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Las Vegas Premiere Set to Expose BLM Mismanagement

Secretaries of Interior and Energy invited to showing of “Who Are My People?”

(LAS VEGAS) - It is no coincidence that the Las Vegas premiere of “Who Are My People?” is on August 13. National Clean Energy Summit 6.0 takes place the same day.

The Secretary of the Interior (Sally Jewell), Secretary of Energy (Dr. Ernest Moniz), Chairman Jon Wellinghoff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will be there...

California Inmates Enter Third Day of Largest Hunger Strike in State History

Protests have taken place all over the country, mainly from the family members of the incarcerated, as well as those who support their cause.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - California prisons are being rocked by an event that has been called the largest hunger strike in California history.

Inmates at 33 prisons, 30,000 in total, are in their third day of the strikes, during which they are demanding access to adequate food, education and fair rules with regard to being placed in solitary confinement.

PressTV: `Google employees exposed to TCE`

Googleplex buildings in California are toxic with TCE; Google falls in step with US govt. by failing to notify employees.

(MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA) - Salem-News.com news editor, Tim King, is now writing a weekly column for Press TV.

His first article examines the plight of Google employees in California who work, many unknowingly, on heavily contaminated land once occupied by computer chip manufacturers who used the toxic chemical TCE (trichloroethylene) for years, with large amounts of the chemical spilling and leaching into groundwater in the surrounding area.

Harborside Health Center Scores a Win!!

In this writer's humble opinion it's about time we had a dispensary fight for our rights to be a integral contributing part of society the way Harborside, its directors, and staffs have done.

(OAKLAND) - Since 1996 many entrepreneurs have ventured into the medical marijuana industry here in California.

To date none have achieved the notoriety or reached the masses like Harborside Health Center.

U.S. District Court Ruling Allows City of Oakland to Continue Fighting Feds

Harborside Health Center Allowed to Stay Open - A win for Medical Cannabis Patients in California Courts.

(OAKLAND) - This morning U.S. District Court Judge Maria-Elena James granted the City of Oakland’s motion to stay the civil forfeiture proceeding against Harborside Health Center Oakland until the City of Oakland’s pending appeal is heard in the Federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Judge James also ruled that the stay in the commercial forfeiture proceeding should be extended to the Harborside San Jose location.

Evidence Calls for New Investigation Into the Murder of Marine Colonel James Sabow

Marine Colonel at MCAS El Toro blew the whistle on continuing Central and South American drug shipments and was murdered; his death passed off as a suicide.

(RAPID CITY, SD) - In 1991, my brother, Colonel J.E. Sabow, USMC was murdered in the backyard of his home on the Marine Corps Air Base El Toro, California. Col. Sabow was a highly decorated Jet pilot with 221 combat missions in an A-6 Intruder.

This was followed by multiple assignments and commands stateside, as well as in South Korea, Okinawa and Japan.

A Brief Comment on the Supreme Court`s DOMA Decision

The DOMA decision is a step in the right direction, but leaves same-sex couples in 43 states without a right to marry and ineligible for federal benefits.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - The Supreme Court in United States v. Windsor ruled that Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the law barring the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages legalized by the states, is unconstitutional.

Adding California after the Hollingsworth v. Perry decision, twelve states now allow same-sex marriages and these couples are now eligible for federal benefits.

California`s Marriage Ban is Over

Millions of us have been fighting for years – first to stop Prop. 8 from passing, and then to reverse it. Today's victory, while joyous, is a reminder of the long road to win marriage equality nationwide.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - History was made today as the U.S. Supreme Court held that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, returning marriage equality to California.

In addition to holding Prop. 8 unconstitutional, the Court also invalidated the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) – so finally couples in the growing number of marriage equality states will also get the federal rights and benefits they deserve.

11 Pounds of Methamphetamine Seized

The estimated value of the seized methamphetamine is $143,000.

(KLAMATH FALLS OR) - A California resident is facing charges in Klamath County following a Sunday morning Oregon State Police (OSP) traffic stop in Klamath Falls.

During the stop an OSP trooper discovered approximately 11 pounds of methamphetamine concealed inside the vehicle. The OSP Drug Enforcement Section is continuing the investigation.

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS): Closure Has Ocean Desalination Ramifications

So Cal Edison permanent closure in San Clemente might have far-reaching implications for other projects in California, including the Poseidon Huntington Beach Seawater Desalination Facility in Orange County.

(LAGUNA BEACH) - Statements made by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to the Times hint at possible multiple game changers regarding controversial “Once-Through-Cooling” (OTC) at power grid facilities.

The natural gas powered, AES-operated Huntington Beach plant that supplies SCE customers brought two (2) dormant, once-retired units back online last year to offset the SONGS being offline, and that’s where it starts getting intriguing.