Pushy California gubernatorial candidate and ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman has given her campaign another $20 million of her personal wealth, bringing the total to $90 million, mostly to win a primary. What is wrong with her?
Former eBay CEO and wannabe California Governor Meg Whitman is known to have some, uh, anger issues. And now The New York Times says "Evil Meg" got physical with one employee in 2007, shoving her over... a Second Life interview?
Rescued teen sailor Abby Sunderland wrote on her blog that she'll make another attempt at circumnavigating the globe, and she hit back at her critics: "As for age, since when does age create gigantic waves and storms?" [Abby's Blog]
Abby Sunderland, the 16-year-old California sailor attempting to circumnavigate the globe alone, activated her distress beacon Thursday after hitting rough weather in the Indian Ocean. A search is now underway. Update: She has been found "alive and well."
Defeated birther Orly Taitz now wants to challenge Sen. Dianne Feinstein, saying, "[Feinstein] used to be an attorney, married to a surgeon. I am an attorney and I am also a dental surgeon." How could she not run, knowing this?
America is mourning last night's tragic defeat of birther Orly Taitz for California secretary of state. She still earned 372,490 votes, though, while Slate blogger Mickey Kaus could only muster 94,298 in his Senate primary. [via Dave Weigel]
Going to San Francisco for vacation this summer? Make sure you check out this handy elevation map first. You can consult your guidebook for restaurants and bars, but this map shows you where to find all of the hookers! [FlowingData]
Terrible possible news for the California Republican party: the most famous and eccentric birther in America, Orly Taitz, could win her GOP primary tomorrow for California secretary of state—a high-ranking position that involves certifying election results!
POP 2010 The Dream—featuring LiLo pal Steve Aoki and an Israeli trance band with the unfortunate name Infected Mushroom—drew 16,500 people last weekend. One man died and 70 were arrested for selling drugs. Wait… raves still exist?
Bruce Beresford-Redman, a former producer of Survivor and Pimp My Ride, has left Mexico for his home in California while his wife's murder investigation continues in Cancun. He is still considered to be a suspect in her death. [AP, pic]
First California boycotted Arizona over its stupid immigration law. Now its lawmakers are fighting back against the Texas Board of Education's changes to history textbooks — to defend McCarthy-ism, minimise Thomas Jefferson and twist the separation of church and state.
Meg Whitman spent a staggering $68 million running for California governor, and all that's bought the former eBay chief is a lead down to nine percentage points from 50 points in March. How terribly embarrassing.
Douglas Hughes is running for governor of California on a "pedophile removal" platform. He proposes shipping them off to a self-sufficient island of iniquity and tears. If the election doesn't go well, he can try reality TV? Curbed.com reports.
After Richard Nguyen stabbed two men on the sidelines of an organized fight inside his house they went to McDonald's, leaving a trail of blood. But they followed the rules and refused to tell police how it happened. [LAT, pic]
The hits keep coming for Arizona. New Mexico and California hate the Grand Canyon State. And yesterday the LA City Council voted to ban the majority of official travel to Arizona and a hold on contracts with companies there. [LAT]
California legalized gay marriage for a bit, but apparently there was still a law on the books that classified gays as "sexual deviants" and called for "research into a cure for homosexuality". It's been repealed. So, no cure? [AP]
In the past three years, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has battled liver disease, undergone transplant surgery, and returned to run the multi-billion dollar company he co-founded. Now he's pushing for a state bill that may revolutionize California's organ donor system.
Californians keep coming up with ridiculous schemes to attract tourists. Dennis Peron, a "hero to the marijuana movement," is trying to open a weed-friendly hotel, or "pot-tel" in Koreatown's famed Hotel Normandie. Tonight is the grand opening.
