At a Desert Festival, Costumed Campers Show Off Their Apocalypse Survival Skills
Glenn Francis/Wikimedia Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In September, thousands of fantasy buffs filed into a valley in the desert to race tricked out cars, flaunt hand-crafted warrior costumes, and party in theme camps. No, this wasn’t Burning Man. It was Wasteland Weekend: An annual gathering in California’s Mojave Desert…
A Surprise Inspection of an ICE Detention Center Reveals Horrific Conditions
Immigrants wait in a processing cell at Adalanto Detention Facility.John Moore/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Inside an immigration detention center in the desert outside Los Angeles, guards threw detainees into solitary confinement without hearings, routinely forced them into shackles, and cut off visits with family. Doctors signed off…
A California Republican Candidate Is So Desperate for Positive Press That She Quoted Herself in Her Latest Ad
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. California congressional candidate Young Kim is “addressing the homeless youth crisis,” according to an ad released by Kim’s campaign this month. In the ad, Kim, a Republican running for a House seat in Southern California’s 39th District, is shown working in her office and chatting…
California College Students Won’t Have Access to Medication Abortions on Campus
Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On the last day he could sign or veto bills from the California Legislature’s latest session, Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed SB 320, which would have required all 32 University of California and California State University campuses to provide students with access to medication abortions at…
By the End of the Century 44,000 People Will Die Every Year From Wildfire Smoke
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Wildfire smoke is creating a public health crisis. Last year, nearly every county in Montana was declared a disaster area. As wildfires raged, respiratory-related visits to emergency rooms spiked. In Lolo, Montana, officials installed new air filters in schools to improve air…
New Duncan Hunter Ad Claims His Opponent Is Backed by the Muslim Brotherhood
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) arrives for the House Republican Conference meeting on September 26. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Newscom/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday, a spokesman for California Rep. Duncan Hunter told the Los Angeles Times that Hunter had never suggested his opponent, Palestinian Mexican American Ammar Campa-Najjar, is a Muslim…