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 Los Angeles Times reports that Fox News host Bob Beckel, who co-hosts The Five and has been associated with the Democratic Party for decades, is under fire from a Democratic state senator for making an allegedly racist comment about

According to the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, seeing the error of his ways, reversed himself on Saturday, suddenly deciding that the teachers’ unions needed his support after he had hailed last month’s decision in Vergara vs.

After watching the 2012 election, three California technologists, Garrett Johnson, Chris Abrams, and Aaron Ginn founded Lincoln Labs because they knew that when it came to political technology, conservatives could not sit back and wait for others to begin applying the

The $288 billion California Public Employees’ Retirement System was rocked on July 10 when it was learned that former CEO Federico Buenrostro had cut a plea bargain with the Justice Department to turn “state’s evidence” regarding steering $14 million in placement

The third consecutive year of drought plaguing California has encouraged unprecedented legislative and regulatory efforts to conserve what limited water the state has in its supply. Come Tuesday, state officials from the State Water Resources Control Board will meet to

California’s Brawley Union High School District insists it can forbid Christian students from mentioning their faith in Jesus Christ, claiming that if they allow a student to speak publicly, then that student is merely an agent of the California state

“Who speaks for me?!” called Anthony Coulter from Murrieta protest lines. Coulter was speaking from the protest site in Murrieta, CA on July 7. The demonstrations outside the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility sprang up in connection with attempts

Governor Jerry Brown spoke out for the first time Friday on the illegal immigration crisis while pointing fingers at policies of the Republican Party and making a nameless reference to Texas Gov. Rick Perry. During the annual American Federation of

California Assemblyman Tim Donnelly wrote a letter to President Obama on Friday, slamming him for not visiting the U.S.-Mexico border while in Texas for fundraisers and urging him to put a stop to the massive influx of illegal immigrants streaming

On Thursday, a 16-year-old boy dancing on the top of an open roof double-decker bus was struck by the concrete overpass, as the bus drove down the 405 freeway in Inglewood, CBS News reports. According to a witness, the boy

A new California law, in effect as of July 1, mandates that state and local agencies are no longer allowed to ask for job seekers’ criminal histories on their initial job applications. According to the language of AB 218, authored

The former San Diego Mayor whose philandering ways got him kicked out of office was admitted to the hospital after an alleged loss of consciousness, reported 10 News. Last October, Filner pled guilty to felony false imprisonment and misdemeanor battery

Sacramento, California will be celebrating Bastille Day, also known as French Independence Day, on Sunday, July 13 with a French waiters’ race. Fifty qualified participants will be exhibiting balance and agility as they dash around the block carrying trays bearing

The drought in California has impacted the city of Rio Dell to the point that now the California State Water Resources Control Board has limited residential water usage to 50 gallons per day. Along with 128 other “junior water rights

KPIX reports that Chris Kohrs, the “Hot Cop” in San Francisco’s Castro District, is now the focus of a Facebook page with more than 30,000 followers. A snapshot of Kohrs posted online was shared repeatedly, triggering a fan to create

A Reason-Rupe Survey of 2,000 American millennials between the ages of 18 and 29 titled “Millennials: The Politically Unclaimed Generation” found that 66% believe government is inefficient and wasteful, up by 24% since 2009. Only 18% of millennials believe government regulators

Private information on over 18,000 California doctors was accidentally made public through a series of mistakes by Blue Shield and the state regulator that oversees them. In a letter explaining the breach, the Department of Managed Health Care wrote,” On

MURRIETA — Murrieta Border Patrol agents have begun using online communication services, including Skype, to continue to process illegal aliens held in Texas detention centers. Border Patrol sources told KFI Radio’s Steven Gregory that Murrieta agents can process up to

A Brad Paisley fan says she got booted from the country singer’s Thursday concert in Chula Vista for breastfeeding her baby. Local law enforcement tell a different story, saying they acted in the best interests of the woman’s child. 10News

Gay Republican congressional candidate Carl DeMaio has bought $1.2 million worth of airtime for TV ads this fall. He is trying to unseat Democratic freshman Rep. Scott Peters in California’s 52nd Congressional District, according to a report by CQ Roll

The Minuteman Project, the “citizens’ Neighborhood Watch on our border,” began recruiting volunteers on Monday morning for “Operation Normandy,” a new citizen effort to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border. Jim Gilchrist, co-founder and president of the Minuteman Project, posted a message

LOS ANGELES — American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten told thousands of teachers to “be a little badass” in fighting against “so-called reformers” challenging teacher tenure and union protections. Echoing the Democratic Party class warfare election themes, Weingarted attacked

There had been some artificial excitement being ginned up in the media over the potential box office for “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” which hit theatres Thursday night (and is very good). After grossing a moderately impressive $4.1

LOS ANGELES — Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari held a press conference at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) conference in Los Angeles, demanding school reform and attacking incumbent Democrat Gov. Jerry Brown for doing nothing to stop the violation

PACIFIC PALISADES — A “drugged” man slowed traffic in both directions on the Pacific Coast Highway Friday morning, as he led Los Angeles Police Department officers on a chase that ended in the surf of the cold Pacific. According to