Bay Area Airport May Be Part Of Marijuana Pipeline
A new report calls the Golden State the leading exporter of pot worldwide. And CBS 5 has learned the pipeline starts here in the Bay Area.
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A new report calls the Golden State the leading exporter of pot worldwide. And CBS 5 has learned the pipeline starts here in the Bay Area.
The NAACP is launching a rolling billboard campaign around California to drum up support for federal legislation for a Blue Ribbon Commission to review the entire criminal justice system.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman on Thursday came out against a ballot initiative that would indefinitely delay California's landmark global warming law, saying she supports a more limited suspension.
Republican Meg Whitman has already shattered the national record for spending the most personal money on a political campaign at $119 million and counting. What it's bought her is a tie.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman described Fresno as a lot like the economically depressed city of Detroit when discussing what the recession has done to one of California's largest cities.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders will continue their budget talks in Santa Monica as the governor recovers from a cold.
A coalition of medical marijuana advocates came out Tuesday against a California ballot initiative that would legalize the drug for recreational use and tax its sales.
The Environmental Protection Agency was expected to rule by the end of September on whether to allow gasoline retailers to increase the maxium amount of ethanol in their gas mixtures from 10 to 15%.
California health care advocates have called for revisions to President Obama's Affordable Care Act which they claim do not thoroughly address the needs of the state's low-income and uninsured residents.
The two candidates seeking to replace Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger were quick to criticize him again Monday for failing to reach a deal with the Legislature on how to solve California's $19 billion budget shortfall.
The state's poverty rate in 2009 was the highest in 11 years, according to a nonpartisan public policy research group.
California's unemployment rate climbed to 12.4 percent in August, which is up from 12.3 percent the previous month.
State health officials reported Thursday that California is on track to break a 55-year record for whooping cough infections in an epidemic that has already claimed the lives of nine infants.
Home sales in the San Francisco Bay area plunged nearly 11 percent last month from the previous year to reach their lowest level for an August in 18 years, according to a tracking firm.
Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate for California governor, has surpassed New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for the highest personal contribution in American campaign history.
A small group of former law enforcement officials and prosecutors Monday endorsed a statewide initiative on the Nov. 2 ballot that would legalize marijuana possession and the use of small amounts of marijuana for those over 21.
The hotly debated issue of state worker furloughs came before the California Supreme Court Wednesday. At issue is whether a lower court was correct when it ruled the governor does not have the authority to order furloughs.
