California's Fight Over Fracking Heats Up
The California Coastal Commission meets Thursday in Santa Cruz, and environmental groups such as the Sierra Club plan to show up in force to protest hydraulic fracturing. The use of fracking in California is expanding, along with calls to regulate it more tightly. Earlier this year, state lawmakers sponsored multiple bills on fracking. Now there is just one, and as the legislative session draws to a close, everyone wants a say as to what's in it.
Immigration Activists Descend on Key GOP Lawmaker's Office
More than 1,000 immigrants and their supporters from across California descended on the Congressional office of Kevin McCarthy in Bakersfield on Wednesday. They called on the high-ranking Republican to pass immigration reform that includes a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented people.