By Mark Grossi -
Published: Saturday, November 21 2009 - 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.
Published: Saturday, November 21 2009 - 12:00 am
As California's legislators stare at a forced 18 percent pay cut next month, one legislator who volunteered for a 5 percent reduction last July rescinded her decision.
By Denny Walsh -
Published: Friday, November 20 2009 - 12:00 am
Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Thursday ordered the U.S. Office of Personnel Management to quit interfering with health care benefits for federal judicial employees just because they are married to a person of the same sex.
By Jim Sanders -
Published: Friday, November 20 2009 - 12:00 am
Pay for California's top elected officials will be slashed by 18 percent next month, one year earlier than expected, to abide by an opinion issued Thursday from Attorney General Jerry Brown.
Published: Friday, November 20 2009 - 12:00 am
Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina must be sharing speechwriters, maybe someone from their tech pasts.
By Kevin Yamamura -
Published: Thursday, November 19 2009 - 12:00 am
California once again will look under sofa cushions and scour every sector of state government to find another $20.7 billion to balance its budget over the next 19 months.
By Denny Walsh -
Published: Thursday, November 19 2009 - 12:00 am
A judge ruled Wednesday an assistant federal public defender's spouse must be compensated for health care benefits withheld since July 2008 because the couple are gay.
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 Susan Ferriss -
Updated: Wednesday, November 18 2009 - 6:36 am
Sylvia Zedlar's left leg was nearly severed when a car struck her in south Sacramento County in 2002. Now, because of state budget cuts, she is among about 9,000 frail and mostly elderly Californians who must pay, on average, $200 to $250 more each month for care.
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.
By Dan Smith -
Published: Wednesday, November 18 2009 - 12:00 am
Despite revenue projections that are holding relatively firm, California faces a $21 billion state budget shortfall over the next year and half, according to sources who have been briefed on a projection from the Legislature's budget analyst.
By Dan Walters -
Published: Wednesday, November 18 2009 - 12:00 am
When California's political consultants share war stories, 1988's immensely expensive, multifront battle between insurance companies and lawyer-backed consumer groups takes center stage.
Updated: Tuesday, November 17 2009 - 8:16 am
Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley will probe covert recordings of conversations with reporters made by an ex-spokesman for Attorney General Jerry Brown.
By Dan Walters -
Published: Tuesday, November 17 2009 - 12:00 am
Jerry Brown's first governorship was marked by what one might term charitably a high degree of flexibility.