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Colorado ousts 2 gun-control extremists

Since I first visited Colorado in 1964 on my family's trip “Out West” from Michigan, I've loved Colorado. I worked there the last half of 1977 in my first major journalism gig, with the Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph as a cub

Gorell: CA prisoners live better than deployed military

Katy Grimes September 11, 2013

On the Assembly floor today during debate of a prison bill, Assemblyman Jeff Gorell, R-Camarillo, put the contentious and often ridiculous situation into perspective. “Until our prison conditions rival those of our forward deployed military, I will not be sympathetic

CA electricity duel pits imports against mass battery storage

Wayne Lusvardi September 11, 2013

how to get a girlfriend There's an old California saying, “Water runs uphill toward money.” Now California also wants electrons to flow against the laws of economics and possibly local environmental standards and neighborhood values. The California Public Utilities Commission

NSA scandal could take huge toll on CA capital-gains revenue

Chris Reed September 11, 2013

Will the ever-burgeoning NSA spying scandal come back to haunt Jerry Brown and other state leaders when they craft the next budget? Given how much they are counting on capital-gains revenue from executives who cash in their stock holdings in

New PM Abbott dumps Aussie carbon tax

Warren Duffy September 10, 2013

Last weekend Australians voted the ruling Labor Party from power. The Opposition Coalition led by Tony Abbott of Australia's conservative party, which is called the Liberal Party, defeated Labor Party candidate Kevin Rudd on promises to end the country's carbon

Audit uncovers embers in Cal Fire slush fund

Katy Grimes September 10, 2013

A new state audit shows that in 2005 a secret, $3.66 million off-the-books account was established by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The Wildlife Fire Investigation Training and Equipment Fund, a private, nonprofit account, was filled through

A dramatic illustration of teacher unions’ grip on Sacramento

Chris Reed September 10, 2013

The Obama administration has had enough of the California Teachers Association and the California Federation of Teachers and how they use their clout to undercut education reform. “Hours before a key vote in the Legislature, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan