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Sen. Ted W. Lieu talks about sexual orientation change therapy on the Alan Colmes Show

May 07, 2012

To hear Sen. Lieu talk about SB 1172 on the Alan Colmes Show on Fox Radio, click on the link below.

SUPERMARKET NEWS: Restaurant ‘Meat Glue’ Gets Mass Media Attention

May 07, 2012

Mass media outlets have recently brought attention to the restaurant industry’s use of the enzyme powder transglutaminase, known as TG, or “meat glue,” that can bind pieces of meat together.

ANIMALS TODAY RADIO: CA State Senator Ted Lieu

May 07, 2012
This week’s show featured California State Senator Ted Lieu. Senator Lieu is trying to ban the use of packs of dogs to hunt bears and bobcats in California. If you also are horrified to learn that this practice still exists, listen in and learn what you can do to end it. Senator Lieu has a stellar record of animal advocacy in the legislatiure and Lori also asked him about his other accomplishments on behalf of animals. Here is the Senator’s site:

 

SACRAMENTO BEE: Personal Finance: Financial Literacy Month deemed a success

May 06, 2012

Would we all have been better off during the recession if we'd been a bit more money-educated? Most likely, yes.

Or at least more confident about understanding things like good loans, bad mortgages, saving more and getting less into debt.

That's the belief of many personal finance experts who just finished up Financial Literacy Month, both here in California and nationwide.

And it's not just the pros. Everyday consumers are well aware that they need some financial prowess.

WASHINGTON (D.C.) TIMES: Ban urged on therapy to convert gays

May 04, 2012
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California parental rights groups cite freedom of choice in battling proposal
California groups that support parental rights and therapies to help people escape unwanted same-sex attractions are fighting a first-of-its-kind California bill that would ban such sessions for teens and children, and discourage them for adults.

SB 1172, which opponents say is a denial of freedom and family rights, already has been approved by one California state Senate committee, and is scheduled to be discussed Tuesday by members of the state Senate Judiciary Committee.

NBC-TV 4 LOS ANGELES: From Steak to Sushi: What's Really in Your Food?

May 04, 2012

From Meat Glue to mislabeled seafood, one state senator is introducing bills aimed at helping us understand what's really in the food we eat.

By Patrick Healy and Julie Brayton
Prime cut, or a combination of several cuts? At a market, the label will tell you, but at a restaurant a diner won't necessarily notice the difference.

That's the issue for State Senator, Ted Lieu.

"It turns out sometimes we don't really know what we're getting," according to Lieu.

THE BEACH REPORTER: Lieu wants voters to have a say in power plant's future

May 03, 2012

At a press conference hosted by NoPowerPlant.com and Building a Better Redondo, state Sen. Ted Lieu told attendees he believes residents should be able to have an initiative saying they don't want a new power plant.

THE ARGONAUT: Venice: Former internees get peek at planned memorial marker on 70th anniversary of relocation

May 03, 2012

By Vince Echavaria

  
The black-colored obelisk stood to the side of Arnold Maeda as he recounted the day 70 years ago that he and his family departed from a Venice intersection for a three-year stay at the Manzanar internment camp.

Etched on the side of the obelisk is a quote from Maeda describing how the most traumatic part of that day for the then 15-year-old was having to leave behind his pet German Shepherd, Boy.

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: CSU listens up, reconsiders presidents' pay policy

May 03, 2012

By Nanette Asimov

California State University trustees say they are finally getting the message that they can't afford to pay campus presidents ever higher salaries.

On Tuesday, the trustees will consider axing a policy adopted in January that let them pay new presidents 10 percent more than outgoing presidents. Instead, new salaries would be the same as the old ones - at least until 2014.

"We've listened to the criticism, and we're tweaking the policy," CSU spokesman Mike Uhlenkamp said.