Politics

Two political firms with ties to Sacramento are expanding their reach in the beltway through mergers and new office openings. The Mercury public affairs firm announced today that it is merging operations in the nation's capital with lobbying firm Cla...

A pipeline safety bill inspired in part by last year's explosion of an underground line in San Bruno gets another push today, hot on the heels of Senate approval. Politically, this apparent horse-after-cart timing deserves a look. The hearing today by...

I was in kindergarten when Jerry Brown was elected governor the first time around, and I grew up enjoying the legacy he left for California’s coast and ocean when he signed the California Coastal Act into law. The Coastal Act states that &ldqu...

The California League of Conservation Voters today hailed a final ruling by San Diego Superior Court Judge Ronald Prager dismissing a lawsuit brought by a handful of sport fishing groups that sought to derail a decade-long effort to establish protections for key coastal ecosystems along the California coast.   The scientifically-based regulations, established as part...

For the second time in a row, the California stem cell agency is providing the public -- in a timely fashion -- with substantial background information on matters to be decided at an upcoming meeting of its board of directors. The latest session ...

Credit Assemblyman Roger Dickinson with promoting with a friendly competition to boost canned-food collection for "Operation Gobble," which delivers turkeys to Sacramento families in need. He's challenging the Legislature to do more for the cause than...

The California stem cell agency, which faces a cash crunch next spring, is scheduled to receive additional funding as the result of a $2 billion state bond sale this week. The exact amount is not yet set. Tom Dresslar, a spokesman for state Treasur...

The president of the $3 billion California stem cell agency, Alan Trounson, is skipping the opening meeting tomorrow of a sweeping, blue-ribbon review of the research effort because of a prior speaking engagement. In response to a question, Maria ...

By Todd R. Brown Many Hmong, a "hill people" unassimilated in greater Southeast Asia and in the Asian American community, retain their Old World notions of health and healing. That means a reliance more on herbal remedies and shamanism than embracin...

Campaign finance reports released over the weekend brought a surprise to one of the most competitive races for a Democratic seat in Congress: Assemblyman Isadore Hall holds a significant advantage over two sitting members of Congress in the money race. Isadore Hall’s newly formed exploratory Congressional committee reported $158,450 in contributions, besting the 2012...