OCT. 6, 2011 By KATY GRIMES On Tuesday, Gov. Jerry Brown took a split approach on government regulations involving families. First, he vetoed AB 101, a bill that would have unionized 100,000 California child-care workers, including nannies and babysitters. The bill was sponsored by the Servic...

Editor's Note: This story is the first in a three part series on San Diego’s battle for pension reform. OCT. 6, 2011 By JOHN HRABE On September 10, when I last saw him, San Diego Councilman Carl DeMaio (pictured at right) was meticulously combing through a stack of signed petitions that ...

OCT. 5, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Some affiliates the California government destroyed are staying destroyed. Back in June, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill taxing online affiliates. After that, Amazon.com fired its 10,000 affiliates. Other companies did the same. Affiliates are companies, comm...

OCT. 4, 2011 By KATY GRIMES The tone of a Monday telephone press conference changed dramatically from issues surrounding a  campaign violation complaint, to charges of a "campaign of terror" being waged on LGBT youth. Equality California filed the complaint with the Fair Political Practi...