Nov. 16, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- After the election results came in, I started searching for two things: a stiff drink and a good out-of-state real estate agent. The national election sends troubling signs about the direction of the country, but nothing much will change from t...

Nov. 4, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO –- It's been years since I cared deeply about any election, yet I find myself back to old habits -- tracking polls and dealing with conflicting feelings that emerge this time of year. My sense of deep cynicism, born of years reporting on government ...

Oct. 28, 2012 By Steven Greenhut FULLERTON -- Many people were outraged this summer after a private investigator, with ties to a law firm that represents 120 police unions in California, made an apparently false police report that a Costa Mesa councilman stumbled out of a bar, appearing drunk,...

Oct. 21, 2012 By Steven Greenhut STOCKTON -- Workers for the city of Stockton who attended the unveiling Wednesday night of a new report detailing trends in public-employee compensation in California complained about cuts in their compensation packages that are causing hardship for them and th...

Oct. 14, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- In much of the country, the mere mention of the name, Jerry Brown, signifies the otherworldly nature of California politics. Many people in other states have come up to me and said something to this effect: "You Californians are so weird that, ...