California
# california - Saturday 18 May, 2013
Houses in California are slowly sinking into the ground
Residents are questioning if the land is haunted and have considered asking local Native American tribes if the hilltop was an ancient graveyard.
# california - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
Irish priest being sued for alleged rape in USA Exclusive
The civil suit outlines allegations dating from 1970 that the priest raped teenage girl days after her father died.
# california - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
# california - Monday 6 May, 2013
Five die after bridal shower limousine bursts into flames
A newly-wed woman and four members of her bridal shower died after their rented limousine caught fire en route to a party in California celebrating her wedding.
# california - Saturday 4 May, 2013
Photos: Firefighters battle wildfires in California
The local fire department warned that just 20 per cent of the blaze has been contained.
# california - Thursday 2 May, 2013
Waterford programmer Jordan Casey, 13, to address Californian conference
Casey is set to address over 4,000 delegates on the topic “Things I learned the hard way as a young CEO”.
# california - Friday 26 April, 2013
# california - Sunday 21 April, 2013
Why are there mass strandings of sea lions in California?
One sea lion pup even turned up seven miles inland at a mobile phone shop.
# california - Sunday 31 March, 2013
Photos: One of the largest houses in America is up for sale for €29.5 million
Let’s take a look around.
# california - Thursday 28 March, 2013
Is this the world’s funniest burglary suspect?
He forgot his mask, then fell over. Twice.
# california - Tuesday 26 March, 2013
Meet the couple ‘riding a marriage rollercoaster’ for the past 10 years
The Supreme Court will today begin hearing Kris Perry and Sandy Stier’s fight to have California’s ban on same-sex marriage struck down.
# california - Thursday 21 March, 2013
Taoiseach visiting Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Seattle as US trip continues
The west coast trip is part of his St Patrick’s Day programme.
# california - Thursday 7 March, 2013
Volunteer killed by lion at California zoo
The victim has been identified as 24-year-old Dianna Hanson.
# california - Sunday 24 February, 2013
Proof that Hollywood Boulevard is just a dingy street pre-Oscars night
(Starring the red carpet rolled up in not-too-glamorous plastic.)
# california - Tuesday 19 February, 2013
Three suspected dead after early-morning California shooting spree
The gunman is thought to wounded at least five other people, but possibly more, before turning the gun on himself.
# california - Saturday 16 February, 2013
Disappointment for Harrington and McDowell in California
Both Irish golfers have missed the cut at the Northern Trust Open.
# california - Wednesday 13 February, 2013
Ex-LAPD officer believed dead after stand-off
LAPD believe the search for America’s most wanted man is now over.
# california - Saturday 9 February, 2013
Snow slows manhunt for alleged US police killer
More than 100 officers have been searching in the California mountains a disgruntled ex-police officer accused of three killings, and threatening to murder more police in a chilling online manifesto.
# california - Thursday 7 February, 2013
LA police launch manhunt for fired policeman over killings
The ex-cop had posted warnings online about ending the life of a colleague he blamed for his dismissal.
Camel that escaped twice ‘wanted to be around other animals’
Phil the camel was looking for some company.
Supersonic skydiver fell faster than THOUGHT
Final data from Felix Baumgartner jump shows that he dropped faster than the speed of a human thought…
# california - Monday 4 February, 2013
Man who thinks he’s Jesus subdued by axe-wielding hitchhiker
The craziest local news story you’ll see today.
Eight killed in California tour bus crash
At least 38 others were injured when the tour bus crashed into two other vehicles.
# california - Thursday 31 January, 2013
Schwarzenegger: Environmentalism should be ‘hip and sexy’
The former governor of California was speaking at the first conference of his new green movement.
# california - Sunday 27 January, 2013
Irish Mail on Sunday apologises to Brian Cowen over California picture
The paper has also acknowledged that the former taoiseach attended a course at Stanford University at his own expense, with no public funding involved.
# california - Friday 11 January, 2013
The 9 at 9: Friday
Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
Student critically wounded in California high school shooting
A teacher and another staff member managed to talk the teenage shooter into surrendering.
# california - Thursday 10 January, 2013
Update: Student airlifted to hospital after school shooting
The condition of the victims is still unclear.
# california - Sunday 16 December, 2012
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# california - Friday 14 December, 2012
US-Mexico border hit by two offshore earthquakes
The two quakes – which struck only 17 seconds apart – are of magnitude 6.4 and 6.1, but no tsunami alerts have been issued.
# california - Saturday 8 December, 2012
US Supreme Court to hear gay marriage arguments next year
Same-sex marriage is legal in nine US states but barred in 30 other states. A Supreme Court ruling next year would have implications across the United States.
# california - Sunday 18 November, 2012
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# california - Saturday 3 November, 2012
O’Brien eyes up lucrative Breeders’ raid
St Nicholas Abbey and Excelebration can make it a night to remember for Aidan O’Brien in Santa Anita, California this evening.
# california - Friday 2 November, 2012
Freak injury could end Graeme McDowell’s season
G-Mac got his right hand caught in the door of his room just before leaving his hotel in China earlier.
# california - Friday 26 October, 2012
Shark falls from sky onto California golf course
Obviously the leopard shark should be christened ‘Leopard Woods’.
# california - Monday 15 October, 2012
Space shuttle finally reaches California Science Center
Endeavour has reached its LA retirement home after taking three days instead of two for its last-ever journey.
# california - Sunday 14 October, 2012
Unfamiliar territory: Mallinger leads going into final round of Frys.com Open
The Californian hasn’t won a PGA tour event in seven years. So, no pressure with a two-shot lead today.
# california - Monday 1 October, 2012
California bans therapy to ‘reverse’ homosexuality in minors
The state’s governor says the legislation should relegate such treatments “to the dustbin of quackery”.
# california - Wednesday 26 September, 2012
California signs law to permit driver-free cars by 2015
Jerry Brown travelled to the signing of the legislation in one of Google’s customised robotic Toyota Prius cars.
# california - Saturday 1 September, 2012
US: Thousands could be at risk from deadly virus at Yosemite park
Guests at the US national park’s lodging cabins may have been exposed to a deadly mouse-borne virus which has no cure.






















































