Closing California prisons should be the easiest budget cut
California faces a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall that will require lawmakers and the governor to make painful decisions. No one wants…
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Editorial: Biden's Marijuana Plan May Finally End 'Reefer Madness'
The US Drug Enforcement Administration plans to reclassify marijuana from the most restrictive category (Schedule I, along with heroin) to…
Travelers increase rates by 15%. How to find coverage in your area
Travelers Insurance, one of California's largest home and auto insurers, will raise its rates by an average of 15%, the…
Innocent owners of seized cars have no right to immediate hearing, ruling says
WASHINGTON- The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to grant innocent owners of seized cars the right to an immediate hearing…
California attorney general plans to sue Trump if he wins another term
WASHINGTON- California Lawyer. Gen. Rob Bonta said he and his staff have been carefully reviewing former President Trump's second-term agenda…
Newsom touts California's $11 billion in climate spending
Over the past decade, a flagship California program that charges polluters for their planet-warming emissions has generated billions of dollars…
Death row inmates are being moved out of San Quentin. Chino city officials are sounding the alarm
City and law enforcement officials in San Bernardino County say they are outraged after dozens of death row inmates were…
Indiana's for-profit private asset seizure undermines justice
Surveillance and prosecution for profit contradicts reasonable notions of justice and fairness, but is permitted in most US states. Through…
As bird flu spreads, a disturbing question arises: is our food system based on excrement?
If it's true that you are what you eat, then most Americans' meat-eating diet consists of a handful of bird…
California aquifers boosted by wet year, recharge efforts
After years of widespread declines, groundwater levels rose significantly across much of California last year, driven by historically wet weather…