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Abused animals may soon have a voice in California in the form of a courtroom animal advocate. Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian (D, Van Nuys) has introduced Assembly Bill AB 2645, also known as Riley's Law. This...

Senator Cathleen Galgiani has introduced a bill to ban the captivity of whales and dolphins in California. Senate Bill 1405, The Dolphin Protection Act, would make it “unlawful to hold, breed, import, or export a...

California now has a vegan lobby group. The California Plant Based Alliance (CPBA) is a new political advocacy group that aims to protect the rights of consumers as well as companies making vegan products. As...

A meat-heavy Belgian-style sausage bar in San Francisco has gone completely vegan. Belga is now the plant-based restaurant Wildseed, which serves sustainable, healthy food. Owned by the Back of the House Restaurant Group, Wildseed sells...

California's oldest dairy farm Giacomazzi Dairy is ending its operations. It's turning its back on cows and looking to almonds instead. Giacomazzi Dairy has been in the dairy industry for 125 years. It is the...

New vegan-friendly restaurant Lowell Farms: A Cannabis Cafe has opened in Los Angeles. Founded by cannabis brand Lowell Herb Co. -- which has received investments from a number of celebrities including Miley Cyrus --...

Updated October 12, 2019. | California just added more exotic animal skins to an existing ban. The state initially passed a ban against the trade in 1970. However, since then, the exotic skins industry has...

Updated October 12, 2019. | California just became the first state to ban the sale of fur. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the landmark bill into law today after it passed a Senate floor vote...

California just became the first state to ban fur trapping. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Wildlife Protection Act of 2019 into law today, per the Los Angeles Times. The new legislation prohibits commercial and recreational...

Faced with milk's declining profitability, some California dairy farmers have "diversified" with almond groves over the past few years. Why Almonds? In California, one of the biggest dairy states in the country, some farmers have converted...

The Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California, is preparing to host the first vegan graduation. To celebrate the graduation of 266 students, this May, the institute will serve more than 1,500 guests a...

Upscale California supermarket chain Bristol Farms is the first grocery store in the country to house a vegan butcher counter. The chain's newest store, which just opened in Yorba Linda, about 90 minutes outside of...

The U.S. National Drought Mitigation Centre has declared California, also known as The Golden State, drought-free for the first time since December 2011. The change is attracting record numbers of butterflies, much to the...

(Updated July 09, 2019). California could soon become the first state in American history to ban fur, Now This reports. In February, Los Angeles became the largest city in the United States to ban the...

An investigation into the deaths of 21 racing horses has led to an "indefinite" pause on horse racing at the popular Santa Anita track in Southern California. "The move was made so that experts could...

California may ban all school dissections, thanks to new legislation. Assembly memer Ash Kalra introduced today AB-1586, the Replacing Animals in Science Education (RAISE) Act. The bill, co-sponsored by the non-profit organizations PCRM (Physicians Committee...

Updated July 5, 2019 | Healthy, climate-friendly vegan meals may soon be available to more than six million students in public schools throughout California. The new bill --introduced in February by Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian (D-Van...

In a milestone victory for animal rights activists around the world, Los Angeles is now the largest city in the U.S. to ban the sale of fur. The new ordinance, backed today by the City...

Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, has been crowned America's Most Vegan-Friendly Amusement Park. The theme park, which is the only one that was designed and completely built under the direct supervision of Walt Disney, received...

California's Disneyland theme park just opened its first craft-beer taproom. The venue, operated by the Ballast Point brewery, serves up plant-based food and a wide range of vegan beer. A 4,000 sq. ft. glass-enclosed bar...

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to reverse California's ban on foie gras. Producers of the fatty liver pâté - including Canadian nonprofit Association des Eleveurs de Canards et d'Oies du Quebec, which represents...