California stem cell agency needs to study itself
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:41:55 -0800

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has downplayed the recent exit from the stem cell field by Geron, but the fiasco raises questions about how the agency does business and whether its addiction to hype does a disservice to patients and ...

Jobless and hopeless in America
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:46:09 -0800

But in California , the rate is 11.7%. For more than 21/2 years, the number of jobless Americans has outstripped the number of available job openings by more than 4 to 1. In such dire circumstances, the least Congress can do is extend unemployment ...

California State Universities, including Vallejo's Cal-Maritime, experiencing ...
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:08:08 -0800

By Sarah Rohrs The start of the 2012 fall semester is nearly eight months away and Vallejo's California Maritime Academy already has a record 1123 applicants trying to enroll, a school official said. That trend of larger-than-usual numbers of students ...

California Coastal Communities Selects Woodbridge Pacific Group to Complete ...
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:58:06 -0800

By California Coastal Communities IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 6, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- California Coastal Communities is pleased to announce the selection of Mission Viejo-based Woodbridge Pacific Group, Inc. to assume all construction, sales and marketing ...

Serial killer Juan Corona is denied parole a seventh time
Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:51:47 -0800

( California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation) By Jean Merl, Los Angeles Times Juan Corona, convicted of killing 25 migrant workers in California some four decades ago, was again denied parole Monday. The California Board of Parole Hearings ...

Investment in state's green car industry increases
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:30:31 -0800

California's small but growing electric car industry has become an investment magnet, attracting more venture capital than its competitors in any other state or country. In the first half of this year, California companies developing plug-in vehicles, ...

How California Companies Can Turn a Deeper Shade of Green
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:02:38 -0800

By Leslie Guevarra Come January, progressive California companies need no longer fear that pursuit of environmental responsibility means a risk to fiduciary responsibility under a new law that sanctions formation of benefit corporations. ...

California , Nevada combine probes of mortgage industry
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:01:57 -0800

By Rick Daysog Promising to hold lenders accountable for abuses that helped fuel the foreclosure crisis, California has entered into a broad alliance with the state of Nevada to investigate the nation's mortgage industry. ...

California Love: Western Michigan's Golden State septet a tight group
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:08:50 -0800

By Matt Mackinder News Editor Tuesday, December 6, 2011 Western Michigan's California natives pose with coach Andy Murray. From left, JJ Crew, Chase Balisy, Garrett Haar, Murray, Brett Beebe, Matt Tennyson, Robert Francis and Dennis Brown (photo: ...

Gov. Jerry Brown counts on magic to create California jobs
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:41:19 -0800

(AP Photo/Jason Redmond) California Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown apparently has a plan to revitalize the state's failing economy: magic, with a little bit of help from Harry Potter. Brown's office emailed reporters Monday to share that he would be at ...

Top hospitals include 12 in the Northern California
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:31:49 -0800

By Kristin J. Bender Ten Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Northern California , Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Mills-Peninsula Health Services have been honored for reducing medication errors, lowering infection rates, maintaining appropriate physician ...

California's population inches up
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:11:12 -0800

California's population grew at a slow rate over the past year as people left for other states and as the birth rate declined, the California Department of Finance reported Tuesday. Overall, the state's population grew by 0.7 percent to a total of 37.5 ...

NJ mayor resigns 2 months after website allegation of sex with prostitute at ...
Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:34:33 -0800

MEDFORD, NJ The town's married mayor, accused on a website two months ago of having sex with a prostitute at a California hotel, resigned Monday. The anonymous allegation against Republican Chris Myers, a father of two, included a photo of a man who ...

Cedar Fair: California amusement park sale off
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:25:03 -0800

SANDUSKY, Ohio - Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. said Tuesday that the sale of an amusement park in California has fallen through and that it has reached a deal long-term deal with the San Francisco 49ers over the proposed construction of a stadium next ...

Arnold & Porter to acquire California law firm Howard Rice
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:02:48 -0800

It also doubles the firm's California presence from about 80 to 160 lawyers in San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Los Angeles. We view the West Coast as an important part of our national and international strategy, Alexander said. ...

California Is Bad-- But Not That Bad
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:54:40 -0800

By Joe Mathews California is the "worst-run" state in the US, says the web site 24-7 Wall Street. 24-7 Wall Street ranks states on 10 measures of fiscal and budget health, from debt levels to whether it is spending money on health and education ...

California State University and the Center for Applied Innovation Announce a ...
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:08:00 -0800

California State University and the Center for Applied Innovation, a Chicago based 501(C)3 non-profit organization, announced today a collaboration to address water transportation challenges in the developing world as part of the Invent for Humanity ...

California's murder rate drops
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:08:01 -0800

Earlier this week, the California Department of Justice released its annual report, Homicide in California . This most recent report, a good barometer for the state of violent crime, shows the homicide rate, now at 4.7 per 1000 people, dropping for ...

California voters give edge to Jerry Brown's public pension overhaul
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:01:57 -0800

By Jon Ortiz A majority of California voters support Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to dial back public employee pensions and a plurality think that state and local government retirements are "too generous," according to a new Field Poll. ...

California invests in 'green' bonds
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:57:49 -0800

"These bonds are a great investment for California and its taxpayers," Lockyer said. "We're earning an excellent return, strengthening our portfolio and backing our policies with money in the fight against global warming." The bonds have a 0.51% yield, ...