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Robert Graham and the Homies

Tom Hayden | Posted 01.08.2009 | Style

Read More: Robert Graham Funeral, Robert Graham, California, San Jose, Incarcerated Teens, Incarcerated Black Youths, Incarceration Rates, Artists, Artist Robert Graham, Los Angeles, Incarceration Rates for Blacks, Robert Graham Death, Style News

Robert Graham's fear has come true; LA leads California, California leads America, and America leads the world, in the population of the incarcerated, most of them young men of color.

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California's Jerry Brown Sues Over 2007 San Francisco Bay Oil Spill

AP | Posted 01.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil Spill, Water, Jerry Brown, Water Pollutant, Oil, Pollution, 2007 San Francisco Bay Spill, California, Green News

SAN FRANCISCO — California Attorney General Jerry Brown has filed a lawsuit seeking millions of dollars to recover the clean-up cost of the mass...

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California Brown Pelicans Getting Disoriented, Killed

Los Angeles Times | Louis Sahagun | Posted 01.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Pelicans Lost, Animals, California Brown Pelicans, Pelicans Dying, California, Green News

Wildlife rescuers from San Diego to San Francisco suddenly are facing a distressing biological mystery: Disoriented and bruised California brown pelic...

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California Sues Bush Administration To Save Endangered Species Act

AP | SAMANTHA YOUNG | Posted 12.31.2008 | Green

Read More: Bush Administration, Jerry Brown, Endangered Species, Bush Midnight Regulations, Bush Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, California, Green News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is suing the Bush administration to block last-minute endangered species regulations that are intended to reduce...

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California Out Of Cash, Readies IOUs

Sacramento Bee | Steve Wiegand | Posted 12.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: State Budgets, California, Economic Crisis, California Out of Cash, California State No Money, California Budget Crisis, Politics News

State Controller John Chiang warned Tuesday that the first group to get hit in the wallet by California's budget debacle is likely to include legisla...

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Arseneic Levels High In Modern California Prison's Water

Los Angeles Times | Michael Rothfeld | Posted 12.29.2008 | Green

Read More: Arsenic, Prison Water Quality, Water Contaminants, Water, California Prison Water, Kern Valley State Prison, Kern Valley State Prison Water Quality, California, Green News

Yet today, nearly three years after missing the government's deadline to reduce the arsenic levels, the state has no concrete plans or funding to do s...

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The GOP's White Supremacy

Paul Jenkins | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Supreme Court, Mckinsey, George W. Bush, Lyn Westmoreland, Clarence Thomas, Sarah Palin, Same-Sex Marriage, Redistricting, Virginia, Condoleezza Rice, Mel Martinez, Republican Party, Minneapolis, Agnosticism, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Michael Steele, Colin Powell, Bobby Jindal, Alabama, Congress, Catholicism, Christian Issues, Midwest, Kansas City, JC Watts, Tennessee, Christianity, Senate, New Orleans, Gop, Palm Beach, Kkk, Cuban-American Issues, Maryland, Mel Watt, Arizona, Democratic Party, California, Evangelicals, Ken Blackwell, Jewish Issues, Ahn Cao, Ohio, Latino Issues, Islam, John McCain, Florida, Appalachia, House, Asian-American Issues, White Supremacists, Sanford Bishop, Hispanic Issues, Milwaukee, Deep South, Memphis, Religion, Segregation, Georgia, Southern Issues, Charles Barkley, David Duke, Gay Issues, White Voters, Lousiana, Barack the Magic Negro, Gop White Supremacy, Politics News

Like a restricted country club that would rather die than change, the Republican Party is marginalizing itself for the sake of the white men who run it.

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What Would Obama Do If Obama Was Mad At Obama About Rick Warren?

David Quigg | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Proposition 8, Marriage, Debt Relief, Darfur, Activism, Community Organizers, Rules for Radicals, Frank Rich, Prayer, Barack Obama, California, Politics News, Gay Marriage, Civil Unions, Gay Rights, Rick Warren, Marriage Equality, Inauguration, Aids, Saul Alinsky, Barack Obama Rick Warren, Rick Warren Invocation, Obama Inauguration, Rick Warren Obama Invocation, Rick Warren Saddleback Church, Obama Invocation, Invocation, Politics News

Obama would move on -- he'd refuse to be distracted. He'd brush the dirt off his shoulder and immediately return his focus to winning.

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Is Schwarzenegger Throwing the Baby Out With the Bathwater?

Annie Notthoff | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Natural Resources Defense Council, Green Infrastructure, Natural Resources, California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nrdc, Environment, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Global Warming, Politics News

Governor Schwarzenegger has been one of the most visible champions on the world stage for the proposition that a healthy environment and strong economy go hand in hand.

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VIDEO: Arnold's Christmas Nightmare

Rick Jacobs | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Charles Dickens, Pete Wilson, Karen Bass, Maria Shriver, Courage Campaign, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cheri and Naren Shankar, California, Holiday Season Commentary, Politics News

Here's a California Carol from the Courage Campaign in time for the Christmas Arnold wants to give us all.

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Wedding Bell Blues in California: Queerly, Texas Lends Hope

Jackson Williams | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Megachurch, Gay Marriage, Rick Warren, Jim Mattox, California, Jerry Brown, Supreme Court, Proposition 8, Marriage, Politics News

California Attorney General Jerry Brown has asked the state Supreme Court to void Proposition 8. He's on solid ground, and he can take comfort in modern Texas political history, odd as that may seem.

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State Controller's Office Says Your Money is Waiting: So Why Don't You Just Get it?

Michael Russnow | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Social Security Card, Universal Studios, Unclaimed Money, Social Security, Safe Deposit Box, Money, Russnow, Michael Russnow, Writers Guild, Controller's Office, Controller Website, Personal Finance, New York, California, Escheating, Business News

I'm always amazed that so many people bitch about not earning enough money to make ends meet when many of these same folks disregard money that is just sitting and waiting for them to collect.

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California Attorney General Jerry Brown Urges Repeal Of Proposition 8

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Proposition 8, California, Ken Starr, California Attorney General, Civil Rights, Gay Marriage, Jerry Brown, Attorney General Jerry Brown, Politics News

SAN FRANCISCO — The California attorney general has changed his position on the state's new same-sex marriage ban and is now urging the state Su...

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Unemployment? They Need Workers!

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: u.s. Economy Problems, U.S. Economy, California, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Karel, Charles Karel Bouley, Economy, Video, Politics News

Forget statistics, those numbers are people, and I'm one of them. Here are actual phone calls made over one week period to the Unemployment development department in California.

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Mr. Obama Disagrees

Paul Jenkins | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Hate Crimes, Chicago, Incest, Brooklyn, Washington, Ron Kirk, White Supremacy, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Jewish Issues, Bailout, Inauguration, Rick Warren, Ohio, Nation of Islam, African-American Issues, Bill Clinton, Islam, Rape, Campaign Finance, Colombia, Pennsylvania, Pedophilia, Jeremiah Wright, Catholicism, New York, Sister Souljah, Religion, Labor, Cnn, Hilda Solis, Orange County, Aryan Nation, Ethanol, Bestiality, Gay Issues, Rick Warren Invocation, Rick Warren Saddleback Church, Obama Invocation, Barack Obama Rick Warren, Obama Inauguration, Rick Warren Obama Invocation, Invocation, Politics News

Obama's choice of Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration is dreadful. His explanation is even worse. He shrinks Warren's statements about gay people down to a "disagreement," as if we're talking about ethanol subsidies.

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Ethanol and Water

Robert Glennon | Posted 12.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Corn-Based Ethanol, California, Tom Vilsack, Corn, Water, Ethanol Pros and Cons, Environment, Energy Policy Act, Ethanol, Food Prices, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Green News

In the case of corn, it takes 2,500 gallons of water to grow enough corn to produce 1 gallon of ethanol. That's right, 2,500 gallons.

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I-15, I-5 Storm Snarls California Travel

AP | Posted 12.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Yorba Linda Storm, I-5 Storm, Extreme Weather, I-15 Storm, California, Green News

LOS ANGELES — California took a pounding Monday from a powerful storm that collapsed the roof of a trade school, made roads treacherous and forc...

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Gay is not the New Black

Irene Monroe | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Black People, California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, California, Racial Tensions, Prop 8, Prop 8 Black Voters, California Prop 8, Race, African-Americans, African Americans, California Proposition 8, Politics News

The Prop 8 debate has caused polarization between white gay community and African Americans. Saying "Gay is the new black" poses the problems for many African Americans

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Save My Marriage From Irrelevance: Reverse Prop 8

David Quigg | Posted 12.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Tom Hanks, Antonio Banderas, Randy Shilts, Marriage, Oprah Winfrey, Gay Rights, California, Proposition 8, Nate Berkus, Oprah Winfrey Show, Sean Penn, Civil Unions, Gay Marriage, Harvey Milk, Marriage Equality, Milk, Living News

For all the bigoted blather about how gay people undermine the true meaning of marriage, I -- on a totally non-political, human level -- feel exactly the opposite.

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Tough Decisions Should Not Ignore the Future

Byron Williams | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, California, California Budget Crisis, California Education, Politics News

Does the current economic crisis mean that our elected leadership no longer has an obligation to invest in California's human infrastructure?

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KFC Workers Fired For Bathing In Sink

WPLG Miami | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green

Read More: California, Kfc. Myspace, Fast Food, Kfc Bathing, Kfc Workers Fired for Bathing in Sink, Kfc Bathing in Sink, Kfc Bathing Sink, Kfc Workers Bathing in Sink, Kfc Workers Fired, Kfc Sink, Kfc Workers, Kfc Workers in Sink, Green News

ANDERSON, Calif. -- Two female employees of the Anderson Kentucky Fried Chicken have been fired for bathing in a deep sink used to clean dishes, while...

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California Carbon Credit Market Just Part Of Sweeping Plan

AP | SAMANTHA YOUNG | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Carbon Credit Market, Climate Change, Environment, Carbon Credits, California Global Warming Plan, Global Warming Solutions Act, California, Green News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California on Thursday adopted the nation's most sweeping plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions, issuing rules that could tr...

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Auto bill clears House; Should it pass the Senate, too?

Steve Parker | Posted 12.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Aclu, White House, Congress, 1979 Chrysler Bailout, Brooklyn, George W. Bush, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Cars, Mazda, Mark Fields, Cerberus Capital Management, Energy Department, General Motors, Buddhist, Hyundai, Nancy Pelosi, Washington, US Senate, Richard Shelby, Barney Dog, Silver Arrows, Uaw, California, Toyota, Bernard Cahier, Detroit Three, John Snow, Democrats, Barack Obama, Ford Motor Co, Robert F. Kennedy, Chrysler, Alabama, Ross Perot, Bush White House, Detroit Three Loans, Roger Penske, Car Czar, Harry Reid, Allard Lowenstein, French Grand Prix, Republicans, Business News

And now, it's on to the Senate! The House today passed, 237 to 170, HR 7321, the automotive loan bailout bill, and has sent it on to the Senate. H...

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California Cracking

William Bradley | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, Wall Street, Right-Wing, Politics News

The state's chronic fiscal crisis, dramatically deepened by the national financial crisis, is now even more exacerbated by conservative GOP intransigence.

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Stop Gay Apartheid

Herb Hamsher | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Marriage, Prop 8 Protests, Apartheid, Religion and Values, Prop 8, GLBT Community, Civil Rights, California, Politics News

The gay community has supported this country in coming to a new way of relating to us as gay Americans. We've been temperate and patient in the process of "demanding our rights."

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