In his Easter Weekend video/radio address, President Barack Obama reflects on the ties that bind humanity together. ** OBAMA THIS WEEKEND. President Barack Obama is in Washington. Obama has received the intelligence and economic briefings in the Oval O... »
The US will deploy its first floating special operations base to the waters of the Middle East with the purpose of combating the threat emanating from Iran. ** NEW COLUMN COMING UP … JERRY BROWN, (PARTIALLY) EMERGED FROM STEALTH MODE, MAKES SOME MOVES.... »
There's another battle brewing in this year's California ballot wars: The Yes on Proposition 29 campaign is cranking up. Prop. 29 -- called the California Cancer Research Act -- would hike tobacco taxes by $1 per pack of cigarettes to fund research and... »
Eventually, it seems that every issue in the Capitol winds up in court. Now, we have Democratic legislative leaders suing fellow Democratic Controller John Chiang for blocking the lawmakers' pay last year during a state budget fight. From the Bee's Kev... »
Nothing has come under fiercer scrutiny in recent months than California's high-speed rail proposal, and Brown went to bat for the project. He used his state of the state address to make the case for California's high-speed rail plan, a $100 billion pr... »
Fasten your seat belt. The California Legislature is back in Sacramento, with the Assembly meeting at noon, and the Senate at 2 p.m. Business in the upper house includes choosing a Republican leader, as Senate GOP leader Bob Dutton announced that he'd ... »
Over the past decade, CalPERS' investment earnings have been below the median for institutional investors. The question arises: Are the mammoth pension fund's investment managers getting paid for poor performance? From CalPension's Ed Mendel: "Is this ... »
Erica Perez sshepard/istockphoto.com In addition to a controversial 10 percent pay raise, incoming CSU Fullerton President Mildred Garcia will receive another benefit when she arrives on campus: a $300,000 remodel on the eight-bedroom historical house ... »
