STUDENTS ATTENDING the University of California next fall will be paying 32 percent more in fees than they are now. That's an increase of $2,514 on top of a $662 increase this year over last.
"We (should) wrap him in bacon and deep fry him at a state fair while Lee Greenwood stabs him in the face." — Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show" on confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed AND SERIOUSLY now, who doesn't agree?
THE CONTRA COSTA County retirement association has mistakenly overpaid former public workers for more than a decade, according to a new legal analysis that will set off a battle over tens of millions of taxpayer dollars and could send government workers rushing into retirement before fixes are made.
SOMETHING HAD to be done to reduce the toxic emissions from trucks that pick up and deliver cargo to ports throughout the state.For far too long, truck emissions have put residents who live near ports — as well as truckers themselves — at greater risk of developing asthma, cancer and
AT FIRST GLANCE, Tuesday's agreement between President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao to promote green technology might appear to be a major step toward reducing carbon dioxide emissions in an effort to combat global warming.
WHAT IS the current health care debate really about? Is it about cost? Is it government's inability to adequately deliver services that are best left to the private sector?
"FASTEN YOUR seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night."Bette Davis famously delivers that line in the film "All about Eve" while she surveys partygoers congregating in her home, aware of an explosive conflict that is about to detonate in their midst.
CRITICS OF Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to bring the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four other accused terrorists to New York for trial can't seriously believe the city will have trouble handling the expected "Trial of the Century" hoopla.
WHAT IF you could invite every Bay Area adult who has struggled to put food on the table to join you for Thanksgiving dinner? You'd need 350,000 place settings, 43,750 pumpkin pies and 23,333 turkeys.
CALM. That's not a word one hears much these days, but calm is what some are urging in the wake of a new federal report on breast cancer screening. Released Monday, the report has caused a stir with its recommendation that women in their 40s don't need annual mammograms and that self-exams no
THE CALIFORNIA Voting Rights Act of 2002 was signed into law by Gov. Gray Davis with little fanfare or protest. Its intent was to boost minority representation on city councils, school boards and in special districts.
THIS IS A tale of two agencies, proof that some public officials can react honestly to demands for disclosure of public records and admit their mistakes — and that some will hide behind secrecy all the way to court, public interest be damned.
DEAR GOOD people of Illinois: I understand that you will have a measure on the ballot next year for your approval that would give you a process for recalling a governor.
IN 2006, 69 percent of Oakland voters chose Instant Runoff Voting. IRV eliminates costly runoffs and increases voter turnout — local elections are combined with fall state and federal races, when turnout is nearly 60 percent higher than in June, and it helps challengers running against
