California’s English Proficiency Test for Kindergarteners Fundamentally Flawed

Most of the thousands of four- and five-year-olds who take California’s official test for English language proficiency before they start kindergarten are bound to fail that exam, according to a new University of California, Berkeley, study. It found...

Justice Department Opens Investigation Into the Antelope Valley Stations of the LA County Sheriff’s Department

The Justice Department has opened a civil investigation into allegations of discriminatory policing by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) members based in the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, Calif.

Clarity of Lake Tahoe Continues to Drop But At a Decreasing Rate

Lake Tahoe clarity dropped in 2010, but the rate of decline in clarity over the past decade remains slower compared with previous decades, according to UC Davis scientists who have monitored the lake for more than 40 years.

Teamsters Say ‘Tell Miller Destroying California Jobs is Tasteless’

More than 125 members from Teamsters Local Unions 150 and 439 converged on the California State Fair Saturday to provide information to the public about the business practices of DBI Beverage, the distributor of MillerCoors products in Northern California....

California’s Native Grasses Likely to be Pushed Aside Even More As the Climate Warms

California’s native grasses, already under pressure from invasive exotic grasses, are likely to be pushed aside even more as the climate warms, according to a new analysis from the University of California, Berkeley.

Parolee Wrecks Stolen Car in Attempted Escape

U.S. Marshal Albert Najera of the Eastern District of California has announced that the U.S. Marshals Service has arrested 32 year old Anatoliy Rudan, a parolee in Cotati, California. How People Arrived Here: anatoliy rudan

38% of California Teenagers Do Not Participate in Any School Physical Education

Despite a state requirement that public middle and high school students get 400 minutes of physical education every 10 days, approximately 1.3 million — more than a third (38 percent) of all adolescents enrolled in California public schools — do not...

California Man Indicted in Florida for Attempting to Damage Cruise Ship

Rick Ehlert, of Thousand Oaks, California, was charged with attempting to cause damage to the MS Ryndam, a cruise ship, while it was in international waters, by unlawfully dropping the stern anchor on board the ship. Additionally, Ehlert attempted to...

Alaska Resident Pleads Guilty in California to Sexually Abusing a Minor

Antonio Bates, of Anchorage, Alaska, pled guilty in San Jose, California to sexually abusing a minor from 1989 through 1996. During that time, the victim was 6 to 13 years of age. The abuse occurred not only in California, but also in Kansas and Germany,...