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The $634 million 'performance issue'

With the Obamacare website crashing daily since it went online Oct. 1, it's a wonder anyone at all has been able to sign up to then be able to “shop” for government health care. “The befuddled beast that is Healthcare.gov has shutdown,

Can California lead online privacy issue?

Adam O'Neal October 10, 2013

It’s long been conventional wisdom that little, if anything, can be accomplished in the nation’s capital. The government shutdown, essentially a worst-case scenario of gridlock, only further reinforces the point. Story after story shows how toxic relationships, divided government, and

Gov. Brown signs bill allowing nurses to perform abortions

Katy Grimes October 10, 2013

A bill allowing nurse practitioners to perform abortions was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown this week. AB 154 by Assemblywoman Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, will allow nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives and physician assistants to perform abortions. Ironically, the 1973 Supreme

Are 'neo-Confederates' holding up Obamacare?

John Seiler October 9, 2013

Are “neo-Confederates” shutting down the government and wrecking the Constitution by trying to de-fund Obamacare? So claims longtime Republican staffer Mike Lofgren in an interview with Salon's Josh Eidelson. download adobe cs6 Pictured are two senators who are strongly against

As governor contemplates teacher 'discipline' bill, fresh classroom outrage

Chris Reed October 9, 2013

As Gov. Jerry Brown weighs whether to sign a teacher-discipline bill that actually makes it more difficult to discipline teachers, fresh evidence turns up of bad teacher behavior in the state's largest school district, the district where the outrages occurred

Santa Barbara picks drilling over greening

Wayne Lusvardi October 9, 2013

Santa Barbara is ground zero for the environmental movement in California after the infamous Union Oil Company oil spill in the Santa Barbara Channel in 1969. Almost 45 years later, the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission approved 136 new oil wells on

Kids lose when schools ban recess and sports

Katy Grimes October 9, 2013

Today in America, lawyers now dictate what kids can do at recess. adobe animation software A school district in New York has banned footballs, baseballs, lacrosse balls or any dangerous instrument that might hurt someone on school grounds. “Port Washington

Coming days could be pivotal in bullet-train fight

Chris Reed October 8, 2013

Friday — or sooner — will see a crucial development in the five-year fight over implementation of Proposition 1A, the 2008 ballot measure that provided $9.95 billion in bond seed money for a statewide bullet-train project while establishing a state

Govt. shut down: Political football with military families

Katy Grimes October 8, 2013

I received an email message yesterday from a military wife who shared a message she received about military pay being delayed during the government shut down. If that actually happens, it could be one of the ugliest, most devious messages

$5 gas in CA? Lack of cap-and-trade price ceiling could bring it

Wayne Lusvardi October 8, 2013

At its October 24-25 board meeting, the California Air Resources Board will reconsider its “Market Based Compliance Mechanisms,” meaning its cap-and-trade program. The program “caps” greenhouse emissions, and has “traded” them in quarterly auctions over the past year. But many