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Ending Minority Rule in California: One Sentence Can Do It

George Lakoff | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Majority Vote, Democracy, California, California Two Thirds Vote, California Politics, Politics News

California is in deep trouble because it has a dysfunctional system of government. Much of the problem can be solved by turning "two-thirds" into "majority" in two places in the Constitution.

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Let's Get Our Priorities Straight

Gavin Newsom | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, University of California, Gavin Newsom, State University, Education, Gavin Newsom Education, San Francisco Education, Rainy Day Fund, San Francisco, College, Mayor Newsom, California, Politics News

Cannibalizing our state's future through cuts to education is the exact opposite of the kind of reform and long-term thinking we need from our leaders in Sacramento.

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New Anti-Gay Ad In Maine Exact Copy Of California Prop. 8 Ad (VIDEO)

AmericanBlog | Joe Sudbay | Posted 11.23.2009 | Style

Read More: Proposition 8, Prop 8, Proposition 8 Ad, Maine, California, Style News

Frank Schubert, the consultant who did the Yes on Prop. 8 campaign, isn't even trying in Maine. He's just recycling his Prop. 8 ads for the campaign i...

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What Is Work? Success Through the Immigrant Mindset

Sharon Glassman | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Network, Kinky Friedman, Living News, Work, Career Advice, Corporate Social Responsibility, Immigrant, Entrepreneurship, Work Ethic, Happiness, Sharon Glassman, Cuban-Americans, Adlai Wertman, California, Success, Glenn Llopis, Howard Beale, Living News

"I was raised by two people who had lost their country," explains Glenn Llopis, a California-based entrepreneur with Cuban parents. "We were taught to see and seize opportunity."

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Animal All-Star

Michael Markarian | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: California, Ben Byrom, Factory Farming, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Animals, Youth Activism, Puppy Mills, Politics News

14-year-old Ben Byrom has volunteered for groups like Animal Acres and the Animal Protection and Rescue League, and has contacted local politicians to help the seal pups and their mothers of La Jolla.

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Toyota Asks California For $2 Million For Employee Training -- But They're Closing Shop In 2010

latimes.com | Marc Lifsher | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Auto Bailout, Economic Crash, California, Toyota, Toyota Motor Corp, Auto Industry, Worker Training, u.s. Auto Industry, Recession, California Toyota, Employee Training, Car Factories, Business News

Reporting from Sacramento - Toyota Motor Corp. is closing California's last automobile plant, but that isn't keeping the factory from asking the stat...

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San Ysidro Border Shooting: U.S.-Mexico Border Crossing Closed

AP | Posted 11.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Travel, Customs, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, San Diego, Mexico, Border, Border Patrol, San Ysidro Boorder Shooting, Immigration, San Ysidro, Tijuana, Border Shootout, California, Home News

SAN DIEGO — Four people were injured in a gun battle Tuesday involving an attempt to smuggle illegal immigrants from Mexico at the busiest borde...

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A Transportation Vision

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Infrastructure, High Speed Rail, Green Infrastructure, California, Antonio Villaraigosa, Transportation, Politics News

I asked more than 600 transportation experts to imagine a system that is comprehensive enough to make owning a car in the greater Los Angeles area optional, and proceed to outline a list of projects that will help get us there.

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Hannity's Central Valley -- the Facts That Hannity Forgot

Doug Obegi | Posted 11.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Salmon, Deltasmelt, Drought, California, Waterprogram, Water, Delta, Fishing, Hannity, Central Valley, Media News

In Hannity's upside down world where facts are forgotten, we get to hear a member of Congress complain how environmentalists are "radical" for requiring the state to comply with the law.

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Hospital's New Policy Welcomes Role of Hmong Shamans

New York Times | PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living

At Mercy Medical Center in Merced, where roughly four patients a day are Hmong from northern Laos, healing includes more than IV drips, syringes and b...

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California's Own Bernie Madoff

Jerry Brown | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business

Read More: California AG, Chais Victims, California, Investment, Madoff, Attorney General, Jerry Brown, Deregulation, Ponzi Scheme, Regulation, Bernard Madoff, Stanley Chais, Investor, Los Angeles, Chais Scheme, Business News

Some called Beverly Hills financial adviser Stanley Chais an investment wizard, but in reality he was nothing more than a glorified middleman, channeling hundreds of millions of dollars in investors' funds to Bernie Madoff in New York.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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