Proposition 67 is the wrong way to solve the very serious problem of uninsured patients in California. The state needs more funding for its health care system, but a telephone surcharge is not the way to do it. Read more...

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Former Pepsi employee murders supervisor SACRAMENTO “”mdash; A former bottling plant employee was arrested Saturday in the fatal shooting of his supervisor, a father of five who was gunned down on his doorstep in the middle of the night, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department said. Read more...

Leaving her alcoholic father behind in Mexico City, Nora and the rest of her family crossed the Mexico/California border illegally one night, about 11 years ago. Read more...

Proposition 66 will help fix the draconian three-strikes law which has unjustly put thousands in prison for 25 years to life. Proposition 66’s biggest change will require an individual’s third strike to be “serious or violent.” Currently, any felony counts as the third strike and nearly 60% of current third-strike inmates are serving for non-violent, non-serious offenses. Read more...

Proposition 71 is a smart choice for California and the country. Its passage would raise a bond of about $3 billion for stem cell research over the next 10 years, propelling California to the cutting edge of medical research. Read more...

More than two million people around the world have taken a class that is being offered at UCLA this week. The Art of Living Foundation, a non-profit organization which is affiliated with the United Nations, brings its course to more than 140 countries and teaches people the art of breathing, promising lifelong benefits in the process. Read more...