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LA City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl Ends Ban On Medical Cannabis Collectives, Presented Awards By Patient Advocates

City Council replace existing medical marijuana ordinance with a ‘gentle ban’ on any association of 3 patients or more.

(LOS ANGELES) - It’s been a bittersweet week for the Los Angeles medical cannabis community.

On the heels of Los Angeles City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl getting the City Council to repeal its ban on medical cannabis collectives, Rosendahl announced he will not seek re-election to focus on his own battle with cancer.

California Families Take on GMOs

Artists won't be able to resist jumping into this project.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The campaign for Prop 37 is pretty high tech and educated. Many communities are being completely left out of even knowing what is happening to them because they don't have computers or speak English.

Media Producer Sues LA Police for Abuse Causing Miscarriage

TODAY: The Pitchess Motion Hearing will take place at 1:30 PM in Dept 47, the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center 210 West Temple St. Los Angeles, CA.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Melissa Balin lost her baby. She suffered a miscarriage after being admitted to the LA County Hospital last winter. She had been taken to the emergency room for treatment after the use of force by sheriffs.

Intervenor Compensation: Proposition 103 In California

Have NGOs Taken A 1988 California Insurance Revolt And Turned It Into A Cash Cow?

(LAGUNA BEACH, CA) - I’ve seen and heard a lot on my 15-year eco-watch, yet this pulling back of the drapes, this highly compensated intervention strategy kind of gave me the creeps. It has an eerie, freaky and other-worldly feeling to it.

Never having known or heard of it, maybe I could have milked the system long ago and retired to Hawai’i if I had!

Co-locating Alternative Energy Resources

Helping To Offset Increasing Energy Demands In The Water World...

(LAGUNA BEACH, CA) - Everyone knows the mantra regarding the fiscal benefits of real estate purchases: Location Location Location. All around the world, the pursuit of alternative sources is growing.

We could solve the riddle over where we’ll find the energy supplies for advanced water treatment systems (AWTS) if we recalibrate, readjust our mindset in America as they’ve done elsewhere.

BETRAYAL: Toxic Exposure of U.S. Marines, Murder and Government Cover-Up

Now on Amazon Kindle...

(SOMERDALE, NJ) - BETRAYAL tells the true story of government sanctioned murder, CIA proprietary airlines transporting weapons and cocaine, and injuries at El Toro and Camp Lejeune.

Getting to Know Our Hindu Brothers and Sisters

Special video/photojournalism report from our news editor in California's capitol city.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Hindus gathered in bright garb with dominant yellows and reds under a silky blue sky Saturday engaging in a special gathering that included a speech from Hindu Statesman Rajan Zed of Reno, who is quoted frequently on Salem-News

“Hindu Sangam” (Sangam meaning “confluence”) was held at Shree Laxmi Narayan Mandir in Sacramento.

[MCAS EL TORO SUPERFUND SITE] BETRAYAL -- Toxic Exposure of U.S. Marines, Murder & Government Cover-up

None of the veterans that served aboard these two installations were notified of their exposure to deadly contaminants when it was discovered...

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - BETRAYAL is written by two former MCAS El Toro Marines, Robert O’Dowd, Salem-News investigative reporter and disabled veteran, and Tim King, photojournalist and war correspondent.

It is a thrilling and informative nonfiction account of contamination at two Marine Corps installations—Marine Corps Air Station El Toro on the West Coast (CA) and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on the East Coast (NC).

Reclaimed, Reused and Recovered Water In South OC

“You can never step in the same water twice for new water is always flowing upon you.” Heraclitus of Ephesus circa 500 B.C.

(LAGUNA BEACH, CA) - If you’ve ever seen that sculpture by Rodin, titled “Le Ponseur” (The Thinker) then you’re familiar with the strong depiction of a man posed in deep metaphysical contemplation….or a profoundly depressed guy who just got dumped by his S.O.

That statue in conjunction with the aforementioned quote in fact typifies a modern contradiction: Now you CAN step in the same water twice, maybe shower in it, drink it or water your garden with it twice.

FBI Investigates MILCO Nuclear Trigger Smuggling to Israel

"...also met Benyamin Netanyahu while Netanyahu worked at Heli Trading..."

(WASHINGTON DC) - California-based MILCO International Inc. shipped 15 orders totaling 800 krytrons to the Israeli Ministry of Defense between 1979 and 1983.

Israeli movie producer Arnon Milchan's Heli Trading Company brokered the transactions. A krytron is a gas-filled tube used as a high speed switch.