Tag: california
Op-Ed: 22-year-old governor candidate Shubham Goel on what must be changed...
Writer: Shubham Goel
Email: [email protected]
My name is Shubham Goel, and I am a 22-year-old running for governor of California as an Independent (no party preference)! I...
Same-sex wedding cake ruling permits baker to selectively discriminate
A California judge’s ruling on Feb. 7 stated Bakersfield bakery owner Cathy Miller was allowed to deny her services to a same-sex couple on...
California should follow San Francisco’s lead in weeding out marijuana convictions
On Wednesday, Jan. 31, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon announced that the city would revisit marijuana-related convictions dating as far back as 1975,...
UCR research shows how Argentine ants have been a successful invasive...
A recent UCR research paper, “Verification of Argentine Ant Defensive Compounds and Their Behavioral Effects on Heterospecific Competitors and Conspecific Nestmates,” explores how Argentine...
Elsinore area earthquake signals caution for California, says UCR seismologist
Just after 2 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 25, a 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck and was centered west of the 15 Freeway between Lake Elsinore and...
UC Riverside increases energy conservation efforts
Researchers from UC Riverside plan on exploring the possibility of placing solar farms on agricultural land in California’s Central Valley, according to a recent...
Letter to the Editor: In response to the Highlander’s gas tax...
Writer: Kenneth Rosenfield, ’89 MBA UCR
Email: [email protected]
In response to the Highlander editorial published on November 20, 2017, entitled, "California must put the brakes on...
California must put the brakes on new gas tax
On Wednesday, Nov. 1 came a much-dreaded gas tax increase, which immediately inflated gasoline prices by 12 cents per gallon and diesel fuel prices...
California Air Resources Board breaks ground at UC Riverside
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) broke ground on Oct. 27 on its new $419 million state-of-the-art research and testing facility at UC Riverside...
UCR-Texas A&M research team awarded $1.2 million NSF grant
A team of researchers from UC Riverside and Texas A&M University (TAMU) have received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)...