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Agriculture as a Net Sink of Greenhouse Gases: Proposals to Invest Cap-and-Trade Revenues

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: April 03, 2015
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Agriculture as a Net Sink of Greenhouse Gases: Proposals to Invest Cap-and-Trade Revenues

By Leanna Sweha Governor Brown’s FY 2015-16 budget proposal calls for new actions to further reduce green ...

By Leanna Sweha Governor Brown’s FY 2015-16 budget proposal calls for new actions to further reduce greenhouse gas pollutants (GHG) by 2030, including actions to enhance California’s agricultural land ...

April 03, 2015
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Report: Heat and Climate Change Help Fuel California’s Drought

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 03, 2015
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Report: Heat and Climate Change Help Fuel California’s Drought

Earlier this year, reports showed the several consecutive dry years combined with record supercharged Cal ...

Earlier this year, reports showed the several consecutive dry years combined with record supercharged California droughts. In 2014, temperatures were by far the highest – fueled mainly by a warmer tha ...

March 03, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sixty Locals Join Largest March To Ban Fracking

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|Date: February 12, 2015
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Sixty Locals Join Largest March To Ban Fracking

by Leslie Crenna Despite afternoon rain, at least 8,000 dedicated citizens, including about 60 from Sacra ...

by Leslie Crenna Despite afternoon rain, at least 8,000 dedicated citizens, including about 60 from Sacramento and Davis combined, called on Governor Jerry Brown to ban the practice of hydraulic fract ...

February 12, 2015
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Sunday Commentary II: The Line Between Freedom and Public Safety When It Comes to Vaccination

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 08, 2015
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Sunday Commentary II: The Line Between Freedom and Public Safety When It Comes to Vaccination

In the modern era, some of the greatest threats to humanity in the form of disease had been either eradic ...

In the modern era, some of the greatest threats to humanity in the form of disease had been either eradicated or were on the verge of eradication by virtue of vaccination – polio, smallpox, measles, o ...

February 08, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Legislation Introduced That Would End California’s Vaccine Exemption Loophole

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 06, 2015
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Legislation Introduced That Would End California’s Vaccine Exemption Loophole

The Disneyland measles outbreak is seen by many as the warning shot across the bow. All it took was one i ...

The Disneyland measles outbreak is seen by many as the warning shot across the bow. All it took was one infected park visitor and dozens of unvaccinated bystanders to unleash a potentially lethal dise ...

February 06, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Lessons California Can Learn From Red States on Crime and Punishment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 04, 2014
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Lessons California Can Learn From Red States on Crime and Punishment

Politics makes for strange bedfellows and back in September, the LA Times published an op-ed from former ...

Politics makes for strange bedfellows and back in September, the LA Times published an op-ed from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and California businessman B. Wayne Hughes JR, founder and chairman ...

November 04, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: State Schools Race Wake Up Call For Democrats

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 02, 2014
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Sunday Commentary: State Schools Race Wake Up Call For Democrats

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson paid a late visit to Davis on Thursday to rally ...

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson paid a late visit to Davis on Thursday to rally the troops. Earlier in the day he had received the bad news that his race is tied against chall ...

November 02, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Torlakson Tied in the Polls, Comes to Davis to Inspire the Troops, Warns of Threat to Public Education

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 31, 2014
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Torlakson Tied in the Polls, Comes to Davis to Inspire the Troops, Warns of Threat to Public Education

If Tom Torlakson was jolted by the news earlier in the day that he was in a dead heat with challenger Mar ...

If Tom Torlakson was jolted by the news earlier in the day that he was in a dead heat with challenger Marshall Tuck for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction position that he has held since 2 ...

October 31, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Perspectives on Proposition 47

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 29, 2014
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Analysis: Perspectives on Proposition 47

On Monday, the Vanguard ran a column called “Scare Tactics and Prop. 47.” We noted that, while it reduces ...

On Monday, the Vanguard ran a column called “Scare Tactics and Prop. 47.” We noted that, while it reduces over-incarceration for largely petty and non-violent offenses, there are concerns, particularl ...

October 29, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Scare Tactics and Prop. 47

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 27, 2014
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Eye on the Courts: Scare Tactics and Prop. 47

Most campaign claims have an element of truth surrounded by a world of gray and ambiguity. That is the ca ...

Most campaign claims have an element of truth surrounded by a world of gray and ambiguity. That is the case of Prop. 47 – a well-intentioned proposal that would end felony incarceration for a host of ...

October 27, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Our Medical System – What I Believe is Possible

Posted by Tia Will
|Date: July 27, 2014
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Our Medical System – What I Believe is Possible

by Tia Will With the proposal and subsequent approval of the ACA, concerns have been expressed about the ...

by Tia Will With the proposal and subsequent approval of the ACA, concerns have been expressed about the destruction of our free market system of medical care. I would like to address this from the po ...

July 27, 2014
| by Tia Will

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Obamacare – A View from the Front Line

Posted by Tia Will
|Date: July 19, 2014
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Obamacare – A View from the Front Line

by Tia Will As an advocate of single party payer health care administered through an integrated health ca ...

by Tia Will As an advocate of single party payer health care administered through an integrated health care model such as Kaiser, I was not happy with the ACA. I wanted more. But that has not stopped ...

July 19, 2014
| by Tia Will

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Governor Brown Signs Freedom to Marry Bill

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 08, 2014
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Governor Brown Signs Freedom to Marry Bill

Without comment or fanfare, Governor Jerry Brown on Monday signed legislation that brings state law in li ...

Without comment or fanfare, Governor Jerry Brown on Monday signed legislation that brings state law in line with court rulings that recognize marriage for same-sex couples. While both the California a ...

July 08, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Will Marijuana Legalization Measure Qualify for November Ballot in California?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 15, 2014
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Will Marijuana Legalization Measure Qualify for November Ballot in California?

Given policy shifts by the Obama administration and the passage of marijuana legalization in Colorado and ...

Given policy shifts by the Obama administration and the passage of marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington, it was widely expected that California could see a marijuana legalization measure, ...

March 15, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Jerry Brown Announces He is Running For Reelection

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 28, 2014
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Jerry Brown Announces He is Running For Reelection

Jerry Brown on Thursday announced he is running for reelection. Eight days before the filing deadline, J ...

Jerry Brown on Thursday announced he is running for reelection. Eight days before the filing deadline, Jerry Brown made official what was long believed, by tweeting a photo of himself getting the pap ...

February 28, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Housing Element Amendments to Be Discussed by the Planning Commission

San Joaquin Grand Jury Indicts Officers in Brutal Beating of 17-Year-Old

UC Davis KDVS Radio Current Workers and Alumni Frustrated by Station Relocation and Downsizing

Progressive Orange County District Attorney Candidate Highlights Increase in Hate Crimes Under Current DA, Citing ‘Scandal’ Riddled Record of ‘Trump Republican’

Justice Leaders Urge Supreme Court Not to Criminalize Lifesaving Overdose Prevention Sites

Man Charged with Attack on Neighbor’s Door with Butcher Knife after Believing Eggs Thrown at His Door

Commentary: In the Battle of YIMBY versus NIMBY, Score One for the YIMBYs, but Will It Make a Difference?

Guest Commentary: Unforgiving Towing Fines Deepen Inequality

Commentary: Maricopa DA Refuses Calls to Resign Despite Being in Substance Abuse Treatment

Guest Commentary: Why Aren’t More Rehabilitated, Aging Prisoners Being Released?

Agriculture as a Net Sink of Greenhouse Gases: Proposals to Invest Cap-and-Trade Revenues

Agriculture as a Net Sink of Greenhouse Gases: Proposals to Invest Cap-and-Trade Revenues

Report: Heat and Climate Change Help Fuel California’s Drought

Report: Heat and Climate Change Help Fuel California’s Drought

Sixty Locals Join Largest March To Ban Fracking

Sixty Locals Join Largest March To Ban Fracking

Sunday Commentary II: The Line Between Freedom and Public Safety When It Comes to Vaccination

Sunday Commentary II: The Line Between Freedom and Public Safety When It Comes to Vaccination

Legislation Introduced That Would End California’s Vaccine Exemption Loophole

Legislation Introduced That Would End California’s Vaccine Exemption Loophole

Lessons California Can Learn From Red States on Crime and Punishment

Lessons California Can Learn From Red States on Crime and Punishment

Sunday Commentary: State Schools Race Wake Up Call For Democrats

Sunday Commentary: State Schools Race Wake Up Call For Democrats

Torlakson Tied in the Polls, Comes to Davis to Inspire the Troops, Warns of Threat to Public Education

Torlakson Tied in the Polls, Comes to Davis to Inspire the Troops, Warns of Threat to Public Education

Analysis: Perspectives on Proposition 47

Analysis: Perspectives on Proposition 47

Eye on the Courts: Scare Tactics and Prop. 47

Eye on the Courts: Scare Tactics and Prop. 47

Governor Brown Signs Freedom to Marry Bill

Governor Brown Signs Freedom to Marry Bill

Will Marijuana Legalization Measure Qualify for November Ballot in California?

Will Marijuana Legalization Measure Qualify for November Ballot in California?

Jerry Brown Announces He is Running For Reelection

Jerry Brown Announces He is Running For Reelection

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