Can the nation handle two massive oil cleanups at once?
Just in case you’re the worrying sort, we’ll give you a little something to add to the “what if?” list. We know from experience what a horrendous mess, and environmental catastrophe, oil spills can be....
View ArticleOn propositions, big money talked but didn’t win
Well, here is heartening news: Despite spending a combined $62 million, PG&E and Mercury Insurance‘s bids to buy their own state initiatives went down in flames at the polls Tuesday. PG&E, as...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Tort Wars: Election Day by the numbers
The battle between corporations and consumer attorneys over the fate of the civil justice system raged into the spring election primary season with a few key showdown legislative races – and a couple...
View ArticleBoard drops ball on vetting nursing applicants
This would seem to be one of those basic, common-sense steps that a regulator of health-care professionals would undertake as a routine part of vetting applicants for California nursing licenses: Check...
View ArticleMary Salas says, ‘Let’s count those votes again’
With a gap of only 12 votes in a state senate primary, wouldn’t YOU request a recount? Mary Salas is, in that throwdown in the District 40 race in the southern part of the state (San Diego, Riverside...
View ArticleMary Salas’s manager: ‘Make sure that every vote is counted’
Look at it as a roll of the dice. Mary Salas‘s decision to seek a recount in the state Senate District 40 Democratic primary is rooted in a desire to ensure every vote counts — and the 50-50 chance...
View ArticleProp. 8 and the Supremes: Which way will they go?
There has been a river of news stories and commentary about U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker‘s recent decision overturning Proposition 8, but among the best I’ve seen is this overview and...
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