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Power Cuts in California Put Vulnerable in Danger
MORAGA, Calif. — The decision to turn electricity off for large areas of Northern California has inconvenienced and frustrated hundreds of thousands of residents, but it also has become increasingly dangerous for the state’s most vulnerable.
Power Cuts in California Put Vulnerable in Danger
MORAGA, Calif. — When Ben Faus went to bed at his home in the foothills above the Monterey Bay, he knew there was a chance his power would go out but he didn’t know exactly when. About 3 a.m. on Thursday he was jolted awake because his sleep apnea breathing machine stopped working.
PG&E Power Outage: Californians Face a Blackout
<strong xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The second phase of the shutdown cut power to about 250,000 more customers.</strong>
PG&E Power Outage Expands in California
SAN FRANCISCO — About 800,000 electricity customers in Northern California were without power Thursday after the state’s largest utility carried out the second phase of its intentional power cut.
Lights Out Across Northern California as PG&E Warns of Wildfire Threat
SAN FRANCISCO — The lights went off in stages in Northern California on Wednesday, from the forests near the Oregon border, down the spine of the Sierra Nevada and finally through the dense hillside communities across the Bay from San Francisco.
PG&E Cuts Power to 500,000 in California: Live Update
SAN FRANCISCO — A deliberate power outage that spanned large parts of Northern California on Wednesday sent hundreds of thousands of people scrambling for gasoline and other essentials as strong, gusty winds and months of dry weather put the state on alert for wildfires.
A battle over land between the military and a state that 'has given enough'
Greg Anderson, a member of the Moapa Band of Paiutes, bathed in the rich light, miles from the nearest paved road, and studied an image of a deer etched on the rock face. The connection with thousands of years of history gave him the chills.
San Francisco bans sale of Juul and other e-cigarettes
Passage of the bill was praised by anti-tobacco advocates and the American Heart Association, among other health organizations.
Richard Prince and the new meaning of high art
The only hint that this show on Thursday night might stray from the norm was the faint smell of marijuana.
Guns-drawn raid chills advocates of free press
When two San Francisco police officers knocked on Bryan Carmody’s door in April, they politely requested that Carmody, a freelance videographer, reveal who had leaked a police report to him about the mysterious death of the city’s public defender.
Illicit Pot Sales Boom in California Despite Legalization
COSTA MESA, Calif. — In the forests of Northern California, raids by law enforcement officials continue to uncover illicit marijuana farms. In Southern California, hundreds of illegal delivery services and pot dispensaries, some of them registered as churches, serve a steady stream of customers. And in Mendocino County, north of San Francisco, the sheriff’s office recently raided an illegal cannabis production facility that was processing 500 pounds of marijuana a day.Illicit Pot Sales Boom in California Despite Legalization
COSTA MESA, Calif. — In the forests of Northern California, raids by law enforcement officials continue to uncover illicit marijuana farms. In Southern California, hundreds of illegal delivery services and pot dispensaries, some of them registered as churches, serve a steady stream of customers. And in Mendocino County, north of San Francisco, the sheriff’s office recently raided an illegal cannabis production facility that was processing 500 pounds of marijuana a day.D-Day Veteran to Return to Normandy for First Time in 75 Years
(California Today)The trickle-down economics of trash picking
SAN FRANCISCO — Three blocks from Mark Zuckerberg’s $10 million Tudor home in San Francisco, Jake Orta lives in a small, single-window studio apartment filled with trash.
He spent 36 years behind bars, a fingerprint database cleared him in hours
All it took was for technicians in a crime lab to run the fingerprints collected at the scene of a rape through a national database. Within hours, the experts had established a match with a serial rapist.
A right hook in Berkeley revives debate over campus speech
SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California Police Department on Friday arrested a suspect in the assault of a conservative activist on the Berkeley campus, reviving a debate over free speech at colleges.
Now for the hard part: Getting Californians to buy legal weed
California’s experiment in legalization is mired by debates over regulation and hamstrung by cities and towns that do not want cannabis businesses on their streets.
Now for the Hard Part: Getting Californians to Buy Legal Weed
SAN FRANCISCO — A billion dollars of tax revenue, the taming of the black market, the convenience of retail cannabis stores throughout the state — these were some of the promises made by proponents of marijuana legalization in California.
Now for the Hard Part: Getting Californians to Buy Legal Weed
SAN FRANCISCO — A billion dollars of tax revenue, the taming of the black market, the convenience of retail cannabis stores throughout the state — these were some of the promises made by proponents of marijuana legalization in California.
Jerry Brown Orders DNA Testing in California Death Row Case
SAN FRANCISCO — Gov. Jerry Brown of California on Monday ordered a limited retesting of evidence in a highly contested murder conviction.
