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By John Seiler.
The city of Berkeley, Calif., is finding it’s not so easy imposing a soda tax. Since the tax’s Jan. 1 imposition, retailers find it’s a burden changing prices for just one type of item in one city.
Measure D, officially the City of Berkeley Sugary Beverages and Soda Tax, last November overwhelmingly was passed by 76 percent of city voters. The tax is a penny per ounce. So a 16-ounce Coke would be hit with 16 cents. There are exceptions for small...

By Ashly McGlone.
More than three years ago, a jury ordered the city of San Diego to pay former lifeguard Alison Terry $100,000 because the city discriminated against her for being a woman. Last month, the city finally settled up with Terry’s attorney in the case, Michael...

The crown for the first state in the nation to ban plastic bags is up for grabs again. Late last year, the California legislature passed, and Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law, SB 270 — making California the first state to ban plastic bags. California...

Is Fighting Climate Change the Next Maritime Industry?
By Nate Berg.
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the first and second busiest ports in the U.S., are a jigsawed infrascape of water channels and shipping terminals, a skyline built of cranes and steel containers. Together the neighboring ports cover more than...