again.

Politics | Politics

California’s crazy one-party liberal politics is why I had to finally leave the state -- and I’m not alone | Fox New

In 2011, after spending my adult life in California, working in the once-thriving aerospace industry there, serving 19 years in the state’s National Guard and six years in the legislature, I picked up my family and moved to Texas.

Politics | Liberal "Tolerance"

California Progressives Launch (Another) Attack on Free Speech | National Review

A California bill would criminalize conservative speech about gender.

"The state of California says...your gender and your orientation are your identity, and you should engage in actions that celebrate and ratify your alleged essence. The state is creating a new religion of sexual libertinism, declaring that religions opposing it aren’t just false but harmful, and then prohibiting contrary religious exercise."

Politics | Op-Ed

Why does California hate free speech?

California’s legislature is poised to approve one of the most serious attacks against freedom of speech ever contemplated in U.S. history this week. Assembly Bill 2943 is legislation that would place that state in an Orwellian society by banning books,

Music | Music

Murderburgers- Cafe Colonial, Sacramento Ca. 9/8/17 Live

Murderburgers- Cafe Colonial, Sacramento Ca. 9/8/17 Live Canon HFG30 Rode Video Pro Stereo Mic #PunkRock #PopPunk #Sacramento #California #Scotland

Politics | Politics

Trump administration's lawsuit against California sanctuary laws backed by these cities, counties | Fox News

These are the cities and counties that have supported the Trump administration's efforts to combat California's so-called sanctuary laws.

News | The News

More than a million illegal immigrants scored California driver's licenses, state DMV announces | Fox News

More than one million illegal immigrants living in California have received driver's licenses, according to a new report.

Politics | Politics

After Federal Challenge, California AG ‘Clarifies’ on Sanctuary State | Breitbart

Attorney General Xavier Becerra's new guidance aims to take the sting out of the federal lawsuit against California's "sanctuary state" laws.

Miscellaneous | Interesting

Californians Doing The Once-Unthinkable: Leaving California | Investor's Business Daily

California has big problems, including soaring taxes, stratospheric home prices and too many regulations. But its most serious problem may be that people are leaving the state in droves.

News | The News

Abortion Walkouts: California Students Organize for the Unborn | National Review

A California student is organizing a school walkout to protest abortion.

Kids shouldn't be allowed to walk out of school for any political agenda. Period. But how many of the people who supported the walkout inspired by Parkland will support this. In other words, how many of them will choose absolute hypocrisy when the agenda is one with which they disagree?

Food & Drink | Bars/Restaurants/Venues

The Best Chicken and Waffles in LA

Now you have weekend plans.

Sports | Surfing/SUPing

Learn to Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) Class - REI Classes & Events

Learn what you need to know to get started in the exciting sport of Stand Up Paddleboarding. We'll teach you proper stance, paddling strokes, and balance on the board. You'll get on the water instruction and practice. All equipment included.

News | NEWS

Teacher put on leave for questioning school walkout

A California high school teacher says she was “aghast” to learn she was placed on leave over comments she made about National School Walkout Day. Julianne Benzel, a Rocklin High School …

This is fascism. You think like us or else. “National Walkout Day” was organized by people with a very specific political agenda and no teacher should be compelled to support it. That is true whether the issue is liberal or conservative. But as this proves, this type of thing only occurs from on one side of the political spectrum, especially in states like California.

News | Interesting Links

In Rejecting U.S. Immigration Law, California Has A Role Model: The Confederacy | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis

When the Justice Department's sued California this week for blocking federal immigration enforcement, the state had a clear precedent for its illegality: the

News | The News

California has worst 'quality of life' in US, study says | Fox News

Awards season is in full swing in California, and the Golden State itself just took home a booby prize of its own.

Politics | Other Politics

California Democratic Party declines to endorse Dianne Feinstein for re-election

The rebuke of Dianne Feinstein by party delegates comes even though the 25-year incumbent has led polls by wide margins.

Sports | Surfing/SUPing

7 Hot Spots on West Coast, USA | Supconnect.com

It’s safe to say that a major part of the stand up paddle (SUP) industry lies on West Coast of the United States. The West Coast of the U.S. is lit with a vast amount of places to paddle, not to mention that they are drop-dead gorgeous locations to matc

Sports | Cycling

HI Lo Cali

Hi Lo Cali #Cycling #Desert #California

Sports | Cycling

Photo gallery: 2017 Grinduro | CyclingTips

Launched by Giro Sport Design in 2015, the third edition of Grinduro was held in Quincy, California, on October 7. As the name implies, Grinduro is a blend

Music | Music

City Mouse- Cafe Colonial, Sacramento Ca. 7/18/16 Multicam

City Mouse- Cafe Colonial, Sacramento Ca. 7/18/16 Multicam

Full set

Politics | Politics

California is collecting so much of your money it can’t save it all

Democrats and Republicans want to fill California’s budget rainy day fund. But what comes next?

The government is not your friend.

Food & Drink | Bars/Restaurants/Venues

Napa's First Black-Owned Winery Needs To Be On The Top Of Your Wine Tasting List

Brown Estate is the first black-owned winery in Napa Valley, and the tasting room is so chic you're going to freak out over it.

Food & Drink | Coffee

Get to Know Lake Tahoe's Booming SUP-Coffee Shop

Because coffee and SUP in the same sentence just makes sense.

Politics | Politics

Gov. Brown Signs Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher Bill Reforming SANDAG

SACRAMENTO  – (Wednesday, October 11, 2017) – Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill by California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D-San Diego) that will bring major reforms to San Diego’s regional transportation agency – a huge victory

About time!!!

Sports | Surfing/SUPing

Live Webcast | Pacific Paddle Games Presented by Salt Life

Watch the live webcast of the Pacific Paddle Games presented by Salt Life on Saturday, September 30th and Sunday, October 1st.

News | Animal Links

California’s monarch butterflies struggle against extinction

Population has declined 97% since early 1980s

Politics | The War On Gender

California first-grader sent to principal's office for misgendering classmate - Washington Times

An elite charter school in California has been rocked by scandal since the end of the last school year, when a kindergarten teacher read her class a pair of books advocating transgender ideology, and a male kindergartener was reintroduced to the class as

The left is the place where fascism thrives. You must think what we think, or else you will face the consequences. You have to see the irony in the people who insist that they, exclusively, understand science insisting that gender is fluid. These children are being abused. End of story.

"Kindergarteners and first-graders must be taught that “there are many ways to express gender,” according to the guidelines, which took effect this school year."