UC Regents Take Up Pension Hikes
The University of California's Board of Regents is meeting this week in San Francisco. Today, it considers a hot button issue: UC President Mark Yudof wants to block the system's highest-paid employees from getting a hefty boost to their pensions.
Slow Job Growth as the Discouraged Return
Economists at UCLA's Anderson School of Management see California's double-digit unemployment rate as improving, but unlikely to come down to pre-recession levels in the next few years. Still, the numbers only tell part of the story.
Hopeful Job Seekers Crowd a County Fairground
The unemployment rate in Fresno County hovers above 17 percent. At a job fair there yesterday, more than 10,000 applicants showed up looking for work.