California Jobless Rate Unchanged For 4th Straight Month
California's jobless rate held steady at 12.4 percent in November for the fourth straight month according to the latest data released today by the state's Employment Development Department.
Watch CBS News
California's jobless rate held steady at 12.4 percent in November for the fourth straight month according to the latest data released today by the state's Employment Development Department.
A state appeals court in San Jose shortened its deadline Thursday for receiving written arguments on whether it should continue a stay blocking the $2.3 billion sale of 11 state buildings.
California regulators on Thursday approved the first system in the nation to give polluting companies such as utilities and refineries financial incentives to emit fewer greenhouse gases.
California pet product retailers and manufacturers have agreed to put warning labels on flea and tick collars that contain a cancer-causing chemical called propoxur.
The last six members have been chosen for an independent redistricting commission that is at the heart of one of California's biggest political-reform efforts in decades.
California's population grew less than 1 percent in the last fiscal year, one of the lowest rates on record but up slightly from the year before as fewer people moved to other states, according to demographic figures released Thursday.
The state quickly settled a suit to stop public schools from charging students extra for basics such as books, exams and lab materials that fall under the state's constitutional guarantee to a free education.
The Department of Transportation said Thursday the state is getting the largest share of the $1.2 billion in high-speed rail funding being diverted from Ohio and Wisconsin to other states.
Governor-elect Jerry Brown's willingness to raise taxes to combat future deficits set the stage for discussions planned Thursday on the outgoing executive's proposal to stem California's cash shortfall with even more cuts.
A group of minority business owners demanded Wednesday that the federal government withhold more than $3 billion in funding for California's bullet train project while they investigate claims of unfair contracting practices by high-speed rail officials.
An elevated track or a tunnel? That was the question being tossed around ahead of a Tuesday San Jose City Council meeting about high speed rail plans.
One thing that both sides in California's same-sex marriage debate seemed to agree on now that a federal appeals court has heard the case: it will be a waiting game.
A federal appeals court began hearing arguments Monday on whether California's same-sex marriage ban is constitutional in a hearing televised nationally.
Democrat Mark Leno planned to introduce a bill in the state Senate Monday permitting creation of liquors infused with fruits, vegetables and spices, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
California lawmakers enjoy a perk that seems like a luxurious amenity in a state that has been slashing billions of dollars from its budget: taxpayer-provided cars.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's final plan to balance the California budget without raising taxes may be met with a shrug from lawmakers more concerned about how his successor, Jerry Brown, plans to tackle the problem.
Funding to preserve a piece of East Bay history that dates back to the early Spanish settlers of California has all but vanished.
California's governor race and the push to legalize marijuana drew voters to the polls in numbers in unexpectedly high numbers, according to a new survey.
California regulators approved a pesticide Wednesday for use by fruit and vegetable growers despite heavy opposition from environmental and farmworker groups that cited its links to cancer.
Verizon Wireless says its new "4G" wireless broadband network will start accepting customers on Sunday in 38 cities.
California's newly elected attorney general named a high-profile transition team on Tuesday and promised to use the office to pursue a reform agenda on environmental, prison and consumer-protection issues.
Attorneys for the state agreed Monday to delay selling dozens of courthouses and other government-owned buildings until a lawsuit challenging the deal's constitutionality is heard in court.
Officials say California's unemployment rate remained steady at 12.4 percent over the past month.
Here are the eight members of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission chosen Thursday (ages not available).
