California gains jobs, but unemployment still rises to 12.5%

California employers added workers to their payrolls in October for the first time in more than a year, but the state's unemployment rate...

California adopts stricter rules for drug abusers in the health industry

In a major shift, California will impose tough new standards on drug-abusing health professionals, strictly scrutinizing those in...

California lawmakers, officials face 18% pay cut

California's Legislature went to state Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown recently seeking relief from a future pay cut and on Thursday received an...

CalPERS board members endorse new lobbying rules

Board members at California's huge state pension fund offered support Thursday for a plan to register as lobbyists the controversial...

1 million stimulus jobs? House panel investigates

Hundreds of new jobs in phantom congressional districts. Nearly 500 new teaching slots in a Chicago school district that employs only 290.

Judge orders compensation for gay couple who were denied healthcare, other benefits

In a legal end-run around the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, a federal judge Wednesday ordered compensation for a Los Angeles man denied...

CalPERS board votes to tighten disclosure rules for intermediaries

The beleaguered board of the California Public Employees' Retirement System tightened rules requiring outside investment managers to...

Ben Bernanke sees need for further economic stimulus

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke on Monday waded into the debate over the vigor of the economic recovery, offering a sobering view...

Demand grows for niche translators

Abigail Dahlberg realized she was a success a few years ago while explaining her unusual specialty -- translating documents about waste-...