A group working to legalize marijuana in California will host Orange County’s first big medical marijuana expo today, featuring hemp products, speeches from activists and attorneys, and live reggae music. Up to 20,000 people are expected to attend the Know Your Rights Expo, across the street from Disneyland Resort, at the city-owned Anaheim Convention Center.

Five years after Katrina, the Gulf Coast and New-Orleans have to deal with another large scale disaster ( in this case purely man-made) in the form of the BP oil spill. It seems that New-Orleans can not get a break, but again the Crescent City is far from being the only town at the epicenter [...]

Same-sex marriage will be allowed once again… but not for six days. On August 18, 2010, at 5pm PST, same sex marriages will be allowed to resume in California. In the meantime, the legal wrangling will continue.

A lot went on this week, but here are the three top stories in the news that should probably give you some good hope for the future. 1. “Yes” To A Mosque Near Ground Zero The proposed Islamic community center near Ground Zero got the green light from the City of New York on Tuesday. [...]

The California affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union announced Friday their endorsement of Proposition 19, the initiative on the November 2010 ballot to allow state regulation and taxation of marijuana.