Norwegian Cruise Line forced an 80-year-old woman, who suffered a stroke and possible heart attack, to “medically disembark” on an African island and “left her to die,” her family said. That was on Wednesday, March 27, and the cruise line never called Julie Lenkoff’s emergency contacts and had one conversation with the family between Wednesday and Monday without providing any …
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An LGBTQ+ drag group held a “Hunky Jesus” and “Foxy Mary” costume contest in San Francisco on Easter Sunday, appearing to mock Christians on their most holy of holidays. The “queer and trans nuns” known as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence held their annual costume competition in Dolores Park on Sunday with thousands reported in attendance, including at least one …
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This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at988 or 1-800-273-TALK(8255). A California Democrat is proposing an expansion to the state’s assisted suicide law by eradicating its current requirement that eligible people must have only six months to live to qualify for assisted suicide. Senate Bill …
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A Stanford professor, who was one of the thought leaders behind San Francisco’s removal of algebra in junior high for equity reasons, is coming under fire over allegations her work is “based in inaccuracy,” which she vehemently denies. Dr. Jo Boaler is a math education professor at Stanford University who supports “promot[ing] equity in mathematics education.” The professor has wielded …
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A federal judge in Los Angeles on Monday rejected Hunter Biden’s request to dismiss tax charges accusing the president’s son of a four-year scheme to avoid paying $1.4 million in taxes while living an extravagant lifestyle. Among the claims thatU.S. District Judge Marc Scarsi dismissed in eight separate motions were that federal prosecutors supposedly caved to pressure from Republicans or …
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A group of concerned parents raised $40,000 to pay for private security guards to patrol the University of California, Berkeley campus area amid crime concerns, and the program reportedly stopped at least one assault in progress within a three-week period. SafeBears touts itself as an organization of “1,300+ Cal parents and community allies working to improve safety for UC Berkeley …
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The last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor has died. Lou Conter was 102. Conter passed away at his home Monday in Grass Valley, California following congestive heart failure, his daughter, Louann Daley said. The Arizona lost 1,177 sailors and Marines in the 1941 attack that launched the …
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Authorities urged motorists to avoid California’s Highway 1 along the central coast after a section of the scenic route collapsed during an Easter weekend storm, forcing closures and stranding motorists near Big Sur, authorities said. The collapse occurred amid heavy rain Saturday afternoon near Rocky Creek Bridge about 17 miles south of Monterey, sending chunks of asphalt tumbling into the …
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An Israeli tech couple were reportedly killed in a plane crash near the California-Nevada border Saturday evening. Israeli media identified the couple as Liron and Naomi Petrushka. Liron Petrushka was a former soccer player for the Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim. In the late 1990s, Liron Petrushka started a successful tech company with his wife which later sold for $242 million. …
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Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., was hit with backlash and mockery this week after announcing Oakland’s new plan to combat rampant crime. Social media critics accused the governor of pushing a “surveillance state.” Newsom announced the city’s new plan to combat crime in Oakland on Friday, declaring on X that Oakland was going to be putting up “high tech cameras” along …
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