Nov 20 San Diego to recycle sewage water as drinking water By Colleen Shalby What’s there to do when your city is in the midst of an ongoing drought and the price tag on imported water continues to spike? Recycle your sewage water, that’s what. Continue reading
Nov 17 Number of international students on U.S. campuses at an all-time high By Kyla Calvert Mason While the number of internationals students coming to the U.S. has increased in most of the last dozen years, that growth picked up during the recession. Schools like the University of California’s campuses looked to other countries for students who… Continue reading
Nov 12 Water theft in California heightens state drought concerns By Adelyn Baxter Water has become the unlikely subject of black market dealings in some the California’s worst-hit areas. With nearly 60 percent of the state currently experiencing exceptional drought -- the highest level of drought designated by the U.S. Drought Monitor —… Continue reading
Nov 05 Nation's first soda tax passed in Berkeley By Connie Kargbo Berkeley residents will now pay more for sodas and drinks with added sugar after voters approved a measure on Tuesday that will tax sugary drinks. Across the bay in San Francisco, a similar measure fell short. Continue reading
Oct 29 California orders 21-day quarantine on travelers from Ebola-afflicted countries By Joshua Barajas Passengers who arrive in California from an Ebola-stricken West African country and have had contact with an infected patient will face a 21-day quarantine, state health officials said Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 25 Early voting shifts midterm election campaign strategies By Michael R. Blood, Associated Press With a little over a week to go until midterm elections, early voting happening in California and more than 30 other states, is causing both Republicans and Democrats to shift their campaign strategies. Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch News Wrap: Wave of Islamic State attacks strike Baghdad By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, bombings and mortar fire rocked mostly Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad. At least 50 people were killed in a wave of terror attacks by Islamic State forces. Also, Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying asked demonstrators to… Continue watching
Oct 16 Free speech, and what came after By Spencer Michels Fifty years ago this month, long before the Vietnam War, students on the U.C. Berkeley campus ignited protests over a ban on political activity -- a student movement that would morph into the huge, confrontational demonstrations of the early 1970s… Continue reading
Oct 14 Still no foie gras for Californians, SCOTUS says By Anna Christiansen The French delicacy, made commercially from the livers of force-fed ducks, has long been the subject of debate by animal welfare organizations. In order to grow the organ beyond normal size, animals are force fed through a metal tube several… Continue reading
Oct 13 Police arrest one of 20 clowns terrorizing county in California By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy If the movies “It” and “Killer Clowns from Outer Space” gave you the heebie-jeebies, there’s another reason to be scared of clowns: An outbreak of clowns in the San Joaquin Valley is terrifying residents. Continue reading