Animal Issues – Reports of whales being entangled in fishing traps and lines are becoming more common, and sadly, if not freed, the beautiful mammals often die. One migrating gray whale in Southern California was saved from this fate after rescue workers freed it from debris wrapped...

Human Rights – Uganda’s government is not too happy about all the attention that has been stirred up by the recent Kony 2012 campaign, and has taken to the internet and social media to set the record straight about the “false impression” people have gained about the...

Environment – The Sustania project, an initiative pushed forward by former California Governor (and muscled action star) Arnold Schwarzenegger and European climate chief Connie Hedegaard, is hoping to present, through clear, understandable design, what the future might be like using...

LGBT Issues – Despite being voted off “Celebrity Apprentice” by the show’s main attraction Donald Trump, openly gay Star Trek Veteran George Takei proved he is not at all a sore loser. In fact, Takkei who came out publicly within the last few years, hopes to change...

Animal Rights – The Obama administration is continuing with its plan to save the spotted owl by shooting its rivals. The larger, more aggressive barred owls are, apparently, not quite as important. The hope is that through a system of culling barred owl populations and allowing logging...

Animal Issues – The antics of a mega-pod of dolphins off the coast of Dana Point California was captured in an astounding video. Normal dolphin pods are between 16-20 dolphins, however the one captured in this breath taking clip is estimated to have nearly 2000 of the mammals. Watch the...

LGBT Issues – With all of the negative political campaign rhetoric floating around lately in regards to LGBT rights, it’s often easy to overlook the fact that some politicians actually believe in equal rights for everyone. Earlier this month, ten members of congress stood up for...

Celebrity Charities – Actress Eva Longoria joins the elite company of entertainers, public officials, dignitaries, and Hispanic national leaders as Honorary Co-Chair of the United Farm Workers for their 50th Anniversary celebration. The group is led by Helen Chavez, wife of founder Cesar...

Animal Rights – The Hawaiian monk seal species found itself under siege by one of its own when a 400-pound sociopathic seal named KE18 went on a violent rampage that left two seals dead and wounded at least 11 more, many of them helpless pups. Scientists believe that the seals, which...

Civil Rights – The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined Proposition 8, the 2008 measure voted in by Californian voters to ban same-sex marriage, unconstitutional. There is no doubt this will be appealed to either a larger panel of the Circuit Court or straight to the U.S....

Just Weird – California based Seasteading Institute has some cool new plans to create the worlds first off-shore colonies. These “floating cities” would be self-governing, self sustaining, and could one day be home to millions of people. “There is no one kind of...

Civil Right – A federal appeals court will make a ruling tomorrow on whether or not the Proposition 8 ban on same sex marriage in California is “constitutionally valid.” “We are very hopeful that the 9th Circuit will rule in favor of fairness and equality, once and for...

Human Rights – California based musician, Justin Dillon, is leading a social media campaign to inform citizens about the prevalence of slavery and slavery-fueled goods in our society. Dillon, recently given a 200k grant from the State Department, has created a website that estimates a...

Social Issues – Delusional former Tea Party candidate for local California office, Jules Manson, recently called for the assassinations of President Obama and his daughters via Facebook. The threats prompted public outrage and a visit from the Secret Service. According to several...

Civil Rights – Honolulu – On Monday, two California ladies slapped a Hawaiian bed and breakfast with a lawsuit for denying them service because they’re gay. The Aloha Bed & Breakfast sounds inoffensive, but taking a look into the investigation, the joint openly...

Social Issues – In an interesting move, a man in Whittier, California stole a Hummer limo, and was driving around in his birthday suit while leading the police on a chase. Of course, no one knew he was naked until he decided to abandon his Hummer and run away on foot. And that’s...

Civil Rights – Oh, multibillion dollar conglomerates, always confusing excessive amounts of cash with free speech – Let Los Angeles spell it out for you. The LA City Council voted to support a measure for a constitutional amendment that would state that corporate giants are NOT...

Civil Rights – A new Palm Beach truancy court is devising plans to lower the state’s absentee rate for children by punishing… the parents? Florida laws states that parents of children (under the age of 16) cannot let their kid miss 15 days of school within a sixty day...

Human Rights – North Carolina is pondering whether or not to pay restitution to the estimated 7,600 victims of its eugenics program, which operated in the southern state from 1933 to 1977, as a legitimate means of keeping “welfare rolls small, stopping poverty, and improving the...

Social Issues – San Francisco is instituting an attempt to ban the Happy Meal by making it illegal to entice young consumers with the promise of a toy included with their meal unless said meal meets a stringent list of nutritional requirements. Sound complicated? It is, and...

Social Issues – Following the release of “Natalie, Goodnight Splendour,” an account the premature death of Natalie Wood during Thanksgiving 1981, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department has announced the case has been reopened. “Recently sheriff’s homicide...

Animal Rights – The release of a disturbing video by the Humane Society of the United States, has spurred an ongoing overhaul of the state’s animal welfare laws that reached the U.S. Supreme Court this past week. Images of “the struggling milker, prodded with a forklift to...

Animal Rights – West Hollywood leaders granted a final approval to the historic ban on the sale of fur clothing within city limits. The itty-bitty City Council of the municipality located tightly between Hollywood and Beverly Hills cast their 3-1 vote with one abstention to approve the...

Reports of widespread abuse in the Los Angeles jail system are being reported by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). One inmate alleged “he was forced to walk down a hallway naked after sheriff’s deputies accused him of stealing a piece of mail. They taunted him in Spanish,...

A business consortium containing the likes of Lockheed Martin and Barclays bank plans to invest $650 million over the next several years to slash the energy consumption of buildings in the Miami and Sacramento areas. Proponents of the plans are describing it as “the most ambitious...