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.

President Obama will attend a $32,000 a plate fundraiser on June 14th in Laguna Beach, CA. The fundraiser will be a breakfast and is by invitation only. The OC Register notes that one of Obama’s top fundraisers, Janet Keller, lives

A new $5 billion Tesla Motors plant, called a “Gigafactory,” which could employ as many as 6,500 workers, is being competed for by Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, and California. California lawmakers and CA governor Jerry Brown’s administration are attempting

This week, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti challenged New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to a bet. Depending on which of the mayors’ teams wins the Stanley Cup Final, the Mayor rooting for the losing team will be forced

As votes continue to roll in from California’s primary election, not all candidates know whether they have made it to November or not. As of 2:53 p.m. Friday afternoon, Republican David Evans had edged out Democrat John Perez by a

One of the country’s longest-running gay proms will hold its 20th anniversary event this weekend. The Hayward Lambda Gay Prom kicks off at 7 p.m. EST June 7. Movie goers outside the California region may recall the prom from the 2011

An amendment to a House bill that would limit the federal government’s ability to enforce federal marijuana laws and raid dispensaries in the 22 states in which medical marijuana is legal passed the Republican-controlled House last week in a 219-189

Classic car lovers will have the opportunity to add a little nostalgic touch to their vehicles with California’s reintroduction of black, yellow and blue license plates from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Assemblyman Mike Gatto

Pete Peterson has not yet been elected California’s secretary of state, but that hasn’t stopped him from beginning to try to fix the problems he sees in the office and in California. On Thursday, Peterson, the GOP candidate who will

San Diego police officers, husband and wife Bryce and Jennifer Charpentier, were arrested for alleged involvement in sales, transportation, and possession of a controlled substance. The husband has reportedly been abusing prescription drugs since an injury ended his hockey career,

If California Chrome wins in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes in New York, he will be the first horse in 36 years to have won in three major consecutive races and become racing’s 12th and California’s first Triple Crown winner. But what

On Thursday, Occidental Petroleum confirmed that its assets will become part of a separate business titled California Resources Group by the end of 2014. The documents permitting the switch were filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Occidental had

Left-wing billionaire Tom Steyer, the billionaire the media does like because he buys Democrat politicians to push phony crises invented to increase the influence of The State, has just announced a $2 million public relations campaign to pretend Climate Change

Actor Cameron Thor was arrested this week on charges he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old student he met at his acting school. Thor, 54, was charged with “kidnapping with the intent to commit rape,” according to CBS Los Angeles. Police believe

In a move that is sure to confound–and enrage–the left, the Koch brothers have donated $25 million to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), the foremost source of financial support to African-American students. The UNCF launched the “Koch Scholars” program

California voters on Tuesday gave their blessings to the only two state legislature measures on the ballots: Propositions 41 (Veterans housing) and 42 (open records) passed with over a 50% approval rating. The measures will aid low-income veterans with housing

Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), together with Representative Lois Capps (D-CA-Santa Barbara), are pushing legislation to allow families to petition a court to bar a “dangerous” individual from buying a gun and confiscate any guns said individual

The iPhone-controlled bicycle called the Visiobike could be a new milestone in electric biking, and the safest bicycle to date, according to TechCrunch. The Visiobike is a carbon-fiber, “electric/mechanical hybrid” bicycle that has an automatic transmission and a battery assist

On Wednesday at 10 p.m., a U.S. Navy F-A-18E Super Hornet jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean just off the coast of Southern California while maneuvering in a training mission and attempting to land aboard an airplane carrier. The incident

California GOP gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari, fresh off a win in the state primary on Tuesday, challenged Governor Jerry Brown to at least ten debates in the run-up to November’s general election, according to the Los Angeles Times. Kashkari issued

In anticipation of Jane Fonda’s commencement speech on June 13 at UCLA’s school of Theater, Film and Television, posters by street artist Sabo depicting the actress-turned-activist as “Hanoi Jane” have started appearing around Westwood and surrounding areas. The name “Hanoi

Michael Egan, the former child model and aspiring actor who filed suit against “X-Men” director Bryan Singer and three other Hollywood executives accusing them of sexually abusing him as a teen in the 1990s, has dropped one of his suits.

Officials in over a dozen counties in Southern California recently declared that detainer requests from federal immigration agents will be ignored–specifically, illegal immigrants eligible for deportation will no longer be held past the length of their jail times. The announcement comes amid the revelation

In a heartfelt video message on the eve that he conceded defeat in California’s gubernatorial primary, Tm Donnelly said that money played a central role in why he did not advance beyond the primary. Instead, Republican rival Neel Kashkari will face Governor

An Uber driver, a ridesharing service that connects drivers and riders through a mobile app, has been arrested in California and could face kidnapping charges after allegedly taking a drunk female client to a motel room and lying next to

Not since November 5, 1946 have fewer voters cast votes in a California statewide election, and never has a lower percentage of registered voters been recorded voting in an election in the state. At 18.3%, California has just seen the