• Getting to Know the Ghostbusters

    ABBY YATES is passionate about the paranormal and science in general.  She’s always been a believer – she’s given up a lot for that belief, and she won’t let the non-believers grind her down. The role is played by Melissa McCarthy, who re-teams with Feig for the fourth time....
  • Top Events This Summer

        El Observador     As Summer gets into full swing this 2016 a flurry of outdoor events arise in order to take advantage of the warm days and cool nights. The heat is here, the AC is blasting, and there’s a need to get out of the...
  • Vermont’s GMO Law Changes Labels in California, Nationally

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The food at your Fourth of July cookout may have came with a new label: saying it contains a genetically modified organism, or GMO. That’s because a first-of-its-kind law in Vermont took effect July 1st, requiring all GMO foods to say...
  • Are we really heading for a coal-free power future ?

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Far from just an environmental pipedream, the coal industry in the U.S. and around the world is in the midst of a major downswing. In 2011, coal dropped below 40 percent of total U.S. energy generation for the first time since the late...
  • Top Events This Summer

      El Observador As Summer gets into full swing this 2016 a flurry of outdoor events arise in order to take advantage of the warm days and cool nights. The heat is here, the AC is blasting, and there’s a need to get out of the house and enjoy...
  • El Precio de Medicamentos

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. — En lo que representa un gran triunfo para los consumidores, un proyecto de ley paso el Comite de Salud de la Asamblea Estatal (State Assembly Health Committee) ya entrada la tarde del martes 28 de junio. La iniciativa senatorial SB 1010...
  • Law to Fight Doctor-Shopping in CA Takes Effect

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – All doctors in California must be registered for access to the state’s prescription database. It’s part of an effort to stop drug-addicted patients from “doctor shopping” to get pain pills. The law went into effect on Friday July 1st. The Controlled...
  • New Initiative to Address Vulnerable Populations in Santa Clara

     Santa Clara County Joins Data-Driven Justice Initiative to Enhance Local Efforts to Address Pretrial Detention Rates of the Mentally Ill and the Chronically Homeless    SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF.— The County of Santa Clara has joined the White House-led Data-Driven Justice Initiative that will focus on how local governments...
  • PG&E Inicia Patrullaje Aéreo para Detectar Incendios

      SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.— Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) inició patrullajes aéreos diarios contra incendios a lo largo de cientos de millas en su área de servicio, con el fin de apoyar a las agencias estatales y locales en la  detección temprana y respuesta a incendios durante este...
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