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.

U.S. Marine Andrew Tahmooressi has been granted a new court hearing next week in Mexico. Tahmooressi has been jailed in Mexico since April 1 and is optimistic about the opportunities the coming hearing might bring. According to the Los Angeles

Festivities celebrating Ramadan, which is the holiest month of the Islamic calendar, began Friday with a gathering at the Islamic Center of Irvine, CA, the Orange County Register reports. The month, which officially began Saturday and ends July 28 at

The legendary Top 40 voice, Casey Kasem, died on June 15–but he hasn’t been buried yet. His body lies in Washington state and not in Glendale, CA, where he wanted to be buried, ostensibly because of a family feud between

Sandra Fluke, whose campaign for free contraception elevated her to national prominence while she was still a law student at Georgetown University, denounced to the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby case: “A woman’s boss should

On Tuesday, a plane full of illegal immigrants from Central America will fly into San Diego, where the passengers will be transported to Murrieta for processing and released into the general community. According to ABC10 News, Ron Zermero, a Border Patrol

Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA), one of the most vulnerable Democrats in the 2014 midterm elections, has blamed “MEN” (original caps) for the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Monday. The majority held that the federal government violated the

If you like taking a shower every day, don’t move to Las Vegas. The city is beginning to run out of water because Lake Mead is well below half-full and drying up, according to the UK Telegraph. The area has faced

The California Heritage Musuem, located in Santa Monica, features several rooms of artifacts from the state’s early days, as well as new work from local artists. And now, it also houses an exhibit devoted to an Internet meme: Awkward Family

In May, San Francisco introduced the “Hook-up Truck,” providing intimate space for couples on the go. Now, the city is welcoming the “Lava Mae,” a public shower on a bus, aimed at the city’s large homeless population. San Francisco has

Some public employees and elected officials might have been busy destroying their personal cell phones, tablets and computers this weekend after the California Supreme Court agreed to review if communications on privately owned electronic devices regarding a public matter are

The UCLA Daily Bruin reports that the Students for Justice in Palestine, an anti-Israel group, is pursuing Avi Oved, the new student regent-designate nominee for the UC Board of Regents, who is pro-Israel, with allegations of incomplete campaign finance reports

On June 29 the Orange County Register published the results of an investigation that concludes that California law enforcement agencies do not report every fatal shooting in which they are involved. The Register specifically claims “one in every five fatal

The ethics of a study conducted by Facebook in which users’ emotions were manipulated by targeted News Feed showings are being called into question. In a single week in January of 2012, Facebook News Feed’s algorithm was manipulated so that

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama taped a video greeting to help director Spike Lee honor the 25th anniversary of his racially charged drama Do the Right Thing’s release, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The director’s subsequent role in

State Senator Ted Gaines, who represents parts of Northern California, will turn the tables on Texas Gov. Rick Perry this week when he visits Texas to recruit companies to invest in the Golden State. Gov. Perry has become notorious for

Life on Sunday will be slower–and more tense–than usual, as Mexico faces the Netherlands in the FIFA World Cup round of 16 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific time on Sunday. The match will take place at Fortaleza, in northeast Brazil, and

“The power you represent is growing and it is growing in very important ways,” Gov. Jerry Brown told hundreds of Latino elected officials from across the country at a conference in San Diego. With the aid of Jerry Brown’s signature, that

Although MannKind Corporation (MNKD) finally won its decade-long fight for FDA approval to sell its Afrezza insulin therapy system in the U.S, most investors are disappointed that the powered drug inhaler must carry a warning label that it is not

Water usage, specifically in the form of toilet flushes at halftime during the World Cup, was recently used to measure the rising popularity of soccer in Los Angeles, California. A reading by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Thousands of people congregated in celebration of the nation’s largest transgender pride event in San Francisco on Friday and to prepare for weekend-long festivities for the 44th annual LGBT Pride Parade. The 11th annual “Trans March” reportedly kicked off at

On again, off again, on again are plans to transport illegal alien detainees from overcrowded and overwhelmed Rio Grande Valley detention centers. These centers have gained national attention for housing vast numbers of unattended Central American children, captured while crossing

On June 27, ABC News aired Barbara Walters’ interview with Peter Rodger, father of Santa Barbara alleged killer Elliot Rodger. The elder Rodger said his son’s guns were “automatic,” and he wished police would have seized his son before the May

The burgeoning power of the Latino community in California was illustrated this week by the death of a minimum wage hike proposal in the state Assembly. Despite the fact that the pro-business Latino Caucus is comprised totally of Democrats, one

After decades of debate and deliberations, bridge officials on Friday gave their blessing to a $76 million “safety net” which will act as a suicide barrier to prevent individuals from jumping to their deaths off of San Francisco’s Golden Gate

California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) officials announced that a 57-year-old Courtland man was found guilty on multiple criminal charges and fined $5,000 for the illegal trapping of bobcats and foxes. The San Francisco Chronicle reported on its website