en-us Copyright Sightline Daily - all rights reserved newsfeeds@sightline.org newsfeeds@sightline.org Most recent California headlines from Sightline Daily, the Northwest news that matters http://daily.sightline.org Plone http://daily.sightline.org/logo.gif 427 69 San Francisco did not wait for Washington's health care overhaul. Most uninsured adults here are already reaping the benefits of a government-run health care program -- seeing doctors, filling prescriptions, and getting surgeries they could not otherwise afford. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1110ap_us_health_overhaul_san_francisco.html?source=rss Human Health California 11/20/2009 Seattle Post-Intelligencer The chief federal appeals court judge in San Francisco bluntly ordered the Obama administration Thursday to stop resisting his finding that the wife of a lesbian court employee was entitled to government insurance coverage. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/19/BADV1ANFSR.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea Human Health California 11/19/2009 San Francisco Chronicle California moved to crack down on the sale of energy-gobbling big-screen television sets that now account for about 10 percent of a typical household's monthly power bill. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-big-screen-tvs19-2009nov19,0,4027697.story Efficiency Sustainable Living California 11/18/2009 Los Angeles Times Technology and policy are coming together to promise electricity as abundant as sunshine and as freely available as the breeze -- and about as fickle. That could change. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/business/businessspecial2/19POWER.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=renewable%20power%20reliable&st=cse Energy California United States 11/19/2009 New York Times Startup companies with ways to save energy and make plastic from wastewater took top honors Tuesday evening in the 2009 Cleantech Open, an annual contest to find and nurture California's promising environmental entrepreneurs. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/18/BU1B1AM5FG.DTL&feed=rss.news Efficiency Environment Green Business California 11/18/2009 San Francisco Chronicle Children's toys carrying the Barbie and Disney logos have turned up with high levels of lead in them, according to a California-based advocacy group - a finding that may give consumers pause as they shop for the holiday season. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010288138_apustoxictoys.html?syndication=rss Human Health Pollution & Toxics California United States 11/17/2009 Seattle Times If you see bicyclists wobbling through the city streets with an iPhone in hand, don't assume they're playing Bejeweled or IMing their virtual pals while they pedal. They may be using Cycle Tracks, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority's new - and first - application for the Apple iPhone. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/17/BA141AK16V.DTL&type=newsbayarea Sprawl & Transportation California 11/17/2009 San Francisco Chronicle Although the recession has emptied shopping malls and filled jobless centers, the call has only gotten louder for renewable energy, environmentally gentle products and eco-friendly practices - and for people to make all of that happen. The giant push has even created job opportunities for those with little or no experience. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cover-greenjobs15-2009nov15,0,4846377.story Climate Efficiency Energy Environment Green Jobs Solutions California United States 11/15/2009 Los Angeles Times Charles Moore has spent most of the past decade sailing through the Pacific. He could regale you with stories of sublime open-water majesty. Just not anytime soon. "It's a swirling plastic cesspool," says Moore of an area called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where he became mired in it during a 1997 sailing expedition. http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2009-11-16-plastiki16_VA_N.htm?csp=34&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usatoday-NewsTopStories+%28News+-+Top+Stories%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Pollution & Toxics Water California 11/15/2009 USA Today