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Sean Hannity Steals From Hollywood In His Mockumentary, "The Valley Hope Forgot"

David Fiderer | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Environment, Drought, California Drought, California, Sean Hannity, Fox News, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, California-Drought-Emergency, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Video, Green News
David Fiderer

Depression-era symbolism resonates in California, a state with 12.2 percent unemployment. So Fox News fabricated a narrative taken from the plot of Chinatown to complement Dustbowl images from The Grapes of Wrath

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California Police Officer Is Accused Of Tasing Unarmed, Legless Man In A Wheelchair

McClatchy | Victor A. Patton | Posted 11.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Taser, Tasering, California, Merced, Merced Police Department, Home News

The Merced Police Department's Internal Affairs Division is investigating whether an officer twice used a Taser on an unarmed, wheelchair-bound man wi...

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Hispanics are Key to Winning the West -- and National Elections

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 11.20.2009 | Denver

Read More: Hispanics, Karl Rove, Latinos, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Bob Dole, George W. Bush, West, Colorado, Immigration, Republicans, Democrats, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, California, Denver News
Wayne Trujillo

At present, the anti-immigration faction of the GOP has antagonized Hispanics and alienated independents, presenting a public face of the party with its most prominent features being intolerance and intemperance.

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Richard McCroskey Arrested: Murder Suspect Posted Songs About "Thrill Of Killing" On MySpace

AP | DENA POTTER | Posted 11.19.2009 | Home

Read More: California, Va, Murder Charges, Farmville, Richard McCroskey, Richard McCroskey Arrested, Myspace, Debra S. Kelley, Richard McCroskey Murder, Home News

RICHMOND, Va. — A California rapper whose lyrics spoke about the thrill of murder and mutilation has been charged with killing a Virginia pastor...

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Unemployment In California Highest In Nearly 70 Years

New York Times | JENNIFER STEINHAUER | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: California Jobs, Jobs, California Unemployment, Unemployment, California, Business News

California's unemployment rate in August hit its highest point in nearly 70 years, starkly underscoring how the nation's incipient economic recovery c...

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Volunteers Needed: California Coastal Cleanup Day

Posted 11.18.2009 | Impact

Read More: Environment, Beach Cleanup, Whole Foods, California, Oceans, California Coastal Cleanup Day, Whole Foods Boycott, Impact News

Last year, over 70,000 volunteers picked up over 1.6 million pounds of trash from California beaches. This year, the annual California Coastal Cleanup...

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BCelebrated -- A Revolutionary New Approach to Death and Life

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Funerals, Memorials, California, The Inner Life, Living, Death, Bcelebrated, Living News
Geoffrey Dunn

Bcelebrated allows individuals, families and friends to get the information and images and music and wishes all together well before death comes knocking at the door.

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Maine Campaign Heats Up; "No on 1" Fights Back

Paul Hogarth | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Maine Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Question One, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Polls, Television, California, Same Sex Marriage, Maine, Politics News
Paul Hogarth

Polls show gay marriage losing narrowly in Maine, but a new TV ad with Maine's 2005 Teacher of the Year may help turn the tide.

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EPA Throws Up Hands As Mercury Puts 100,000 People At Risk In California

AP | JASON DEAREN | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Water Contamination, Mercury Mining, Mercury in Fish, California, Mining, Mercury, Environment, Mercury Poisoning, Green News

NEW IDRIA, Calif. — Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California's rugged coastal mountains are polluting the state's major waterways, ...

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With Time, Equality Will Blossom Even in Orange County

Chris Prevatt | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Gay Marriage, California, Proposition 8, 2010 Elections, 2012 Election, Prepare to Prevail, Orange County, LGBT Rights, Congressman Bob Dornan, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Chris Prevatt

Orange County, like the rest of California, has grown more diverse and more moderate over the last generation. Yet its reputation as a conservative, antigay bastion persists, despite evidence to the contrary.

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Next Up for the Santa Monica Pier is Cirque du Soleil's "Kooza"

Terry Gardner | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Santa Monica Pier, Stilt Walkers, Cirque Du Soleil, Kooza, Dancing, Carnival, California, Los Angeles, Ballet, Entertainment News
Terry Gardner

Cirque du Soleil helped the Santa Monica Pier celebrate its 100th birthday on 9/9/09. Next up for the partying centenarian is "Kooza," Cirque's new s...

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Too Good To Be True?

Robert Stavins | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Market-Based Environmental Policies, Common Property Resources, Free Rider Problem, Cost-Effectiveness, Benefit-Cost Analysis, Regulation, Global Climate Policy, Externalities, California, AB 32, Energy Efficiency, U.S. Senate, Waxman-Markey Legislation, Cap-and-Trade, Environmental Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, Green News
Robert Stavins

I had thought that arguments about massive "free lunches" in the energy efficiency and climate domain had long since been laid to rest. The debates in California (and some of the rhetoric in Washington) prove otherwise.

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California Attorney General Brown To Launch Investigation Into Rating Agencies' Role In Fueling The Financial Crisis

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Attorney General Jerry Brown, Credit Ratings, California, Economics, Jerry Brown, Economic Crisis, Credit Rating Agencies, Financial Crisis, U.S. Economic Crisis, Wallstreet, Wall-Street, Business News

California AG Jerry Brown joins the ranks of Attorneys General to scrutinize the disastrous role the credit rating agencies played in the financial cr...

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FEMA in California

Giles Slade | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Downturn, Drought, Unemployment, Chris Bucci, Fema, Central Valley, Recession, California, Barack Obama, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Politics News
Giles Slade

Across California's Central Valley, towns are already seeing some of the worst unemployment in the country, with rates three and four times the national average

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Chamber Of Commerce And Car Dealers Fight California Emissions Rules

nytimes.com | Jim Motavalli | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, National Automobile Dealers Association, California, United States Chamber of Commerce, California Air Resources Board, Epa, Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green News

The United States Chamber of Commerce is joining with the National Automobile Dealers Association to try to derail California's ability to regulate gr...

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GM's "60-day Buy Back" plan - more gimmicks or smart sales move?

Steve Parker | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Ebay, Saab, Lee Iacocca, California, Toyota, Saturn, Ed Whiteacre, Chrysler, Car Dealerships, Buick, AT&T, Chevrolet, Lexus es350, Cars, Gmc, Pontiac, Bob Lutz, General Motors, Detroit, Core Four, Hummer, Buick Lacrosse, Cadillac, Business News
Steve Parker

Another "Hail Mary" from GM? Or the real thing? Starting today and running through November, General Motors is offering buyers of their Core Four bra...

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Danny Pang Dead: Financier Under Investigation Dies

AP | CHRISTOPHER WEBER | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Taiwan, Finance, Banks, Pang Dead, Orange County, Ponzi Scheme, Danny Pang, Pang, Private Equity Management Group Inc., Private Equity Management Group LLC, Fbi, Dead, California, Business News

LOS ANGELES — Danny Pang, an Orange County financier accused by federal regulators of defrauding investors out of hundreds of millions of dollar...

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Power Plants Don't Have to Suck (Literally)

Steve Fleischli | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Natural Resources, State Water Resources Control Board, Closed Cycle Cooling, Once-Through Cooling, Epa, Chesapeake Bay, Delaware River, Power Plants, Obama Administration, Lake Erie, California, Lakes, Rivers, Cooling Water Intake, Environment, Fishing, Oceans, Electric Utilities, Fisheries, Estuaries, Riverkeeper, Green News
Steve Fleischli

Collectively, the power industry sucks in approximately 80 trillion gallons of water annually to cool their equipment. In the process, they kill on a massive scale fish, larvae and other aquatic organisms.

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GM Forget the Guarantee, Fight for Clean Air.

Terry Gardner | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, General Motors, Gm, Clean Air Act, California, Green News
Terry Gardner

What good is a business's bottom line if we end up with air we can see and chew?

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Californians Don't Trust State Government: Poll

LA Times | Cathleen Decker | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dianne Feinstein, Polls, California Budget Deficit, Barbara Boxer, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Politics News

Public Policy Institute survey finds two-thirds expect bad economic times in the next year, and half fear job loss. But the survey also uncovers stron...

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Sigg Says Sorry, Patagonia Dumps Sigg

Sarah Newman | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Coca-Cola, Del Monte, Chicago, Takepart, Patagonia, Bpa, Sigg, California, Green News
Sarah Newman

The anti-BPA movement is spreading nationwide. Chicago has already banned the toxin and legislation is currently pending in California

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Mosquitoes Breeding In Swimming Pools Of Foreclosed Homes (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Video, California, Economy, Health, Green, Atlanta, Foreclosure, American Casino, Real Estate, Film, Mosquitoes, West Nile, Swimming Pools, Recession, Business News

Mosquitoes lay their eggs in stagnant water and there's an abundance of it in eastern Riverside County, California. Mosquitoes there are breeding in t...

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Mike Duvall: Recorded Sex Comments Cost California GOP Lawmaker His Job

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Assembly Ethics Committee, California, Brea, Michael Duvall, Lobbying, Audio, Kcal-Tv, Sacramento, Mike Duvall, Lobbyist, Sexual Comments, Orange, Sex, Orange County, Mike Duvall's Comments, Anaheim, Republican, Yorba Linda, Gop, Fullerton, Placentia, Politics News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A scandal involving a family-values legislator caught boasting about his sexual escapades with his lobbyist mistresses crea...

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Promising Models for Reforming Juvenile Justice Systems

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative, Missouri, Children, California, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

The pipeline to prison in the U.S. is not an act of God or inevitable but a series of choices that can be changed with strong leadership and a focus on meeting child and youth needs.

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Isn't Adequate Healthcare a Moral Issue?

Byron Williams | Posted 10.22.2009 | Home

Read More: California, Type 2 Diabetes, Statistics, Blindness, Moral Issues, Homosexuality, Uninsured, Barack Obama, Amputations, Ethics, Same Sex Marriage, Health Care Reform, Morality, Diabetes, Health Care, African-Americans, Gay Marriage, Kidney Disease, Home News
Byron Williams

Why don't we see the same fervor -- particularly emanating from the churches that seek to block gay marriage -- transferred, at least temporarily, to the 47 million Americans who must go without health care?

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