After being mainly ignored during the election period, climate change will again be under the spotlight as the Doha Climate Change Conference, hosted by the UN, will be taking place from November 26 to December 7th.

The conference is meant to progress international goals on climate change. However, environmental issues can be addressed domestically and locally too; the use of plastic bags is a place to start.

Every year, the US uses 280 billions plastic bags, enough to stretch around Earth 29,000 times.

The race for California's 50th Assembly District is still too close to call, but the underdog candidate is holding on to an 800 vote lead.&

The race for California's 50th Assembly District is still too close to call, but the underdog candidate is holding on to an 800 vote lead.&

Redlands is a beautiful city full of Victorian houses and tall majestic trees. However, beneath the surface Redlands is suffering from rising poverty and homelessness like the rest of the nation.

In April 2012, ethnic Tutsi soldiers mutinied against the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in Africa.  This ongoing conflict dates back to the Second Congo War, which also carries the name the "African world war" as it involved nine African nations and about 20-armed groups, that began in 1998.  Despite a treaty being signed in 2003, fighting has continued in the eastern part of the DRC.  There are stories that involve rape and other sexual violence that is being described as the worst in the world.