California

Saturday, March 23, 2024

Higher education experts call for more equitable financial aid reform

By Suzanne Potter Reporter/Producer, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service.    Each spring, hundreds of thousands of California high school seniors have to figure out if they can afford to go to college in the fall. Two new reports from the Campaign for College Opportunity look at how to make higher education more affordable. The federal government […]
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Schiff and Schultz move on to the General Election in November 2024

  Two Burbank candidates appear to be headed for runoffs in the November 2024 General Election. Primary ballots are still being counted. The official final tally will be announced towards the end of the month when the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder County Clerk certifies the March 5 Primary election results. Nonetheless, U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and Burbank Mayor Nick […]
Monday, March 18, 2024

New survey indicates CA women age 40-plus highly likely to vote

  By Suzanne Potter Reporter/Producer, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service.    Nearly 80% of California women age 40 and older say they are highly motivated to vote, according to a new survey from AARP. Researchers for the new “She’s the Difference” California survey polled 1,600 women and found many are highly concerned about political divisions. Kate Bridges, senior […]
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Recent hearing on CA retail theft draws diverse views

By Suzanne Potter Reporter/Producer, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service.   California lawmakers are considering a range of options to combat a rise over the last two years of felony retail theft – large-scale shoplifting – and held the latest in a series of hearings in West Hollywood last Friday, February 9. The State Assembly Select Committee […]
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

More Californians earn college degrees, but racial gaps widen

By Suzanne Potter, Reporter/Producer, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service.   More and more Californians are going to college, earning an associate degree or higher but racial gaps persist, according to a new report. Researchers from Georgetown University found degree attainment went up almost 6% between 2010 and 2020 but the gap between white adults and Latino or […]
Monday, October 30, 2023

Two high-profile SoCal candidates jump into the crowded California US Senate race

Former SoCal TV reporter/anchor, Christina Pascucci is stepping away from a 15-year career to hit the campaign trail. Pascucci, 38, is running for the US Senate seat once held by Dianne Feinstein, who passed away on September 29. Pascucci officially announced her intentions recently on Fox 11’s political talk show “The Issue is: with Elex Michaelson.”  Locally, Pascucci worked for news […]
Thursday, January 14, 2016

Record $1.6 billion Powerball nets California winners

Several California players woke up this morning as  major Powerball winners. The biggest winner is the holder of a ticket sold at the 7-Eleven, 4092 Chino Hills Parkway, in Chino Hills, which hit the jackpot with all of the correct numbers in yesterday’s draw. Those rich digits: 4, 8, 19, 27, 34 and the red Powerball 10. Two other tickets, one […]
Sunday, January 10, 2016

Powerball leaps the one billion dollar mark

Millions of dreamers threw down tons of money for Powerball tickets, but none came up with the winning numbers in yesterday’s draw. Those multi-million dollar digits: 16, 19, 32, 34, 57, and the red Powerball 13. Saturday’s jackpot, nearly 950 million, rolled over and leaped the jaw-dropping one billion mark. Right now, the jackpot stands at $1.3 billion and yes, […]
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Governor Brown signs into law the California Fair Pay Act

Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the California Fair Pay Act yesterday, one of the toughest equal pay laws in the country. Brown was surrounded by females, young and old, at the Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park in Richmond, for the signing ceremony. In a news release, the governor said the law is long overdue: “Sixty-six years after passage of […]