San Diego city school board members voted Monday to teach students the issues of the nuclear age, approving a program that will add the study of nuclear arsenals, power and medicine to the curriculum.
Anaheim developer James A.
The City of Baltimore may not bar one of its white police officers from doing an Al Jolson routine blackface during his off-duty hours, the Supreme Court said today.
Doing a 180-degree turn of its own, Agoura Hills has decided to let a developer turn part of a house sideways to keep from having to tear it down.
A plan for a $50-million national fitness academy in Aliso Viejo, where coaches and physical fitness teachers will be trained, cleared its last major hurdle Thursday with a vote by the California Coastal Commission.
Threatened with the loss of their jobs, 2,200 striking winery workers on Thursday approved the "exact same contract" they had overwhelmingly rejected last week, ending a seven-week walkout against 12 of California's largest wine makers, union officials said.
Turning aside emotional appeals from tenants of the Marina City Club, the county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday selected the J.
In a case that could have wide effect in the workplace, the California Supreme Court was asked Tuesday to give a state commission power to make unlimited punitive damage awards to victims of job bias.
A proposal to lease a branch office in Irvine for use by top administrators of the University of California, who are based in Berkeley, was approved on Friday by the UC Board of Regents, a spokesman said.
The Fountain Valley Planning Commission unanimously approved Wednesday night the largest business development ever proposed in the city, despite opposition from members of a homeowners association who said they were not allowed enough time to study the proposal.
The Burbank Board of Education on Tuesday adopted a tentative budget for the upcoming school year, including an estimated $1.3 million in state lottery funds.
Leaders of the Screen Extras Guild announced Friday that for the first time in the union's 41-year history, its executive board has unanimously authorized a strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
For the second time in as many days, the county was sued Thursday for approving a development allegedly without giving sufficient consideration to a project's environmental impact.
The International Ice Hockey Federation has approved a proposal allowing professionals, including those in the National Hockey League, to play in the Olympics.
In the ongoing battle between jet skiers and windsurfers, the city may reconsider next week whether it will allow a jet-ski concessionaire at the beach.
A subsidiary of Western Financial Savings Bank in Orange is seeking federal approval for a $100-million bond issue backed by automobile loans.
Regulators gave final approval Thursday to the sale of Southern California Savings & Loan to a group of investors led by former U.S.
USAir Group's $400 million acquisition of Pacific Southwest Airlines cleared its final hurdle late Sunday night when 3,800 Teamsters-represented employees ratified contract modifications that USAir had demanded as part of its bid for the San Diego-based airline.
Striking workers at 27 Kaiser Permanente medical facilities in Northern California reached a tentative agreement with the hospital chain Thursday on a new contract that includes a modified version of the geographically based two-tier wage plan that has been at the heart of the labor dispute.
To ensure enough seats for an enrollment expected to exceed 600,000 next year, the Los Angeles school board adopted a $24-million plan Monday to purchase portable classrooms and to provide busing for thousands of students whose neighborhood schools are running out of space.