Starting today, Mark Mariani will begin powering the packing lines of one of the world's largest dried fruit plants with the same energy source his grandfather tapped at the start of the century-old family business. "What better resource can you use ...
2 Dec 2008
Govenor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency yesterday and called the state's politicians into a special session to address California's $11bn (£7.4bn) deficit. The state's revenue gap is expected to hit $28bn over the next 19 months ...
2 Dec 2008
THE RECENT economic times have been tough for most of us, but if you are a local operator of a California Pizza Kitchen restaurant, relief may be coming your way. Eagles Pro Bowl guard Shawn Andrews finally has returned to Philadelphia after spending ...
2 Dec 2008
Shawn Andrews returned from California on Wednesday a vegetarian; four pounds lighter; with a sort of Mohawk-fashion, rust-colored strip of hair down the middle of his head; and happy to be standing upright. The Eagles' two-time Pro Bowl right guard ...
2 Dec 2008
SACRAMENTO - Water exports from the Delta should cease until government agencies comply with the law, environmentalists said Monday in a far-reaching lawsuit. State and federal water managers have increased exports to farms and cities south of the ...
2 Dec 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — Police are questioning a couple after a bruised and half-naked 17-year-old boy showed up at a gym Monday with a chain locked to his ankle, claiming he had just fled his captors, authorities said. Matt Robinson, a spokesman for Tracy ...
1 Dec 2008
Who says Southern California doesn't have seasons?
2 Dec 2008
A rookie customs inspector in California has pleaded guilty to letting smugglers drive hundreds of pounds of marijuana into the country for $200,000 worth of bribes.
1 Dec 2008
The biggest single rooftop photovoltaic solar project in California was officially opened on Monday by electric utility Southern California Edison at a warehouse 50 miles east of Los Angeles.
1 Dec 2008
A Texas developer has taken over the properties in lieu of foreclosure after its previous owners struggled to make their loan payments. A major Texas developer confirmed Monday that it took possession of 53 Southern California office buildings last week in a transaction valued at almost $1.4 billion after the previous owners were unable keep up their loan payments.
1 Dec 2008
California's economy has taken a toll on a marionette show that is a staple of a Los Angeleno childhood.
1 Dec 2008
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger , saying his state is going broke, declared a fiscal emergency and ordered the incoming class of lawmakers into a special session to fix a widening $11 billion deficit.
1 Dec 2008
Schwarzenegger Declares Emergency: California "Is Headed For A Fiscal Disaster" - The Huffington Post.
1 Dec 2008
Roadshow: Foes sound off on raising California.
1 Dec 2008
California declares “fiscal emergency:” Arnie’s gonna come begging.
1 Dec 2008
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards.
1 Dec 2008
Southern California Edison has finished California's largest commercial rooftop solar panel installation to date - the first step in its $875 million plan to put 250 megawatts of solar panels on two square miles of rooftops. ...
1 Dec 2008
Can’t afford the new Ferrari California but want to feel the same wind-in-the-hair experience as each new Prancing Horse owner? Then enter CAR’s latest competition and you could win a Ferrari California driving cap from famed Italian ...
1 Dec 2008