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Go Barbara Boxer

milkman — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:33:50 -0800

Congressman Matsui (D-CA) Dies of Rare Disease

expriest — Sun, 02 Jan 2005 12:13:47 -0800

Congressman dies of rare disease Congressman Bob Matsui, who was recently elected to a 14th term in Congress, has died due to a rare stem cell disease. Matsui, who was one of the leading opponents of President Bush's plan to eliminate Social Security, was the ranking Democrat on the Congressional subcommittee on Social Security.

Promoting a candidate could get you thrown in jail

calwatch — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 06:57:26 -0800

David Dreier doesn't like free speech. The California Congressman and the Republican Party have filed a felony federal complaint against one of their own, which could possibly lead to jail time, all for opposing the incumbent. Apparently, spending a million dollars wasn't enough. More coverage of Dreier here and here.

Honey, did you feel the plane move?

eriko — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:56:58 -0800

This is an odd way to find out about an earthquake in California.

Strikes

lola — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 21:14:21 -0800

Labor Unions in a free market. Southern California is being gripped by crippling strikes by transit workers and grocery clerks -- both over health care -- that has stranded thousands of mostly poor commuters across Los Angeles and is expected to sap millions from the local economy.

As a person who can't drive due to a visual disability, I am personally effected by the MTA transit strike (that is rumored may last several months). State employees are not allowed to strike. Shouldn't that also be the case for essential services, such as public transit?

California Recall

thedailygrowl — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 10:42:58 -0800

9th Circuit Court blocks California Recall Election because six counties would be using outdated punch-card ballots. Perhaps the court should have paid a visit to the Black Box Voting web site to look at all the problems surfacing with the Electronic Voting machines.

Why Gas in California Spiked So Sharply

fenriq — Tue, 09 Sep 2003 14:00:42 -0800

What Made Gas Prices Spike So Sharply in California? One hint, it has something to do with greed and the ability to arbitrarily raise one's profit margin.

The oil refineries decided that they weren't making quite enough money so they decided to gouge California by nearly tripling their profit margin to $.69 a gallon.

My response is to say I'll vote for which gubernatorial candidate that's going to go after the corporate greedheads who seem to think its perfectly acceptable behaviour to bleed people because they can.

Are you listening Arnold, Gary or Georgy?

he pressed the accelerator instead of the brakes

bureaustyle — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 23:58:43 -0800

California senior driver pressed the accelerator instead of the brakes ? For 2nd time in 2 months a 85-something driver hits accelerator instead of breaks, this time there where no deaths only 4 serious injuries ? What can be done about this ? Are you scared to walk down the street, afraid a senior driver might kill you ?

Lisa Simpson for Governor

serafinapekkala — Tue, 12 Aug 2003 07:44:50 -0800

Save Our State: Vote Terry Tate. (NYT/rr) Remember the Reebok Superbowl ad featuring the "office linebacker"? Well, that actor just entered the California governor's race. As the bumpersticker says, "Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?" Name your pick for next has-been to get on the ballot...I smell Kato.

theater asks impeachment question

thedailygrowl — Mon, 28 Jul 2003 23:47:00 -0800

The Grand Lake Theater in Oakland, California takes the impeachment question directly to the local street and neighborhood and asks the following question on it's marquee. What is an impeachable offense? Lying to wage war? Or lying about sex? Across the country billboards and marquees have been commonly used to express political sentiment (original link from Buzzflash)

Do you recall Davis? No, me neither.

raaka — Wed, 23 Jul 2003 21:31:03 -0800

Davis to face recall

serafinapekkala — Wed, 23 Oct 2002 09:28:13 -0800

What's wrong with this teacher's comments? A Pasadena HS teacher circulated a letter with his complaint that African American students at the school are the reason for bad behavior and low test scores. He's now suspended...rightly? More inside...hoping to keep this civil, too...(thanks to Jim Romenesko)

Nicolae Carpathia — Sat, 14 Sep 2002 23:36:22 -0800

This LA Times article will get you clued in to some recent developments. But what is the most responsible course of action to deal with the Salton Sea? It's part of a complex hydrologic system and has a pretty unusual history. To me, this seems one of the best reminders that ecological issues are among the trickiest we face.

magullo — Mon, 10 Jun 2002 08:30:45 -0800

Jaw-drop-inducing link of the day The federal government spent $62 million on a building to store and treat low-level radioactive waste at a California nuclear weapons laboratory, then decided the structure wasn't secure enough. So where is the waste kept now?

... Right outside the new building, under tents.

MikeB — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 11:23:29 -0800

Man, I need to go back to college! Berkeley students go to strip clubs and play "The Match Game" in a male sexuality class.

owillis — Sat, 16 Feb 2002 20:07:03 -0800

Discarding evidence because of a possible Miranda violation. Sure, Miranda serves a (good) purpose but are the scales of justice tipped a little too much in favor of the accused when the entire chain of evidence can be discarded because of a confession of a possibly dubious nature?

trioperative — Thu, 29 Nov 2001 23:48:56 -0800

IBM gets the bill for less-than-standard advertising methods supporting Linux. The city of San Francisco yesterday quashed some of the warm, fuzzy feelings associated with the Linux operating system when it reached a settlement with IBM that calls for the vendor to pay $120,000 to compensate the city for damages caused by a "guerrilla" marketing campaign centered on Linux.

tnadeau — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:13:00 -0800

The crimes they are a'changing. This comes from the daily police log of The Union newspaper Grass Valley/Nevada City, CA. Surveillance cameras (and apparently not very effective ones) were stolen while mystery powders kept the cops hopping.

rcade — Sun, 05 Aug 2001 07:05:58 -0800

A California judge has ordered parents to pay $3,500 in monthly child support to their 50-year-old son.

christina — Tue, 24 Jul 2001 23:00:19 -0800

Father forgot boy for two hours in mid-80s heat, San Jose police say.

josholalia — Tue, 24 Jul 2001 12:13:58 -0800

LA is the number-one relocation city for fleeing San Franciscans. Has the world turned upside down? The L.A. Examiner has the summary. And the complete story can be found, for now, on the LA Business Journal front page.

BGM — Fri, 15 Jun 2001 00:54:31 -0800

Another right wing rant about California's predicament. By one of my favourite right wing ranters. But I never knew about this... Kinda cool.

megnut — Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:04:22 -0800

Energy woes continue in CA and now it looks like there may be a more serious push to consider price caps. But what if that doesn't happen? I've been thinking about this a lot lately and wondering what we as consumers can do. And I came up with this sort of crazy idea that I can't seem to shake: What if we all just stop paying our electric bills? Is this an appropriate form of protest? Would it be immoral? Would it be possible? And most importantly, would it make a difference?

CrazyUncleJoe — Tue, 29 May 2001 12:29:40 -0800

SoCal MeFians take note: The Tahara Project Gala Fundraiser is coming up June 16 at the El Rey Theatre. Lots of amazing dancers raising money to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation.

Brilliantcrank — Sun, 08 Apr 2001 13:14:25 -0800

Pre-bankruptcy bonuses at PG&E The corruption in California couldn't be any more obvious to me.