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Plastic bags to be banned in LA

May 25, 2012 By Blake Skylar

In what seems to be part of a steadily increasing effort to find, Los Angeles will become the largest city to ban plastic bags at grocery stores.

Oaklanders demand justice for Trayvon Martin

March 27, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Protesters, many wearing hoodies and carrying Skittles and cans of iced tea, gathered in front of City Hall March 26 to express solidarity with the family of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.

Millions of Californians now benefit from health care law

March 27, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

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.

California looks to pass Homeowner’s Bill of Rights

March 21, 2012 By Juan Lopez

In a counterattack against Wall Street, grassroots groups and state leaders joined forces to exact significant concessions from the big banks.

“Levitated Mass”: Art or environmental crime?

March 15, 2012 By Chris Elliott

The sheer grandiosity of the project - the nightly slow motion parade through 22 cities, the $10-to-$20 million price tag - provoked new conversations about the validity of Earth Art,