Barbara Lee

Climate change causes prostitution? Rep. Barbara Lee explains

2013-04-30 15:17:00

Climate change is causing glaciers to melt, heat waves to become more intense, species to become extinct and low-lying island nations like Tuvalu to disappear altogether. To this list of calamities, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has added another: Climate...

California conservative defends state's pot law in Congress

2013-04-28 20:07:00

WASHINGTON — For more than a decade, conservative Orange County Rep. Dana Rohrabacher has formed an unusual alliance with liberals on an unexpected topic — the defense of marijuana. Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) and his allies have so far...

Clamping down on beauty product claims

2012-10-28 00:00:00

You've seen the advertising claims: a certain skin cream will make you look 10 years younger, a mascara will add a lush fringe around your eyes, a hair product will leave your hair smooth and sleek for months. And to prove it, there's an actress or...

Shopping: Beach-town boutiques from Venice to Laguna

2012-07-08 00:00:00

With summer in full swing, it's time to hit the beach — for sunning, yes, but also for shopping. There's a new level of sophistication in shopping along the coast. Locally owned boutiques with a curated point of view are changing the flavor of...

Football: Week Four schedule

2012-09-17 12:33:27

'Innocence of Muslims' actress claims death threats, sues YouTube

2012-09-19 15:04:03

Leonard Greenstone dies at 88; businessman created training programs for inmates

2012-10-31 00:00:00

Leonard Greenstone, a Los Angeles businessman and developer who helped create innovative training and rehabilitation programs for California prison inmates during 50 years of volunteer service to the prison system, has died. He was 88. Greenstone,...

Football: Week Six schedule

2012-10-02 09:13:45

Football: Week One schedule

2012-08-27 15:53:44

Death row inmate found dead, officials probe suicide

2012-08-27 17:02:40

North Korea reverses, says it won't accept flood aid from South

2012-09-12 22:04:21

Football: Week Three schedule

2012-09-11 09:52:22

Focusing on "the beginning of the end of AIDS," the event was sponsored by HIV/AIDS awareness organizations The ONE Campaign and (RED). Speakers also included former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton (via satellite link), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rep.

2011-12-01 16:52:27

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) has opposed the Afghanistan war since 2001, when she cast the lone congressional vote against it. "There is no military solution in Afghanistan."

2009-09-09 00:00:00

Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee of Oakland and John Conyers Jr. of Michigan were among lawmakers who joined filmmaker Michael Moore for a rally on Capitol Hill.

2007-06-20 00:00:00