President Obama and Californians weigh in on health care debate
Declaring the health law "constitutional," the president said, "We are confident that this will be upheld because it should be upheld."
Demonstrators protest raids at medical pot facilities
Protesters, many of them medical marijuana users, massed in downtown Oakland to protest the raiding by federal agents of Oaksterdam University, which trains workers for the medical marijuana industry.
Cat rescuers hold Caboodle Ranch owner accountable (with video)
"What a lucrative business, charging desperate, caring people to take homeless cats at $100 to $200 each. When they die a month later, he just takes more."
Environment and politics: one and the same
"Capitalism is fundamentally incapable of dealing with climate change." These were the words of microbial ecologist Steve McCallister.
Supreme Court ruling means mom's life or death
A California mother of two in the crowd on the steps of the Supreme Court defended President Obama's health care reform law
Gulf dolphins suffer post-oil spill illnesses
In Barataria Bay, La. (located in the northern Gulf of Mexico), bottlenose dolphins are suffering from severe illnesses - the aftermath of the BP oil spill, according to a report by Click Green.
Millions of Californians now benefit from health care law
As the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments by Affordable Care Act's opponents, including 26 states, other states are already putting parts of the law into practice as they look toward full implementation in 2014.
Cats at Caboodle Ranch subjected to horrific conditions
Authorities seized the suffering animals and charged Caboodle's founder and operator with cruelty to animals and scheme to defraud.
Heat ray weapon a threat to collective action?
Though originally intended for the Afghanistan War, it could soon be headed to the U.S., under the guise of a "riot control device."
