Tag: California

A new economic coalition between the U.S. and the United Kingdom could restart a global trading system that has been stalled since the mid-1990s. (iStock)

Trade with Britain: It’s Trump’s yuge-est opportunity yet

Dan Hannan · November 13, 2017 5:01 am

In California, Sen. Connie Leyva, D-Chino, recently announced that when the state Senate reconvenes in January, she will introduce legislation to ban confidential settlements in sexual assault, sexual harassment and sex discrimination cases. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

State lawmakers weigh sexual assault, harassment laws

Kimberly Leonard · November 13, 2017 5:01 am

The University of California, Los Angeles has installed a safe-sex vending machine in their health center. It dispenses condoms, birth control, pregnancy tests, and other health products, as well as school supplies, such as note cards. (Downtowngal / Wikimedia Commons)

Plan B vending machine now accepting campus cash at UCLA

Neil Dwyer · November 12, 2017 2:17 pm

California Governor Jerry Brown speaks in the U.S. Climate Action Center at the COP 23 Fiji UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. Brown's and Michael Bloomberg's "America's Pledge" campaign works to compile and tally the climate actions of states, cities, colleges, businesses, and other local actors across the entire U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Energy and Environment

California Gov. Jerry Brown to protesters during climate speech: ‘Let’s put you in the ground’

Mandy Mayfield · November 11, 2017 5:38 pm

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Thursday: "These backwards rules will deny millions of women across the U.S. access to healthcare, unconstitutionally permitting discrimination against women." (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Five states seek to halt Trump’s rollback of birth control mandate

Robert King · November 10, 2017 7:03 pm

This Public Radio Station Is Owned by the Cesar Chavez Foundation—and Illegally Sells Ads

David Schwarz · November 10, 2017 9:00 am

Art, All at Sea

The Scrapbook · November 10, 2017 9:00 am

Taking Wing

John Podhoretz · November 10, 2017 9:00 am

Former Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile was in San Francisco on Thursday promoting her new memoir detailing her experiences during the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Donna Brazile in San Francisco: Democrats like Dianne Feinstein, Nancy Pelosi need to ‘scoot over’

Daniel Chaitin · November 10, 2017 4:11 am

"I think all this controversy about the knee will go away once the song is removed," Alice Huffman, NAACP California chapter president told a newspaper. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

California NAACP wants to remove ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ as national anthem

Mandy Mayfield · November 9, 2017 10:19 pm

The DACA program, created by former President Barack Obama, is aimed at protecting younger immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Deported DACA recipient caught trying to re-enter the US illegally

Anna Giaritelli · November 9, 2017 9:26 pm

A study by consultants Quanta Technology and funded by coal giant Peabody supports keeping the Navajo Generating Station open or risk significant dangers from brownouts and blackouts in the region. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Energy and Environment

Blackouts from Phoenix to Los Angeles if coal plant shuts down, study from coal company says

John Siciliano · November 9, 2017 8:31 pm