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City Council to consider banning single-use plastic bags

LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The Los Angeles City Council is expected to vote today on whether to ban single-use plastic bags. The council’s Energy and Environment Committee Monday approved the language and environmental findings of […]

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Lawmakers expand Medicaid in final budget

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The state Legislature on Saturday passed a major piece of the federal Affordable Care Act, opting to expand Medicaid to 1.4 million low-income Californians, as it rushed to meet its deadline […]

2013/06/15

Dishing up trash: New look for sustainable seafood

(AP) – Most people have only ever seen a scorpion fish in an aquarium. Unless they dine at Carolina Crossroads Restaurant in Chapel Hill, N.C., where they’ll find the spiny, venomous creature on the menu. […]

2013/06/14

The Los Angeles Convention Center (AP Photo)

LA Convention Center suitor blasts Anschutz bid

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Pennsylvania-based company is challenging a plan to hire the owner of Staples Center to run the Los Angeles Convention Center. A panel last week recommended the City Council approve a […]

2013/06/11

Athlete and actress Esther Williams (AP Photo)

Swimming champion, movie star Esther Williams dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Esther Williams, the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s, has died. She was 91. Williams died early Thursday in her […]

2013/06/06

Remains of homes damaged from a fire caused by explosion, San Bruno, 2010. (AP Photo)

Commission legal team probing PG&E blast resigns

SAN FRANCICSO (AP) — The lead attorneys probing a deadly pipeline explosion for California regulators have abruptly quit the investigation, putting the integrity of the probe in jeopardy, a San Bruno city official said Wednesday. […]

2013/06/05

SF, NY officials to meet over cellphone thefts

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Top law enforcement officials from San Francisco and New York plan to meet with some of the nation’s largest smartphone makers next week to help thwart the rise in cellphone thefts […]

2013/06/05

SF sues startup over airport rules

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The City of San Francisco has filed a lawsuit accusing a startup that allows travelers to rent out their cars instead of paying for airport parking of flouting San Francisco International […]

2013/06/04

Bids on lunch with Buffett already top $750,000

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The price of a private lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett has already topped $750,000, and the online auction to raise money for a California homeless charity continues all week. The eBay […]

2013/06/04

Mogul to pay $2.5M in settlement

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook billionaire Sean Parker’s lavish, $10-million Big Sur wedding just got even more expensive. The California Coastal Commission and Parker on Monday said they have reached a $2.5 million settlement to […]

2013/06/03

Poll: 2 in 5 women would consider solo parenthood

(AP) – As Christy Everson was nearing age 40, she made a decision: She wanted to have a child, even though she was single and it meant doing it all alone. Her daughter, conceived via […]

2013/05/30

Wal-Mart pleads guilty to federal environmental crimes in cases partly filed in LA

LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. pleaded guilty today to six misdemeanor counts of violating the Clean Water Act by illegally handling and disposing of hazardous materials at its retail stores across the United […]

2013/05/28

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