“California” on The Daily Caller

California nanny-staters are at it again. Sometime later this month, the Los Angeles City Council is expected to pass a ban on plastic carryout bags. Not surprisingly, San Francisco was the first U.S. city to impose a plastic bag ban and California accounts for almost two-thirds of the 74 plastic-related bans in the U.S. (more)

California Gov Jerry Brown revealed his revised plan Monday to close the state’s $16 billion budget deficit by slashing $8.3 billion in government spending and imposing temporary tax increases. His new proposal increases cuts $4.1 billion from the January proposal. (more)

California received an F grade in being one of the worst states to be a small business owner, according to asurvey of over 6,000 small businesses conducted by Thumbtack.com. (more)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Artist Thomas Kinkade died from an accidental overdose of alcohol and prescription tranquilizers, but his heart had grown so enlarged he had been vulnerable to a fatal heart attack at any point, according to a detailed autopsy report released Tuesday. (more)

VALLEJO, Calif. — On a suburban block with six family homes, palm trees and views of the surrounding green hills, nothing at 110 Windsor Court stood out. Its occupants, who had moved into the foreclosed house a few years earlier, were quiet types. (more)

April Fools Day is long gone — this is not a joke. (more)

Bears are a man’s best friend. Isn’t that how the saying goes? No? Well that’s the story for a 69-year-old hiker in California who claims he was saved by a bear after being attacked by a mountain lion. (more)

A rare relationship between environmental groups and oil companies formed in response to the Coal Oil Point seepage off the Santa Barbara coast. (more)

One year ago on Monday, Dante Acosta’s son, Rudy, was shot and killed while serving as a medic in Afghanistan. He was not killed by hostile forces, but by Afghani contractors who had been hired by the government to protect the soldiers.  (more)

Imagine sitting down to fill out a job application and being confronted with questions about your sexual orientation. Not just any job application, but one that could result in your elevation to one of the most important and influential posts in our society — that of a judge. Bizarre? You bet. But the reality? Yep. Where is this taking place? California, of course. (more)

In 1985, Coca-Cola, the Fortune 500 soft drink company based in Atlanta, rolled out “New Coke,” a modest overhaul of the phenomenally successful formula the global company had for decades used in its flagship beverage. The switch backfired with the public, and Coca-Cola quickly reversed course, returning to what had brought consumers by the billions to its products. (more)

Is marijuana really “the last thing we need … to be legalized?” (more)

Imagine that you are a 12-year-old boy in middle school, casually searching the Internet when your parents are out to a PTA meeting or a movie date when you stumble upon pornographic material of your science teacher. (more)

A California man took the right to bear arms to a new level with a homemade cannon near in his mobile home. (more)

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Half-an-hour of “The Simpsons” was not enough for two California residents who broke the Guinness World Record for continuous television watching after viewing 86 hours and 37 minutes of the animated sitcom, reported The NY Daily News. (more)

When gay couples first sought the right to legally wed in California, they argued that they were entitled to all of the benefits of marital bliss. (more)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Same-sex marriage moved one step closer to the Supreme Court on Tuesday when a federal appeals court ruled California’s ban unconstitutional, saying it serves no purpose other than to “lessen the status and human dignity” of gays. (more)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Moments after the final buzzer sounded on the Los Angeles Lakers’ latest extravaganza of hard fouls, trash-talk and outright wrestling matches with the Los Angeles Clippers, Pau Gasol might have topped it all when he patted Chris Paul on the head. (more)

In his 2010 State of the Union address, President Obama promoted a high-speed rail project as part of his stimulus spending plans. After Tuesday night’s address, however, the administration’s devotion to the idea has apparently jumped the tracks. (more)