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President Obama will address the nation tonight about ending combat in Iraq. The speech begins at 5 p.m. …
The Commander-in-Chief may be taking guns out of Iraq, but the State Senate is allowing guns to stay in the hands of licensed Californians. A bill to ban open-carry was defeated yesterday by a...
So classes are underway in almost all districts in the Bay Area. They've also started at the Bay Area's esteemed institutions of higher education: Cal Berkeley started classes last week (go Bears), Stanford started this week (go Cardinal), and the latest addition to our local schools with national...
Often huge developments like Mission Bay or AT&T park define a city for decades.
There’s been one man whose job is to make big visions like those a reality. Michael Cohen is the director of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development. That is, he was the director. After 15 years of public...
Yesterday, a U.S. district judge halted all federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research. The decision could return the field to that of the Bush administration…
Civil rights groups in California have some strong opinions about federal policy as well. Many organizations feel that...
The ongoing disaster in the South Asian nation of Pakistan continues to worsen. The United Nations estimates 4 million people are homeless as a result of catastrophic flooding — the worst ever of its kind in the country.
Today, the United Nations met to discuss boosting aid, and many Bay Area...
Medical advances mean we’re living longer, but we’re also living sicker. Today - according to some estimates - more than five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease: that's more than twice as many as in 1980.
In nursing homes across the country, men and women with dementia are struggling...
Californian’s personal income dropped $40 billion from last year. That marks the first time income has declined from the previous year since World War II…
Congress’ $26 billion jobs bill should be encouraging though. California is slated to receive roughly $2.5 billion from the bill passed...
State workers might want to reconsider taking a long weekend trip to Tahoe. Yesterday, an Alameda County Superior Court judge blocked Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed furlough plan, which was scheduled to begin this Friday. The governor plans to appeal the decision this week...
If state workers...
Tomorrow is President Obama’s 49th birthday. “Yes We Cake!” parties are planned…
Gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman will probably skip those parties, but not because she probably can’t afford a cake. The former Ebay CEO is outspending Democratic candidate Jerry Brown 86 to 1…
The State Board...
A new study indicates that emergency room wait-times in California average 274 minutes. Iowa has the shortest wait-times, and California is 99 minutes behind…
The wait-time has increased regarding a decision over whether State Controller John Chiang must issue minimum wage checks to state...
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