By Dale Kasler -
Published: 12:00 am
California's job market started to come out of hibernation last month.
By Mark Grossi -
Published: 12:00 am
The most powerful voices in the state's recent $11 billion water talks might have been two water districts one speaking for half the state's population and the other for just 600 San Joaquin Valley farmers.
By Anna Tong -
Updated: Thursday, November 19 2009 - 8:16 am
Two California prison system inmates have died from possible H1N1-related complications, officials said Wednesday.
By Barbara Barte Osborn -
Published: Thursday, November 19 2009 - 12:00 am
Geologists from two national engineering firms will begin mapping the recently identified Polaris earthquake fault near Truckee.
By Andrew McIntosh -
Published: Wednesday, November 18 2009 - 12:00 am
Thirty-three banks across the country that received federal bailout money didn't pay the government a dividend this summer and one-third of them are based in California, federal data show.
Published: Wednesday, November 18 2009 - 12:00 am
Several California-based banks either suspended or never paid the Department of Treasury dividends after getting bailout money under the Troubled Asset Relief Program in 2008 or 2009. They include:
Published: Monday, November 16 2009 - 12:00 am
When the state assumed full financial responsibility for the court system a decade ago, it was billed as a way of relieving pressure on county finances.
By Mark Glover -
Published: Saturday, November 14 2009 - 12:00 am
The good news is California export numbers are trending up. The bad news is they aren't what they used to be.
By Mark Glover -
Updated: Wednesday, November 11 2009 - 8:01 am
The California Chamber of Commerce has received the presidential Excellence for Export Service Award, billed as the nation's highest award honoring U.S. exporters.
By Laurel Rosenhall -
Published: Wednesday, November 11 2009 - 12:00 am
A record number of students are applying to attend California State University campuses next fall, and officials are urging those who haven't yet applied to get their paperwork in by the end of the month.
By Andrew McIntosh -
Updated: Friday, November 6 2009 - 6:01 pm
A CalPERS board member on Thursday produced a canceled check showing he paid $23,630 for a trip to London, Dubai and Hong Kong in 2006 after it was initially paid for by a Nevada businessman whose clients were seeking investments from California's giant public employee pension fund.
Published: Saturday, October 31 2009 - 12:00 am
Tahoe National Forest officials have extended the woodcutting season from Sunday to Nov. 15 in the Truckee, Sierraville and American River ranger districts.
By Denny Walsh -
Published: Friday, October 30 2009 - 12:00 am
A state appeals court has tossed out the conviction of a Chico teen who was charged with threatening to take a gun to school, kill a lot of people and then himself. The 16-year-old boy had texted that message to the girlfriend who had broken up with him.
By Mark Glover -
Updated: Friday, October 23 2009 - 7:51 am
Northern California banks reported mixed results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, with loan loss reserves taking a bite out of earnings.