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Southern States Losing Population As Recession Alters Migration Patterns, According To U.S. Census Bureau Data

Wall Street Journal | Posted 12.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Texas, Population, Census Bureau, Migration, California, US Census Bureau, Nevada, Florida, Wall Street Journal, Sunbelt, Demographics, Recession, Business News

The recession has had a profound effect on migration patterns in the U.S., reversing the flow of people to former housing-boom states such as Florida ...

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Dear Santa

Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 12.24.2009 | Living

Read More: State Budgets, World, Cost of Living, Cat, Cure, Wish List, Income, Santa, California, Education, Apple, Christmas, Autism, Iphone, College, Dog, Technology, New Year, Living News
Chantal Sicile-Kira

Dear Santa, This year, I am not asking for a cure for breast cancer, or cures for world hunger, ignorance, the crappy world economy, homelessness, th...

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California Food Banks Aggressively Seek Slow-Grown, Nutritious Food

Posted 12.23.2009 | Impact

Read More: Los Angeles, Slow Grow, Produce, Locally Produced Food, California, Healthy Shelter Food, Food Banks, Healthy Food Options, Impact News

Food banks traditionally supplied with supermarket leftovers and corporate seconds are hurting as their usual providers cut corners and cut back. But ...

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Invest In Child Care, Invest In The Future

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 12.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Child Welfare, California, Economics, Children, Budget, Fostering-Connections-to-Success-and-Increasing-Adoptions-Act, Karen Bass, Daniel Heimpel, Foster Care, Congressional Budget Office, Family, Economy, Living News
Daniel Heimpel

Shortsighted budgeting has befallen most public entitlements, including foster care. This despite years of research that has consistently shown that investing in children is met with positive returns.

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Small-Business Bankruptcies Rise 81% In California

latimes.com | Nathan Olivarez | Posted 12.22.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Small Business, California, Bankruptcy, Recession, Los Angeles News

As credit lines have shrunk and consumers have cut back on spending, thousands of small businesses have closed their doors over the last year. The pli...

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The Oligarchy Wins Again!

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Corporate Lobbying, Baby Boomers, Filibuster, Congress, Big Pharma, Democrats, California, Health Insurance Debate, Health Bill, Health Care Reform, Washington Corruption, Corporate Power, Republicans, United States Senate, Military-Industrial Complex, Senate, Ike Eisenhower, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The health reform bill the corporate oligarchy just purchased from the best Congress money can buy has investors stoked, as the soaring stock prices of health industry corporations reach a 52-year high point!

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Poor Women in California Can Expect a Lump of Coal From the Government This Holiday Season

Pedro Nava | Posted 12.18.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Legislative Women's Caucus, Women's Issues, Breast Cancer Screenings, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Every Women Counts Program, Obama Administration, Breast Cancer, California Legislature, Breast Cancer Awareness, California, Governor Schwarzenegger, Cancer Registry, Women and Politics, Women's Health, US Preventive Services Task Force, Breast Cancer Prevention, Healthcare, California Department of Public Health, Los Angeles News
Pedro Nava

Schwarzenegger and the California Department of Public Health have embraced the holiday season with a new set of proposed rules that will abandon low-income women.

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My Blue Shield Experience Embodies Our Stupid and Wasteful Health Insurance System

Wendy Block | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cobra, Blue Shield, California, Health Insurance Bureaucracy, Health Care Reform, Waste, Single Payer, Saving Money, Lewin Group, Politics News
Wendy Block

Recognize this melody? If you're a Blue Shield of California member, you hear it pretty much every time you call and end up holding till an actual person answers. A few days ago I heard it for half an hour.

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California's Unemployment Rate Drops Slightly

latimes.com | Alana Semuels | Posted 12.18.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: California Unemployment, Unemployment, California, Unemployment Rate, Los Angeles News

California's unemployment rate fell in November, another sign that a recovery is underway, even as the state shed jobs from its payrolls. The state...

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Man Convicted Of Throwing Wife Off Cliff In California

AP | Posted 12.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Murder, Trial, Julie Rosas, Torrance, California, Jason Manai, Crime, Wife Off Cliff, Cell Phone Records, Rancho Palos Verdes, Home News

TORRANCE, Calif. — A 28-year-old man accused of throwing his new wife off a Southern California cliff has been convicted of murder. A Los Angel...

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Schwarzenegger's new "Benign by Design" Platform

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 12.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, California, Copenhagen 2009, Reach, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Climate Change Summit, Cradle-to-Cradle, Sustainable Architecture Innovator William McDonough, Safer-Chemicals-Healthy-Families, Tsca, Denmark, Green Chemistry, Healthy Child Healthy World, Green News
Christopher Gavigan

Schwarzenegger announced a partnership between California and Denmark to rotect consumers against chemical exposure. Congress should look to California for an example of proactive action and prioritizing human health.

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Copenhagen Blues: Obama's Weak Hand on Climate, and the California Option

William Bradley | Posted 12.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Copenhagen 2009, Jerry Brown, Nancy Pelosi, India, Henry Waxman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, China, Barack Obama, California, John Kerry, Clean Air Act, United Nations, George W. Bush, European Union, Dick Cheney, Hillary Clinton, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News
William Bradley

Obama has cobbled together some impressive-looking cards, including action in California. But he's nowhere near signing a Copenhagen Protocol, were one to emerge, which it will not.

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Hot Messes Of The 2000s (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 12.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Britney Spears, California, Tiger Woods, Enron, Paul Abdul, Jon and Kate Plus 8, Nadya Suleman, Orly Taitz, Tara Reid, Lindsay Lohan, Amy Winehouse, Shamwow Guy, Mel Gibson, Hot Mess, Hot Messes, Iconic Hot Messes, Slidepoll, Comedy News

Hot messes aren't just disaster areas. They're not just scandal makers. They're a very specific breed of person who is persistently crazy in both styl...

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The Chihuahua Problem - America in Crisis?

Ruth Fowler | Posted 12.14.2009 | Style

Read More: Paris Hilton, Political News, Chihuahuas, Politics, Dog Rescue, California, Los Angeles-California, The Dog Whisperer, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Reese Witherspoon, Pop Culture, Dogs, Animal Shelter, Style News
Ruth Fowler

What could be better than a toy dog you can stuff in a bag, dress up like Barbie, accessorize with your outfit and has poop the size of a peanut?

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Poizner Puts $15 Million Toward His Campaign For California Governor

Politico | Andy Barr | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, California, Steve Poizner, Campaign Finance, Poizner, Steven Poizner, California Governor's Race, Governor, Politics News

California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner will announce Monday that he is putting $15 million of his own money into his Republican primary campa...

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Droning Away

Don Ringe | Posted 12.11.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Rex Parris, Predators, Illegal Immigrants, Mexico, Superman, Afghanistan, Lancaster, Drones, Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles News
Don Ringe

If they can't find Osama bin Laden with these modern missiles, why do they think they can outwit illegal immigrants determined to cross the border any way possible?

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Colorado River Water Act Tentatively Invalidated By California Judge

7 News | Posted 12.11.2009 | Denver

Read More: Western Water, Colorado River Water, Colorado River, California, Denver News

SAN DIEGO -- A California judge on Thursday tentatively invalidated a landmark pact to curtail the state's overuse of water and allow other Western st...

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Focus: Should it be on Copenhagen or Calera?

Alexia Parks | Posted 12.10.2009 | Green

Read More: The Netherlands, Australia, Cement, Green Cement, Copenhagen 2009, Brent Constantz, Saudi Arabia, Department of Energy, Scientific American, Masdar City, Engineering News-Record, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Calera, Power-Gen, California, Green News
Alexia Parks

Today's most interesting Climate Change conversation may not be taking place in policy discussions in Copenhagen, but at the Power-Gen International conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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What's Next for California Education?

Tabby Biddle | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, University of California, California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles, Charter Schools, Education Budget Cuts, California Education, Politics News
Tabby Biddle

Most of you have probably heard about the dire straits public schools in California face, but until you see some numbers comparing school budgets between last year and this year, it doesn't fully hit home.

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LA City Council OKs Cap On Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Los Angeles Times | Posted 12.08.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Marijuana Dispensaries, Los Angeles, Medical Marijuana, California, Los Angeles News

Seeking to bring the city's medical marijuana dispensary boom under tight control, the Los Angeles City Council decided today to cap the total number ...

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A Local Stimulus Program that Works

Gavin Newsom | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jobs, California, Economic Stimulus Package, Gavin Newsom, Business, San Francisco, Economy, Politics News
Gavin Newsom

Yesterday, President Obama convened a job summit to get Americans back to work. In San Francisco, we're already delivering solutions with a public-private partnership that is showing immediate, demonstrable results.

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Divorce, Dodgers Style

Vicki Iovine | Posted 12.05.2009 | Living

Read More: LA Dodgers, Dodgers, Frank Mccourt, La, No Fault Divorce Laws, Donald Trump, California, Living News
Vicki Iovine

Dodgers owner Frank McCourt must have savored like a sugarplum the sensation of firing his wife Jamie as CEO of the team's organization.Who hasn't ever wanted to fire their spouse?

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Yes We Can: Perez In California = Progress for the Nation

Rick Jacobs | Posted 12.03.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Gay, Howard Dean, Lgbt, John Perez, Karen Bass, Budget Deficit, California, Los Angeles News
Rick Jacobs

In the coming days, Perez may well make history, becoming the first openly gay speaker of any state legislature in the United States.

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Wildfires Don't Harm, But Benefit Yosemite National Park

BBC News | Posted 12.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Yosemite, California, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Wildfire, Environment, Green News

In Yosemite National Park, in central California, fire is viewed differently. The forest needs to burn to survive, although fire was once thought to b...

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Go West, Young Internet Newspaper: Introducing HuffPost Los Angeles

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.05.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Huffpost Los Angeles, California, Huffpost La Page, Huffington Post Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Huffington Post La Page, Huffpost La, Los Angeles News
Arianna Huffington

This week marked the rollout of our latest local section, HuffPost Los Angeles. Check it out. READ MORE Journalism 2009: Desperate Metaphors, Desperate Revenue Models, and the Desperate Need for Better Journalism WATCH: Arianna, Jesse Ventura, and Ben Stein Discuss Afghanistan on Larry King WATCH: Arianna on Morning Joe: Afghanistan is Not a Right-Left Issue WATCH: Arianna Discusses Obama's Afghanistan Speech with Dylan Ratigan WATCH: Arianna Discusses the 2010 Impact of Tea Partiers on Countdown

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