November 9, 2006
Ballot Initiative for Public Power Falters in Northern California
By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON
A push to replace a corporate-owned electric utility with public power in Yolo County, Calif.,
west of Sacramento, failed a test on Tuesday when voters passed only one of the three measures
needed to make the change...
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Fall 2006
Science And Politics Collide On Stem Cell Research
Two years after passing Proposition 71, the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act,
Californians accustomed to operating on Internet time have been witness to the reality check
of political time...
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Dec. 14, 2005
One percent of retailers sell 40 percent of guns used in California crime
A study by researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center has found that
1.3 percent of the licensed gun retailers in the state sell 39.4 percent of the handguns used
in violent crime, and that those retailers share similar profiles -- pawn shops and retailers
with a high rate of background-check failure are at higher risk for selling a handgun that will
be used in a criminal act...
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