The recount in the California controller race has produced only a handful of new votes for Assemblyman John A. Pérez, the candidate who launched the review. But that isn't stopping him from pushing forward with the effort, asking for the recount to be expanded to San Bernardino County on Monday. It will be the third
The San Joaquin Valley may be struggling to grow food because of the dust-bowling drought. But it's having no trouble producing Republican leaders. The latest Republican leader to emerge from the San Joaquin is Assemblywoman Kristin Olsen of Modesto, a conservative with an appealing moderate tone, who nevertheless has strong views about water development. Olsen
Soaring single-family home prices in much of the Bay Area are near or above pre-crash peaks -- and topped $1 million in San Francisco for the second month in a row -- according to a report released Wednesday. http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_26164698/june-home-prices-hit-pre-crash-high
Foreclosures have fallen to their lowest levels in California since late 2005, market researcher DataQuick said Thursday. The results are the latest evidence of the recovery in the housing market. A day earlier, DataQuick’s monthly market snapshot showed a continued increase in housing prices, albeit at a slower pace than a year earlier. http://www.sacbee.com/2014/07/17/6563518/foreclosures-continue-to-plunge.html
The output of state factories has surged 73% during the last 15 years — twice as fast as the rest of the nation — even as the sector bleeds jobs, according to a new report from the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. Employment declined nearly 34% during the same period. The surge in production
#1: Soon-departing state Senate leader Darrell Steinberg is one politician who frankly admits that successful legislating requires aggressive deal making. It may, at times, look unseemly. But passing important bills doesn't just happen immaculately. There's horse trading, back scratching and offers that can't be refused. Politicians call it, more politely, "leveraging." http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-cap-steinberg-20140710-column.html #2: When the
Neel Kashkari is the Republican candidate for governor because of the efforts of a mild mannered, bow-tied Stanford University physicist named Charles Munger Jr. Munger is also responsible for the defeat and retirement of several powerful California members of Congress, and he is the major funding source keeping the California Republican Party afloat. Not bad
Sen. Kevin DeLeón, the soon-to-be leader of the California Senate, raised eyebrows throughout the San Joaquin Valley recently with disparaging-sounding remarks about the state's controversial high-speed rail project. "I don't think it makes sense to lay down track in the middle of nowhere," DeLeón was quoted as saying. The column added that DeLeón "supports the
Bankrupt San Bernardino announced an agreement with CalPERS last week to pay off an unprecedented pension debt owed for skipping payments to the pension fund for a year — $13.5 million, plus several million more in penalties and interest. Details of the agreement reached in closed mediation were not released. But the city said in
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) finds a new villain: “heavily fortified food.” Analyzing more than 1550 cereals and 1000 snack bars, EWG researchers found 114 cereals fortified with 30 percent or more of the adult Daily Value for vitamin A, zinc and/or niacin. They include General Mills Total Raisin Bran, General Mills Wheaties Fuel, Kellogg’s