Only Bay Area Has Recovered from Great Recession in CA
Only four counties out of California’s 58 have fully recovered from the Great Recession, in the sixth year after the official economic recovery began.
Only four counties out of California’s 58 have fully recovered from the Great Recession, in the sixth year after the official economic recovery began.

The Planning Commission for Escondido, a city just outside of San Diego, voted unanimously, by a 6-0 vote, to reject sheltering Central Americans caught illegally crossing the U.S. southern border. A proposal to convert a vacant retirement home and create

Over the years I’ve seen Hollywood openly come out en masse to support Roman Polanski, a man who drugged, raped, and sodomized a 13 year-old girl before fleeing from justice. When it comes to openly supporting Israel, however, The Hollywood

Firefighters rescued a homeless man on Tuesday who had fallen asleep in a garbage dumpster and woke up in the bowels of a cardboard recycling truck. The truck was about to dump its load into a massive heap of recyclables

ESCONDIDO Calif. (Reuters) – A San Diego suburb took center stage in the nation’s acrimonious immigration debate on Tuesday as planning commissioners there rejected a proposal to open a temporary shelter for Central American children caught illegally crossing the U.S.

Scientists with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife are warning that streams harboring endangered salmon and steelhead could go dry because of the heavy water consumption by marijuana growers. During the growing season, California “pot farms” consume 60 million gallons of water

Los Angeles native Max Steinberg, 24, showed his love for Israel by joining the Golani brigade, one of the most elite units of the Israel Defense Force. Now Israel has returned that love, with 30,000 Israelis turning out for the

An increasing number of “lone soldiers” from California’s San Fernando Valley are prepared to fight with the Israel Defense Forces if and when they are called to duty. American citizens such Los Angeles-native Katie Freeman and Woodland Hills resident Tommy

California Governor Jerry Brown just signed a new law that would reduce the number of legal immigrants eligible for deportation after being convicted of a misdemeanor, even crimes such as child molestation and identity theft. SB 1310 will cut the

In an ironic twist of fate, a pine tree that was planted near California’s Griffith Park Observatory to honor the late Beatle George Harrison was destroyed by… beetles. The tree had been placed at the observatory in 2004, and the

A licensed San Francisco security guard allegedly posed as a police officer and attempted to sexually assault immigrant men by luring them into his home. Authorities have alleged that Jeffrey Bugai, 35, convinced at least two men with limited English-speaking

U-T San Diego reports that Rep. Darrell Issa now believes the primary cause of the massive number of immigrants crossing the U.S. Southern border is not increased violence in the immigrants’ countries, but poverty. Issa, who just visited Central America,

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, speaking at the annual conference of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Monterey, waxed eloquent on the deficiencies of the Constitution and implied that those who believe in the original intent of the

On July 22, a man was fatally shot in the parking lot of a Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Target just weeks after the department store chain “respectfully” asked law-abiding citizens not to bring their guns tothe stores. According to ABC

That buzz you hear is the sound of Geek Nation preparing for this month’s San Diego Comic-Con. The annual event, a crush of superhero news and sci-fi rumblings, kicks off July 24 with a bevy of film and TV previews.

Using Facebook, Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz responded to a Sunday night episode of HBO’s “True Blood.” The show revolved around a vampire bloodbath at a fictional Ted Cruz fundraising event held at the George W. Bush Presidential Library. The

The Contra Costa Times has outlined Barack Obama’s schedule for his fundraising visit to California this week. Fresh out of raiding the fundraisers in Seattle, Obama will arrive Tuesday night in the Bay Area, then appear at a Democratic Congressional

On Tuesday, a Northern California Water District will vote on whether to spend $500,000 to hire “water Cops” to police Silicon Valley property owners for violating water usage restrictions. The San Jose Mercury News reported that California’s worsening draught conditions
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – Football practices at which middle- and high-school students tackle each other will be restricted in California under a law signed on Monday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, the latest U.S. effort to minimize brain injuries from

With 79% California in “extreme drought” status, and the agriculture industry suffering its greatest loss of water ever recorded in state history, the $50 billion annual sector will only suffer about $1.5 billion in losses or 3%, of revenue according to

Hundreds of mourners gathered on Sunday evening in a West Hills, California park to honor the memory of Woodland Hills native Max Steinberg, who was killed while serving with the Israel Defense Forces fighting Hamas on Sunday. “He was our

LOS ANGELES — Israel’s Consul General to the southwestern United States, David Siegel, spoke to Breitbart News about Los Angeles native Israeli Defense Forces soldier Max Steinberg, who was killed Sunday fighting Hamas in Gaza. Siegel also discussed Israel’s ground

The next time you feel like the “grass is greener on the other side,” it may be that your neighbors are using a different shade of paint than you are. Bakersfield ABC23 has reported that Los Angelinos are conserving water

California politics are about to undergo a huge transformation, as new political talent is emerging and finally taking center stage over the usual suspects who have dominated the political scene for the last few decades. According to Politico, so far

Sick of Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus, two young pop stars who make headlines for much more than their music? A minor league team feels your pain. The Charleston RiverDogs gathered a heaping helping of music and merch from the

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a study by Zip Realty, a national, online real estate brokerage, found that no Bay Area city or area near Los Angeles made their top ten list of the best places for a family