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.

A motorist driving in his car used a cell phone camera to video record a California Highway Patrolman (CHP) charging after a woman walking across a highway divider. The video shows the officer wrestling the woman to the ground and

Prosecutors dropped murder charges against a Manteca minister for the death of a 55-year-old man whom he had knocked to the ground in a scuffle in Las Vegas in June, 2013. The incident had become an international cause célèbre when

La Raza (The Race) President Janet Murguia told MSNBC’s Alex Wagner that the residents of Murrieta protesting the arrival of three buses of illegal aliens was “appalling and outrageous.” Wagner, who hosts Now with Alex Wagner, on Wednesday led off

At the U.S.S. Midway Museum, some 50 U.S. service members became U.S. citizens on Wednesday, San Diego Fox affiliate KSWB reports. One new citizen, Sergeant Jorge Hernandorivas, a two-time Purple Heart recipient who fought in the battle of Fallujah in

Dan Walters, columnist for the Sacramento Bee, published an article Thursday in which he pointed out state Democrats’ habit of blocking Republican bills in Sacramento–only to introduce the same bills under their own sponsorship and claiming credit for the ideas.

The Sacramento family of the Palestinian boy allegedly killed in revenge for the killing of three Israeli teens by Palestinians is mourning their lost cousin–and staging protests against the Israeli government. Earlier in the week, the Los Angeles-based aunt of one

This November, voters in California will face six ballot measures–and the state legislature could add more until as late as early August. Proposition 43: The Water Bond Years ago, then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger worked with the legislature to place a bloated

The Los Angeles Times reports that the National Weather Service announced on Thursday that California’s drought is getting worse and worse. In June, almost four-fifths of the state was labeled as suffering “extreme” drought conditions–and in those areas, the most

With national attention drawn toward the illegal immigration protests in Murrieta, California that turned away 140 aliens transferred from Texas on Tuesday, a similar transport into El Centro, California proceeded with little notice. On Tuesday, July 1, approximately 140 illegal

City labor unions in Los Angeles joined forces and are pushing for L.A. to increase its minimum wage to at least $15 an hour. This move follows San Diego and San Francisco, which are engaged in similar efforts. According to the Los Angeles

Twitter is reportedly the main force behind a viral campaign surrounding Burger King’s limited edition “Proud Whopper,” which was released in conjunction with last week’s Gay Pride Weekend festivities in San Francisco. A video released by Burger King was fueled

If a ballot proposition passes later this year, the state of California will be in control of setting insurance rate increases. Proposition 45 has already been placed on the ballot for 2014. Itwould allow the state’s insurance commissioner to reject

Neel Kashkari has been spending some time on the airwaves, both co-hosting and guest hosting on several radio shows, which has some asking if the Republican gubernatorial candidate is considering a career in radio if he doesn’t succeed in unseating

Hollister, California is gearing up for its annual July 4th motorcycle rally. Set to take place from July 4-6, the town that calls itself the “Birthplace of the American Biker” will play host to more than 100,000 motorcycle enthusiasts from

Predicting a dry summer ahead, San Diego called her citizens to begin steps this week to curb usage and conserve water with the move to a “Level 1” drought alert. The suggestions that come with the “Level 1” alert include

Los Angeles has introduced bitcoin ATM machines at two local convenience stores. The digital currency, which is already changing the landscape of online commerce, is steadily gaining popularity, and can now be used to pay for things like political campaign contributions

Hard to believe Tom Hanks’ Forrest Gump first ran across movie screens 20 years ago. It’s true. The epic hit theaters in 1994 and went on to win six Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actor ( Hanks). Entertainment Tonight

KCRA news reported that by Wednesday night, 2 homes and 7 outbuildings had been destroyed by the Butts fire in Napa County fire near Middletown. The fire had consumed 3,800 acres and was 30% contained. Amy Head from Cal Fire

California is the nation’s capital of car thefts. Nine of the top ten cities in the country plagued by car thefts are in California, according to the Los Angeles Times. The National Insurance Crime Bureau authored the list. Cities in

Outside a community town hall meeting Wednesday in Murrieta, California, left-wing activists supporting the illegal alien transfers that had been thwarted earlier in the week chanted and intimidated community residents as they left the local high school. The town meeting

On Thursday morning’s edition of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, NBC News White House Correspondent Chuck Todd predicted that California Gov. Jerry Brown would be the “most likely” to challenge frontrunner Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party nomination in the 2016 presidential

Another California mayor was allegedly caught red-handed blatantly ignoring traffic laws after a Twitter user spotted San Francisco mayor Ed Lee apparently parked illegally in front of a city bakery. Bay Area mayors may want to brush up on their

California Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) seems to have flunked her first major leadership test by failing to get Governor Brown’s water bond passed during one of California’s worst droughts. Following a failed attempt by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell

A two-week operation conducted by U.S. Marshals operating out of the Northern and Eastern Districts of California resulted in the arrest of 104 violent fugitives and gang members throughout the state. The U.S. Marshals Service’s Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task

A town hall in Murrieta, CA on Wednesday evening erupted into anger at the federal government over its failure to enforce immigration laws, as counter-demonstrators outside showed support for the illegal aliens–many of them women and children–being transported to the