California To Seek Federal Aid For Tsunami Damage
California emergency officials said they hope to complete a tsunami damage estimate as early as next week to submit to the federal government in an aid request for wave-battered harbors.
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California emergency officials said they hope to complete a tsunami damage estimate as early as next week to submit to the federal government in an aid request for wave-battered harbors.
After suffering widespread losses at the polls in 2010, the California Republican Party is trying to regroup and stay relevant in a state that appears to be leaning less and less toward Republican ideology.
Wind patterns will bring a radioactive plume from the crippled Japanese nuclear reactors to the Aleutian Islands by Thursday and to the West Coast by Friday, according to projections.
The intensifying nuclear crisis in Japan is raising anxieties on both sides of the Pacific over the potential impacts of radiation exposure.
School districts in California have issued nearly 19,000 layoff notices so far to teachers amid uncertainty over the state budget, the California Teachers Association estimated Tuesday.
In the 'dog eat dog' world of politics, it's always good to dig for fresh ideas. So the governor's office is turning to a four-legged approach to help take a bite out of the budget crisis.
A tsunami rushed onto Northern California's coast Friday, destroying boat docks in Santa Cruz and Crescent City, and sending beach-area residents in Pacifica evacuating to higher ground. It also swept at least one man out to sea.
Data from the 2010 U.S. Census released Tuesday shows Latinos grew by 28 percent and Asians grew by 31 percent.
Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday that he has been unable to secure enough Republican votes to pass his plan for addressing California's $26.6 billion budget deficit.
An audit by the state controller's office has found that redevelopment agencies in California do not have a way to show how well they are fighting blight or creating jobs.
The state Employment Development Department on Friday reported that California's jobless rate was 12.4 percent in January. That was down slightly from 12.5 percent in December.
California sea otters have begun losing ground in their struggle to survive. Many are mysteriously falling victim to a ruthless killer: The great white shark.
Months after California switched to new driver's licenses, the Department of Motor Vehicles is still backlogged trying to issue the ID's.
The sponsors of Proposition 8 so far have taken the lead in defending the voter-approved law in court, after former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Attorney General Jerry Brown refused to do so.
In an unprecedented move, Gov. Jerry Brown appeared before a joint legislative committee on the state budget in Sacramento Thursday to make the case for letting voters decide how to balance California's books.
The state Senate has approved a law setting rules for how utilities can meet the state's ambitious goal to draw a third of their power from alternative energy sources such as wind, solar and geothermal within 10 years.
The failing health of many aquatic ecosystems in California has pushed some fish species to the brink of extinction, according to a new report from a team of experts.
In a major policy reversal being cheered by the gay community in the Bay Area, the Obama administration said Wednesday it would no longer defend the constitutionality of a federal law banning recognition of same-sex marriage.
California's top health care administrator has vowed to track the actions of insurers because of the new law on health care reform.
After a dry start to the year, the recent four day rainstorm helped boost to the Bay Area's water supply and the Sierra snowpack.
California agencies have been ordered to stop buying coffee mugs, key chains, water bottles and other freebies intended as promotional items.
California's Democratic Congressional representatives sounded off Thursday about how budget cuts proposed by House Republicans would impact the Golden State.
Former eBay CEO and 2010 California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has returned to the Procter & Gamble Co.'s board of directors.
After seven years as California's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger is returning to his old day job: acting.
