Actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi were arrested in Santa Barbara, California yesterday for allegedly squatting in their old house, which they had sold over three years ago. Talk about falling on hard times. Damn.

DaiJyoBu Ginger Candy is being recalled in California due to "an elevated level of lead." Nice.

Meg Whitman has now spent $119 million of her own money in her bid for Earth's worst job, governor of California. She's broken NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 2009 self-financing record of $110 million. Isn't it time for an intervention?

A California man who walked into a bank claiming to have a bomb, demanding $2,000 to pay his friend's rent, was arrested last week after a crafty bank manager convinced him to fill out a loan application. Genius! [via]

A Sacramento, California woman, Karen Washington is in jail after throwing bleach on her local popsicle man, who she says had ripped her off recently. Washington says she'd never "hurt anybody for revenge, not for no ice cream." [CBS; via]

[California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger peddles totally ripped California pistachio nuts during a vist to Tokyo today. Image via Getty]

Pedobear is a meme featuring a cute cartoon bear who pops up wherever people are being creepy about kids on the Internet. Cops in California don't understand this, and have issued a hilarious warning about Pedobear.

Officials say at least four people were killed (and 50 more injured) in that enormous gas line explosion in San Bruno, Calif. last night. Looking at the pictures from that night, it's amazing these numbers weren't a lot worse.

An enormous explosion just rocked San Bruno, California, a suburb just above San Francisco International Airport. Like, really big: A whole block is on fire with 200-foot flames. Six people are in critical condition. What the hell is going on?

An adviser to California Sen. Barbara Boxer has resigned after he was caught bringing "a green, leafy substance which tested positive for marijuana" to his office yesterday, according to Capitol police. Apparently "fun" is banned on the Hill these days.

Los Angeles has named a new high school of environment science after former vice president Al Gore and author/activist Rachel Carson. And what better way to honor the two great environmentalists than by building the school on a contaminated site?

Among the pieces of evidence presented in support of California's new anti-paparazzi law—which passed on Tuesday—was this video of paparazzi terrorizing Kate Moss at LAX. Here's the video, alongside the images that landed in that week's tabloids.

They're banning the Lady Gaga song! No, sadly, just kidding. The state Assembly passed a bill making "'false imprisonment' by physically harassing someone else for photos or sound recordings" a lawsuit-worthy offense. They also passed ordinances on reckless paparazzi driving.

California has been trying to ban plastic shopping bags to save the environment or something, but the state Senate yesterday rejected the bill. Also not banned yesterday — carrying unloaded firearms in public. So much for all that, hippies.

Your comedically terrible chain reaction of the day: A golfer who swung his iron and hit a rock sparked a 12-acre fire in California today. Flint and steel: It really works! [AP, image via Shutterstock]

California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman reported for jury duty, and made it into the pool for a trial. Asked whether anyone had scheduling conflicts, the eBay billionaire said she was busy running for governor. She was neither selected nor excused.

A riot involving some 200 inmates broke out last night inside California's notorious Folsom State Prison, ending with seven prisoners being hospitalized, at least five of them for gunshot wounds. Folsom is on lock down, and an investigation is underway.

California restaurant chain Claim Jumper just settled a lawsuit brought on by a man who found a condom in his French onion soup. That sounds nasty, doesn't it?

Did you know that in nine western states it's legal for cops to secretly put a GPS tracker on your car, without a warrant? No big deal, right? Because we know that all cops can be trusted, all the time.

Amazingly, a rave in Los Angeles has resulted in drug-related hospitalizations and dozens of arrests.