As California farmers wonder who will grow and harvest our food, falling birthrates are likely to soon force nations to compete for immigrants.
To break the corporate grip on our food, we need to stop looking to fields far away and look closer to home.
Facilities that provide showers and clean clothes encourage the homeless to seek health services and permanent supportive housing.
Figures compiled from campaign contribution records show that fossil fuel industries donate almost exclusively to Republican candidates. “They’ve gone out of their way to help oil...
Both ozone and particulate pollution are attributed to oil and gas production, agribusiness, mega-dairies, power generation, heavy equipment and truck traffic – many of the Central...
Co-published by International Business Times Right-to-work forces see in Janus v. AFSCME a golden opportunity to cripple public-sector unions, while organized labor looks for a silver lining...
A new bill awaiting Governor Jerry Brown’s signature could use the state’s massive purchasing power as the world’s sixth largest economy to address greenhouse gas emissions...
Other cities have zero waste policies but L.A.’s new contract requirements are being touted as the nation's toughest, and are being studied carefully by New York...
Co-published by International Business Times California's GOP Congressional delegation has formed the backbone of Trump’s legislative efforts, marching largely in lockstep with the president's agenda, even in...
Co-published by Newsweek California citizens have declared they will defy the federal government to protect the estimated 2.6 million undocumented immigrants woven into the state’s civic,...
Co-published by Grist Last fall Valero, the Texas-based petroleum giant, asked a small refinery town in Northern California to approve a huge crude-by-rail project. The city council...
Co-published by International Business Times Torrance Chambers has been calling Andy Puzder for weeks. The Hardee's restaurant employee says his store issues paychecks only in the...
Co-published by International Business Times Wrongful-termination lawsuits suggest the fast-food CEO's company found women and veteran managers inconvenient.
In the otherwise dark year of 2016, California doubled down on its faith in people and the future with major victories for labor, the environment and...
California voters on Tuesday approved state Proposition 56 by an overwhelming 63-37 percent margin to create a new excise tax of $2 per pack on cigarettes...
The old-school image of a rock star was a guy smoking a cigarette, and Tris Imboden was that guy. As the drummer for the band Chicago...
Eduardo Vargas enrolled at East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park during the fall of 2011 looking to help his financially troubled family, but then found...
Dean Kuipers on why Sacramento punted on Cap-and-Trade.
California’s deserts are blooming with windmills and solar farms and, according to a new University of California, Berkeley report, these large-scale projects are creating top quality...