Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Thursday requiring you to ask for a plastic straw if that’s how you like to drink your iced tea, Coke or cocktail in California.

SACRAMENTO - People who want straws with their drinks at California restaurants will have to ask for them under a new state law. The law signed Thursday by Gov. Jerry Brown makes California the ...

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Thursday that bans full-service restaurants in the state from handing out single-use plastic straws to customers – unless they ask for one.

SACRAMENTO (AP) — If you want a straw with your drink or a soda with a kids' meal at a California restaurant, you'll need to ask for them starting next year. A law signed Thursday by Gov. Jerry ...

Plastic straw bans have made their way into both local and national stages with a movement that gained traction last year. California governor Jerry Brown signed legislation aimed at ...

They’re grasping for straws. Devout paper straw enthusiasts are speaking out as public opinion about the environmentally friendly sipper shifts to favor plastic. Last month, President Donald ...

More than 390 million plastic straws are used every day in the United States, most for 30 minutes or less, according to advocacy group Turtle Island Restoration Network.

By the 1970s and ’80s, as so much in America was becoming plastic, the plastic straw had become ubiquitous. This all brings us to 2017, when the environmentalist campaign to #stopsucking was ...

SACRAMENTO - People who want straws with their drinks at California restaurants will have to ask for them under a new state law. The law signed Thursday by Gov. Jerry Brown makes California the ...

SACRAMENTO - People who want straws with their drinks at California restaurants will have to ask for them under a new state law. The law signed Thursday by Gov. Jerry Brown makes California the ...