UCR Today: Android Hacking// UC Riverside assistant professor is among group that develops novel method to attack apps on Android, and likely other, operating systems By Sean Nealon on August 20, 2014 illustration of smart phones and skull… Read More ›
California
Homeseller Need not Reveal Murder-Suicide
By DAVID LEE (CN) – The sellers of homes do not have to disclose “psychological stigmas,” such as murders, to prospective buyers, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled. The state’s highest court unanimously ruled Monday in favor of Kathleen and… Read More ›
Russian nuclear-capable bombers intercepted off California coast
Published time: June 12, 2014 18:57 A spokesperson for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) confirmed this week that a fleet of Russian bombers set off alarms in the United States after coming within 50 miles of California’s Pacific… Read More ›
‘Alien’ life form is grown in a lab: Scientists add unnatural DNA strands to the genetic code of bacteria to create a new strain
Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, introduced DNA molecules not found in nature to a common bacterium The E. coli bugs are able to grow and reproduce as normal despite containing two extra letters in… Read More ›
To TIME magazine saying Autism is higher do to better diagnosis on Good Morning America…Do your RESEARCH!
EEV: Reposted from our HRR Site. It is not uncommon for some media organizations to mistake Belief, as Fact. Study shows California’s autism increase not due to better counting, diagnosis: seven- to eight-fold increase in the number children born in… Read More ›
Bill Gates Talks About Vaccines to Reduce World Population
Requested Re-Post “Now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we lower that by perhaps 10 or 15 percent.” Public release date: 6-May-2011 Microsoft founder and one of the world’s wealthiest men,… Read More ›
Turkey blocks Youtube
Thursday, 27 March 2014 Access to video-sharing site YouTube has been cut off in Turkey, following a new leak of a government meeting compromising Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. Other social media outlets have already been blocked ahead of a tumultuous… Read More ›
Hey, Glasshole: That cool app? It has turned you into a SPY DRONE
Google Glass spyware can use users as surveillance drones By John Leyden Security researchers have created prototype Google Glass spyware that is capable of snooping on everything the user is looking at without tipping off victims that anything is amiss…. Read More ›
Asian Americans furious at proposal allowing colleges to choose students by race
Blacks and Hispanics under-represented in California colleges – but families fear bias if ban on selection by factors including race is lifted UPDATED : Friday, 07 March, 2014, 11:09am Leo Zou in Berkeley, California A community leader speaks to the… Read More ›
A mysterious polio-like syndrome has affected as many as 25 California children, leaving them with paralyzed limbs and little hope of recovery.
– “We don’t have a final case count, but it’s probably in the neighborhood of 25 cases, all in California,” said Van Haren. The median age of those stricken is 12. – “The younger doctors have just never seen polio,”… Read More ›
Mysterious polio-like illness found in five California children ( All Vacinated )
Date: February 23, 2014 Source: American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Summary: Researchers have identified a polio-like syndrome in a cluster of children from California over a one-year period, according to a case report released. Polio is a contagious disease that… Read More ›
Sniper assault on US power station could have been the rehearsal for an ‘even bigger terrorist attack’, warns industry expert
As many as two gunmen stormed the PG&E Metcalf substation in California on April 16 last year Former chairman of the Federal Energy commission branded the attack ‘the most significant domestic terrorist assault on the grid’ Jon Wellinghoff, who stepped… Read More ›
Richard Simmons’ massive, eight-hour, $1.37 million Obamacare ad may spur audit.
– First off, I have respect for Richard Simmons – Second I heard of this video a few weeks ago, but really had no clue had bad and insulting it was till I saw parts. – I have little doubt his initial… Read More ›
The California controller has no authority to check lawmakers’ work when they claim they’ve passed a balanced budget
California Budget Fiasco Checkup Was Out of Line – The ruling adopts the Legislature’s argument that a budget is balanced if it – without any independent verification – says it is so,” – A panel for the Third Appellate District… Read More ›
Lobbyist Helped Foreigner Influence Elections, Feds Say
By ANNIE YOUDERIAN – “that he wanted the next mayor to fire the chief of police and replace him with a person of Encinas’ choosing,” (CN) – A San Diego lobbyist conspired to funnel more than $500,000 from a wealthy… Read More ›
California kids enlist in Mexico militias to rout a drug cartel
Dudley AlthausJanuary 17, 2014 09:03 Born in Mexico but raised in barrios of Southern California, these rifle-slinging fighters are holding down the front line in Michoacan’s battle against a ruthless meth gang. NUEVA ITALIA, Mexico — Moises Verduzco says… Read More ›
‘Affluenza’ Springs Teen in Fatal DWI in Texas / “felt wealth bought privilege and that there was no rational link between behavior and consequences”
By DAVID LEE FORT WORTH (CN) – A Texas judge believed a teenager’s “affluenza” defense regarding the drunken driving deaths of four people and sentenced him to only probation, outraging the victims’ family. Judge Jean Boyd sentenced Ethan Couch, 16,… Read More ›
Care at top hospitals is NOT INCLUDED in Obamacare, report reveals
Insurers selling cover on the new exchanges will not offer access to cancer centers, Memorial Sloan Kettering in Manhattan and MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston Access to Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, one of the top research and teaching hospitals,… Read More ›
US veteran of Korean war has been held in North Korea since last month
Family of Merrill Newman, 85, from Palo Alto, California, disclose he was taken off aircraft leaving the country without explanation. Associated Press in San Jose theguardian.com, Thursday 21 November 2013 03.40 EST Merrill Newman, 85, a retired finance executive… Read More ›
SoCal Woman Screwed Nuns Out of $285,000
SANTA ANA, Calif. (CN) – A jury Tuesday convicted a Southern California woman of defrauding an order of nuns of $285,000: promising to buy a house for elderly and ill nuns with it, but spending it on lingerie,… Read More ›
Record 1 in 6 Americans living in poverty: New census says the number of poor people in the U.S. is 3 million higher than the official count
Last government census recorded the number of poor people across the country as 46.5 million New figures say the real number is a record-breaking 49.7 million Results come as Congress continues to negotiate further cuts of up to $4 billion… Read More ›
Customers Claim Anthem Blue Cross ‘Twisted’ Them Out of Health Insurance
By ELIZABETH WARMERDAM LOS ANGELES (CN) – Anthem Blue Cross deceptively lured tens of thousands of policyholders out of their protected, grandfathered health plans “to eliminate as many of its grandfathered plans from the marketplace” as possible as… Read More ›
Junk Food Lobby Forced to Disclose Secret Donors in Campaign to Stop GMO Labeling
By Michele Simon Just a few weeks ago, attorneys for the No on 522 campaign were feeling rather smug when a lawsuit filed against them by a group called “Moms for Labeling” was dismissed. As I wrote last week [3], consumer… Read More ›
Chinese Company Falling Short of Goal for California Jobs / Company Claims Chinese workers here on legal work visas are not subject to state labor laws, including the minimum wage
Monica Almeida/The New York Times An electric-powered bus built by China’s B.Y.D. By JENNIFER MEDINA Published: October 25, 2013 LOS ANGELES — At the height of the recession, Los Angeles officials spent a year and a half wooing a Chinese… Read More ›
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unconstitutionally tries to mine protected attorney-client and financial data, Claimed in court
Agency Data-Mining Case Shifts to California By JAMIE ROSS ShareThis (CN) – A company’s claim that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unconstitutionally tries to mine protected attorney-client and financial data should be argued in a pending California case, a federal… Read More ›
Exercise-loving mother-of-three branded a ‘fat shaming bully’ after showing her flat abs and asking ‘what’s your excuse?
By Sadie Whitelocks PUBLISHED: 16:54 EST, 15 October 2013 | UPDATED: 17:43 EST, 15 October 2013 An exercise-loving, mother-of-three has come under fire after posting a photograph of her toned body to Facebook, captioned ‘What’s your excuse?’ Maria Kang,… Read More ›
Novel Strain of Clostridium botulinum That Produces Type B and Type H Botulinum Toxins
Jason R. Barash and Stephen S. Arnon + Author Affiliations Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California Correspondence: Stephen S. Arnon, MD, Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program, California Department of Public Health,… Read More ›
California allows undocumented migrants to obtain driver’s licences
Governor Jerry Brown predicts that endorsement of driver’s licenses for migrants will mean more states will follow Associated Press in Los Angeles theguardian.com, Thursday 3 October 2013 17.44 EDT California governor Jerry Brown said: ‘No longer are undocumented people… Read More ›
Kaiser Had No Right to Sterilize Mom, She Says
By BARBARA WALLACE OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) – While she was in labor, under sedation and on her way to a C-section, Kaiser staff coerced a woman into signing a consent form for a tubal ligation, she and her… Read More ›
Activists Want Toxic Shampoo Off the Shelves
By HEATHER JOHNSON ShareThis OAKLAND (CN) – Dozens of brand-name and store brand shampoos, liquid soaps and bubble baths contain toxic levels of cocamide DEA, a known carcinogen, environmentalists claim in court. The Center for Environmental Health sued retailers… Read More ›
Whooping Cough Vaccine is obsolete ” Bulk of the cases were in fully vaccinated children ” few cases among unvaccinated children
Why Whooping Cough Vaccines Are Wearing Off Doctors race to protect kids as whooping cough vaccines wear off By Maryn McKenna | Tuesday, October 1, 2013 By late summer 2010 an alarming number of children in California had developed pertussis,… Read More ›
Couple had two children taken away from them for A YEAR because military vet dad was taking medical marijuana prescribed to him by a doctor to treat his PTSD
Michael Lewis and his partner Lauren Taylor had their two young son taken from them by local welfare officials The official had determined that Lewis’ medical marijuana was a hazard A Gulf War vet he had been prescribed the drug… Read More ›
‘We don’t have kings in America’: Parents’ outrage forces elementary school to scrap policy requiring students to KNEEL before principal
By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED: 15:13 EST, 22 August 2013 | UPDATED: 18:21 EST, 22 August 2013 Your highness: Calimesa Elementary School Principal Dana Carter had instituted a safety policy requiring students to kneel before him at various times… Read More ›
Diets of Pregnant Women Contain Harmful, Hidden Toxins ( like Tap Water )
UC Riverside study suggests that prenatal health care professionals do more to advise patients to avoid tap water, certain types of fish, caffeine, and canned goods that may put developing babies at risk By Bettye Miller on August 6, 2013… Read More ›
Taco Bell expands testing on waffle taco after becoming a hit in California… as the 460 calorie snack prepares to go national
EEV: EVIL Waffle Taco contains 30g of fat and 460 calories It was the top seller during breakfast hours at the 5 Californian testing branches By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 14:45 EST, 6 August 2013 | UPDATED: 14:45 EST, 6 August… Read More ›
Woman Dies After Nurse Refuses to Do CPR / just following company policy
March 4, 2013 by Associated Press From The Associated Press BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A central California retirement home is defending one of its nurses who refused pleas by a 911 operator to perform CPR on an elderly woman who… Read More ›
BofA: Bank of America or Bank of Abortion?
By ELIZABETH WARMERDAM OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) – A Bank of America branch manager told a pregnant teller she could “have an abortion” or “give the baby up for adoption,” then fired her two months before her due… Read More ›
Saudi princess accused of human trafficking
Woman living in California kept Kenyan maid confined to house and took passport, say prosecutors in human trafficking case Reuters in Los Angeles guardian.co.uk, Thursday 11 July 2013 00.23 EDT Meshael Alayban, who is accused of keeping a Kenyan maid as… Read More ›
Cop Says School Covered Up Fatal Shooting
By MEGAN GALLEGOS OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) – The Oakland Unified School District threatened a police officer with jail and economic ruin if he did not change his testimony about a fellow officer he saw shoot a man to… Read More ›
New Bill Gives Gov. Jerry Brown Power for Secret Talks ( under the guise of public security )
By WILLIAM DOTINGA SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) – Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that adds his name to the list of people with whom local governments can talk secretly, under the guise of public security. Typically, the public… Read More ›
Our Japanese reporter’s encounter with American school lunch
4 days ago by Michelle Many people in Japan think that American school lunches are unhealthy. For the most part, they are right. When photos of the greasy fried foods and brown piles of slop that are served to students… Read More ›
School Lunch in Japan 【You, Me, And A Tanuki】
Oct 7, 2012 by Michelle You, Me, And a Tanuki is a weekly featured blog run by Michelle, a Californian who is currently one of only two foreigners living in Chibu, a tiny fishing village on one of the Oki islands in Japan…. Read More ›
Individuals had a 40 percent increased risk of pertussis for each additional acellular dose received (as compared to receipt of a DTwP dose) between ages 1-24 months
Contact: Vincent Staupe vstaupe@golinharris.com 415-318-4386 Kaiser Permanente Whole-cell vaccine was more effective than acellular vaccine during California pertussis outbreak OAKLAND, Calif., May 20, 2013 — Whole-cell pertussis vaccines were more effective at protecting against pertussis than acellular pertussis vaccines during… Read More ›
Toxic pesticides burn up in California wildfire
Published time: May 03, 2013 16:30 US Forestry fire fighters preapre to take on an out of control wildfire on May 2, 2013 in Camarillo, California. (AFP Photo / Getty Images / Kevork Djansezian) Hazmat teams are trying to contain… Read More ›
Zuckerberg earned over $2bn at Facebook in 2012
27 Apr 2013 SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) Facebook co-founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg earned more than $2 billion worth of stock and $503,000 in base pay last year for running the world’s leading social network. Zuckerberg was also given bonuses that added… Read More ›
China calls Japan-U.S. island drill ‘provocative’
Reuters — Apr 25 China said on Wednesday that “provocative actions” would not sway it from defending its territory, after Japan confirmed it would conduct military drills with the United States amid tension between Beijing and Tokyo over disputed… Read More ›
Man Says Kaiser Business Model Includes Death
By PHILIP A. JANQUART LOS ANGELES (CN) – Kaiser Foundation Health Plan refuses to pay for care necessary to save a man’s life, he claims in court. Jalal Afshar, 58, suffers from Castleman’s disease, a rare condition known… Read More ›
California Seizes Guns as Owners Lose Right to Keep Arms
By Michael B. Marois and James Nash – Mar 12, 2013 Wearing bulletproof vests and carrying 40-caliber Glock pistols, nine California Justice Department agents assembled outside a ranch-style house in a suburb east of Los Angeles. They were looking for… Read More ›
Bizarre Complaint Against L.A.-Area School
By MATT REYNOLDS SAN BERNARDINO (CN) – A Los Angeles-area school district refused to discipline an elementary teacher who stuck a “long object” up a boy’s rectum while telling him “good boys don’t cry,” the mother… Read More ›
Mayor of small city was ‘too stupid and uneducated’ to know his $100k salary was illegal, his lawyer argues
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 20:21 EST, 21 February 2013 | UPDATED: 20:26 EST, 21 February 2013 The former mayor of Bell, California, was too stupid and uneducated to know his $100,000 salary for the part-time city job was … Read More ›
Engineering Evil 