Santa Clara County

LA Weekly Commenting System Gets An Upgrade

Flickr/mrjoromailbox in Santa Clara County, CA ​ One of the fun things about blog posts is that you can comment on them pretty much instantly, posting your anonymous (or not) 2 cents worth for everyone to read as soon as you finish typing. Unlike the old days, when you just threw your food at ... More >>

California Citizens Redistricting Commission: The Eight Lucky Winners, Feat. Two From L.A.!

Congressional District 23, otherwise known as the Ribbon of Shame, can finally stop sucking in​Here they are -- the eight delightfully commonplace members of the new California Citizens Redistricting Commission, tasked with what used to be the dirty-incumbent job of drawing up election boundar ... More >>

Why The Math Looks Bad For Steve Cooley

Photo of Harris by Ted SoquiSqueaker: Harris is beating Cooley by 12,000 votes​It will be weeks before the winner is known in the super-close race for attorney general. But thanks to figures provided by the Secretary of State's office, we can make a back-of-the-envelope guess as to how the remaini ... More >>

Happy Meals Are About to Get A lot Less Happy

Mario Anzuoni, ReutersTo our children's dismay, Happy Meals may become healthy meals​ California kids will now have fewer incentives to ditch mom's homemade organically grown, tofu steak dinners for Happy Meals, thanks to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. On Tuesday, the Board took ste ... More >>

Fast Food Toys Banned In Santa Clara County

GETTY IMAGESNo toys for you​ Children are easy to bribe, and parents have been using that technique since the beginning of human existence to promote good behavior. But while it's one thing to bribe your own children, it's a different story to bribe somebody else's. That seemed to be the sent ... More >>

The Notebook Guy

Vanished series creator Josh Berman keeps the world in three rings

Taking on Anti-Gay America

Stonewall Democrats plot a 2006 strategy

Exposing L.A. Secrets

The right lawyer could make sure that L.A. County is run openly

The GOP Will Fix California’s Economy

Like George W. Bush has fixed America’s

Letters

The Anti-Firing Squad

Gray's new team of advisers tries to disarm recall backers

What Democracy Votes Like

Could a new way of voting save our system?

My Life as an Underdog

The Green-Republican front against DiF

Task Force M

State officials set to green-light medical marijuana

The Myth of Solid Ground

On The Science, Pseudoscience and Lunatic Logic of Earthquake Prediction