Tag: California

While wealthy with plenty of billionaires, Silicon Valley shouldn't ignore this exit. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Beltway Confidential

Peter Thiel unfriends Silicon Valley

Philip Wegmann · February 16, 2018 4:55 pm

UC Berkeley students are upset by an alleged Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid where the agent dressed undercover as an Amazon delivery man. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Berkeley students accuse ICE agent of posing as an Amazon delivery man

Isaiah Denby · February 15, 2018 5:01 am

In this 2014 photo, Amanda Renteria is interviewed in Washington. Renteria, an aide to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and a former campaign aide to Hillary Clinton, has filed the paperwork to run in California's gubernatorial race, but she did not make an announcement. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Former Clinton aide quietly joins California governor race

Diana Stancy Correll · February 15, 2018 12:53 am

Customs officers in Los Angeles found $31 million in fake designer perfume imports ahead of Valentine’s Day

Anna Giaritelli · February 14, 2018 8:09 pm

Berkeley on Tuesday declared itself a sanctuary city for marijuana users, prohibiting city employees from assisting federal officials in the enforcement of federal marijuana laws. Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin said, "We're keeping with the strong position Berkeley is a sanctuary for people in our community." (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Berkeley City Council votes to become the first ‘cannabis sanctuary city’

Katelyn Caralle · February 14, 2018 7:27 pm

The United Auto Workers union has long been trying to unionize Tesla's manufacturing facilities. Both Tesla and a lot of its employees have resisted this. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

The UAW’s weak case against Tesla

Ben Howe · February 14, 2018 5:01 am

A new court order from a federal judge in New York requires the Trump administration to continue processing initial applications to the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (iStock)

Second federal judge blocks Trump administration’s move to end DACA

Melissa Quinn · February 13, 2018 9:38 pm

Planned Parenthood has been working at the federal level to stave off limits that the Trump administration has placed on abortion and birth control. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen)

Planned Parenthood launches ‘new round of offense’ to expand access to abortion

Kimberly Leonard · February 13, 2018 5:01 pm

Over the summer, several California municipalities filed suit against ExxonMobil and other energy companies for damages to coastal property and infrastructure caused from climate change-related increases in sea levels. (iStock)

Energy and Environment

The trial lawyers behind the climate litigation racket

John Burnett · February 13, 2018 5:14 am

Rep. Robin Kelly's bill would raise the cap to 20 percent if the extra produce is sold or donated in "food deserts," poorer areas where high-quality groceries are lacking. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP)

Illinois lawmakers take on ‘food deserts’

Steven Nelson · February 13, 2018 5:00 am

"Our country faces urgent threats from North Korea, Iran and terrorists around the world. Programs that are vital to our national interests should be prioritized." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top Republican stiff-arms State Department budget proposal

Joel Gehrke · February 12, 2018 11:26 pm

Afternoon Links: The Dogs of Chernobyl, 27 Year-Old ‘Retirees’, and the End of the Lifetime Guarantee

Jim Swift · February 12, 2018 9:12 pm