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.

Taser International has “more than 3,300 new sales in [the second fiscal quarter]” of 2014 alone. Taser sales are booming. According to The Motley Fool, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department bought 883 X26P Model Tasers, the Iowa State Patrol bought

The transparency-driven White House is offering another “no comment” to reporters this week. The subject in question, however, is more complicated than usual. TheWrap.com reported that First Daughter Malia Obama recently worked a day on the set of the upcoming

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has reserved nearly $30 million worth of fall TV airtime in 26 competitive congressional districts nationwide, including four in California. The four California districts include three in which the NRCC will look to help

This article originally appeared in City Journal Silicon Valley innovators love to talk about “disruptive innovation,” the iconic phrase coined by Harvard’s Clayton Christensen. But today, the innovators’ dilemma–to borrow from Christensen again–is how best to confront disruptive regulation from Washington, D.C.

On June 16 Lynwood, CA, taco stand owner Jose Padilla pulled his gun when three armed black males entered his business to rob it as it closed. He was gunned down–shot at least 10 times–while using a .38 Special to

In California’s contentious 52nd congressional district, incumbent Democrat Representative Scott Peters will square off against former San Diego City Council member Carl DeMaio in November’s general election. A new Union-Tribune and 10 News poll of 750 registered voters puts DeMaio

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti won’t have to sing “New York, New York” on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday Night, because the Los Angeles Kings defeated the New York Rangers to capture the Stanley Cup. However, he should have to

A Father’s Day weekend tragedy unfolded when a Riverside County man was allegedly run over and killed by his drunk daughter, as he was trying to deter her from driving her car while she was under the influence of alcohol.

The Irvine Co. and UC Irvine are adopting a program which currently operates in San Diego. The program allows any startup company to apply, and those selected will get two years of free office space. The San Diego program is

Expectant couples have been celebrating the anticipated arrival of their little ones with a twist on the traditional baby shower called “Gender-Reveal Parties.” One expectant mom, Kaylee Callahan Ng, spoke to Breitbart News. Ng is calling the trend “a happy,

Los Angeles celebrated the Kings’ second Stanley Cup victory on Monday with a parade and rally that saw tens of thousands of people lining the streets in a raucous on downtown LA. Later that day, the streets filled with World

The summer’s glitzy reboot of the famed Japanese monster Godzilla proved a hit with American audiences. Still, domestic ticket buyers seemingly prefer the Captain America reboot as well as X-Men: Days of Future Past. Not in China, where the big,

Have you ever dreamed of getting your genitals high? Well, that dream is now a reality. California medical marijuana provider Aphrodite Group recently introduced “Foria,” a marijuana-infused lubricant that promises heightened sexual pleasure and multiple orgasms. “For most women, relaxation

Bill and Melinda Gates gave an emotional joint commencement speech at Stanford on Sunday, telling graduates to use their “genius” to help the poor and change the world. “Take your genius and your optimism and your empathy and go change

According to nationally syndicated radio host and Chapman University law professor Hugh Hewitt, 118 Republicans in the House of Representatives have to show some backbone and elect Rep. Raul Labrador of Idaho as the new House majority leader, replacing defeated Virginia congressman Eric

If California GOP gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari wants any chance at winning the general election against incumbent Democrat Jerry Brown later this year, he will have to persuade a sizable chunk of the state’s Independent and Democratic voters to vote

In the fifth essay of this series, I discussed Richard Sander, a law professor at UCLA. Among researchers of education policy, Sander is perhaps the fiercest critic of affirmative action. He’s also probably been the target of more criticism from race and

As the U.S.-Mexico border has been inundated with children crossing alone and ending up detained in U.S. facilities, liquid methamphetamines are also flowing across the border. The liquid form allows smugglers to disguise the substance in beverage and repurposed plastic

On Sunday, the Democratic-dominated state legislature in California approved the new fiscal year’s $108 billion general fund spending plan. State bill SB852 passed 55-24 in the Assembly and 25-11 in the Senate, largely along party lines. The legislature met on

A 64-year-old California man has been arrested on suspicion of cooking and distributing drugs from his apartment in a Fresno retirement community. Fresno police had pulled over Robert Short for a routine traffic stop on Saturday night, reports local ABC

A November ballot measure put up by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour has restaurant owners in the city determined that they will have to raise their prices as a result. Some

Some of the kids and parents at San Diego’s Loma Portal Elementary School are speaking out about a harmful bathroom policy that is leaving some of the kids sick according to ABC10 News. Instead of using good old-fashioned discernment, parents

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Federal fire officials accelerated their attack Sunday on a smoky wildfire that threatened more than 500 homes in central California as they raced to control the fast-moving blaze before hotter, drier weather sets in, a U.S.
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Fresno, California, police have arrested a 64-year-old man suspected of cooking methamphetamine in his apartment at a retirement community. KFSN-TV reports (http://abc30.tv/UEVKYD ) Robert Short was pulled over as part of a routine traffic stop late