Sharon Bernstein

Activist petition seeks end of SeaWorld California orca shows

May 14, 2019 at 5:51 a.m.

SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - The battle over a proposed ban in California on using killer whales in entertainment shows at amusement parks like SeaWorld stepped up on Monday, as animal...

Stung by scandals, California Democrats cancel signature fundraiser

August 25, 2021 at 3:36 a.m.

SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - Stung by a string of corruption charges against state lawmakers, California Democrats on Tuesday canceled a golf fundraiser that costs as much as $65,000 per foursome,...

FBI searches legislative office of arrested state senator

August 25, 2021 at 3:27 a.m.

SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - FBI agents searched a legislative office in California's capital on Tuesday that was used by staff of state Senator Leland Yee, who faces charges of corruption...

University of California’s Napolitano joins skeptics over online courses

August 25, 2021 at 3:16 a.m.

SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - University of California President Janet Napolitano on Monday joined a growing chorus of higher education leaders who have expressed skepticism about the use and cost-effectiveness of...

Consumers seek to raise California cap on malpractice awards

August 25, 2021 at 3:17 a.m.

SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - Consumer advocates in California said on Monday they had gathered enough signatures to place an initiative on the November ballot that would raise a decades-old state...

California lawmakers take aim at elementary school truancy

November 4, 2021 at 1:22 a.m.

SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California lawmakers took aim Monday at truancy among elementary school children with a package of bills that would help families bring their kids to school and...

California lawmakers take aim at elementary school truancy

December 23, 2018 at 10:40 p.m.

SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California lawmakers took aim Monday at truancy among elementary school children with a package of bills that would help families bring their kids to school and...

Rising star among California Democrats takes stage at convention

November 4, 2021 at 1:22 a.m.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Attorney General Kamala Harris sought to engage and energize fellow Democrats on Saturday and warned them not to become complacent with their domination of state...

Rising star among California Democrats takes stage at convention

May 23, 2019 at 9:30 p.m.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Attorney General Kamala Harris sought to engage and energize fellow Democrats on Saturday and warned them not to become complacent with their domination of state...

California Democrats, beset by two scandals, propose ethics reforms

November 4, 2021 at 1:20 a.m.

SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California Democrats, whose supermajority in the state legislature was effectively lost after two party lawmakers were either indicted or convicted of criminal wrongdoing, proposed a sweeping...

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