With a new chairman, Jonathan Thomas, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine claims it has turned a page. Thomas has vowed to be aggressive in avoiding conflicts in dispersing millions of public dollars for stem cell research.

One by one, the chiefs of Sacramento's parks, fire and police departments declared how happy they were to be talking about adding programs and people – not cutting them as they have for five straight years.
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What can happen when a child defies a teacher's instructions in a California classroom? A lot of things.
An Arizona-based activist group called the Center for Biological Diversity is currently lobbying California lawmakers to halt the use of hydraulic fracturing to produce oil and gas in California while its "threats to our air, water, climate and health are studied."
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California businesses face the strictest air quality regulations in the country. Every few years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency tightens its air pollution standards even further, waving the threat of fines and revoked highway funding if California can't comply.
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A generation ago, Japan was widely admired – and feared – as an economic paragon.
This was the clear and visionary speech that President Barack Obama should have delivered soon after Osama bin Laden was killed two years ago.
As early as today, the California Senate may vote on a bill that would allow nurse practitioners to practice to the full extent of their education, training and certification.

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Money flowing through Sacramento lately can mean only one thing: Gambling is front and center again in the Capitol.

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It has long been my suspicion that most people store the words "pedestrian safety" in that part of the brain that ignores well-intentioned advice about the merits of daily teeth brushing and other good-for-you-but-boring activities.

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One of the reasons I'm grateful to live and work in midtown is the serendipity. On Thursday evening, I was working in my office at 21st and Q. Suddenly I heard the sounds of a brass band belting out New Orleans music. "Am I hearing things?" I asked a colleague. No, there was a brass band out there. I jumped on my bicycle to investigate.

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