Actress Tippi Hedren was concerned about the plight of the Vietnamese refugees coming to America. A meeting with her and 20 Vietnamese women led the way to where in California, 80% of nail techs are Vietnamese-Americans, and nation-wide it is 43%. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

A new ghostshark species has been identified off the coast of Southern California, and it’s darker and weirder than any shark we know. The purplish black ancient relative of the modern shark comes packed with a suite of odd features that give its taxonomical family the name chimaera, after the mythical beast made from the parts of many animals. picked by equinox 2 months ago

The California Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of employees complaining about toxic chemicals in the workplace because four of the seven justices owned stock in oil companies that sold the solvents at issue. picked by notphil 2 years ago

(Yeah, one more story)
Women who give birth to six, seven or eight babies are often showered with dazzling gifts from big corporations, local businesses and strangers. But that is not happening with the Southern California mother who delivered octuplets last week.
*Makers of diapers, formula and other products want to steer clear of her picked by bingo 10 months ago

A car-sized "flying saucer" has been developed by a company in Davis, California called Moller International. picked by deepcleanfun 2 years ago

They flirt, hold hands and guard their lovers jealously - yet they don't even have bones.

The love lives of octopuses are far more complex than anyone thought, a team at the University of California, Berkeley, reports. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

This week Apple releases a new iPhone and iPod Touch application which allows users to locate cannabis resources worldwide including the nearest medical cannabis collectives, doctors, attorneys, organizations, and other patient services in the states, such as California, that have passed laws allowing medical cannabis -- also commonly referred to as marijuana. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Engineers at the University of California at Berkeley have developed remote-control beetles that can be used as spies. They aren’t just robots, either. These are cyborgs, real beetles that have implanted electrodes that control their flight muscles. picked by bingo 7 months ago

The suit filed Friday in federal court in California claims Charles DeVore is using Henley's hit songs "The Boys of Summer" and "All She Wants to Do Is Dance" without authorization.
I wonder where he stands on copyright infringement? picked by psycmoe 7 months ago

"No one had any idea what this thing was, but everyone in the car
was visibly freaked out by it." picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

Riders are stuck on a roller coaster at Great America in Santa Clara, California. Live feed right now (3:20pm PT) is showing the rescue. *Nobody is trapped upside-down.

All rescued. picked by equinox 4 months ago

California Rep. Bob Filner was facing charges Monday with allegedly assaulting an airline worker at Dulles International Airport. picked by Bandit 2 years ago

Not only has the average global temperature increased in the past 50 years, but the hottest day of the year has shifted nearly two days earlier, according to a new study by scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

A 24-year-old angler has been arrested in California for allegedly stabbing a sea lion with a steak knife after the animal stole bait off his fishing pole. picked by deepchill 2 years ago

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and corrections administrators said the move to ship unwilling inmates out of state was necessary to deal with severe overcrowding. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

California is encouraging schoolchildren to serve as school lunch bill collectors. picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

That's the message from the Berkeley City Council, which voted 6-3 Tuesday night to tell the U.S. Marines that its Shattuck Avenue recruiting station "is not welcome in the city, and if recruiters choose to stay, they do so as uninvited and unwelcome intruders." picked by deepchill 2 years ago

The computer mouse was the creation of Doug Engelbart and his team at the Stanford Research Institute in California, who needed a simple way of controlling their computers. The result was a carved wooden block mounted on wheels, with a long cable trailing out the back. One researcher nicknamed it a mouse, and the moniker stuck. picked by punthe 12 months ago

An independent autopsy on David Carradine's body has concluded the 72-year-old actor did not commit suicide, the Associated Press reports.

Details as to who is conducting this "independent autopsy" are unclear at the moment, but the New York Daily News on Tuesday reported that famed N.Y. pathologist Michael Baden was on his way to California to perform a private autopsy picked by bingo 6 months ago

The cash-strapped University of California - forced to lay off employees, cut pay and offer fewer classes because of deep cuts in state funding - has now agreed to lend the state nearly $200 million.
*Seriously* picked by Bornbad 4 months ago