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Court won't force california officials to defend Prop 8
A California court has refused to order Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to appeal a ruling that overturned the state's gay marriage ban. The 3rd District Court of Appeal on Wednesday denied a conservative legal group's request to force the officials to defend voter-approved Proposition 8. Presiding Justice Arthur Scotland did not [...]
01:14 AM on 09/03/2010 Raw Story california Cops Taser Senior Citizen in His Own Home
| In America, now officially a police state, you will be tasered in your own home if you lip off to the police.
07:25 PM on 09/03/2010 Infowars Boxer, Fiorina Spar in california Senate Debate
The recession and how to turn around the state's 12.3 percent jobless rate dominated the debate
06:59 AM on 09/02/2010 NPR News - Politics Can Legalizing Marijuana Save california, Our Republic?
| Prop 19 is the liberty and states' rights battle of our time. Restoration of our rights has to begin somewhere.
06:22 PM on 09/02/2010 Infowars Network Neutrality is Engaged in the california Senate Race
News broke just before the weekend that California Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina opposes the absurd notion known as Internet Network Neutrality (NN).
“The principle sounds fantastic, but the principle is not the problem,” Fiorina said in an interview at the Technology Policy Institute’s conference in Aspen, Colo. “The problem is how companies and regulatory bodies [...]
03:08 PM on 08/31/2010 Big Government california Advances Bill Setting Up Insurance Exchange
California may become the first state to set up one of the major components of the health overhaul passed last March: insurance exchanges. The state Legislature has sent Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger bills that establish an Internet-based exchange where consumers and small businesses can compare plans. The exchange is seen as a key element in increasing competition and keeping costs down. Republicans opposed the bills, saying that the federal government, not the state, should pay the costs of setting up the exchanges.
03:00 PM on 08/28/2010 NPR News - Politics california Tax Enthusiasts Target eBay Sellers
Last week, Capitol Confidential reported on a new scheme being pursued by California Democrats to force out-of-state, online retailers to collect and remit California sales taxes.
But in a new development, it is now being reported that the proposal has attracted support from Republican State Sen. Roy Ashburn, making it technically bipartisan.
In addition, while proponents have [...]
07:43 PM on 08/28/2010 Big Government ACLU: Pain ray' in california prison amounts to torture' of US prisoners
The American Civil Liberties Union is outraged over the application of a "pain ray" recently installed in a Los Angeles County Jail -- a technology first seen used by American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, which relies upon beams of microwave energy to inflict an intense burning sensation upon anyone in its path. Inmates at [...]
12:31 AM on 08/27/2010 Raw Story JetBlue Plane Makes Hard Landing In california
The tires blew out with 89 people aboard, causing minor injuries to 15 passengers and prompting dozens of others to leave the aircraft via emergency slides, airport officials said. The plane had flown from Long Beach to Sacramento.
05:54 PM on 08/27/2010 NPR News - Politics california Mosque Targeted With Anti-Muslim Sign: No Temple For The God Of Terrorism At Ground Zero'california Approves Anthem Blue Cross Rate Hike
Months after the insurer withdrew a controversial request to raise premiums 39 percent, state regulators approved a hike that will average about 14 percent for individual policies.
09:06 AM on 08/26/2010 NPR News - Politics Latino Voters League, National Black Police Officers Latest Groups To Endorse california Marijuana Legalization Measurecalifornia man gets 20-year sentence in anthrax hoax
Northern California man sentenced to 20 years in prison for threatening Obama in anthrax hoax A Northern California was sentenced Monday to 20 years in federal prison for sending hoax anthrax letters to President Barack Obama and Social Security Administration offices in three states. Timothy Cloud, 63, pleaded guilty in May to charges of sending [...]
12:49 PM on 08/24/2010 Raw Story california's Marijuana Legalization Initiative is Already a Winner
Ten weeks from Election Day, it’s clear how much Prop. 19 has already accomplished for the drug policy reform movement.
11:00 AM on 08/24/2010 Alternet california dreaming for legal pot advocates
The state's bold push to decriminalize the leafy drug is a test case that's being closely watched.
05:18 PM on 08/22/2010 Politico Top Stories california: New Is Not Necessarily Improvedcalifornia to File Human Rights Reports to UN
California will be the first state to submit the required reports to the State Department for consideration by U.N. treaty committees.
10:00 AM on 08/21/2010 Alternet california deploys National Guard to Mexico border
California is deploying a first group of 224 National Guard troops to its southern border with Mexico to assist Border Patrol agents attempting to stem the flow of drugs and illegal immigrants. "Today, our National Guard has been called to help secure the border and protect the safety of the American people," said Governor Arnold [...]
12:27 PM on 08/19/2010 Raw Story california Pot Initiative (Prop. 19) Still Leading In Latest PollFull Steam Ahead For california Geothermal Plans?
The state's geothermal energy industry provides two times more energy than solar and wind combined. Geothermal could play a big role in the state's plan to reach some ambitious clean energy targets, but some conventional geothermal sites are literally running out of steam.
12:00 AM on 08/19/2010 NPR News - Politics Chaos Erupts in california as Over-Taxed Residents Express Outrage
The city of Bell, CA has recently been exposed for having corrupt and overpaid city officials receiving salaries larger than the President of the United States. Residents who have recently learned they were over-taxed to pay for the government workers took control of a City Council meeting and demanded resignations.
01:08 PM on 08/18/2010 Prison Planet california and the International Green Energy Racket
Last week, the premier of British Columbia, Gordon Campbell, paid a visit to the California State Legislature. He spoke at length about his province?s green energy partnership with California in supplying California with electricity while helping the state meet its greenhouse gas reduction goals.
I listened to the leader of the Western Canadian province of 4.4 [...]
06:41 PM on 08/18/2010 Big Government Court halts california gay marriage
A US court blocked same-sex marriages in California until at least December while an appeal is considered, in a battle over gay rights that could make its way to the Supreme Court. The decision by the federal court of appeals came hours after gay marriage opponents urged a ban on the unions to be maintained [...]
10:26 AM on 08/17/2010 Raw Story Oh my: Ninth Circuit stays Walker's order, postpones gay marriage in california until December; Update: Prop 8 opponents won't appeal'Big Solar' Struggles To Find Home In california
A battle over where to build big clean-energy projects is putting the green revolution in gridlock. In California's rural Panoche Valley, clean-energy advocates and wildlife environmentalists debate whether the world?s largest solar energy project should be built there.
12:00 AM on 08/17/2010 NPR News - Politics How the california Controller's Race Could Change Everything
Pollsters and pundits alike most often concentrate on the marquee political races. The Florida Senate race garners national attention because of its intrigue and its national implications. In California, there is a battle for Governor that will decide the direction of the Golden State. Just below that surface, however, is a key race that could [...]
05:31 PM on 08/17/2010 Big Government Deadly Crash At Off-Road Race In california
Witnesses said the driver took a jump in an area known as "the rockpile" at high speed, hit his brakes on landing and rolled sideways into a crowd of hundreds of people standing with no barriers next to the course.
04:17 PM on 08/16/2010 NPR News - Politics california gets tough on illegal border crossings?california Sets the Date for Marriage Equality: August 18
The promise of marriage equality just got a whole lot more real for same-sex couples in California.
05:00 PM on 08/14/2010 Alternet california Teeters on the Brink; Governor Targets Video Games. Seriously?
Government restricting our constitutional rights in the name of ?protecting the children,? is, sadly, nothing new. But when a guy who has made well in excess of $100 million making violent movies seeks to ban the sale of violent video games to minors ? that?s individuals under the age of 18 ? well, we [...]
05:21 PM on 08/14/2010 Big Government Judge Walker Lifts Stay Gay Couples Can Wed in california Starting Aug. 18thcalifornia Same-Sex Marriages Remain On Hold
A federal judge has ruled that gay marriages should remain on hold until at least Aug. 18, setting a deadline to give opponents time to appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court Of Appeals. California voters passed Proposition 8 in November 2008, five months after the California Supreme Court legalized same-sex unions and an estimated 18,000 same-sex couples already had tied the knot.
03:43 PM on 08/13/2010 NPR News - Politics california judge: Gay marriages to go forward on Aug. 18
The California judge who struck down the state\'s same-sex marriage ban ruled on Thursday that gay and lesbian couples may begin marrying on Aug. 18 at 5 p.m., unless supporters of Proposition 8 can convince the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to issue a stay. When Judge Vaughn Walker struck down Proposition 8 last [...]
01:44 AM on 08/13/2010 Raw Story BREAKING: Judge Walker Lifts Stay Gay Couples Can Wed in california Starting Aug. 18thcalifornians' income falls for first time since WWII
| The personal incomes of Golden State workers fell by that amount in 2009 compared with the previous year.
12:52 PM on 08/11/2010 Infowars california runs a billion-dollar deficit in first month of fiscal yearTemperatures continue well below average in Southern california
| The average temperature in July was 79 degrees, five degrees below normal.
01:01 PM on 08/10/2010 Infowars Unmasking Fake Clinics: The california Edition of 12th and Delawarecalifornia Endures Another Summer of Pointless Marijuana Raids
For nearly 30 years, the Campaign Against Planting has waged a quixotic battle to eradicate California's outdoor marijuana industry. It's at it again this year.
04:00 PM on 08/09/2010 Alternet california Firm Recalls 1 Million Pounds Of Ground Beef
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