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 social media firestorm has surrounded a 25-year-old California mom who started breastfeeding her 3-month-old baby during her graduation ceremony from Cal State University, Long Beach. Karlesha Thurman posted a picture her friend took of her breastfeeding her baby Aaliyah

A pair of San Francisco sisters were arrested Monday on suspicion of operating at least four brothels in the city’s Richmond district, where eager patrons paid up to $200 a piece to have sex with young Asian women, reports the

X-Men star Halle Berry must steer some of her franchise earnings to her ex-beau under a new legal order. The Oscar-winning actress will pay ex-partner Gabriel Aubry $16,000 a month in child support, according to court information gleaned by E!

Allegations continue to surface that a staff member for California Democratic Rep. Lois Capps attempted to help a fellow staffer escape jail time after he drove while drunk and killed a young woman. Those allegations have apparently prompted an investigation by

California Senator Dianne Feinstein is admitting that the White House has kept her at a distance after she criticized the Obama Administration for ignoring Congress when the Bowe Bergdahl deal was made. Feinstein, the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee,

Sheryl Sandberg, the 44 year-old feminist COO of Facebook, thinks she has figured out one of the reasons why there has never been a women president and why there’s no affordable childcare and why the word “bossy” was invented and

According to a “Late Contribution Report” filed Monday with the California Secretary of State office, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave the maximum allowable $13,600 to Marshall Tuck in his race for Superintendent of Public Instruction just before

A new study from finance website NerdWallet reveals that San Francisco is no longer the most “LGBT-friendly” city in the United States, although three California cities did make the Top 10. According to the data, Seattle is now the most

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has struck down teacher tenure as unconstitutional, ruling in the highly-anticipated Vergara v. California case that such protections “disproportionately affect poor and/or minority students.” Judge Rolf Treu found that laws granting tenure after two years, prioritizing seniority

Billions of dollars are being poured into the decommissioning of southern California’s San Onofre nuclear power plant. Although the plant stopped providing power after January 2012 and will be dismantled, the process will drudge on for approximately two decades, reports the

The mayor of San Marino, a small, wealthy community in Los Angeles county where the median income is near $140k per year, was caught on camera tossing dog excrement on his neighbor’s lawn, local news sources report. Home surveillance video

The former creator of Google Maps and former Chief Technology Officer for Facebook is joining Taser International Inc’s board of directors to enhance its expansion into the market of wearable surveillance equipment for law enforcement officers. According to TechFlash, Bret

According to the executive director of Cal State University Sacramento’s Center for California Studies, the only way Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari can unseat Governor Jerry Brown is if an asteroid hits earth, reports the San Jose Mercury News. Steve Boilard, formerly a

Facing a July 8 trial decision that could wipe out most of its public employee pension benefits, the City of Stockton filed a revised bankruptcy restructuring plan last week that converts $544 million in life-time retiree healthcare benefits to a one-time payment of $5.1

Problems with the Covered California website have forced nearly one million people to wait months to receive verification that they are covered. The problem affects people covered by the state’s expanded Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal. In theory, those who

NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathan Quick and the Los Angeles Kings are close to finishing off the New York Rangers in a big hurry. The All-Star goalie had his best game of the finals by far, making 32 saves to

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has pulled his support from a deal to sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and will pursue his $1 billion federal lawsuit against the NBA, his attorney

The Mel Brooks classic The Producers made hay out of two movie executives who purposely defrauded little old ladies out of their cash. Today, three men were arrested on charges they defrauded victims with the promise of big movie investment returns,

A four-hour pursuit and standoff between the LAPD, its SWAT team, and a man armed with an assault rifle ended Monday afternoon in North Hollywood. The events ended when authorities fired tear gas into the home in which the rifle-wielding

The Sacramento Bee has tried to paint California Governor Jerry Brown as the fiscally prudent partner in his squabble with his cohorts in the state legislature over the state’s budget. The reality is that Brown’s budget calls for the state

A new report released Monday by the Department of Veteran Affairs revealed that the average wait time for veterans seeking care in the VA’s Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System is 56 days, a staggering four times longer than the department’s

For just under $6 million, you can be the proud owner of a Pacific Beach home, where stone throwing is strictly forbidden. According to the listing agent, the almost entirely glass structure was built so that “every square inch of

During a panel at the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO), there was a major development that could forever shape the future of the movie-going audience. NATO head John Fithian has announced a new initiative guaranteed to ensure that no