New data offers first demographic picture of same-sex couples

The Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at UCLA Law analyzed newly released data by the U.S Census Bureau that offers the first demographic picture of same-sex couples. Advancing...

Will Ferrell Launches Funny or Die On YouTube

Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's popular comedy site Funny or Die is launching on YouTube. The comedy sketch site Funny or Die features a mix of well known, Hollywood talent like Jack Black, Lindsay Lohan, Natalie...

Harvey's Top 10: "Let's Look At The Big Picture"

Ken Harvey, an accomplished author who won the Violet Quill Award for Best Gay Fiction of the Year, for a book of short stories, "if you were with me everything would be all right" finds himself, as he has in...

Sea Slime is Killing Birds in Pacific Northwest

More bad news is coming in about climate change as the phenomenon of sea slime killing birds in the U.S. Pacific Northwest is reaching epidemic proportions.  The sea slime is a naturally occurring event that happens when the nutrients and water temperature can support...

The Best Kept Secret Golf Course Revealed, Trinitas

Golf Junkys is featuring an important golf course story coming out of Calaveras County, California.  Trinitas Golf Club, has been called the “Holy Grail” of golf courses and is under attack by the county...

Arrests continue in rape of Richmond High 15 year old

Bay area,  California:  15 year old high school girl assaulted as onlookers laughed  Police continue to execute arrest warrants in connection with a group rape of a 15 year old female student outside...

Suicide: Desensitization and the "Doctrine of Can't"

            For the fourth time in a little more than four months a student attending California's Palo Alto High School has committed suicide. The most recent occurrence was carried out by jumping in front of...

Lethal Heat to run twice @ the Breeders? Trainer loses marbles!

California conditioner Barry Abrams claims he'll enter filly Lethal Heat in both the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic and the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. Cross entering a horse in the world of Thoroughbred horse...

Are the Grapes of Wrath Growing in California's Vineyards?

When I read reports of huge numbers of ordinary Americans pushed into homelessness, I ask myself if the grapes of wrath once again growing in California's Vineyards.  The classic John Steinbeck novel, The...

Banks are still delaying foreclosures in California

Banks are still delaying foreclosures in California.Though the number of NODs will probably be a record for 2009, it doesn’t mean much because the banks aren’t following through with the foreclosure. "The number of mortgage default notices filed against California...

Zoltan Tombol, LA County Sheriff Deputy Death Ruled Suicide

The missing Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy, Zoltan Tombol, was found dead in Riverside County by rescue workers. The cause of death was not released yet, but investigators said no foul play was suspected. Autopsy will be conducted on Wednesday.UPDATE (Oct. 27, 2009): The...

CA man, 59, arrested by Secret Service for Obama email threats

Crescent City man claims he was only exercising his first amendment rights of  free speech. The Secret Service have taken a Northern California man into federal custody due to emails which threatened...

Scofflaw Maria Shriver Caught Talking On Cell Phone While Driving

Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver are in the midst of a controversy involving Shriver violating a state law, which Schwarzenegger himself signed. According to TMZ.com, Maria Shriver, the wife...

Schwarzenegger Signs New Anti-Paparazzi Law In California

A new anti-paparazzi law has been passed in the State of California by Arnold Schwarzenegger. The new law allows civil law suits against paparazzi and media outlets who have illegally taken invasive celebrity...

Latter Day Saint: Prop 8 backlash compared to civil rights war

In the inevitable clash between cultures,  an Apostle of the Church of the Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake City,  Utah,  compares the post-proposition 8 backlash with the civil rights era of African...

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