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With the clock quickly ticking towards the 2010 California Gubernatorial Election, third party candidates are feverishly campaigning to put across the message of change they intend to bring to the sta

The president orders federal agencies to set high goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cut energy use, save water and recycle more.

Every year, elementary school teachers spend hundreds of dollars out of their own pockets on much-needed school supplies.

It has recently been reported that nearly 1.4 million Californians have settled for part-time work due to poor economic conditions and a battered job market. 

Governor Schwarzenegger recently voiced support for sending 20,000+ illegal inmates who are currently in California prisons to offshore prisons in Mexico.  These offshore Mexican prisons will be

The Fair Trade Certified™ skeptics sent me on a journey to ask some important questions and here are the results - by the way, if you're in SF on Thursday night, TransFair USA is hosting San Francisco's first ever Fair Trade Wine Night. Pick which neighborhood wine bar is closest to you. See http://www.fairtradewinenight.com/ for details.

Three Americans won the Nobel prize in medicine on Monday for discovering how chromosomes protect themselves as cells divide, work that has inspired experimental cancer therapies and may offer insights into aging.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan predicted on Sunday that the jobless rate will pass 10 percent and stay there for a while, and a second stimulus plan is not needed now.

Our partnership with SRCC allows us to not only help young people develop important skills that will assist them the rest of their lives, but creates a skilled workforce for the growing renewable fuels industry.

San Jose Unified School District plans to offer free swine flu shots to all of its 32,000 students this fall, making the district the only one in Santa Clara County so far to undertake such an ambitious program.

President Barack Obama's job approval rating has slipped since the spring among California voters, but he gets good marks for his handling of the economy and his plans to overhaul the nation's health care system.

Contra Costa County received its first shipment of the swine flu vaccine Tuesday in the form of nearly 7,000 doses of the nasal spray. Swine flu shots are expected to arrive later in the month.

As a part of the plan to fix the $42 billion budget deficit, the California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is urging the legislature to back his proposed cuts to the three largest areas of the state's budget - prisons, education, and health care.

An immigrant-rights activist, who faces felony charges of voter fraud, is also involved in a second legal battle -

An immigrant-rights activist, who faces felony charges of voter fraud, is also involved in a second legal battle -

California State University, Sacramento, is thinking green to get local construction workers back on the job.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers failed to reach final agreement on ways to solve the state's water problems Sunday,

Health reform in the United States and in California has been a subject of major debate recently. While some have cautiously accepted the new health care reform proposals, many have rejected it outright by saying it will increase the financial burden for tax payers.

Green economy jobs provide a new hope to rebuild and shape the economy while bettering the planet. California is gearing up to be the nation's clean technology leader and innovation center. Over the past three years, California has been the leading state in various green initiatives ranging from energy efficiency to clean technology venture capital investment.

Small businesses that are having trouble obtaining loans may be eligible for assistance under a new program organized by a San Fernando Valley economic development group.