UNBELIEVABLE: 4 - The Untold Story

UC workers could receive a 66% pay raise. Here’s why some members are still voting ‘no’

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Striking graduate student employees across the University of California will vote this week on whether to ratify tentative contracts, potentially ending a month-long work stoppage and securing double-digit wage increases for tens of thousands of workers.

Tribune News Service · Dec 19, 2022

Dissension brews among striking UC union members over tentative agreement

LOS ANGELES — A day after the University of California and union leaders representing 36,000 academic workers heralded a breakthrough agreement that could end a five-week strike, dueling narratives over the tentative pact emerged among graduate student supporters and opponents.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 18, 2022

Journal of Free Speech Law Symposium on Non-Governmental Restrictions on Free Speech

From the Introduction, which was just published: On March 19, 2022, Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law hosted a day-long symposium titled "Non-Governmental Restrictions on Free Speech." The Symposium was funded by a gift from the Stanton Foundation, and was organized by Professors Ash Bhagwat (UC Davis),…

Reason · Dec 12, 2022

George Skelton: 'Eye-popping' new survey on Americans' acceptance of political violence should be a wake-up call to leaders

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Roughly 5 million Americans would be willing to kill someone to achieve a political purpose, according to a new UC Davis study.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 4, 2022

The Theoretical Lethality Index is useful for military history but not for gun control policy

Professors Miller and Tucker miss the mark, while Saul Cornell disdains accuracy

Reason · Nov 1, 2022

Beyond passenger cars and pickups: 5 questions answered about electrifying trucks

As part of its effort to reduce air pollution and cut greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change, California is pursuing aggressive policies to promote clean trucks. The state already requires that by 2035, all new cars and other light-duty vehicles sold in the state must be zero emission.…

The Conversation · Nov 1, 2022

Waterlogged wheat, rotting oranges: five crops devastated by a year of extreme weather

Crops are struggling to grow – and produce the same yields – as they would under normal weather conditions

The Guardian - US · Nov 1, 2022

Sacramento school board candidate argued polio vaccine could be replaced with light

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A candidate for a seat on a Sacramento school board aired vaccine misinformation and criticized state policies related to race and sex education at public meetings over the past year, videos show.

Tribune News Service · Oct 27, 2022

Thousands of apartments may come to Santa Monica, other wealthy cities under little-known law

LOS ANGELES — Earlier this fall, a developer submitted plans for 4,500 apartments in Santa Monica — more new housing than the pricey, beachfront city has built in all of the previous decade.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 27, 2022

World-first spina bifida surgery gives unborn babies a chance to walk

A baby girl is the first human in the world to receive experimental in-utero surgery to treat spina bifida.

The New Daily · Oct 15, 2022