Don't get that excited about California Prop 19 — a state ballot measure to legalize small possessions of marijuana — passing, kids. Because mean old Attorney General Eric Holder says his department will still "vigorously enforce" superseding federal anti-pot laws.

California is a debt-enslaved failed state. So what else should the two gubernatorial candidates, Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman, debate about besides the semantics of the word "whore"? When is "whore" appropriate? Let's find out.

California is all set to vote on Proposition 19, which would legalize possession and sale of small amounts of marijuana. Added bonus for free enterprise advocates: a new report says the Mexican drug cartels would barely even notice it.

Two of California's largest porn production companies, Vivid Entertainment and Wicked Pictures have put all projects on hold after a porn star tested positive for HIV this week. The studios are compiling a "comprehensive quarantine list" of possibly-infected actors. [LAT]

Fun-lovin' rich gals Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina, California's Republican nominees for governor and senator, respectively, really lived large this weekend: They opened a joint appearance with Hispanic leaders by taking tequila shots! Impressed, Hispanics? Tequila is your "water," right?

Have you ever wanted to smell like a city? Now's your chance: The City of Beverly Hills next year will debut its own line of perfume, emblazoned with the city's logo because it is a "center of fashion, sophistication, energy."

After leaving a voice message for a union official, Jerry Brown chatted with someone who called his opponent Meg Whitman a "whore." "I'm going to use that," Brown responds. Too bad he didn't hang up the phone in between. Updated.

California has received a fresh supply of lethal injection drugs after canceling an execution because of a shortage

Click to viewAn eight-year-old girl was rescued from a kidnapper who abducted her in front of her home on Monday—thanks in no small part to an unemployed construction worker who recognized the suspect's truck and ran it down.

Maximum penalty for possessing one ounce of weed in California: $100 fine, no criminal record.

Meg Whitman's maid's "explosive" press conference was pretty run-of-the-mill: Nicky Diaz Santillan says Meg knew she was an undocumented worker and treated her "like a piece of garbage." Meg's response: "I believe Nicky is being manipulated by Gloria Allred."

Meg Whitman's "Latina household employee" is having a Gloria Allred-sponsored press conference today. What "explosive" allegations will she make about the eBay billionaire turned politician? Racism? Beat-downs? Slavery? Orgies? Something about her terrible sons? I can't wait!

Albert G. Brown Jr., convicted in 1982 of raping and strangling a 15-year-old girl, was scheduled to be executed tomorrow. But a judge canceled his execution today because California's supply of the lethal drug sodium thiopental is about to expire.

A lot of people are tweeting about a MAJOR EARTHQUAKE WARNING for Southern California over the next few days. Except it's a hoax. You can't predict earthquakes, idiots.

[Gripped by a record-breaking heat wave, southern Californians take refuge in the waves of Huntington Beach. Los Angeles reached its highest recorded temperature ever, 113F, this afternoon. Image via AP.]

California Rep. Loretta Sanchez's been caught playin' the ol' Race Card in an interview. She warns that "the Vietnamese and the Republicans" are coming for her. (Her opponent is Vietnamese-born). Scary! Maybe we should consider bombing this "Vietnam"?

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was in California yesterday stumping for Meg "$$$" Whitman, when guess what happens? Another goddamn heckler interrupts and starts offending Meg Whitman's honor! Luckily, Chris Christie was there to intervene and chew out the vulgarian.

Despite a brief Gossip Girl stint and an upcoming Morgan Freeman movie about a crippled dolphin, the one-time Disney queen's heyday seems mostly ended. So it's time to move out of the $7M, 9,827 sq.ft. palace in Toluca Lake.

California's ballot proposition to legalize marijuana has drawn a likely foe: The California Beer & Beverage Distributors. They're spending to oppose the measure and preserve alcohol's monopoly on legal vice. Sigh. It's terrible when mommy and daddy fight like this.

Marijuana harvesters in Oakland, California have joined the Teamsters and negotiated a pay raise, pension, vacations and health insurance. It turns out handling bud all day is surprisingly taxing.