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Chevron, Aera Energy Sue to Block Monterey County, California’s Voter-Approved Ban on Fracking
Last November, voters of Monterey County, California, passed a fracking ban known as Measure Z with 56 percent of the vote.
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A Dangerous California Bill Would Leave Students and Teachers Vulnerable to Intrusive Government Searches
A California bill would make it easy for the government to search the cell phones and online accounts of students and teachers.
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False Advertising Lawsuit Against Major Whole Foods Supplier
The truth is that all commercial farming qualifies as "factory farming."
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Oil and Gas Lobby Fights California Regulators to Keep Injecting Drilling Wastewater Into Protected Aquifers
How will Brown and state regulators respond to the fossil fuel lobby's pressures surrounding protected aquifers?
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A Police Cover-up Breaks Down in Sacramento
A brutal system consigns the mentally ill to the streets.
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California Residents and Lawmakers Fight Reopening of Aliso Canyon, Site of Huge Natural Gas Blowout
It's a waiting game as regulators decide whether to reopen the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility in LA County.
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Richmond, California, Teaches US a Lesson About Progressive Organizing
The revival of local politics is not unrelated to the dashed hopes and lowered expectations of the Obama era.
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Worried About Rent Hikes, 301 Families Came Together to Buy Their Mobile Home Park
Creative ways Americans are stepping up to build strong local economies.
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In a County With More Babies Than Any Other, Childcare Comes at a Cost — and Not Just for Parents
In California, childcare for infants costs as much as tuition in the University of California system, according to new data.
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This Year Will Be the Warmest in 136 Years of Record-Keeping
Drought is affecting at least one quarter of the 48 contiguous US states and over a third of the population.