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Few California Congressional seats seen as competitive in November
History tells us that every off-year election is normally a win for the opposition party. This, coupled with anti-incumbent fever particularly on the right, is expected to fuel big losses in November ...
26 Jul, 2010
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Drugs, border violence, and alternative solutions
Last December, Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, said $352 billion in criminal money was laundered and kept the financial system afloat during the worst of the crisis."In ...
21 Jun, 2010
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Further tax increases unlikely despite California's $19 billion budget deficit
With less than three weeks until Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveils his revised budget plan for the fiscal year starting July 1, he and the Democratic majority Legislature have done little to reduce t ...
22 Apr, 2010
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Free-market capitalism betting on global warming
One winter storm that hit the east coast this past winter had the anti-global warming advocates claiming victory over Al Gore and environmental groups pursuing legislative solutions to anthropogenic ( ...
21 Apr, 2010
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Bountiful snowfall may not provide drought relief for California
Here in the High Sierras, winter hasn’t relinquished its hold on the atmosphere. A snowstorm during the first week in April dumped as much white stuff on the top of cars and roofs as any this ye ...
17 Apr, 2010
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Californians rabid about sterilizing cats and dogs
The most heated debate in Sacramento during the past two years hasn’t been budget cuts depriving poor children of health care or awarding billion-dollar tax breaks to corporations. It hasn’t eve ...
15 Apr, 2010
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6 min read
California ISO releases five year plan as state transitions to renewable energy
Most everything we do is dependent in some way upon electricity. Without it, as we’ve all discovered during blackouts, our modern life screeches to an immediate halt, affecting everything from traffic ...
01 Apr, 2010
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California climate change law may cause short-term job loss and energy cost increase
The independent and nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) in Sacramento says there will be some economic disruption and higher energy costs if the 2006 climate change law is implemented.  ...
10 Mar, 2010
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The great Starbucks gun debate
Starbucks, replying to a petition from a gun control group, has said it will not ban the carry of handguns in its stores, if permitted by local law. The controversy ignited in Walnut Creek, CA when me ...
02 Mar, 2010
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2 min read
Winter wonderland showing promise for drought relief
Driving around Lake Tahoe communities you see snow piled up everywhere. Ten, twenty foot high mountains of snow that have been pushed off of streets, parking lots and driveways. Snow is pl ...
31 Jan, 2010
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