Ten years ago this week, the United States invaded Afghanistan with the mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda cohorts. We were a nation roused
Stirling Energy Systems (SES) recently filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which further complicates California's big push toward 33% renewable energy by 2020, as two massive solar thermal projects
It is well known that some green programs fail. Solyndra, the Fremont-based solar panel manufacturer forced into bankruptcy last month is one high profile example. Meanwhile, energy efficient transportation
The average age of farmers and ranchers in America is increasing, and rural populations are in decline. This is why the U.S. Department of Agriculture is acting to plant
Wall Street isn't the only place where popular unrest has been fomenting. Here on the West Coast, inmates of the California prison system are protesting their conditions in
Proposition 26 is facing a precedent-setting legal interpretation by the Los Angeles Superior Court as plastic manufacturer Hilex-Poly has filed suit against LA County this week over a
As protests inspired by the Occupy Wall Street demonstration continue to spread from coast to coast, record high numbers of Americans say they are very dissatisfied with the way things
For a state that's supposed to be a progressive leader, California sure does like to build prisons, lots of them too. Thirteen prison and jail expansion projects are
The city of San Juan Capistrano, built around a two-century-old Catholic mission in Orange County, California, is now seeing a religious and legal debate unfold as one family
Americans across the political spectrum still give higher marks to their state and local governments compared to the federal government- reflecting a possible libertarian sentiment that could become a factor
The ongoing Occupy Wall Street protest in Manhattan's finanical district has entered its third week. Well over 700 demonstrators were arrested on Saturday as they sought to march
