Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program)

Gov. Brown targets enterprise-zone tax credits

2013-06-15 21:52:00

SACRAMENTO — A battle is raging over a California program that grants businesses tax breaks for creating jobs but prevents the public from knowing who got them and why. At issue are enterprise zones, which were established to boost employment in...

War on drugs: The 'wobbler' option

2013-06-09 00:00:00

Simple possession of small amounts of methamphetamine — enough for personal use but presumably not for dealing — is a "wobbler" in California, meaning that offenses can be charged as either felonies or misdemeanors. It's different with...

Gov. Jan Brewer, Arizona's loose cannon

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Apparently, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer feels she just hasn't yet done enough to tarnish her state's reputation. After defiantly defending SB 1070, the noxious Arizona law that sought to bully immigrants into leaving the state — only to have the U.S....

Vinny Del Negro, you just got played

2013-05-24 17:44:00

Donald Sterling might be considered by some the worst owner in the history of professional sports, but it sure is refreshing to hear someone admit that in the NBA the inmates really do run the asylum. Richard Johnson Los Angeles :: Broderick...

‘Star Trek: Enterprise’ star Scott Bakula on reunion possibilities

2013-04-02 15:42:08

California-born voter turnout trails that of nonnative residents

2013-03-29 08:59:00

Voters born in California are less likely to participate in the state’s elections than voters born elsewhere who now live in the Golden State, according to a report by Political Data Inc. that surprised its author. Some 73% of California-born...

Farmers Markets: State bill would bring big changes

2013-03-22 00:00:00

A bill recently introduced in the California Assembly, AB 996, would substantially change the operations and governance of the state's certified farmers markets, strengthening some enforcement provisions and weakening others. The bill would renew...

Reinvigorating 'career tech' a worthy goal

2013-03-20 16:19:00

SACRAMENTO — We used to call it "shop." Wood shop. Auto shop. Then the educators got fancy and renamed it "vocational education." Later, as the dot.com era dawned, it was rebranded "career tech." Now, throughout much of California, you can...

Limits on TV, ban on fried foods proposed for child-care programs

2013-03-20 13:12:00

SACRAMENTO -- Many child-care programs would be prohibited from providing children under 2 with any time in front of a television set or computer screen, and older children would be limited to an hour a day under state legislation aimed at reducing...

Battle over 'biosimilars'

2013-03-17 00:00:00

One of the most promising frontiers in healthcare is biologic medicines — complex substances derived from living cells that can help fight chronic diseases and cancers. To encourage investment in biologics, Congress in 2010 gave drug companies...

California Senate approves $24 million for gun confiscation program

2013-03-07 11:18:00

SACRAMENTO -- The California Senate approved a $24-million expenditure on Thursday to speed the confiscation of guns from people who have been disqualified from owning firearms because of criminal convictions or serious mental illness. Sen. Mark Leno...

Candidates, endorsements and fuzzy math

2013-02-06 13:31:00

I had a spiral notebook on my lap open to a page with the names of the four City Council candidates for District 7, and as I was listening to Felipe Fuentes speak -- last Saturday at a candidates’ forum in the wonderfully funky hillside community of...

Gerald Harvard, from left, Tara Jow, and program supervisor, Michael Robertson, wait for refreshments after State Sen. Carol Liu visits Ability First in Pasadena on Thursday, October 20, 2011. Sen.

2011-10-20 18:30:56

Gina LaSalle, "Prophet," Beth Griffith, Sam Cooper and Mick Rawson star in 'Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior.'

2011-03-23 13:09:58

Actress Beau Garrett of TV's "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior" and this winter's "TRON: Legacy."

2011-02-22 00:00:00