To keep benefit checks coming amid record unemployment, California has had to reach into Uncle Sam's pockets for $4.7 billion and counting. But the state must return what it borrows by 2011 '” or pay hundreds of millions in interest payments.
A man arrested at the West Oakland BART station Sunday was held on battery charges after a thick glass window broke during his arrest, badly cutting the police officer at the scene, officials said.
Chevron oil refinery in Richmond tops the list, which was released by the California Air Resources Board, followed by other refineries, power plants and cement plants
The 70 UC Santa Cruz students who locked themselves inside Kerr Hall for three days left a "huge mess" and will face possible criminal or campus sanctions, a campus spokesman said Sunday night.
NINETY-THREE percent of prison inmates are male. Fifty-seven percent of college students are female. What's going on? More importantly, what can we do about it?
"IS THAT a green box?""No, it isn't.""Is that a red box?""Yes, it is!"AND SO WENT my first classes 28 years ago in Santander, Spain. I taught English as a Second Language at Inlingua, a Berlitz-like after-hours language school.
JUST WHEN YOU thought things couldn't get worse with swine flu (H1N1), they do.Not only are we unable to meet the vaccination needs of the population, but we also are unable to cope with the escalating number of people afflicted with this illness.
