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Discovery of stored location data on mobile devices raises privacy concerns

A friendly warning: anything your smartphone transmits can be used against you in a court of law. Wednesday's announcement that Apple's latest iOS operating system for

By Chris Hinyub

/ April 23, 2011

Discovery of stored location data on mobile devices raises privacy concerns

Labor contract removes cap on banked vacation days for state prison employees

In the midst of a budget crisis last year, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger mandated furloughs for state workers. Employees who held positions that were deemed critical, such as state prison guards,

By Chris Hinyub

/ April 22, 2011

Labor contract removes cap on banked vacation days for state prison employees

Sustainable agriculture a low priority for Congress

We know that both parties have a love affair with military spending. This point has never been so plainly demonstrated as it was last Friday night, when Congress approved a

By Chris Hinyub

/ April 20, 2011

Sustainable agriculture a low priority for Congress

Organic farmers sue Monsanto over seed patenting

When the words 'Monsanto Company' and 'lawsuit' converge in a news story, you can expect to hear about the biotechnology/chemical giant pursuing a patent infringement

By Chris Hinyub

/ April 16, 2011

Organic farmers sue Monsanto over seed patenting

Housing bubble's trickle-down effect on California communities

One in five U.S. foreclosures is occurring in California, the state with the highest number of foreclosures. The ongoing foreclosure crisis is impacting more than just mortgage holders who&

By Chris Hinyub

/ April 14, 2011

Housing bubble's trickle-down effect on California communities

Governor Brown's union favoritism hampers balanced budget

Naturally, spending cuts are an essential part of resolving a $25 billion budget deficit. Governor Jerry Brown has already decreased funding for education, healthcare and environmental programs, but when it

By Chris Hinyub

/ April 13, 2011

Governor Brown's union favoritism hampers balanced budget

April farm update

The federal Central Valley Project (CVP) will be delivering more water to farmers this spring thanks to a wet March. Farmers south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta should receive 65

By Chris Hinyub

/ April 11, 2011

Los Angeles looks to ban open-carry on city property

The Los Angeles City Council is asking its lawyers to review a proposed measure that would give its policy enforcement officers a monopoly on the “open carry” of handguns on

By Chris Hinyub

/ April 8, 2011

Los Angeles looks to ban open-carry on city property

Brown signs historic, yet unfunded law allowing inmate transfers from state prisons to county jails

When Governor Jerry Brown announced with his budget proposal the goal of realigning services from state to local agencies “who have the direct knowledge and interest to ensure that local

By Chris Hinyub

/ April 6, 2011

Brown signs historic, yet unfunded law allowing inmate transfers from state prisons to county jails

Half Moon Bay axes police department

Half Moon Bay has joined the growing list of California cities that have abolished their municipal police forces in order to fill gaping budget gaps. On Saturday, the City Council

By Chris Hinyub

/ April 4, 2011

Drug War has enslaved more black men than Antebellum South

Michelle Alexander is the author of the bestseller, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. Speaking at a book event organized last week by the Pasadena

By Chris Hinyub

/ April 1, 2011

Drug War has enslaved more black men than Antebellum South

State budget concerns hamper another prison reform bill

A proposed state law aimed at keeping cellphones out of prisoners' hands passed a key hurdle last week. The law would ban the smuggling of cellphones into state prisons,

By Chris Hinyub

/ March 30, 2011

State budget concerns hamper another prison reform bill