California

October 19, 2016 – EPIC and our allies filed suit today in U.S. District Court challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s unexpected decision in April to deny Endangered Species Act protection to Pacific fishers. Closely related to minks, martens and wolverines, Pacific fishers are severely threatened by logging, use of toxic rodenticides by illegal […]

Alturas, Calif. October 18, 2016 – Each year, local, state and federal fire protection agencies visit local schools during National Fire Prevention Week to teach children about fire safety. This year Modoc National Forest, CAL FIRE, Alturas Fire Department and Modoc County Public Health teamed up to deliver that message to students at Alturas Elementary […]

October 17, 2016 – The Reds Meadow Valley Road is closed due to two mudslides, one substantial, which occurred late yesterday afternoon. The area received its first significant rain after a long dry summer. Several visitors needed to be assisted out of the Reds Meadow area. The road will remain closed while the slides and […]

Oct. 17, 2016 – Fifty years ago, the Committee to Save San Bruno Mountain stopped a plan to lop off half of San Bruno Mountain to fill the San Francisco Bay and expand Foster City. Today, local environmental activists have a new challenge: getting the California Bay Area to notice — and protect — the […]

SAN DIEGO (October 17, 2016) – The Humane Society of the United States and SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment have announced they are joining together to urge Californians to vote “Yes” on Proposition 67, the state ban on single-use plastic bags. Signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2014, the ban is being challenged by […]

LOS ANGELES, CA, Oct. 14, 2016 – Sen. Bernie Sanders told a roaring crowd of 700 in Hollywood Friday that Proposition 61 is the “most significant proposition in the country to end drug industry greed” and urged his followers to work tirelessly for Prop. 61’s passage on Nov. 8 to “send a profound message” across […]

October 13, 2016 – Governor Jerry Brown and other state officials have constantly claimed the Delta Tunnels project will “restore” the Delta ecosystem, but they revealed their real plans on October 7 when the administration applied for a permit to kill winter-run Chinook salmon, Central Valley steelhead, Delta and longfin smelt and other endangered species with the project. The California […]

Washington, DC October 13, 2016 – A federal water agency misspent millions of dollars intended for fish and wildlife and drought relief in the Klamath Basin on irrigator subsidies, according to new audit report which confirms charges leveled last year by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).  The federal agency, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, […]

SAN FRANCISCO – The Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) today released its initial assessment of the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) as part of its collaborative review process. In response to community outcry after several officer-involved shootings and other high-profile incidents, Mayor Ed Lee and former Police Chief Greg […]

SACRAMENTO – “Today’s announcement that Mr. Stumpf is stepping down is welcome news. Based on his duck, dodge, and deny performance in the wake of admissions that his bank had fleeced legions of its own customers, he was not – and would never be – the change agent leader Wells Fargo so desperately needs. “Wells […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. October 12, 2016 – Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced the unprecedented release of firearms sales data in California on OpenJustice, the first-of-its-kind open data initiative she launched last September. The new firearms data section of OpenJustice shows how firearms sales have changed over the last two decades and includes a county-by-county breakdown.  […]

ALTURAS, Calif. October 11, 2016 – Fire crews from the Bureau of Land Management will conduct several prescribed burning projects in Lassen and Modoc counties, Calif., and in Washoe County, Nev., during fall and early winter. Pile burning could start as early as the week of Oct. 10. Crews from the Applegate Field Office in […]

MOSCOW, ID,  Oct. 10, 2016  –  Human-caused climate change has nearly doubled the amount of land burned in western U.S. forest fires over the past three decades, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Idaho and Columbia University. The researchers estimate that human-caused climate change caused an additional 16,000 square miles […]

FRESNO, Oct. 10, 2016 – Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced the creation of the California Cyber Crime Center (C4), a new initiative within the California Department of Justice to fight crime in the digital era by bringing state-of-the-art digital forensic capabilities and cyber security expertise to law enforcement across the state. “As the […]

Oct. 7, 2016 – Mercury is a powerful neurotoxin which, like lead, interferes with normal childhood development. The health concern it poses is well-known and severe. And yet a 2009 industry study estimated the number of mercury thermostats in California to be between 5.1 million and 10.5 million. At four grams of mercury per thermostat, […]

SANTA MONICA, CA, Oct. 10, 2016 – After news broke Friday that Mylan must pay $465 million for overcharging Medicaid for the EpiPen, mothers whose children rely on the life-saving allergy drug denounced drug company greed, and called on voters to pass Proposition 61 to stop drug company price-gouging and save lives. Consumer Watchdog released […]

October 7, 2016 – Learn about the 17 propositions on California’s November 2016 ballot in less than 5 minutes! This sing-along song covers each prop in an accurate, entertaining and nonpartisan way. Produced by the California Voter Foundation, a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization working to improve the voting process to better serve voters, online at www.calvoter.org. […]

SACRAMENTO October 5, 2016 – A record 18,251,826 Californians are registered to vote Secretary of State Alex Padilla reported today. California’s record breaking 18.2 million registered voters is greater than the population of all but three other U.S. states—Texas, Florida, and New York. The report is a compilation of voter registration numbers reported by California’s […]