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  • August 2008

    • Firebombed Researcher Fears Animal-Rights Activists

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Aug 4, 08 4:43 PM CDT

      Firebombed Researcher Fears Animal-Rights Activists

      (Newser) - A university researcher says he fears for his family’s safety after a weekend firebomb attack, the San Jose Mercury News reports. David Feldheim, who does neuroscience research on mice at the University of California Santa Cruz, was slightly injured. He said he expects a continuining threat from animal-rights activists—one of whom called the incident a “necessary” act. More »

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      California  • bomb  • animal rights  • attack  • academic research  • UC Santa Cruz  • Animal Liberation Front

    • Chip-Makers Agree To Cut Carcinogen

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Aug 2, 08 12:08 PM CDT

      Chip-Makers Agree To Cut Carcinogen

      (Newser) - Potato chip companies have agreed to settle a California lawsuit that charged them with not warning consumers about a cancer-causing chemical in their snacks, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Frito-Lay, Kettle, and the company that makes Cape Cod potato chips will lower the levels of acrylamide in their products and pay the state around $2 million. More »

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      California  • cancer  • settlement  • civil lawsuits  • snack foods  • carcinogens  • french fries  • Frito Lay  • potatoes

  • July 2008

    • Calif. Sues EPA for 'Wantonly' Ignoring Earth

      Reuters  |  Jul 31, 08 8:42 AM CDT

      Calif. Sues EPA for 'Wantonly' Ignoring Earth

      (Newser) - California is suing the EPA for "wantonly" shirking its duty to protect the environment, reports Reuters. The lawsuit is aimed at forcing the agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from ships, planes, and industrial equipment, said Attorney General Jerry Brown. He said previous efforts to get the agency to act had been met only with a "pathetically weak" proposal that ignored public health concerns.  More »

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      California  • lawsuit  • greenhouse gases  • Environmental Protection Agency  • vehicle emissions  • EPA  • Jerry Brown

    • LA Escapes Big Quake Damage

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 29, 08 8:07 PM CDT

      LA Escapes Big Quake Damage

      (Newser) - Residents of LA are letting out a collective 'Phew!" in the wake of today's 5.4 magnitude quake that rattled buildings and nerves but appeared to cause relatively little damage. Reports of minor injuries were surfacing, but no major structural problems—of the sort to compromise buildings and roads—have arisen. By late afternoon, a sense of normalcy had largely returned, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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      California  • Los Angeles  • earthquake  • aftershock

    • Quake Rattles Southern Calif.

      Associated Press  |  Jul 29, 08 2:08 PM CDT

      Quake Rattles Southern Calif.

      (AP) - A moderate earthquake shook Southern California at 11:42am local time today. The quake was felt from Los Angeles to San Diego, and slightly in Las Vegas, the AP reports. Preliminary information from the US Geological Survey estimated the quake at magnitude 5.8, centered 29 miles east-southeast of downtown Los Angeles, near Chino Hills. More »

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      California  • earthquake  • Southern California

    • Forest Fire Rages by Yosemite

      Sacramento Bee  |  Jul 28, 08 4:42 AM CDT

      Forest Fire Rages by Yosemite

      (Newser) - Hundreds of people have been evacuated and 12 homes destroyed as a forest fire rages out of control near Yosemite National Park, the Sacramento Bee reports. The fire, which began Friday, has burned 26,000 acres of forest, including the Mariposa County foothills that serve as the gateway to the famous park. Thousands of firefighters are battling the blaze, apparently ignited by a stray bullet in target practice. More »

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      California  • wildfires  • evacuation

    • Governator Signs Calif. Trans Fat Ban

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 25, 08 4:22 PM CDT

      Governator Signs Calif. Trans Fat Ban

      (Newser) - California became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant and bakery cooking today, the Los Angeles Times reports. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the bill passed last week by the legislature, saying it would help Californians’ health. Some restaurateurs, such as Wolfgang Puck—who had already phased the oils out due to customer requests—supported the measure. More »

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      California  • Arnold Schwarzenegger  • restaurant  • ban  • state legislature  • trans fat  • trans fats  • Wolfgang Puck

    • Sans Budget, Arnold to Slash Calif. Workers' Pay

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jul 24, 08 10:48 AM CDT

      Sans Budget, Arnold to Slash Calif. Workers' Pay

      (Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger is threatening to ease California's cash-flow crisis by slashing the pay of 200,000 state workers to the federal minimum wage of $6.55 an hour, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. A draft executive order obtained by the Chronicle also ends overtime pay for all but emergency employees and lays off 22,000 temporary workers. The proposal, aimed to pressure the deadlocked Legislature into passing an overdue budget, has enraged labor groups. More »

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      California  • Arnold Schwarzenegger  • budget  • wages  • minimum wage  • California legislature

    • On the Trail of Medical Marijuana

      New Yorker  |  Jul 21, 08 4:56 PM CDT

      On the Trail of Medical Marijuana

      (Newser) - California's legalization of medical marijuana helped create a cultivation and distribution network that promises big money for those willing to work in legal gray areas. Guided by an old friend, Blue, who's a dealer in all but name, David Samuels of the New Yorker follows the trail of Tibetan prayer flags from boutique-style urban dispensaries to lush fields in virtually lawless rural areas. More »

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      California  • Los Angeles  • marijuana  • medical marijuana  • DEA  • police raids

    • Calif. Against Gay Marriage Ban: Poll

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 19, 08 4:59 PM CDT

      Calif. Against Gay Marriage Ban: Poll

      (Newser) - A small majority of Californians polled would vote against a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in November, the Los Angeles Times reports. A Field Poll of 672 voters found that 51% oppose Proposition 8, while 42% support it. The ballot measure would define marriage as being exclusively between a man and a woman. More »

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      California  • poll  • gay marriage  • same-sex marriage  • referendum  • Proposition 8  • ballots

    • No Kidding: Bush Sewage Plant Makes Nov. Ballot

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jul 18, 08 2:38 PM CDT

      No Kidding: Bush Sewage Plant Makes Nov. Ballot

      (Newser) - San Francisco voters will decide in November not only who will succeed President Bush but also how they will remember him. A group calling itself the Presidential Memorial Commission has pushed through a ballot initiative to rename an area sewage plant after the outgoing president, the Chronicle reports. A White House spokesman told the LA Times the measure "doesn't dignify a response." More »

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      George W. Bush  • California  • Republicans  • San Francisco  • referendum  • liberal  • sewage  • ballot initiative

    • Methodist Ministers Defy Ban on Marrying Gays

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 17, 08 11:02 AM CDT

      Methodist Ministers Defy Ban on Marrying Gays

      (Newser) - Methodist ministers in California are revolting against religious edicts that forbid them from performing same-sex marriages, the Los Angeles Times reports, in a struggle that many consider "the civil rights cause of their generation." Dozens of Methodist pastors have officiated at gay and lesbian weddings since they were legalized in California, and 82 retired ministers signed a statement offering to stand in for ministers who don't want to put their careers at risk.