How clothing defined social status in 17th-century Japan
Costume designer Carlos Rosario helped distinguish different armies through color. Lord Toranaga leads the brown army, but to add some…
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Judge stops ban on syringe programs in El Dorado County
El Dorado County cannot enforce its ban on programs that hand out clean syringes as a legal battle between the…
Hollywood Biden fundraiser with Obama, Clooney crucial to campaign
In what is likely to be one of President Biden's last big Hollywood fundraisers before the November election, the Democrat…
Is the right to abortion safe in California? Do not be so sure
To the editor: In his column on Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis' campaign for governor, columnist Mark Z. Barabak writes, “Legal…
Tough-on-crime measure officially qualifies for November elections
SACRAMENT- A ballot measure to impose harsher criminal penalties for drug possession and theft, which alters the controversial Proposition 47…
Editorial: Rising Insurance Rates Worse California Housing Crisis
California has spent billions of dollars in recent years to build desperately needed housing for homeless and low-income renters. Now,…
Can California control its boom-and-bust budget?
California has until Saturday to balance a budget that is billions of dollars out of balance, and not in a…
Supreme Court asks Justice Department to intervene in climate change lawsuits
WASHINGTON- The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Justice Department to weigh in on whether climate change lawsuits brought by…
Column: Sacramento Tax Refund Giveaway Is Coming Home to Win
SACRAMENT- It's budget season in Sacramento and there are bound to be mistakes. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers are…
A year after Newsom called for a constitutional amendment on gun safety, no other state has joined him
SACRAMENT- On NBC's “Today” show last June, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a proposal that seemed politically impossible from the start:…