Tag: California

Cal Poly usually takes pride in its alumni -- whether it's John Madden or "Weird Al" Yankovic -- but has evaded any and all discussion about the circumstances that led to the death of one of its younger grads (via YouTube)

Where is the outrage at Cal Poly over alumna Kate Steinle?

Brendan Pringle · December 12, 2017 6:56 pm

The Thomas fire alone has consumed more than 230,000 acres, forcing thousands to evacuate, and causing Trump to issue a federal state of emergency in California. (Kenneth Song/Santa Barbara News-Press via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Gov. Jerry Brown blames climate change for California wildfires as he jet-sets to Paris

Brendan Pringle · December 12, 2017 4:01 pm

California Gov. Jerry Brown discusses the Thomas fire and the extended length of the state's fire season during a press conference on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017, in Ventura, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Energy and Environment

California Gov. Jerry Brown: Trump doesn’t believe in climate change because he doesn’t fear ‘the wrath of God’

Naomi Lim · December 11, 2017 12:00 am

"With climate change, some scientists are saying Southern California is literally burning up, and burning up as maybe a metaphor or a description not just to the fires right here, but what we can expect over the next years and decades," Brown said. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Energy and Environment

Jerry Brown: Expect to see Southern California burn up because of climate change

Melissa Quinn · December 9, 2017 9:25 pm

President Trump focused his weekly address to the nation on illegal immigration and spoke of the death of Kate Steinle, a 32-year-old who was shot and killed on a San Francisco pier by an illegal immigrant in 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump slams Democrats for ‘putting national security at risk’ over government spending bill

Melissa Quinn · December 9, 2017 8:36 pm

J.T. Parr and Chad Kroeger are literally fighting for their right to party, and the Beastie Boys would be proud.

Red Alert Politics

Millennials ‘fight… for their right… to par-tay’ as LA cracks down on house parties

Angela Morabito · December 9, 2017 5:01 am

Nearly 200,000 people have already been affected by the fire or were forced to evacuate their homes. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Energy and Environment

Trump declares federal emergency for wildfires in Southern California

Gabby Morrongiello · December 8, 2017 4:26 pm

The wind-swept blazes have forced tens of thousands of evacuations and destroyed dozens of homes in Southern California. California Gov. Jerry Brown sent a letter to the president requesting the emergency declaration, which would unlock federal resources for Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Energy and Environment

California Gov. Jerry Brown asks Trump to declare state of emergency as wildfires spread

Melissa Quinn · December 8, 2017 2:51 pm

"[Customs and Border Protection] is testing the prototypes against the techniques used by smugglers on the southwest border to circumvent [the] current border barrier," Carlos Diaz, CBP Southwest Branch chief, told the Washington Examiner on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Elliott Spagat)

Border Patrol test prototypes for Trump’s border wall with jackhammers, saws

Naomi Lim · December 6, 2017 11:25 pm

The National Weather Service has placed much of southwest California in its "critical risk zone" for fire weather, including Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Anaheim. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Energy and Environment

Raging California wildfires expected to continue overnight

Josh Siegel · December 6, 2017 10:50 pm

"It's like Donald Trump is setting the world on fire. Literally and figuratively," Chelsea Handler tweeted. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Evacuating Chelsea Handler: Trump is ‘setting the world on fire’

Kara Zupkus · December 6, 2017 9:57 pm

Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, tweeted this about Rupert Murdoch's burning home and vineyard in California: "There's a God. And she's unhappy." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Clinton and Obama campaign alum Neera Tanden on Rupert Murdoch’s home burning down: ‘There’s a God. And she’s unhappy’

Naomi Lim · December 6, 2017 7:02 pm