california
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Calif. Restaurant Called Out for Passing Off Popeyes Chicken and Upcharging
One California restaurant has no shame in its fried-chicken game. After a customer in the Long Beach, Calif., restaurant noticed an employee with a couple of Popeyes chicken boxes, Sweet Dixie Kitchen got its spot blown all the way up. But the best part is that the restaurant didn’t deny it. Tyler H. of Los…
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New Calif. Law Makes Exposing Sexual Partner to HIV a Misdemeanor: A Big Step in Ending the AIDS Epidemic, Says Prominent Activist
At the top of the year, it will no longer be a felony to knowingly expose a sexual partner to HIV in the state of California. Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation on Friday which put the law, which passed the California Legislature in September, into effect. Previously, knowingly exposing someone to HIV was a crime…
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Man Shot by Police on I-80 in Calif. Identified as 45-Year-Old Demilo Hodge
Editor’s note: The video of this shooting incident is graphic. Please view with caution. A man who was shot and killed on California’s Interstate 80, snarling traffic in both directions on one of the state’s busiest highways last week, has been identified as Demilo Trayuon Hodge, 45, of San Leandro, Calif. Police say that Hodge,…
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Calif. Teen Wears Confederate-Flag Sweatshirt to School; Mother Complains After Students Call Him Racist
“Southern heritage” strikes again, and one California mom is upset after her 15-year-old son was called racist because he decided to wear a Confederate-battle-flag sweatshirt to school last week. Welp. According to the Visalia Times-Delta, the mother of the student said that she pulled her children from Redwood High School last Friday after several threats…
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Calif. Boy Beaten to Death With Hammer While Trying to Protect His Younger Sister From Alleged Molester
An 8-year-old California boy was beaten to death with a hammer while trying to protect his little sister from her alleged abuser, authorities say. Investigators say that little Dante Daniels was killed when his mother’s ex-boyfriend, 23-year-old Deandre Chaney Jr., attacked the boy with the hammer, KTXL-TV reports. According to the report, Dante witnessed Chaney…
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Calif. High School Sparks Criticism for Using Slave-Ship Role-Play to Teach Students History
A California high school’s “unique learning experience” designed to teach its students about slavery is drawing national attention after a concerned mother spoke out about it last week. Shardé Carrington spoke to HuffPost last week about an email she received from Whitney High School administrators regarding an upcoming eighth-grade history lesson. In the email, sent…
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Racist Note Left at Calif. Hair Salon Calls Black People an ‘Eyesore,’ Prompts Hate Crime Investigation
Turns out people can’t even do their hair in peace any more. A popular hair salon in Elk Grove, Calif., has now become the center of a hate crime investigation after a threatening, racist note was left on the front door of the establishment. “You fucking blacks cause too much damage. Your [sic] a fucking…
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UC Berkeley Says It Will Investigate Viral Video of Police Officer Who Seized Money From Hot Dog Vendor
The University of California, Berkeley, is investigating the behavior of a campus police officer who confronted a bacon-hot-dog vendor and confiscated his earnings this past weekend. Video of the UCPD bicycle cop and the vendor had gone viral. According to the Los Angeles Times, the video was taken by Martin Flores, a Berkeley alumnus who…
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19-Year-Old Calif. Woman, ‘Mistaken’ for Bald Black Man, Files Excessive-Force Claim Against City of Bakersfield
A Bakersfield, Calif., young woman, who said she was confronted by police at gunpoint after they somehow mistook her for a larger, bald black man suspected of threatening people with a machete at a nearby grocery store, has now filed a claim against the city, claiming that her civil rights were violated and that officers…