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Ethnic Healthcare Groups Prescribe Prevention and Access to Care

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New America Media - By Jun Wang - Jul. 03 (News Report) - As the U.S. Congress considers proposals to reform the nation’s healthcare system, participants at a day-long health policy conference highlighted the importance of primary and preventive care and the need to improve access to quality care for low income communities.

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California Budget Cuts Could Cause ‘Public Safety Emergency'

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

ProPublica - By Emily Witt, Ben Protess - Jun. 23 (Investigative Report) - That may not sound like much alongside the hundreds of millions in proposed slashes to the state's education, prison and health care systems. But it's half the lab's budget and would likely halt or delay the testing of rape kits, DNA and other crucial crime scene evidence in many counties, law enforcement officials warn.

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California Wants To Cut Legal Aid Attorneys For Poor

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Deborah Hastings - Jun. 15 (News Report) - Unlike any other public service, court-appointed counsel cannot be scaled back. According to the Constitution, every criminal defendant, rich or poor, gets one. If the defendant can't pay, the government does. And if public defenders aren't available, private attorneys must be hired, at rates costing at least twice as much and often more.

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California takes on King Corn

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

wwwp.dailyclimate.org - By Matthew Cimitile - Apr. 21 (News Report) - As they see it, corn is no better – and might be worse – than petroleum when total greenhouse gas emissions are considered. Such a declaration, to be considered later this week by the California Air Resources Board, would be a considerable blow to the corn-ethanol industry in the United States.

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Feinstein Seeks To Block Solar Power From California Desert Land

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Kevin Freking - Mar. 21 (News Report) - California's Mojave Desert may seem ideally suited for solar energy production, but concern over what several proposed projects might do to the aesthetics of the region and its tortoise population is setting up a potential clash between conservationists and companies seeking to develop renewable energy.

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California Declares Drought Emergency

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Common Dreams - By Peter Henderson - Feb. 28 (News Report) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday declared a state emergency due to drought and said he would consider mandatory water rationing in the face of nearly $3 billion in economic losses from below-normal rainfall this year.

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Australia Faces Collapse as Climate Change Kicks in: Are the Southwest and California Next?

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

AlterNet - By Joseph Romm - Feb. 02 (Special Report) - Australia has been suffering its worst heatwave on record, the first time temperatures exceeded 110 F for 3 days running. It’s been so hot that on Thursday, the low at Melbourne airport was 87 F. Australia is the canary in the coal mine for climate-driven desertification. The astonishing decade-long drought in southern Australia was declared ‘worst on record’ last year. My headline quote is from the UK’s Independent story, which notes: Australia, the driest inhabited continent on earth, is regarded as highly vulnerable. A study by the country’s blue-chip Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation identified its ecosystems as "potentially the most fragile" on earth in the face of the threat.

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Goldman Sachs Urged Bets Against California Bonds It Helped Sell

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

ProPublica - By Sharona Coutts, ProPublica, Marc Lifsher, Michael A. Hiltzik - Nov. 11 (Investigative Report) - Goldman, Sachs & Co. urged some of its big clients to place investment bets against California bonds this year despite having collected millions of dollars in fees to help the state sell some of those same bonds.

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Undocumented Asian Students Face Stigma

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

New America Media - By Beleza Chan - Oct. 14 (Special Report) - A recent report by the University of California Office of the President revealed that 40 to 44 percent of undocumented students in the UC system are Asian. This is definitely not “a Mexican thing,” which is how one undocumented student characterized the Asian community’s dismissive views towards undocumented immigration.

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California Takes Steps to Probe Nurses’ Criminal Backgrounds

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

ProPublica - By Charles Ornstein, Tracy Weber - Oct. 11 (News Report) - California regulators have announced emergency measures to investigate the criminal backgrounds of all registered nurses in the state, days after The Los Angeles Times reported that dozens of nurses had kept their licenses for years despite multiple convictions.

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Salmon Fishing Closes on Central Valley Rivers

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

TruthOut - By Dan Bacher - May. 12 (News Report) - For the first time ever, recreational salmon fishing will be closed on the Sacramento River and its tributaries this year, with the exception of a short season for late fall-run Chinook. The Sacramento River salmon season has opened on July 16 every year, but will remain closed this season until November 1 when a limited stretch of river will be opened to the take of salmon.

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California's New Starring Role in Presidential Primaries

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Pajamas Media - By Bridget Johnson - Jan. 29 (Special Report) - California's headlining act on Super Swag Tuesday will mean flexing its political muscle to the disdain, most likely, of later states. Some have touted it as bringing greater ethnic diversity to the early stages of the election process. On the other hand, the cost of a California campaign ain't cheap, another reason why candidates are so into taking the money and running.

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Stealing The 2008 Vote

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:45:07 -0700

TomPaine - By Rob Richie - Aug. 29 (News Analysis) - If you thought Tom DeLay's Texas gerrymandering scam in 2003 was bad, just wait. Now partisans are seeking to steal the 2008 presidential election. It's that serious. Taking advantage of the frustration their supporters understandably feel about their powerless role in presidential elections, leading California Republicans are promoting an initiative to divide California's slate of 55 electoral votes. Rather than all electoral votes going to the statewide winner, each U.S. House district in a state would elect one presidential elector, while the statewide popular vote winner would take the two electoral votes corresponding to states' Senate seats.

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