Brian Stettin

Can he really get Republicans on board?

Nearly 200 years ago, the Cherokee Nation signed a treaty with the United States. The result? They were forcibly removed from the Southeastern part of the U.S. to Oklahoma.

Orange County Democrats are celebrating a victory that seemed almost impossible 10 years ago.

Playboy Magazine built a culture of objectifying women that doesn't fly in the #MeToo era.

The House Judiciary Committee will vote this week to formalize impeachment investigation procedures

Climate change is an existential crisis. If Americans cut just one hamburger from their diet every week, it would be like taking 10 million cars off the road every year. After cutting energy use, less meat and more plant-based food add up to the easiest--and healthiest--way to reduce your carbon footprint. From the land and water needed to raise feed and the methane produced at the end of digestion, “Cattle are actually mini fossil-fuel, greenhouse gas producers.” So says Sujatha Bergen, head of health campaigns at the NRDC. As her title suggests, eliminating beef from your diet--in addition to pork and lamb-- is also better for you. She explains the trade-offs for helping to reduce climate change and says, “Starting with your fork is much less daunting for many people.”

In Redding, California, firefighters are still battling the large Mountain Fire that broke out late Thursday morning.

Last week's mass shooting in El Paso has been particularly painful for Angelenos, because so many have close ties to that city.

The communities of Gilroy, El Paso and Dayton are recovering after attackers shot and killed at least 34 people and injured dozens more.  Erroll Southers, Director of Homegrown…