The East Bay Municipal Utility District will restrict recreational boating in six reservoirs to prevent the spread of two non-native mussels that have caused havoc in waterways in many states, EBMUD officials announced Thursday. Boats from Southern California as well as San Benito and Santa Clara counties will be banned from using the six reservoirs -- some of them popular recreational lakes. CC Times 1/25/08
In the latest setback for advocates of medical marijuana in California, the State Supreme Court ruled Thursday that employers were within their rights to fire employees who fail drug tests. On Thursday the state’s highest court firmly rejected an argument that the Compassionate Use Act protects medicinal marijuana users’ employment, saying that the act deals solely with criminal prosecution. NY Times 1/25/08
In response, Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, has just announced he’ll introduce a bill protecting medical cannabis patients’ right to employment. Inside the Bay Area blog 1/25/08
The state Fish and Game Commission is set to consider a two-month fishing ban on the lower American River as a way to ward off poaching and preserve the steelhead trout population. A fly-fishing organization representing 7,000 Northern California anglers is asking the state commission for the ban, which would interrupt the steelhead trout season. Sacramento Bee 1/25/08
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