January

California jobless rate dips to 9.6 percent

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s jobless rate dipped to 9.6 percent last month, the lowest in more than four years. The state’s Employment Development Department reported Friday that the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since Dec. 2008.

2013/03/29

The Sierra Nevada mountain range in California

Water managers despair: snowpack 50% of normal

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — There’s more bad news for California water users: the snow pack is just half the amount of normal and has already begun to melt.

2013/03/28

Tessa (Photo credit: BillFoundation.org)

Tessa overcomes odds in second chance at life

Tessa, the dog was dumped at an L.A. city shelter by her owners at the beginning of January. But thanks to a regimen of both Western and Eastern medical treatments, you could say that she’s the comeback kid. Watch the video here.

2013/03/26

California jobless rate stalled at 9.8 percent

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California’s jobless rate stalled at 9.8 percent this winter, with only a few new jobs created in January.

2013/03/20

San Diego restricts beach use after seal abuse

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego’s mayor has ordered a two-month nighttime shutdown of a beach after cameras set up to monitor a seal colony captured people kicking, punching and sitting on top of mother seals and their pups.

2013/03/20

California home sales dip slightly in February

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California homes sales dipped slightly last month and so did prices but the state still seems on the road to recovery after a five-year housing slump.

2013/03/15

US adds 236K jobs, unemployment falls to 7.7 percent

WASHINGTON (AP) — A burst of hiring last month added 236,000 U.S. jobs and reduced the unemployment rate to 7.7 percent from 7.9 percent in January. The robust gains suggested that the economy can strengthen further despite higher taxes and government spending cuts.

2013/03/08

US home prices rose by most in nearly 7 years

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices jumped in January, a sign the housing market is gaining momentum as it nears the spring selling season.

2013/03/05

Report: Nation’s cattle herd smallest since 1952

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A much anticipated government count shows the nation’s cattle herd has shrunk to its smallest size in more than six decades amid a widespread drought that has forced ranchers to sell off their animals.

2013/02/01

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