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U.S. economy 'going haywire'

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Oakland Tribune - Jul. 16 (Special Report) - The housing crisis. A bank failure. Oil shocks. The credit crunch. A job slump. The mortgage meltdown. Feeble auto sales. The stock market slide. A sour economic outlook was delivered to Congress on Tuesday. "Everything seems to be going haywire and nobody knows

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Feinstein wants to reform electronic voting

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Oakland Tribune - By Josh Richman - Jul. 02 (News Report) - Feinstein, D-Calif., had introduced an election reform bill last year, but it had only Democratic support and didn't get far.

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Failures in New Orleans carry lessons

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:29:32 -0800

Oakland Tribune - Feb. 08 (News Analysis) - The failures in New Orleans recovery should be seen on a broader scale: the failures of government, at all levels, could happen to other cities, not just New Orleans.

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Arnold sparks revolutionary energy plan

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:59:55 -0800

Oakland Tribune - By Ian Hoffman, Janis Mara - Jan. 10 (News Report) - In the state's biggest, immediate step toward cutting global warming pollution, Gov. Schwarzenegger on Tuesday began shifting California's 26 million cars and trucks off petroleum-based fuels and toward alternatives that emit less greenhouse gas. The governor said his new, greenhouse-gas standard for transportation fuels -- the world's first -- "leads us away from fossil fuel" and would help "in moving the entire country beyond debate, denial and inaction" on global warming.

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NEW: E-voting critic tapped as deputy secretary of state

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:14:32 -0800

Oakland Tribune - By Ian Hoffman - Jan. 08 (News Report) - A Berkeley lawyer who has fought electronic voting in California and a®MDBO¯ half-dozen other states has been tapped by California Secretary of State Debra Bowen as her deputy in charge of voting machinery. Lowell Finley, co-founder and co-director of the election-integrity group Voter Action, has pulled out of lawsuits against elections officials in California, Florida, Ohio and other states in order to accept a post of deputy secretary of state.

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Governor signs global warming law

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:06:24 -0700

Oakland Tribune - By Josh Richman - Sep. 27 (News Report) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday signed into law the nation's strictest greenhouse-gas emission cuts, aiming to reduce the global-warming pollution by a quarter by 2020. AB 32's signing marks the start of "a bold new era of environmental protection here in California that will change the course of history," the governor told politicians, business leaders and environmental advocates at the signing ceremony under leaden skies on Treasure Island's breezy shoreline. "This is something we owe our children and that we owe our grandchildren." British Prime Minister Tony Blair, linked live via satellite, said Schwarzenegger and lawmakers have shown "brilliant leadership that will excite and inspire a lot of people worldwide." "You guys have set yourself a really bold target but I think that's right, that's important," Blair said, adding that Great Britain set and met its emissions-reduction standards while growing its economy. He said he hopes California's action will prod the United States, China, India and other nations to join the international community for a more binding global pact after the Kyoto Protocols expire in 2012.

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