The e-retailer's new model of cashier-less stores has some people buzzing, but others wondering what the lack of personal contact means for the future of city life.
A rare ballot referendum in California aims to keep the state from banning free, single-use bags. Why the challenge? Where California goes, the conventional wisdom has it, so goes the nation, particularly when it comes to the environment.
In a state with agricultural export revenue totaling more than $18 billion annually, the Central Valley’s approximately 700,000 farm workers don’t earn enough to feed themselves properly.
An unusual two-year analysis of grocery prices—based on the cost per calorie—reveals a nearly 20 percent rise in the cost of what are usually healthier foods, widening the already disturbing junk-food gap.