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.

ChiefExecutive.net 10th annual survey of 500 CEOs from across America on their views of the best and worst states for business rated California “The Worst,” and Texas “The Best.” The annual survey of business leaders asks each CEO to

X-Men: Days of Future Past director Bryan Singer missed the world premiere of his new film in New York on Saturday night in the wake of two recent sexual abuse lawsuits filed against him, according to The Hollywood Reporter. During the film’s

Two black eyes, a missing tooth, and a bloodied nose and face are what Alfred McOsker, 79, received after his leg accidentally brushed up against a newer Hyundai while he was unloading groceries with his daughter in the parking lots of

After Shelly Sterling told Barbara Walters on Sunday that she will fight to keep her ownership stake in the Clippers even if the NBA forces her husband Donald Sterling to sell the team, the NBA essentially told her, “not so

Most of the candidates vying for California’s 33rd Congressional District seat were on hand Saturday to endorse themselves, slam each other, and discuss policy in an unusually formatted Internet debate hosted by moderator Cenk Uygur and the Young Turks, an online

Many universities in the United States grant advantages to members of racial minorities in admissions–though not all will admit it. In California, the use of race in admissions to public universities has been illegal since the passage of Proposition 209

Shelly Sterling, the wife of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, says she plans to divorce her husband and will fight to keep her stake in the Clippers. In an interview with ABC’s Barbara Walters, Sterling said if the NBA

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling asked for forgiveness in an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper that will air on Monday. Cooper interviewed Sterling on Sunday. “I’m a good member who made a mistake and I’m apologizing and I’m asking

Retiring congressman George Miller, a Bay Area Democrat and lieutenant to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, told a local NBC News reporter May 9 that his roommate, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), “has not made his bed in 30 years.” Miller

The extended drought in California–one of the worst in the state’s history–is hitting the Central Valley farming region, and several key crops in particular. The Sacramento Bee reports that almonds, the state’s largest farm export in dollar terms, are in danger

U.S. and Mexican investors have been working together to resurrect a dilapidated cross-border rail line that runs from Plaster City, CA through Mexico and back up to San Diego, as reported in early 2013 by the San Diego Union-Tribune. Recently

Brent Roske, a television producer and director who was running as an independent, has dropped out of the race for the congressional seat held by retiring Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and endorsed fellow independent Marianne Williamson. The Williamson campaign released

After more than half a century, the nation’s oldest black bookstore, Marcus Books – named after Marcus Garvey, a man who is known as the father of black nationalism – is closing its San Francisco location on Fillmore Street following

According to Marianne Williamson’s website promoting her congressional bid for the 33rd district, it is time to stop wasteful defense spending and establish a “Green New Deal” to rebuild America with “cutting edge green technologies.” Williamson claims that in this time of

On Thursday, Governor Brown and legislative leaders of both parties announced that an agreement had been reached to place a “Rainy Day Fund” measure on this November’s ballot. As described by the Wall Street Journal, “The deal announced Thursday would increase

POMONA, Calif. (AP) — A man who shot to death his girlfriend and two of her relatives before turning the gun on himself warned his own brother of the plan only minutes before the attack, police said Friday. There was

The Beverly Hills Unified School District, fighting the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority over a proposed plan to build an extension of the subway underneath Beverly Hills High School, is being accused of taking money from a bond issue

The San Francisco Chronicle, panicked that the Roman Catholic Church might be ready to fight for what it believes, reports that teachers at East Bay Catholic schools that are in the area of the Diocese of Oakland had to sign

California gubernatorial candidate Tim Donnelly unveiled a newcampaign-related billboard in the state of Georgia. The billboard isintended to send the message that California wants to bring filmmakerswho have fled the state back to Hollywood. The billboard isintended to highlight AB

Mirroring one of Spain’s greatest, most dangerous traditions – the Running of the Bulls – the Boston-based company The Great Bull Run is poised to take place at a still upcoming events in Houston, Atlanta, Chicago, Virginia, and in Pennsylvania.

The city of Carson, California, decided to move forward with legislation Thursday when its city council voted unanimously to

NBC News has reported that a former California Fire Chief is suspected of fatally stabbing his live-in girlfriend, a former escort, and is in hiding somewhere in the wilderness of Sacramento County. According to sheriff investigators, 55-year-old Orville “Moe” Fleming

Dozens of Chinese agencies in the Bay Area are advertising online package deals that offer the highly-coveted prize of U.S. citizenship to the children of Chinese and Taiwanese parents. In exchange, parents cough up upwards of cited as causing inflation.