California

California Assemblyman Tom Ammiano

Words, meanings, and madness in California

California | Do you want to hear something blatantly ridiculous and totally depraved? A California lawmaker introduced a measure that would require health insurance companies to cover infertility treatments for two people of the…

Justice Anthony Kennedy

‘Uncharted waters’

Supreme Court |  In the Proposition 8 case, Justice Anthony Kennedy voices caution about changing the definition of marriage

Business-unfriendly

Business-unfriendly

Government |  With its retroactive tax on entrepreneurs, California gives small businesses yet another reason to stay away from the state

The Rev. Al Green

Signs and Wonders: Saying no to Obama, paradoxical polls, golf and taxes, vaccine worries

Newsworthy |  Let’s not stay together. There’s an old saying in Washington that if the president asks you to do something, you can’t say no. Soul legend (and now…

A pro-nudity protester in San Francisco

San Francisco bans public nudity, but with exceptions for LGBT events

Culture |  After Feb. 1, San Franciscans will have to get dressed before leaving home. On Tuesday, in a 6-to-5 vote, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a…

A pro-nudity protester at San Francisco's City Hall

Signs and Wonders 11.21

Newsworthy |  Put your clothes on! Some stories are so ridiculous you almost don’t know where to start in pointing out its ridiculousness. Here’s one: On Tuesday, San…

The Conoco Philips refinery in Los Angeles

Cap and tax begins

Environment |  California launches a massive greenhouse-gas taxing scheme over local business protests

Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff

California Democrats gain supermajority

Politics |  Democratic lawmakers in California appear to have captured a supermajority in the state Assembly and the Senate, which will allow them to pass tax legislation…

California Gov. Jerry Brown promotes the passage of Proposition 30 in Sacramento Thursday.

Anti-tax group sues California State University for promoting tax initiative

Education |  California Gov. Jerry Brown has recently been touring state college campuses to tout Proposition 30, a $50 million sales and income tax initiative that will…

Harborside Health Center

Oakland sues to keep marijuana dispensary

Courts |  The city of Oakland moved last week to prevent federal law enforcement from closing its biggest marijuana dispensary, the largest pushback since an aggressive…

Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Film festival provides rare glimpse into Myanmar

Myanmar |  Monks in saffron shrouds waiting in line for a scoop of breakfast rice at dawn. Groups of men with tattooed thighs artfully juggling a woven ball. Myanmar…

California gas prices hit record levels for fourth day

California gas prices hit record levels for fourth day

Economy |  As gas prices in California hit record levels for the fourth day today, with the average price of regular unleaded gas at $4.671 per gallon, analysts say the…

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