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Back to homepagePension 'pain train' coming
JULY 8, 2010 By KATY GRIMES California’s private sector employees are not only paying for their own pensions and retirement funds, they are paying for the pensions of public sector employees, according to Governor Schwarzenegger. In his pension fund roundtable
Read MoreWrist-slap in Grant case
Steven Greenhut: It’s easy to understand why many people in Oakland believe that it’s impossible to get a fair shake from the justice system, after a Los Angeles jury came back with an involuntary manslaughter verdict in the murder trial
Read MoreUp side of down economy
Steven Greenhut: There are plenty of reasons to be happy about a down economy (provided you have a job). From a policy standpoint, the down times force governments to live within their means — something they haven’t been doing for
Read More‘Ghosts’ haunt Brown?
JULY 8, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Will a set of Green Power plants in northern California planned in the 1970s under former California Gov. Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown’s administration and shut down in 1990 because they were running in the red
Read MoreNo sex at Fort Ross
JULY 7, 2010 The problem is that there’s no sex in this story. It’s got just about everything else – crime, international intrigue, a mysterious Russian billionaire who likes to acquire pricey antiquities, craven politicians, a bankrupt historic state park
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