The Environmental Protection Agency told the Bush administration that by law California should be able to set air-quality standards that were tougher ...
AP | AMANDA FEHD | Posted 07.14.2008 | Green
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A large wildfire in a national forest spread farther away from the storied coastal town of Big Sur on Monday but forced resid...
AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 07.11.2008 | Home
PARADISE, Calif. — One person was found dead inside a burned-out house Friday after a wind-fueled wildfire swept through a rural community in th...
Ryan Rivera | Posted 07.11.2008 | Home
McCain's California supporters swear the Golden State is in play, yet skipped an opportunity to register 18,000 new citizens at the L.A. Convention Center. Obama's minions, of course, were out in force.
Byron Williams | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics
Californians must confront how badly they want to be in the execution business. Is having a death penalty worth more than investing in the state's social and economic infrastructure?
AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 07.05.2008 | Green
LOS ANGELES — Firefighters on Sunday took advantage of cooler, damper weather to battle a vast blaze ravaging Santa Barbara County as they tried...
AP | AMANDA FEHD | Posted 07.04.2008 | Home
BIG SUR, Calif. — A pair of out-of-control wildfires roared along California's central coast Friday, chewing through opposite ends of a parched ...
AP | AMANDA FEHD | Posted 07.03.2008 | Green
BIG SUR, Calif. — Piles of charred rubble smoldered near California's scenic coastal highway Thursday as a ferocious wildfire descended on the s...
Erik Ose | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics
To fully understand recent events, it's important to remember a tragedy that happened thirty-five years ago, and how much things have changed for gays and lesbians since then.
AP | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green
BIG SUR, Calif. — Authorities are urging residents to evacuate most of the community of Big Sur on the California coast because a wildfire burni...
Beverly Davis | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home
Watching Brokaw manage the Snoozeville format demonstrated how dated the program has become. We need a show that combines web speed with major interviews conducted by someone unafraid to offend.
AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN | Posted 06.29.2008 | Home
SAN FRANCISCO — Firefighters in Northern California battled more than a thousand wildfires to a stalemate by Sunday, but forecasters said danger...
AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 06.28.2008 | Home
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hundreds of lightning-sparked wildfires have turned the air of Northern California into an unhealthy stew of smoke and ash,...
AP | TERENCE CHEA | Posted 06.27.2008 | Home
BIG SUR, Calif. — Firefighters bulked up their defenses Friday against a wildfire that threatened parts of this storied tourist town and prepare...
William Bradley | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
As Obama dominates in California -- as much through a sort of political and social osmosis as through personal campaigning -- leadership within the state is shifting also.
LA Times | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
So, California. The economy's in the toilet, the state budget is bleeding red, the drought's getting worse and we've got wildfires so fierce, one of o...
Richard Arthur | Posted 06.26.2008 | Green
Let's keep our oil safe in the ground or under our oceans for that time in the future when the price of oil is, well, nationalized and, hence, priceless.
Los Angeles Times | Margot Roosevelt | Posted 06.26.2008 | Green
California air regulators today announced a bold plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions that would alter the way utilities generate electricity, autom...
AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN | Posted 06.22.2008 | Home
SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of wildfires sparked by lightning flared Sunday across the heart of wine country and remote forests in Northern Califor...
David Ambroz | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics
We are blessed with a plethora of affordable open admission community colleges, and these treasures should be leveraged to assist in the empowerment effort for foster youth.
Los Angeles Times | Posted 06.20.2008 | Green
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wednesday he opposes lifting a ban on new oil drilling in coastal waters, breaking with President Bush and Republican ...
Beth Broderick | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
All of us have stories about desperately ill friends and family who have faced the cold cruel reality of being denied treatment by an indifferent insurer. We must all make our voices heard.
Andy Towle | Posted 06.19.2008 | Living
Another high-profile marriage took place on Tuesday. Soulforce and Equality Ride co-founders Mel White and Gary Nixon were married! Our corresponde...
Dan Treul | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home
In another signal, perhaps, that the country is ready for change, newspapers across the Midwest showed either even-handedness or excitement for an issue that only years ago was considered taboo.
Bil Browning | Posted 06.16.2008 | Living
I must admit to a certain amount of jealousy of California. LGBT workers can still be fired in Indiana; we don't even have a hate crimes law. I doubt I'll live long enough to see marriage equality here.
An ABC-TV outlet in Houston, and now the Houston Chronicle,...
The McCain campaign implied on Wednesday that Barack Obama's commitment...
***UPDATED BELOW*** During a CBS interview on Tuesday, John McCain made...
John McCain made a mistake this evening, which as far as...
There is one more John McCain gaffe that...
In a flagrant political act, the State Department has...
Before the largest crowd of his campaign, Democratic presidential contender Barack...
When Katie Couric told Haaretz that "The glory days of TV news...
BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
If you're wondering about the recent articles claiming that a study found...
HOUSTON — A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off...
WASHINGTON — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at...
McClatchy Newspapers | Renee Schoof | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green