Q Outside the concerns of animal-welfare activists, are alligator and lizard skins considered appropriate for men's belts, wallets? And what about shoes? A Yes, two of them definitely are. Few ...

SACRAMENTO — Rodeo Drive’s high-fashion boutiques are making fast progress persuading California lawmakers to let them keep selling luxury goods made from alligator skin, including purses, wallets, ...

SACRAMENTO — Rodeo Drive’s high-fashion boutiques are making fast progress persuading California lawmakers to let them keep selling luxury goods made from alligator skin, including purses, wallets, ...

California’s new law banning the importation and sale of alligator and crocodile skins could be blocked by a pair of lawsuits, including one that’s expected to come from the state of Louisiana. The ...

A California law that will make alligator-skin boots and purses taboo has Louisiana farmers ornery. The Bayou State accused California in a lawsuit of trying to “destroy” the lucrative market for ...