Brown Touts Economic Recovery, Urges Restraint
In his State of the State address on Wednesday, California Governor Jerry Brown said the state has turned the corner -- but he's warning lawmakers not to get too excited about that fact.
Initiative Would Ease Transfer Process to UC, Cal State Schools
The leaders of California's three higher-education systems are making a pact to streamline the process for community college students to transfer into a degree program within the UC or Cal State systems. The leaders outlined a new initiative at a UC Regents meeting Wednesday in San Francisco.
Boehner Wades Into Fight Over California Water
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner joined a trio of Central Valley Republican Congressmen in a dusty cotton field near Bakersfield on Wednesday to throw his support behind emergency legislation to ease the impact of the state's drought on farmers. But the proposed bill is not without its critics, since it would roll back environmental measures that have been years in the making.