Tag: California

California joins eight other states that also have marijuana measures on their ballots this fall. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Californians could legalize pot in November

Kelly Cohen · June 29, 2016 3:28 am

The violence took place when a planned protest by the Traditional Worker Party, a group identified as a neo-Nazi organization by local media, met with counter-protestors. (AP Photo)

Multiple stab victims at Sacramento neo-Nazi rally

Joseph Lawler · June 26, 2016 9:07 pm

This railroad relies entirely on government funding and will likely never be completed. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California’s bullet train on the track to extinction

Chuck DeVore · June 25, 2016 4:02 am

Gerald Walpin was fired in June 2009 for his investigation of the misuse of money in AmeriCorps, the service organization that was part of the Corporation for National and Community Service. (Screenshot)

Beltway Confidential

Gerald Walpin, inspector general fired by Obama, dies

Byron York · June 24, 2016 11:07 pm

The Encinitas Union School District in California will begin requiring one day of yoga instruction per week for its students. The program will cost $416,000 next school year. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull,File)

Beltway Confidential

Mandatory yoga coming to this school district

Jason Russell · June 24, 2016 5:27 pm

County firefighters were headed to the spill site and were attempting to keep the oil from reaching the ocean. According to the Times, the spill took place near the beach, but the area has natural barriers, such as a catch basin, and crews were building larger barriers by bulldozer and by hand. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant, File)

Energy and Environment

Report: 210,000 gallons of oil spilled near Pacific Ocean in California

Kyle Feldscher · June 23, 2016 4:43 pm

House GOP to vote on package of anti-terrorism legislation that lawmakers approved earlier this year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP leader: Calif. abortion mandate violates federal law

Joel Gehrke · June 23, 2016 12:53 am

Two men from California were convicted on Tuesday for plotting to provide material support to the Islamic State. One of the men additionally attempted to join the Islamic State and travel to the Middle East. (AP Photo, File)

California men convicted of attempting to help Islamic State

Diana Stancy Correll · June 22, 2016 5:49 pm

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., called on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to take pre-emptive action to ensure a crisis like that one does not befall California again. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Energy and Environment

Senior Dem prods watchdog over fears of Western blackouts

John Siciliano · June 21, 2016 10:43 pm

At the rally, Michael Steven Sandford had walked up to a Las Vegas police officer and said he wanted to get Trump's autograph. (AP Photo/John Locher)

19-year-old man tried to kill Trump at Las Vegas rally, officials say

Anna Giaritelli · June 20, 2016 9:03 pm

Under the nine-month pilot, set to start in July, 5,000 California volunteers will report and simulate payment for the amount of miles they travel. (AP Photo)

California is going to try charging drivers by the mile

Cassi Pollock · June 20, 2016 4:01 am

Assemblyman Kansen Chu, D-San Jose, cited research that shoots down the idea that daylight saving time saves energy. (AP Photo)

Bill advances to end daylight saving time in California

Kelly Cohen · June 15, 2016 4:16 pm