California’s First Harvey Milk Day Gives Us Hope
Harvey Milk was the first openly gay city official in the USA, elected by San Francisco citizens as a Supervisor (Councilman) for District 8. On 22 May 2010, California is celebrating the first official state holiday designated as Harvey Milk Day, honoring the first openly gay elected official in the USA.
California Cops Prepare To Waste More Money ‘Eradicating’ Pot
Local, state and federal law enforcement officers will gather May 10-13 in San Diego to begin “organizing” this year’s Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (CAMP), which has failed annually since 1983 to achieve its stated goal: reducing cannabis use and availability in California by “eradicating” illegal grow sites.
Are California Drug Agents Targeting Hispanics?
A northern California drug enforcement team has been accused of singling out Hispanics and other minorities by pulling them over on Interstate 5 based on ethnicity. The allegations could put Shasta County squarely into the increasingly heated national debate about racial profiling.
Two Dead After Calexico Quake Jolts Southern California
Updated at 7:48 pm (Pacific Time). The Mexican government has confirmed two people dead after a 7.2 magnitude quake shook northern Mexico and the southern part of California on Easter Sunday. One of the deaths was caused by a collapsed home in Mexicali. The local Red Cross in Mexicali has reported that at least 50 […]
No Surprise: California GOP Against Pot Legalization
With sad predictability, the GOP’s conservative apologists for the status quo in California have dutifully lined up against the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010, which will appear on this November’s ballot in the Golden State.
