“There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what,” Mitt Romney told a room full of donors.

Ayn Rand, the favorite author of many geeky teenage boys (who generally grow out of it) and Republican vice presidential candidate, Paul Ryan (who didn’t), combines an extreme libertarian capitalist message with a high-Soviet-propaganda literary style. This makes parody fairly easy.

California may see more municipal bankruptcies than the three that have been filed since June, state Controller John Chiang said.

OXNARD, Calif. — Nine anti-genetic foods activists have been arrested for blocking the gates to a large Southern California seed plant.

California businesses are planning to testify that the key component of the state's landmark greenhouse gas emissions law will impose enormous costs on them and consumers.

Only about half of likely California voters support Gov. Jerry Brown's ballot initiative to temporarily raise sales and income taxes, presenting a significant challenge as he seeks to win over a reluctant public before the November election, according to a poll released Wednesday.

Somewhere, a burglar is living in luxury after the score of a lifetime. And police are trying to bring his life of bling to an end.

A pair of well-dressed thieves that police think stole a cello from a San Francisco music school may have suffered performance anxiety.

State licensing officials say a former Oceanside childcare worker has been banned from ever working with kids again because she twice punished preschoolers by putting them in a dark closet.

Police say they have arrested more than a dozen owners of downtown Los Angeles pawn shops, accusing them of doing business with burglars who have been tied to an estimated 300 burglaries from affluent neighborhoods.

A 21-year-old man whose alleged Internet rant about killing children alarmed law enforcement authorities, leading them to knock down his door and arrest him, is being described by his own attorney as “just a dumb kid.”

A Northern California teenager has been ordered to stand trial as an adult for killing his adoptive parents in the family home.

Metal thieves are targeting Modesto fire hydrants, putting residents at risk and costing the city thousands of dollars.

Census figures show nearly seven million Californians are living in poverty.

Gov. Jerry Brown's November tax-hike initiative has only slim support with likely California voters, with just 51 percent backing it and 38 percent opposed, according to the results of a Field Poll released Thursday.

A human resources manager for the San Diego Unified School District has been arrested for investigation of going online and trying to lure a child for sex.

Sacramento County park rangers are clearing homeless encampments along the American River.

A San Diego caregiver has been arrested after he and another worker allegedly beat an autistic man repeatedly over a three-week period.

Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Here’s some good news for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney: His barbed observations about the Palestinians and the Middle East peace process, delivered during a speech in May at a now-infamous fundraiser, are 47 percent correct. Maybe 37 percent.

under a legislative package signed by Gov. Jerry Brown Thursday.

The San Diego Stock Exchange Index closed lower Thursday at 121.65, down 0.43 percent from Wednesday. Declining issues beat advancers 42 to 38, and 60 issues were unchanged.
NuVasive Inc. (Nasdaq: NUVA) was the top dollar gainer, up 59 cents to $22.16.
Cymer Inc. (NYSE: CYMI) was the top dollar loser, down $2.32 to $53.43.
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