Earlier in February I wrote about an obscure California law, the Solar Shade Control Act (.PDF), passed in 1979 after the Oil Crisis. The law essentially made criminals out of a pair of Sunnyvale residents, whose eight redwood trees cast shade on a neighbor's solar panels.
California's water crisis intensified Wednesday as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared the first statewide drought in 17 years - setting the stage for drastic cutbacks and for diverting supplies from the relatively water-rich to the water-poor.
For 18 years, Stephen Weir has been in charge of the office that hands out marriage licenses in California's ninth-largest county. And for just as long, Weir has been unable to get a license himself because the love of his life is a man. The irony did not escape him.
In a dramatic reversal of decades of public opinion, California voters agree by a slim majority that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry, according to a Field Poll released today.
Interesting. So-called "sin taxes" have been added to alcohol, tobacco, and the like, but pornography? That's the idea being fronted by state Assemblyman Charles Calderon, who has introduced bill AB2914.
Robert Mondavi, the vintner who built his career and helped an iconic Northern California industry blossom by insisting that Napa Valley wines can compete with the best in the world, died in the valley Friday. He was 94.
Millionaire foreclosure fraud scheme discovered in LA.
Democratic lawmakers search far and wide for new revenue to balance the state budget, though Republicans have vowed to stop any tax hikes.
You know, I've always wondered what happens to those shots in the air bright people do on occasions such as the 4th of July or New Year's Eve. In fact, some people have even been killed in such incidents. This isn't one of 'em, but it's sure reminiscent.
You can be in two states at once when in Crystal Bay. The Nevada / California state line runs right through it.
Fire crews battling a wildfire had a close call early Monday as winds, which had been fairly tame, unexpectedly kicked up and sent flames within yards of several houses.
A grizzly bear that appeared in a recent Will Ferrell movie killed a 39-year-old trainer with a bite to his neck and had to be subdued with pepper spray.
California faces an almost certain risk of being rocked by a strong earthquake by 2037, scientists said Monday in the first statewide temblor forecast. New calculations reveal there is a 99.7 percent chance a magnitude 6.7 quake or larger will strike in the next 30 years.
Vacation Packages at Lake Tahoe's Granlibakken Conference Center & Lodge - Tahoe City, California.
One California man would like more of us to eat insects. He even adds them to the ingredients of candy in his candy store.
It uses a UV technology to decontaminate water. The product aims to recycle and reuse water which is extracted as a result of laundry, dishwashing, showering, etc. for secondary actions like car-washing, irrigation, flower-watering, flushing, etc.
