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Rim Fire Roars through Yosemite and Beyond 27 Aug 2013 | 02:33 am
Fire threatens giant sequoia groves by Brian Leubitz The Yosemite area Rim fire is huge, and doesn't show many indications of slowing down anytime soon: Firefighters on Monday dealt with fierce win...
LA Times will not be sold to the Koch Brothers 23 Aug 2013 | 11:05 pm
Oil magnates think Tribune newspaper business wasn't economically viable by Brian Leubitz In the end, their desire to make a buck overcame their desire to control the press in LA, Chicago and other ...
Are Tax Dollars Paying for Campaigns? The $17 million question behind SB 594 23 Aug 2013 | 03:21 am
By Carroll Wills, Communications Director, California Professional Firefighters Last year, a shadowy Arizona non-profit got caught funneling $11 million of special interest cash into the No on 30/Yes...
Are We Spending Mental Health Dollars Wisely? 21 Aug 2013 | 10:20 pm
Audit raises questions about Prop 63 spending by Brian Leubitz So-called "ballot box budgeting" comes in waves. California voters tend to draw back from spending money in bad economic times, and wil...
Rightwing Groups Look At Referendum on Transgender Student Equity 20 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Hope to put student protections to a vote by Brian Leubitz There is a lot of misinformation going around about Asm. Ammiano's transgender student equality law. Since Gov. Brown signed it last week,...
Rightwing Groups Look At Referendum on Transgender Student Equity 20 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Hope to put student protections to a vote by Brian Leubitz There is a lot of misinformation going around about Asm. Ammiano's transgender student equality law. Since Gov. Brown signed it last week,...
Medical Interpreter Bill Could Save Lives Lost in Translation 20 Aug 2013 | 07:40 pm
By Gary Cohn Maria Guevara had been trying to get pregnant for three years when she saw a doctor at Los Angeles County General hospital in 2008. She was understandably thrilled, then, to learn she wa...
Would you take $250,000 to be in pain for the rest of your life? 20 Aug 2013 | 12:14 am
1978 law caps pain and suffering damages unreasonably low by Brian Leubitz $250,000 is a lot of money, right? If somebody asked you to eat a nasty bug for a quarter of a million dollars, you would a...
Jose Julio Sarria: The LGBT Community Loses A Trailblazer 19 Aug 2013 | 11:10 pm
WWII Vet was first openly gay candidate in American history by Brian Leubitz Jose Julio Sarria was a trailblazer in the LGBT community. That word is tossed around lightly sometimes, but it would be ...
SF Chronicle Op-ed Scapegoats BART Workers, Ignores Real Problem 17 Aug 2013 | 01:01 am
by Steve Smith I've seen some pretty outrageous anti-worker opinion pieces written about the contract negotiations at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) over the last two months. But nothing I've read is ...
