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.

Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc–Any fan of the popular West Wing television series remembers when President Bartlett asked his staff in the Oval Office the English translation of this Latin phrase. You’ll also remember that our TV President provided the

A California man was sentenced this week to eight years in federal prison for transporting two minor girls from Oakland to Nevada for the purpose of working as prostitutes, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced. According to court documents, one

John Berg, who is legally blind, ended a remarkable journey through the Pacific Ocean in a devastating crash which destroyed the boat he had been living on for 14 years. The 40-foot, voice-activated boat named “Seaquel” completed its final sail

California’s state capitol is no exception to calls from Governor Jerry Brown to stall the use of water in one of the worst droughts in the state’s history. In fact, the capitol’s browning lawns are among the once-lush but now-dead

The majority of LA area health clinics are not fully prepared for the influx of new patients expected under Obamacare. That’s the conclusion of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research which issued a brief on the topic this month.

Hollywood power players like Ryan Seacrest, Sherry Lansing and Mark Wahlberg aren’t hitting the Holiday Inn following the boycott against LA hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei. Turns out The Beverly Hills Hotel isn’t the only posh place where

BEVERLY HILLS — With less than two weeks to go until the Golden State’s June 3 primary elections, the race for State Senator Ted Lieu’s 26th district seat is heating up in one of California’s most competitive contests. And despite

Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer, who is planning to donate at least $50 million to various senatorial and governor’s races in 2014 in order to target key GOP targets, is a hypocrite of the first order. Steyer made much of his

The data breach at eBay that allowed hackers to gain access to the private information of 145 million accounts may go down as the second-largest online security breach in history, according to a report from Reuters. In October of last

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and the ACLU have succeeded in forcing Lindbergh Field, San Diego’s international airport, to display an anti-SeaWorld advertisement that the airport initially did not want to display, reports the San Diego Union-Tribune.

On Wednesday, the California State Senate Rules Committee, embarrassed by the continuing scandals revolving around members of their beloved Democratic Party, approved three measures that would supposedly demand more ethical behavior from members of the Senate. One stipulation is that

Launching a reading list for the summer season, Amazon has released its ranking of America’s most well read cities. Topping the list of most well-read cities over one million residents is San Diego, California. Print and Kindle sales of books,

On Tuesday, a delegation of porn stars known as The Free Speech Coalition traveled to Sacramento to protest purported first amendment violations inherent in a newly proposed California bill. According to the LA Weekly, AB 1576 could prescribe criminal penalties
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif., May 22 (UPI) —During a recent talk at Fortune’s Brainstorm Green conference, Levi Strauss CEO Chip Bergh recommended that customers stop washing their jeans in order to conserve water. At the time, Bergh was wearing a pair

Republican moderate Neel Kashkari has closed the gap with Tea Party favorite Tim Donnelly in the race for California governor, while both trail incumbent Democrat Jerry Brown by a wide margin, a new poll reveals. The Public Policy Institute of

An unnamed Santa Ana, California woman who was allegedly drugged, kidnapped, raped, and held captive by her mother’s boyfriend when she was just 15-year-old has been found alive by authorities, and her alleged 41-year-old captor husband arrested, 10 years after

California’s public school districts may be hit hard financially as state officials consider moving funds into the retirement fund for teachers. Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing to pour money into the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, which would trigger schools

An anti-bullying measure which would have made Carson the first city in California to criminalize bullying suffered defeat at Tuesday’s city council meeting. Bullying as defined in the failed ordinance is harassment in the form of cyberbullying as well as physical

In what some are calling a symbolic gesture, on Tuesday the Board of Supervisors for Santa Cruz County voted unanimously to ban hydraulic fracturing, public radio station KQED reports. Santa Cruz becomes the first county in California to forbid the

A 15-year-old-boy’s app design, which allows users to simulate the scent of the decaying flesh of dead animals, has just bolstered the People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals’ arsenal of iPhone apps, which PETA touts as the greatest tool

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ruled on Monday that the government’s evidence in the case against state Sen. Leland Yee must be kept secret until further notice, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Breyer is concerned that if the information is

Through his attorney Marty Singer, director Bryan Singer (“X-Men: Days of Future Past”) has filed a motion to dismiss the sexual abuse lawsuit filed against him by Michael Egan. According to the Daily Beast, the day the motion was filed

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A woman who was 15 when she disappeared 10 years ago from her California home has contacted police and says she was held against her will for years. The Santa Ana Police Department said Wednesday