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December 2007
- Calif. Crunch May Force Drastic Cuts
  
  Los Angeles Times | Dec 22, 07 7:22 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - California's dire financial straits may force the early release of 30,000 low-risk inmates and bring drastic cuts in education, the Los Angeles Times reports. Arnold Schwarzenegger will declare a fiscal emergency next month as the state wrestles with a $14.5 billion budget gap. The governor has ordered agencies to explore spending cuts of 10% across the board, which could soften opposition to future tax increases. More »
- Governator to Sue Feds Over Emissions
  
  CNN | Dec 21, 07 6:44 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger will sue the federal government after the EPA denied California a waiver that would have allowed the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions in vehicles faster than federal mandates. The California plan would raise fuel efficiency standards to 43.7mpg by 2016; the federal plan 40mpg by 2020. Sixteen other states had signed up to California's plan before the EPA scuppered it, says CNN. More »
- Dissed in New York, Painting Thrives in LA
  
  Los Angeles Times | Dec 20, 07 2:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Is American painting dead? For the art critic of the Los Angeles Times , it's a question only a New Yorker could ask. In LA painting has been the dominant medium for more than half a century, as a new exhibition, Birth of the Cool , makes clear. From pioneers like Ed Ruscha and John McLaughlin to a younger generation showing in the city's Chinatown, the allegedly embattled medium is thriving. More »
- Calif. Closer to Expanding Health Care
  
  Los Angeles Times | Dec 18, 07 5:35 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The lower house of the California legislature yesterday approved a $14.4 billion bill to expand health care to millions of residents, a move analysts say could spark similar actions nationwide, the Los Angeles Times reports. But first skeptical state senators and voters must weigh in. The plan would require most Californians to buy insurance, and aid some with tax credits and subsidies. More »
November 2007
- Algae Bloom Kills Calif. Birds
  
  San Jose Mercury News | Nov 30, 07 10:03 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Hundreds of birds have washed up on California beaches in recent weeks as red tide blooms offshore. The algal bloom, which began circulating in Monterey Bay a few weeks ago, has caused hazardous conditions for the birds. Seventy have died and hundreds more have been taken to wildlife centers for treatment, the San Jose Mercury News reports. More »
- Stanford Considers Co-Ed Rooms
  
  San Jose Mercury News | Nov 29, 07 8:52 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Stanford students want co-ed dorm rooms, and the administration may take them up on the idea. "It's not about sex," one student told the San Jose Mercury News , but about feeling "comfortable in your living space." Transgender students started the initiative to build on the school's anti-discrimination policies, but now both gay and straight students have rallied behind the idea. More »
- Barkeep, Make That Cellphone a Double
  
  San Diego Union-Tribune | Nov 27, 07 9:25 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Is that a beer belly or a Beerbelly? And is that guy drinking from a flip-flop? As more and more beaches try to enforce drinking bans, inventors are doing their boozy best to outwit them, reports the San Diego Union-Tribune. Flip-flop flasks, booze-filled fake cellphones, and soft drink covers that disguise beer cans are helping drinkers beat bans and high drink prices at sporting events. More »

Stories

Calif. Crunch May Force Drastic Cuts

Governator to Sue Feds Over Emissions

Dissed in New York, Painting Thrives in LA

Calif. Closer to Expanding Health Care

Algae Bloom Kills Calif. Birds

Stanford Considers Co-Ed Rooms

Barkeep, Make That Cellphone a Double