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.

Former professional surfer Jill Hansen was indicted by a grand jury in Hawaii on Tuesday, which charged her with second-degree attempted murder, unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle, and attempted unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle. Hansen allegedly ran over
San Jose’s favorite ice cream truck since 2010, the Treatbot, which offers delicious frozen confections accompanied by karaoke, has gone on a temporary hiatus after it was destroyed in a crash on Interstate Highway 280 near Palo Alto, California. The
“Grape Syzurp with Cannibanoids,” a new, purple-colored concoction that promises to get you just as high as regular sizzurp, but in a “safer” way, is heading to the Los Angeles-area medical marijuana market, according to L.A. Weekly. The new product

Adding to the anti-Semitic rapper’s already surmounting problems, a group of student labor activists have just launched MacklemoreSucks.com to protest Macklemore’s ties to T-Mobile CEO John Legree. The Verge reports that this student group believes that all of T-Mobile’s call

Shooting on the seventh film in the Star Wars saga started this week, but the production isn’t turning to Tunisia to approximate the main character’s roots. Star Wars creator George Lucas used Tunisia to represent Luke Skywalker’s home planet of

LOS ANGELES, CA — Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, one of the most prominent contributors to Republican candidates in recent elections, will host a fundraiser for Elan Carr in Los Angeles on May 29 in his race to succeed Rep.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents intercepted an attempt to smuggle 17 Mexican nationals, who were trying to enter the U.S. illegally via a panga boat near Catalina Island, off the coast of Long Beach, California. All 17 people were

A woman who was otherwise enjoying her day near a San Diego-area playground last week apparently “felt a presence,” looked up from her phone, and came face-to-face with a “naked and erect” flasher who stood just inches from her face,

The controversial “Subway to the Sea,” a proposed subway extension in Los Angeles that would run from mid-Wilshire to Westwood, received $1.25 billion in federal money on Wednesday, bringing the total federal funding of the project to $2.1 billion, according

California candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Ron Nehring, spoke Tuesday night to the Latino American Political Association of San Diego, a bipartisan group, and recounted why his German immigrant father would have supported voter ID. Nehring went on to recount serving
NEW YORK (AP) — E-commerce site eBay is asking users to change their password after a cyberattack compromised a database containing encrypted passwords. The company says there is no evidence of any unauthorized activity and no evidence any financial or
US online giant eBay said Wednesday cyberattackers broke into its database with customer names, passwords and other personal data earlier this year. The California company said it was notifying its customers, and urging them to change passwords to protect their

On May 16, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Sung Jin Pak was arrested “on suspicion of discharging a firearm with gross negligence” in October, after he was allegedly pranked by a group of kids. The arrest was tied to a

BAKERSFIELD Ca. (Reuters) – Tara, a California cat that became a YouTube sensation after being videotaped interrupting a dog’s attack on a small boy, “tossed out” a ceremonial pitch at the start of a minor league baseball game on Tuesday.

Former Marine and paraplegic long distance rower Angela Madsen plans to embark on a 50-60 day rowing journey from California to Hawaii. Her mission: to raise money for adapted boats that will accommodate people with disabilities and to inspire wounded

More and more adult Californians are living with their parents, according to a study by UCLA and the Insight Center for Community Economic Development. The study found that 2.3 million adult Californians were still residing in their parents’ homes in

Kim Lehmkuhl, the Pleasant Hill, California, city clerk, decided to go out with a bang, not a whimper, after she was accused of frittering away time tweeting during City Council meetings instead of keeping minutes. Lehmkuhl resigned and sent a
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The Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services has opened an official investigation into a picture taken by Will and Jada Smith’s 13-year-old daughter Willow Smith, in which the teen is shown posing in bed with half-naked 20-year-old actor

An 11-year-old girl from Silicon Valley became the youngest player ever to qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open, after she won a sectional qualifier on Monday at the Old Course in Half Moon Bay, California, reports NBC Bay Area. Lucy

DENVER (AP) — The Obama administration is pushing Congress to ensure that enough money is available to fight destructive wildfires as California recovers from a spate of blazes and other fire-prone states brace for another hot, dry summer. As part

There may be a small bit of relief for farmers in California suffering from the drought. Despite the fact that it is late in the season, more than 3 inches of snow fell near Lake Tahoe early Tuesday morning. The

The Daily Beast might be expected to cut Macklemore some slack. The two share similar ideologies, and the rapper’s efforts supporting same-sex marriage are well known. So when some folks were outraged by Macklemore donning a costume that reeked of

After banning her picture for violating school policy by wearing a tuxedo instead of a dress, a San Francisco Catholic high school has issued an apology to graduating senior Jessica Urbina and has agreed to include her picture in its

Back from the brink of death, the San Diego Opera has announced a 2015 season after reversal of a decision by the opera’s board to shut down the company just two months ago. Productions announced include La Boheme, as well

The number of Medi-Cal patients has grown sharply, thanks to Obamacare, but the number of doctors willing to see them has not. In fact, the number of doctors in California willing to take Medi-Cal patients could drop once planned cuts