Aggressive prosecution #1: California businessman commercially growing medical marijuana.

Adam Nagourney, in the NYT, gives very sympathetic treatment to Matthew R. Davies — "a round-faced 34-year-old father of two young gir...

About those states that are opting to set up the Obamacare health insurance exchanges.

It won't be easy! Consider California: Under the federal law, the state-run exchange aims to fundamentally reshape the health insurance...

"Forced to Early Social Security, Unemployed Pay a Steep Price."

This is a front-page NYT story that seems like it will speak generally about many people choosing early retirement over continuing to searc...

"Foie-mageddon: California in one last foie gras binge before statewide ban."

". .. There have been protests, warnings of future black market bootlegging, and even death threats against non-compliant chefs." ...

California voters have "buyers' remorse" over over a $68.4 billion high-speed "train to nowhere."

"The project is still $54.9 billion short of what is needed, raising fears that the state will be unable to find the funds to finish la...

George Lucas: "I’ve been surprised to see some people characterize this as vindictive."

"I wouldn’t waste my time or money just to try and upset the neighbors." Very funny. The liberals of Marin County blocked his expa...

"Not even a busted state fisc can stop Jerry Brown's train to nowhere."

"Transportation experts warn that the 500-mile bullet train from San Francisco to Los Angeles could cost more than $100 billion, though...

"Apple was a pioneer of an accounting technique known as the 'Double Irish With a Dutch Sandwich'..."

"... which reduces taxes by routing profits through Irish subsidiaries and the Netherlands and then to the Caribbean. Today, that tacti...

California bumper sticker: "California: It's All True."

A proposed bumper sticker, deemed brilliant by Peggy Noonan, who adapts it for her column "Gingrich Is Inspiring — and Disturbing"...

California's high-speed rail project nearly triples in cost — to $98.5 billion.

And the new projected completion date is 2033, not 2020. Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday was expected to endorse the long-awaited plan, the firs...

The "parent trigger" law lets 51% of parents petition to change a failing school and replace all the teachers or close it or turn it into a charter school.

A strange experiment going on in a California, Texas, Ohio, and Connecticut (and under consideration in many more states): In essence, the l...

California trumps San Francisco on circumcision.

The city has a ballot initiative that would outlaw circumcision , with no exemption for religion, and the state legislature has now barred c...

"A Mendocino County woman who transformed her home into a bear bohemia with wading pools and specially prepared banquets..."

"... of corn meal and peanut butter sandwiches will not do jail time for doting on her hairy friends, but she will remain exiled from h...

When a Republican draws the map of "South California" — his proposed 51st state...

... he leaves Los Angeles in the north. Picture the political gerrymandering that could be done if it were feasible to redraw state lines! N...

"It is my high priority to find a new venue —and bring the Surfing Madonna and her important message of 'Save The Ocean' — back into public view in our community as soon as possible."

The unauthorized mosaic is "uniting the Latino community, surfers, ocean-lovers, environmentalists, and promoting ocean awareness in a ...

California already requires its public schools to teach women's history and black history, so why not gay history?

There's a bill in the state legislature that has already passed the senate. Advocates say that teaching about gay, lesbian, bisexual and...

The oral argument in the 9th Circuit in the Prop 8 case is about to begin.

The case is Perry v. Schwarzenegger . You can watch live on C-SPAN . I'll update with comments soon. UPDATE: You can read some details a...

The high-speed rail boondoggle at its worst — in California.

Via Instapundit , Reason has the nauseating details : The California High Speed Rail Authority is committed to breaking ground on a leg of t...

"California: The Lindsay Lohan of States."

"Listen up, California. The other 48 states—your cousin New York excluded—are sick of your bratty arrogance. You're the Lindsay Loh...

Even California didn't want to legalize non-medical marijuana.

Prop 19 failed. In yesterday's Bloggingheads — the "Non-Obsolete Edition" — Matt Welch and I talked about the effort to legal...