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To promote the financial principles of April´s National Financial Literacy Month, Allen Ostrofe, president of Ostrofe Financial Consultants, Inc. and former professor of financial planning and long-term investing, offers five financial tips to help any young person start out on the right foot on life´s financial journey.
LOS ANGELES—A Chicago-area man was sentenced this afternoon to 30 months in federal prison for taking nude videos of television personality Erin Andrews and posting the videos on the Internet after being rebuffed when he offered the videos for sale to a celebrity website.
Michael David Barr...
Sacramento, CA – Just a week after historic March 4 protests launched a nationwide movement to fight for the future of public education, the California state agency that tracks the health of California´s public higher education system will release a report revealing a drastic loss in access to...
William McGurn's recent column makes a lot of bold claims in its dismissal of concerns over student fee hikes at public universities in California yet manages to ignore all the evidence that shows that the systematic defunding of higher education hinders economic growth ("California Students Complai...
SACRAMENTO—The State Senate voted 21-15 last week to approve tax conformity legislation by Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis) to protect homeowners embroiled in the mortgage crisis from onerous tax burdens. Senate Bill 32 (8X), which also removes barriers to job-creating renewable energy projects, no...
SACRAMENTO – In response to Governor Schwarzenegger´s harsh letter to the Democrat-controlled Legislature about the recently adjourned emergency budget session, Sen. Bob Dutton (R-Rancho Cucamonga) again called for the Legislature to get serious about fixing the state´s dire fiscal probl...
There's a reason the members of the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts work so hard transforming a magnificent property each year: to raise money for the musical arts in Southern California! This year, PSHA will donate nearly $554,000 to organizations ranging from the LA Phil and LA Opera to music programs at local elementary schools and high schools.
Thousands of off-road fans can see all of the latest off-road innovations, shop for new toys the whole family can use, enjoy incredible demos and take advantage of great show discounts at the first Ventura County Off-Road Expo, May 8-9 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura, Calif.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Mayor Gavin Newsom today announced that the San Francisco Department of Public Health AIDS Office will be receiving $9.5 million in ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) funding over the next five years to renovate and expand the Department´s ability to provide HIV/...
LOS ANGELES/Christian Newswire/ -- Christian documentary 1040, produced by Adventures.TV in conjunction with Arowana Films, is scheduled to premiere at the 2010 City of the Angels Film Festival (CAFF) on Friday, March 12th. The film will be screened at The Directors Guild of America (DGA) in Hollywo...
SACRAMENTO, CA— Senator Gloria Romero (D – East Los Angeles) and Senator Bob Dutton (R- Rancho Cucamonga) have introduced legislation to prevent elected officials from collecting unemployment benefits after they lose or leave their public seats.
The issue recently came to light after former...
San Francisco, CA— Mayor Gavin Newsom today announced a new partnership with HelloWallet to provide independent financial guidance to the city´s residents. Through this major initiative, San Francisco will become the first city in the nation to deploy this revolutionary online financial ...
SACRAMENTO – State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) reintroduced legislation that requires all energy providers to buy 33 percent of their energy from clean, renewable energy sources by 2020.
Senate Bill 722 provides a clear statutory directive for private and public utilities to reach 33 per...
WALNUT CREEK, CA – Congressman John Garamendi (D-Walnut Creek, CA) is pleased to report that the Department of Transportation announced nearly $84 million in transportation projects for California out of more than $600 million in projects nationwide.
"Once again, where local and state governments...
One weekend, gold trifecta ticket in Ventura, Calif. with Perlman, Isbin and Hancock, April 30-May 2
Ventura, Calif. is the only city on the planet to see all three legendary Grammy Award musicians in concert: Classical guitarist Sharon Isbin, violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman and jazz musician Herbie Hancock perform in concert back-to-back April 30-May 2 as part of the Ventura Music Festival´s 16th season.
When a strong willed woman defies an equally strong willed man, sparks fly, in both 1948 Baltimore and in Padua, Italy 300 years earlier.
Shopaholics will appreciate the 2010 Pasadena Showcase House of Design every bit as much as design aficionados! For one reason, over 30 vendors from throughout Southern California -- and beyond -- will participate....
Best of all, all monies raised will benefit the arts. To date, the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts committee has raised $17 million for musical arts organizations from the LA Phil to local high school band programs.
SACRAMENTO, CA - Assemblyman Jose Solorio's (D-Anaheim) call to California's Superintendent of Schools Jack O'Connell to release Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA) funds immediately apparently has paid off. Sources confirm that the allocated funds to California's lowest performing schools will ...
SAN FRANCISCO – Mayor Gavin Newsom was joined by President Obama´s Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra to launch a national Open311 API (Application Programming Interface) that will transform 311 Customer Service Centers into tools of even greater value. Open311 will allow software develope...
Convicts Using Cameras to Illicitly Exploit Californians Still Not Required to Register as Sex Offen
SACRAMENTO – Criminals convicted of using hidden cameras to invade the privacy of unsuspecting Californians for their own sexual gratification will still not be required to register as sex offenders, after a bill to place them on the state database was defeated today by Democrats on the Assembly Pub...
San Francisco, CA— Mayor Newsom joined Adventure Ecology founder and environmentalist David de Rothschild for the unveiling of the Plastiki, a pioneering 60ft catamaran made from approximately 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles that provide 68% of the boat´s buoyancy.
The Plastiki crew ...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Mayor Newsom announced that San Francisco has secured nearly $3 million in federal stimulus funds to offset the cost of residential and commercial energy and water efficiency projects. This new funding adds additional incentives to the GreenFinanceSF program, which will allow pr...
Sacramento — Instrumental in introducing legislation that helps create jobs in the 29th District, Senator Bob Huff (R – Diamond Bar) this week stood up on the Senate Floor to voice his support of a measure that will allow infrastructure projects throughout California to be started now, rather ...
San Francisco, CA— Mayor Newsom announced that the City and County of San Francisco has developed 1,679 units of permanent supportive housing for the chronically homeless within five years. The City is more than over the half way mark of 3000 units in 10 Years as called for in the Ten Year Pl...
SAN FRANCISCO – Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) joined California educators in calling on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Los Angeles) to protect school funding. Yee, who has consistently voted against all budget cuts to education, said Democrats should be as vigilant against cuts ...
SACRAMENTO –State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) announced this week the introduction of Senate Bill 1475 which strengthens the state´s hands-free and anti-texting laws for motorists. The bill:
· Increases the fine for a first hands-free offense to $50, and to $100 for a subse...
By Lisa Girion, Los Angeles Times, February 22, 2010
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-anthem-cash23-2010feb23,0,1654480.story
Health insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross said it was raising rates on thousands of individual policyholders in California because the cost of their medical care exce...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA The 2010 Mayor´s Art Award will be presented by Mayor Gavin Newsom to legendary musician Carlos Santana on Thursday, March 18, 2010, at a private event in the Green Room at the War Memorial Veterans Building hosted by the San Francisco Arts Commission.
"Carlos Santana is w...
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman John Garamendi (D-Walnut Creek), California´s first elected State Insurance Commissioner, is proud to announce that he is an original co-sponsor of a bill that he helped author to require the health insurance industry to follow the same anti-trust laws that almost ...
Progressive group shows impact of Meg Whitman's state budget plans.
LOS ANGELES, CA -- As part of its ongoing public accountability work, the Courage Campaign today released a TV ad -- called "Meg's California" -- showing the impact of Meg Whitman's approach to the state budget crisis. Whitman,...
Called a "baroque gem" by reviewers, Musica Angelica will present Bach's St. John Passion at the composer wrote it for Good Friday services 400 years ago.
Those who love great choral music and are looking for a unique way to celebrate the start of Spring after a long winter need look no further than the Hollywood Master Chorale. The choral ensemble will present Faure's Requiem: Remembrance and Rebirth on Sunday, March 21 at 7 p.m. at Hollywood United Methodist Church in Hollywood, California.For more info, visit www.hollywoodmasterchorale.org
A musical based on the novel 7-1/2 Cents by Richard Bissell about labor troubles in a pajama factory, where worker demands for a seven-and-a-half cents raise go unheeded. In the middle of this ordeal, love blossoms between Babe, the grievance committee head, and Sid, the new factory superintendent.
Elizabeth House, the only shelter for homeless pregnant women and their children in Southern California's San Gabriel Valley, is seeking to raise money, after 16 years, for transitional housing for it's 'graduates.'
NAPOLI, ITALY - Frontiers Records is very proud to announce the signing of legendary rock band WHITESNAKE.
David Coverdale and band are gearing up for their latest endeavour. WHITESNAKE has already started composing new material that promises to deliver one of the finest chapters in WHITESN...
Marin County election could be tossed out Monday; Judge may call new election after hundreds of voters denied right to vote in election decided by only 15 votes.
SAN RAFAEL – Hundreds, and perhaps as many as 2,000, Marin County voters were not allowed to vote in a Novato election last November...
Broadway/L.A. announces the lineup for its 2010-2011 Season, a 7-Show package that includes WEST SIDE STORY, HAIR, ROCK OF AGES, BURN THE FLOOR and SHREK THE MUSICAL - all of which are recent Broadway hits making Southern California premieres at the Pantages Theatre. A sixth musical to be announced...
PASADENA, Calif. – Alliance Française de Pasadena is pleased to present Family Portrait: Wolf, Grandma and Other Accomplices, an exhibition of paintings by French artist Valérie Daval from March 5 through March 31 at 34 East Union Street in Pasadena.
An opening reception with the artist is s...
Another major women's group lines up for Hahn.
Los Angeles - The National Organization for Women (NOW) has voted to endorse Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn to become the first female lieutenant governor in California history. Hahn also previously was endorsed by the National Women's P...
Das Williams continues to gain traction and build broad support in Assembly Campaign.
SANTA BARBARA, CA – Local Santa Barbara City Councilmember Das Williams continues to build momentum in his campaign for the 35th Assembly District and is proud to announce that he has received the endorsement ...
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Mar. 18--Reggae music rolled like a cloud across a large room filled with blond wood, and behind the bar at the Arc Healing Center, Hector Gonzalez watched as Chris Braun, 23, entered wearing a green velvet top hat, green sunglasses and a clutch of fake emerald necklaces.
Mar. 17--There were no game-changers in Monday night's debate between Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner, the Republican candidates for governor.
Mar. 16--In a major rebuke to the city of San Jose's legal posture, a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge has awarded legal fees of $441,000 to a business group that challenged the city's limits on campaign contributions.
Mar. 15--WASHINGTON -- Recognizing that high-speed Internet has joined telephone service and electricity as essential tools of modern life, the federal government will unveil an ambitious blueprint this week to extend broadband to virtually all Americans.
Mar. 14--San Jose is in the red -- deep, deep in the red.
Mar. 12--SACRAMENTO -- With billion-dollar deficits and partisan spats sending faith in California's leaders to new lows, Democratic leaders on Thursday unveiled a wide-ranging set of constitutional changes they hope will shake Sacramento out of its longtime fugue.
Mar. 9--SACRAMENTO -- Rejecting a key piece of last month's push to trim California's deficit, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger late Monday vetoed a bill that called for more than $2 billion in spending reductions starting this summer.
Mar. 9--Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley officially filed papers today to become a candidate for the seat she was appointed to six months ago.
Mar. 6--Q Over the past year, I have used my U.S. passport as my form of ID at several businesses throughout California.
Mar. 4--Redondo Beach's budget struggles are expected to spill over into next fiscal year as the city deals with declining revenues, rising expenditures and deteriorating public buildings, City Manager Bill Workman said this week.
Mar. 3--OAKLAND -- City Council President Jane Brunner said Tuesday night all of Oakland's elected leaders should prepare to cut their office budgets by 15 percent within two weeks.
Mar. 3--Santa Clara County supervisors digested grim news Tuesday: a midyear review of the county's financial health that the budget director described as the worst in a quarter-century.
Mar. 3--Teachers, students and community members from across the South Bay will rally Thursday at different school sites as part of a statewide "Day of Action" to protest funding cuts to education.
Mar. 2--OAKLAND -- The director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs and other high-ranking federal officials were in Oakland on Monday to tour some of the city's federal stimulus projects.
El nuevo modelo para administrar los puertos en Limon zarpara, a pesar de que todavia se disputa la clave para lanzarlo al agua: el cambio en la junta directiva del sindicato de trabajadores de Japdeva (Sintrajap).El nuevo modelo para administrar los puertos en Limon zarpara, a pesar de que todavia se disputa la clave para lanzarlo al agua: el cambio en la junta directiva del sindicato de trabajadores de Japdeva (Sintrajap).
Feb. 26--Now, all Stanford has to play for is an NCAA tournament bid.
Feb. 25--Animal control officials in Los Angeles are stepping up pressure on dog owners to license their dogs as the city searches for more ways to offset its huge budget deficit.
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. _ Gays and lesbians should be allowed to adopt, but not marry.
Feb. 25--The Torrance Unified School District is considering whether to lay off 110 teachers and shorten the school year by five days to offset the district's $25 million budget deficit over the next two years.
Feb. 24--tseipel@mercurynews.com
Among the positions targeted for elimination:
Feb. 23--Q I purchased an item of clothing in the Sears Oakridge store using a $25 gift card.
Feb. 23--Regional and national elected officials on Monday called for swift progress in extending a light rail line closer to Los Angeles International Airport.
Feb. 22--After six months of delay, hand-wringing and public outcry, the San Jose City Council on Tuesday is expected to approve a pared-down, five-year budget for the city's struggling redevelopment agency.
An article Thursday about a state investigation that found no wrongdoing by two Rancho Palos Verdes elected officials incorrectly stated as fact that Councilman Doug Stern had used an e-mail address provided by Palos Verdes on the Net.
Feb. 19--WASHINGTON -- Sometimes pleading pays.
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Mar. 19--Coming soon to a theater near you?
Ahead of their debut album release next week, Owen Strathern from NI rock band General Fiasco tells Matthew McCreary of why he hates 'the next Ash' tag
Mar. 19--opening this week
Billy Bragg (left) is to curate his own stage at this summer's Glastonbury Festival.
AUSTIN, Texas, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- SXSW Music Conference -- Easy as 1-2-3 - Starting today, Jackson 5 fans can remix five multi- platinum Jackson 5 songs and win over $6,000 in prizes.
Since its formation in 1995, Moving On Music has been the foremost promoter of jazz, blues, traditional, world and electronic music in Northern Ireland.
PHILADELPHIA _ Along with an Academy Award-winning career directing dramatic films _ he won for "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991) _ Jonathan Demme has a nice little sideline making music movies.
WHO: Los Angeles-based duo, The Good Listeners, featuring Clark Stiles and Nathan Khyber recently released their documentary and album, Don't Quit You Daydream, via iTunes (itunes.com/dontquityourdaydream).
The Discovery channel follows up its stunning documentary series "Planet Earth" with a new 11-episode look at "Life" and the behaviors animal and plant species have devised to survive.
Mar. 19--Talk show host Jerry Springer blissfully tolerates a lot of outlandish antics on his program, but off camera he gets serious about politics.
LAS VEGAS - Like most people who receive lifetime-achievement awards, Jerry Bruckheimer wants everyone to know he's not finished yet.
Mar. 19--Kimberly, Reid and Neil Perry are traveling the country by plane and car but their debut single "Hip to My Heart" is skyrocketing up the country music charts.
Zonad is a silly, engagingly lowbrow, low-budget Irish comedy, writes Donald Clarke
IN A WEEK featuring the release of a romcom starring Gerard Butler as a bounty hunter and Jennifer Aniston as his love- interest prey, you'd think there'd be no competition for the title of worst new film.
Mar. 19--In addition to Tim Blake Nelson's new film, several other Oklahoma actors with area ties have films lined up for 2010.
Mar. 19--You have to be an exceptionally versatile performer to pull off the lead female role in the musical comedy "The Drowsy Chaperone."
Mar. 19--"The Bounty Hunter" is total junk.
Author Ian McEwan says an English-language opera based on his novel "Atonement" is to have its premiere at a German opera house in 2013.
Mar. 19--George Wallace's ubiquitous billboards for "Best 10 p.m. show" used to be funnier because most of the competition landed around him, earlier or later.
Mar. 19--Anondenominational Easter musical springs to life in Ogden next week, with the help of a local director, some local lead actors, a Weber State University voice professor, and a stage like none the production has had before.
BURBANK, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Comedian Whitney Cummings will be performing live for 2 shows (7 and 10 pm) at DC's Sidney Harman Hall on May 15th, 2010.
Mar. 19--Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's "Threepenny Opera" is not a feel-good, carefree musical.
Mar. 18--NORTH TONAWANDA -- With album sales approaching record lows, free music to be had nearly everywhere and mainstream radio leaning heavily toward Auto-Tuned vocals, now might be one of the worst times in the history of popular music for instrumental-heavy groups to enter the recording industry.
Mar. 19--Experience all the excitement of Broadway when two of its hit musicals, "The Drowsy Chaperone" and "Hairspray," come to the Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater later this month.
Mar. 19--"Grease," the record-setting Broadway musical that became a movie classic with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, will be presented by the Northwest Theatre Company at Northwest Whitfield High School today and Saturday.
Mar. 19--A group of musicians hoping to re-energize Chattanooga's classical music scene for younger audiences will offer an introductory concert by three of its members Thursday at UTC.