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California lottery winner loses ticket, forfeits $1.1 million jackpot
A California man could have won $1.1 million from the Powerball lottery, but he lost his ticket. The man won the September 13 Powerball but did not immediately come forward to identify himself. The...
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California parent sues school district, claims teacher used ‘N-word’
A parent in Brentwood, California is suing his child’s school district, claiming that a male teacher made racially charged comments directed at his daughter. A man identified as Shawn B. in court...
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‘Hate Map’ shows where the most hate groups are in America
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has released a “Hate Map” that shows where active hate groups are throughout the country. Every single state except Alaska and Hawaii had at least one active...
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Jaden Smith rocks woman’s dress, creates a social media stir
Jaden Smith is comfortable enough in his manhood to wear a dress in broad daylight. The 16-year-old actor was spotted Thursday in Calabasas, California wearing a what appears to be a woman’s black...
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Officer under investigation for allegedly ‘tickling’ dead body
A California police officer is under investigation after he allegedly played with the body of a victim of an officer-involved shooting. The officer in question, Aaron Stringer, tickled the corpse’s...
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Chris Brown blasts “crazy” stalker who broke in his house, posts her photo to...
Chris Brown has some die-hard fans, but last night, a woman took her love for the singer to a disturbing level. Brown arrived Wednesday night at his Agoura Hills, California, home to find an...
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Unarmed homeless man killed after alleged altercation with LAPD officer
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck expressed his concern Wednesday after a shooting left an unarmed homeless man dead in historic Venice. The incident occurred Tuesday night when officers responded to reports of...
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Eight-year-old boy recovering after drive-by shooting, celebrates birthday in...
A young boy who was hit by stray bullets a month ago just celebrated his eighth birthday while in the hospital, still recovering from his injuries. Kumar Polk, 8, was playing outside last month when...
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26-year-old woman suffers stroke caused by birth control
Jordan Ward was busy with planning her June wedding when the headaches started, and she brushed them off, thinking it was just tension. But the truth was that she had suffered a stroke caused by her...
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Body cam shows cops slamming pregnant woman
In body cam footage obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California, police officers in the city of Barstow can be seen slamming a pregnant woman to the ground. The...
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Pregnant woman slammed by police: I was treated like an ‘animal’
The woman who was slammed to the ground by California police while eight months pregnant says she was scared for the life of her child. The ACLU of Southern California released footage of Barstow...
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California high school yearbook refers to minority students as ‘trash collators’
Berkeley High School were upset when they got their yearbooks only to find that someone had changed the text to leave what they believe is a racist remark. The text description of the school’s Academy...
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‘Weed Candy’ marketed to children raises concern
Talk about a sugar high! One California mother isn’t too happy with her local candy store. Naomi Lopez recently found her son with sour apple “ooze” candy labeled “Liquid Weed” that he had purchased...
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World Wide Nate brings you Oakland
Oakland, or “Oaktown”, is home to over 400 thousand residents. With its rich culture and unique inspiration, Oakland is a city renowned by many for its diversity. Oakland is the eighth largest city in...
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D’Angelo on today’s music: ‘Ain’t nobody talking ’bout no real sh*t’
D’Angelo doesn’t mince words when describing how he feels about today’s music. “Ain’t nobody talkin’ bout nothing,” the singer says in a new New York Times video interview. “The music that’s coming out...
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Ku Klux Klan may be ‘using’ Charleston shooting to recruit new members
The KKK is using the Charleston shooting in order to recruit new members, calling Dylann Roof’s actions a “victory” in recruiting flyers distributed with candy. In Fullerton in Orange County,...
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Kindergartner kicked out of class because haircut ‘violated school policy’
A California kindergartner was kicked out of class because of his hair style. Six-year-old Jalyn Broussard was so excited about the haircut he got last December, and he couldn’t wait to go to school...
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CA vigilantes attack mentally ill homeless man targeted in fake Facebook warning
Over the weekend, vigilantes attacked a mentally disabled homeless man in California after being incited by a phony Facebook warning about him. The Modesto Bee reports that on Friday, a post began...
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Kendrick Lamar hits back at Geraldo Rivera: Hip-hop isn’t the problem,...
Kendrick Lamar has taken a lot of criticism for his recent BET Awards performance – mostly from folks who have no idea what they’re talking about. In any case, the Compton rapper is pushing back at his...
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Dr. Dre says he’ll donate royalties from new album to Compton
NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Dre says he will donate royalties from his new album to the city of Compton for a new performing arts facility. In an interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1 Radio, Dre said he spoke to...
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Hero Anthony Sadler hits ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Paris red carpet, returns home
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An American college student who along with two friends helped stop a terror attack on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris returned home to California. A...
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Beyoncé and Jay Z reportedly booted from their California home
Beyonce and Jay Z are reportedly on the lookout for a new place to stay after the home that they had been renting for $150,000 per month was recently purchased. According to TMZ, the LA home was bought...
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California high school football player allegedly smeared Icy-Hot on...
A California high school football player is in deep trouble after he allegedly smeared Icy-Hot in his opponents face during a football game. According to CBS Los Angeles, La Canada High School football...
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League bans two youth football teams because parents brawled in stands
In Southern California, two youth football teams have been banned from the league after parents watching the game were involved in a brutal brawl. The brawl began after the adults were asked to sit on...
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California police officials: New racial profiling law is ‘terrible’
This weekend, California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that would require reports, to be made public, on the racial makeup of all police encounters. While this legislation is seen by civil...
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Woman sues after she was punched in head by officer
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A woman is suing the city of Carlsbad, California, over her July 2013 arrest, which was captured on a cellphone video and showed her being punched in the head by an officer. The San...
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Derek Fisher, Matt Barnes allegedly involved in a physical altercation over...
An NBA coach is dating an NBA player’s soon-to-be ex-wife. And the two men used to be teammates. What could go wrong? Well, everything. According to Yahoo! Sports, New York Knicks head coach Derek...
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Canceled California wedding leads to feast for homeless
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — After a California couple called off their wedding, the bride-to-be’s family decided to turn the $35,000 extravagant event into a feast for the homeless. The bride’s...
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Teen body slams high school principal during lunchroom brawl
A fight at a California high school ended after three teens were arrested for the lunchroom brawl, but not before the principal got involved. According to KCRA, Principal Don Ross of Florin High School...
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Former MTV host Sam Sarpong jumps to his death from a bridge
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — London-born model and TV actor Sam Sarpong has died in Southern California after jumping to his death from a bridge. Sarpong, who was 40, died Monday afternoon in Pasadena,...
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Attackers in San Bernardino shooting had thousands of bullets
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The husband-and-wife attackers who killed 14 people at a holiday party had enough bullets and bombs to slaughter hundreds more, investigators said Thursday as they worked...
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Rihanna stuns in sexy gold gown at Diamond Ball, gushes over ‘feisty’ baby...
On Thursday, the second annual Diamond Ball was held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, and while she was there, Rihanna rocked a stunning gold gown and spoke a little bit about her...
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Arson confirmed as cause of California mosque fire
COACHELLA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Southern California say a fire at a mosque was intentionally set. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement late Friday night that the blaze...
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Salon owner helps homeless woman before a job interview
One California salon owner made an exception and helped out a woman in need. Teves Lee’s salon, Your Hair N More, in Long Beach is appointment-only, but when a woman walked in without an appointment,...
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California governor pardons Robert Downey Jr. in drug case
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The governor of California pardoned Robert Downey Jr. on Thursday for a nearly 20-year-old felony drug conviction that led to the Oscar-nominated actor’s imprisonment for...
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Uber passenger killed in wrong-way California crash
PACIFICA, Calif. (AP) — A wrong-way driver collided head-on with the car of an Uber driver in northern California, killing two. The California Highway Patrol says the fiery crash happened just after...
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Pregnant woman finds cook’s bloody fingertip in her Applebee’s salad
A pregnant California woman has filed a claim against an Applebee’s restaurant in Paso Robles after she claims she found a bloody fingertip in her salad. Cathleen Martin said that she and her husband...
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14 California high school students suspended for racist-themed party
Fourteen students at St. Ignatius College Preparatory, a mostly-white Catholic school in California, have been suspended after attending a racist-themed party. The outrage over the students’ actions...
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Beyoncé stays in 10k a night Airbnb home during Super Bowl, post photos to...
Beyoncé may use Airbnb like the rest of us, but the accommodations she gets cost $10,000 a night and are nothing short of extraordinary. The 12-acre property in Los Altos Hills, California, was only 30...
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Woman angry over ‘Rihanna’ haircut allegedly tries to shoot barber
A woman who was reportedly upset over her haircut tried to shoot the barber who gave it to her. Police say Adrian Blanche Swain got her hair cut last week at ‘619 Barbershop’ in San Diego. She...
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Group of nuns grow, sell marijuana illegally
A group of California nuns are breaking the law by growing and selling illegal marijuana – and they remain unbothered. The Sisters of the Valley found themselves in an interesting predicament when the...
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Hundreds gather for anti-violence rally following 1-year-old’s death in drive-by
They were marching for 1-year-old Autumn Johnson – and all of the other victims of gun violence. Sunday, hundreds rallied in Compton, California for Autumn, who was killed while sleeping in her crib...
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Miguel gives a surprise performance at middle school talent show
Students at Dana Middle School in California got a big surprise when Miguel dropped in for an unexpected performance during their talent show last week. Miguel Confirms He’s Engaged to Longterm...
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3 stabbed when violence erupts at KKK rally in California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dozens of protesters who heard about a planned Ku Klux Klan rally were waiting by a Southern California park when six people pulled up in a black SUV. They were dressed in black...
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Black couple killed in police shooting were ‘unconscious’ inside vehicle when...
A young black couple who were killed in a police shooting last week were reportedly “unconscious” inside a vehicle when officers first arrived. Inglewood, California Mayor James Butts Jr. revealed...
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Police investigating knife reportedly found at OJ Simpson home
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Detectives are investigating a knife purportedly found some time ago at the former home of O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted of murder charges in the 1994 stabbings of his ex-wife...
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Beyonce slays Whitney’s ‘I Will Always Love You’ at daughter’s school gala
Over the weekend Beyoncé proved she might be the the fiercest mother at her daughter’s school. Saturday night Queen Bey did a surprised performance Blue Ivy’s elementary school, dazzling the crowd in...
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Common surprises California youth choir during ‘Glory’ performance
In conjunction with the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, Common surprised the youth choir Greater Zion Church in Compton, California, during a performance by the choir of “Glory,” the song he co-wrote and...
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Father leaves 9-month-old baby in the car parking lot to get lap dance at...
A California father who left his 9-month-old baby in the car in order to go to a strip club is now facing charges of child abuse. Synn Gentleman’s Club assistant manager Matthew Nadeau told the Los...
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Black women booted from Napa Valley wine train settle $11M discrimination...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A group of mostly black women who filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Napa Valley Wine Train have settled the case for an undisclosed amount. The group’s attorney,...
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