Dellums Touts Oakland Accomplishments In Report, Denies Early Exit
Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums said in a 68-page "State of the City" report Wednesday that he has reduced crime, boosted the city's economy, and improved health care and education.
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Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums said in a 68-page "State of the City" report Wednesday that he has reduced crime, boosted the city's economy, and improved health care and education.
A gloomy outlook from Cisco Systems Inc. is shaking some investors' faith in the strength of the technology industry's recovery.
A new report from the public Policy Institute of California offers hope for improving the state's school finance system, in part due to demographics.
The San Francisco Giants winning season is expected to have made a huge impact on the local economy.
The 72-year-old Democrat, who defeated Republican Meg Whitman in the governor's race, said he plans to approach the job with renewed energy.
Anxiety about the economy and unhappiness with government were not enough to dissuade Californians from electing two veteran politicians in the state's marquee races.
Contra Costa retirees are being told they have nothing to fear about the pension system going broke, but county officials said there will be cuts to meet pension obligations.
KCBS In Depth Interview with UC Berkeley Professor of Public Policy Robert Reich on the economy.
The holiday shopping season is looking brighter for retailers, as more and more stores are hiring temporary workers in anticipation.
So many Californians are collecting unemployment that the state's unemployment insurance fund is billions of dollars in the red.
U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner said at a Palo Alto talk Monday that bank and government officials made catastrophic mistakes with the economy, but that it is slowly healing.
The economic downturn took an incredible toll on the country's biggest charities. A new report showed the steepest decline in donations in two decades.
The recession may officially be over, but the latest data from the Census Bureau shows the number of people in the Bay Area living in poverty continues to grow.
The Detroit mayor's office on Thursday sharply criticized California Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman for comparing Fresno to Detroit and calling it "awful."
A proposal to step up advertising revenue by using a variety of methods on trains, in stations and right-of-ways on BART property met with mixed reviews at the transit system's board meeting Thursday morning, as the system looks for ways to ease a projected budget deficit next year.
California's unemployment rate climbed to 12.4 percent in August, which is up from 12.3 percent the previous month.
