Farmworker movement leader Richard Chavez passed away Wednesday at Bakersfield hospital. Richard helped found the United Farmworkers of America with his brother Cesar. According to union spokeswoman Maria Machuca, he died due to complications from surgery. Chavez was 81.

California has mandated that 33% of power by 2020 must be from renewable sources.  This has created a huge surge in applications to build renewable energy plants as developers have rightfully determined that Californians will have to buy power from them by 2020.

Sacramento’s impotence in the face of national e-tailers such as eBay and Amazon, and Washington’s in the face of the Tea Party, is a Tale of Two Cities for the 21st Century. 

With registered voters abandoning the Democratic and Republican parties statewide, the Green Party’s candidates for mayor of Tucson see an opening ahead of their primary election showdown late next month.

More than 80 applications have been filed in Arizona for wind and power plants.

Californians can pursue class-action lawsuits against cities and counties if they were charged an illegal local tax says the state Supreme Court. In Monday's unanimous decision, justices overturned lower-court rulings requiring taxpayers to file individual claims for refunds.

The haboob that hit Phoenix on July 5 was indeed a monster, the largest in decades. It was at least 100 miles long, lasted for two hours, and was several thousand feet high. A second, less powerful haboob hit on July 18.  Such dust storms are relatively common in Arizona.