As you've undoubtedly heard by now, a "mystery missile" was launched off of California's coast on Sunday night. Or was it just an airplane? At any rate, tonight, Jon Stewart handily mocked the media for their exaggerated reactions. Video inside.

The California Department of Corrections somehow managed to get enough sodium thiopental — a drug used in lethal injections — to kill four people, even though the supply has run out across the country. So much for this lucky break.

A California farmers market vendor has been busted for selling Mexican vegetables as his own, "locally grown" produce and L.A. locavores are pissed off at these "dishonest farmers." Do you know where your certified organic produce actually comes from? [LAT]

The L.A. Coliseum was barred from holding raves after a 15-year-old died of a drug overdose there earlier this year. The ban was overturned by a commission yesterday because no one died at the last two raves held there.

California authorities found a 600-yard drug tunnel with a railway system and 30 tons of pot.

Proposition 19, the California ballot measure that would have legalized marijuana possession, has been defeated, leading to literally dozens of bad weed jokes in headlines across the country. Poor Californians! Will they ever get a chance to try pot?

How great is oral sex? So great that it increases the likelihood that teens who engage in it will have vaginal sex as well. This means oral sex is the marijuana of sex: A gateway to the good stuff.

[A liberal tot tries to hide from Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina outside a GOP phone bank in California today. Image via Getty]

Southern California parents be warned! This Halloween there's an increased risk of finding pot-laced candy in your kids' trick-or-treat bags, according to the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. The candy is produced in L.A. area "clandestine labs and residential kitchens." Yum!

With his approval rating "hover[ing] in the low 20s" and an election day referendum to reverse his greatest legislative victory, California's steroidal governor is set to leave on a low note. His fancy fingers, however, will continue to shine.

Following in the footsteps of Carl Paladino's probably unhelpful stink-bomb mailer to his constituents, another campaign, that of California congressional candidate Van Tran, has sent out a stinky scratch-and-sniff mailer. And, when engaged, it smells like absolute shit.

California Senate candidate Carly Fiorina has been hospitalized for an infection related to her breast cancer surgery.

California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman keeps talking about how great California was when she moved there 30 years ago. So her opponent, Jerry Brown, made a simple, devastating ad pointing out that he was governor 30 years ago. Watch below!

California gubernatorial candidate and average mom Meg Whitman has spent $140+ million of her own money to... still be trailing Jerry Brown a week before election day. And here, in her last commercial, she concedes that no one likes her.

Yesterday a great white shark killed 19-year-old boogie-boarder Lucas Ransom in California after ripping his leg off at the pelvis. An expert said the shark probably thought Ransom was a sea lion, in a tragic case of "mistaken identity." [LAT]

A police officer ticketed an illegally parked car and peeked inside. There sat a mummified female human. Apparently the owner's friend died while sitting there and the owner "continued to dress the body and drive around with it."

As a student at Princeton University, the son of California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman—one of the school's most celebrated donors—was accused of sexually assaulting a classmate. This is the story of the explosive accusation and its quiet aftermath.

Meg Whitman, the Republican nominee for California Governor, used to be the CEO of eBay. She knows a lot about computers, right? Apparently not enough to prevent a staffer from mistakenly Tweeting a video of a cross- Japanese bass player.

Last weekend, San Francisco played host to an air show. And while the Blue Angels were the stars, this incredible video—of a Boeing 747 flying just barely over the Golden Gate Bridge—is truly a sight to be seen.

You all remember Dan Schruender, the admitted neo-Nazi running for school board in Southern California. Now we learn of another SoCal neo-Nazi running for another minor league political position. Meet Riverside Water Board candidate Jeff Hall