May 21, 2012 By John Hrabe With 427,000 students and 44,000 staff on 23 campuses, the California State University System is the nation’s largest higher education system. But from Los Angeles to San Francisco, Cal State is raising tuition, cutting enrollment and campaigning for a multibillion-d...

May 18, 2012 By Katy Grimes Recently, a memo sent out by the California Air Resources Board referred to the industries CARB has identified as polluters as California’s “regulated class.” These polluters are now subject to the heavy-handed rule and regulation of the agency, and must accep...

Gov. Jerry Brown's "Moonbeam" shtick has long passed its expiration date, taking about as long to go from "cute" to "annoying" as it did for Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Terminator" references. On Monday, in announcing that the state's budget deficit ballooned from $9.2 billion to $15.7 billion in a ...

Steven Greenhut: Ever since former OC GOP Chairman Tom Fuentes' cancer returned, we all knew it was only a matter of time before we heard the bad news. He passed away Friday night after fighting a long battle. Tom and I emailed each other now and again in recent months, comparing notes on the state ...