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As ban nears, Calif. bear hunters take final trips with dogs
The sun is up, first rays streaming through the canopy, and the two hunters pause to inspect tracks – big, dusty imprints with five toes – on the forest floor. They move on, boots crunching twigs as they climb a ridge. “What you reckon the chances we’ll get one?” asks…
‘In Jennifer’s Room’ details routine sexual abuse case at CA mental facility
A video released Thursday by the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) outlines one of several cases of neglect by the agency charged with protecting residents at California’s five care centers for the developmentally disabled. According to California Watch, records show the Office of Protective Services (OPS), which serves as the…
Study: CA decriminalization caused youth pot arrests to plunge 61 percent in one year
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) might have left his state’s fiscal house in utter disarray, but a study released Thursday finds that he also did California’s young people a huge favor by signing a bill decriminalizing marijuana. In its October 2012 research brief (PDF), The Center on Juvenile &…
Camel busts loose before California circus performance
A Mexican circus’ visit to Glendale, California took an unusual turn when one of the show’s camels decided to “work out” on her own Friday. According to KCAL-TV, Atula, a 4-year-old camel traveling with the Ramos Brothers Circus, got away from a trainer she “wasn’t too thrilled with” while being…
Cold Stone Creamery employee fired after wishing Obama dead on Facebook
A Turlock, California woman was fired from her job this week after publishing a racial slur to her Facebook account and wishing for President Barack Obama’s assassination. The Cold Stone Creamery company said it spent much of Wednesday coping with the social media fallout from the comment, which was posted…
Californians continue to call for end of death penalty despite failure of Prop 34
Fifty-three percent called this week for capital punishment to continue in the state, but opposition appears to be growing A renewed battle to repeal the death penalty in California has begun, days after residents voted to keep capital punishment in the state. Proposition 34 – which would have seen capital…
Gov. Brown sees passage of Prop 30 education funding in California
California voters chose to pass a tax increase on the wealthy and a sales tax increase of a quarter of a cent in a 54 to 46 vote on Prop 30, a ballot initiative designed to bring funding to both K-12 education and curb tuition increases in the state’s higher education system. “I…
California campaigners hope to see death penalty abolished on election day
Anti-death penalty advocates are gearing up for what they hope will be their most significant victory for a generation, as California enters the final week of campaigning over a ballot initiative that would abolish capital punishment in the state and close the largest death row in the country. The Californian…
California teacher-backed Prop 30 fights off millionaire-backed Prop 38
Next week Californians will quite literally vote on the future of education funding in the state. Backed by California Gov. Jerry Brown and supported by California teachers unions, Proposition 30 would increase taxes on the wealthiest Californians and increase sales taxes by a quarter of a cent for four years…
California to vote on labeling of genetically modified foods
California could become the first US state to enforce labeling of genetically modified (GM) foods, in a vote next month pitting agro-chemical giants against opponents of so-called “Frankenfoods.” The western state will vote on November 6 — the day of the White House election — on Proposition 37, which backers…
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