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.

California is one of many states that do not require photo identification for voters at polling places. The state government believes, as do many Democrats and the Obama administration, that requiring photo ID for voting is a subtle form of

UC Berkeley will enroll more out-of-state students than ever before in an effort to boost revenue, according to a report from the San Francisco Business Times. In a controversial move, the school will raise its target for out-of-state enrollment to

The Sacramento Bee reports that roughly 25 percent of fatal accidents involving teen drivers happen after the teen has been drinking alcohol, according to the California Highway Patrol. The SacBee referenced the 2012-13 California Healthy Kids Survey specific to drinking

The gay federal judge in California who ruled that Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage, was unconstitutional in 2010 reportedly went through unsuccessful gay conversion therapy more than 30 years ago. Trial judge Vaughn Walker was the first judge to

WASHINGTON (AP) — Albert Pujols has hit the 500th home run of his career, becoming the 26th player in major league history to reach that milestone. The Angels’ slugger did it with a pair of shots against the Washington Nationals

Filmmaker Amy Berg has a unique, and troubling, perspective on the recent sex abuse lawsuits filed against four Hollywood players. Berg, who directed the 2006 documentary Deliver Us from Evil about pedophiles within the Catholic Church, suggests no matter who

The Boy Scouts appeared successfully to have “split the baby” when they changed Boy Scout policy to allow open and avowed homosexuality on the part of their youth members but still disallow it among adult leaders. However, the opprobrium began

In a new report released by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp, the oil and gas industry creates about 49,000 jobs in Los Angeles County and generates billions in tax revenue in California. The Los Angeles Times reports that

California gun control bill SB 916 contains a requirement that manufacturers of guns that have fallen off California’s “roster of handguns that have been determined not to be unsafe” pay a fee to the CA Department of Justice in order

A teacher in Richmond, California was fired after charges of abusing six elementary-age boys on overnight camping trips. Four months later an area middle school hired him, and he began planning a new camping trip. Ronald Guinto was an English

Latino parents in Los Angeles say they have not received enough information about the Common Core State Standards from the state’s largest school district. According to New America Media, many Latino parents, whose children comprise about 70 percent of the

Right now we are in the Anita Hill Zone with the sexual abuse lawsuits against “X-Men” director Bryan Singer and three other Hollywood executives. We have sensational charges against high-profile individuals but only one accuser. The outcome is far from

Rep. Adam Schiff (D) is running for re-election, hoping to keep his job representing California’s 28th District. This June he’ll be facing two challengers, one a fellow Democrat and the other an Independent. Democrat Sal Genovese has attempted to take

You can mix it in with your water, you can mix it in some juice, you can throw it on your omlette. Is there a future for powdered booze? Social media and news reports are buzzing over the new product

California Obamacare customers are expressing outrage after finding out that nearly 1,000 California doctors were listed on the Covered California website as accepting Obamacare plans when in fact they do not. Guda Venkatesh told KPIX 5 CBS San Francisco that

Here’s a question to ponder on Earth Day: What, in the environmentalist outlook, is the most ethical type of meat? Organic? Free range? Pampered cattle that get beer and massages? Guess again. According to a recent post on an environmentalist news site, Grist.org,

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. pleaded not guilty Monday to a dozen felony charges stemming from alleged safety violations in a deadly 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion that leveled a suburban neighborhood in the San Francisco

The Los Angeles Times ran an article Monday called “Moving in with Parents Becomes More Common for the Middle-aged” that seems to knock off a February story in the French magazine Le Monde called “Meet France’s Boomerang Kids, Moving Back In

Republican Assemblyman Tim Donnelly is picking up support in California’s Governor election and says it is starting to change the dynamic of the race. The race for Governor of California has its primary on June 3rd. The two candidates with

The mother of the man alleging director Bryan Singer sexually abused him wept during Monday’s press conference announcing three more Hollywood figures would face similar lawsuits. Bonnie Mound anticipated some of the questions the reporters at the Four Seasons Hotel

According to CBS Los Angeles, on Sunday a man walked into a hospital in Torrance at around 9:20 AM and grabbed a nurse from behind, stabbing her in the ear with a sharp implement. Thomas Robert Fredette of Santee, CA was

Venture capital firms invested $4.7 billion dollars in Silicon Valley technology firms during the first three months of 2014, the highest quarterly total since the year 2000. The San Jose Mercury News reports the investment in Silicon Valley represented about

Lawsuits alleging the sexual abuse of minors in a Hollywood pedophilia ring were filed in Hawaii Monday against three prominent Hollywood executives: David Neuman, Gary Goddard, and Garth Ancier. The suits were announced at the Four Seasons Hotel by Jeff

Republican-led San Diego experienced a greater decrease in unemployment than California as a whole, according to an ADP March jobs report. The City of San Diego has been governed by Republican Mayors for approximately 18 of the last 20 years.

Progressive leaders on San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, along with members of SEIU, are demanding an end to a tax break which has revitalized a portion of the city. At the center of the conflict is Twitter, which agreed not