Furloughs Challenged in High Court
Attorneys representing the state and state workers' unions presented their case to the California Supreme Court yesterday. At issue is whether the governor had the authority to order furloughs for more than 200,000 state employees.
Cleaning Up a Cold War Legacy
Northwest of Los Angeles, an open secret lies buried around the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. In 1959, a serious nuclear accident happened on this test site, but it took decades for word to leak to the public.