Interior Policy

Patient care workers set to start walkout at five UC hospitals

2013-05-21 00:00:00

Respiratory therapists, nursing aides, surgical technicians and other patient care workers plan to stage a walkout starting Tuesday morning at five University of California medical centers. More than 12,000 workers from the American Federation of State,...

Immigration: A wider better welcome mat

2013-05-21 00:00:00

As an immigrant and an engineer, I know the magnetic pull that the United States exerts on anyone who dreams of a career in science. From the time I watched NASA technicians on television during the first lunar landing in 1969, I resolved to get the...

Goldberg: Obama's 'idiot' defense

2013-05-21 00:00:00

Although there's still a great deal to be learned about the scandals and controversies swirling around the White House like so many ominous dorsal fins in the surf, the nature of President Obama's bind is becoming clear. The best defenses of his...

Newton R. Russell dies at 85; veteran state legislator

2013-05-21 00:00:00

Newton R. Russell, a veteran state senator known as an expert on California's complex public pension system and a stickler for upholding legislative rules, died Saturday of lung cancer at his La Ca�ada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85. A...

Congress expands inquiry into IRS handling of conservative groups

2013-05-20 20:38:00

WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators are broadening their inquiry into the Internal Revenue Service's mishandling of groups seeking tax-exempt status, indicating that they plan to examine how the agency dealt with a wide swath of nonprofit...

Union of federal workers opposes immigration bill

2013-05-20 20:46:00

WASHINGTON — Senators pushed forward Monday with changes to a sweeping immigration overhaul over the objections of a union of immigration officers that announced its opposition to the bill. The legislation, written by a bipartisan group of...

Senators press forward on immigration bill

2013-05-20 12:03:00

WASHINGTON – Senators are pushing forward on changes to a sweeping immigration overhaul, preparing to vote the bill out of the Judiciary Committee before Congress adjourns for the Memorial Day recess. The bill largely has withstood the assaults of...

Big 5 bets on smaller, easily accessible stores

2013-05-20 00:00:00

Sometimes smaller is better. That's the philosophy of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp., which owns 415 sporting-goods stores in 12 states, about half of them in California. The El Segundo company believes that operating a large number of easily accessible,...

On the Spot: Travelers need money alternatives when going abroad

2013-05-19 08:00:00

In last week's On the Spot column, letter writer Nancy Jones said she was going to London and expressed concern about whether her credit cards would work because they are not Chip and PIN (personal identification number). She said she didn't want to carry...

More South Koreans support developing nuclear weapons

2013-05-18 18:40:00

SEOUL — Perhaps it is merely basic human desire to keep up with the neighbors, but an increasing number of South Koreans are saying that they want nuclear weapons too. Even in Japan, a country still traumatized by the legacy of Hiroshima and...

How the IRS spun out of control

2013-05-18 21:42:00

WASHINGTON — Steven Miller, the top enforcement official at the Internal Revenue Service, thought he might have trouble on his hands. Election season was well underway in March 2012 when tea party organizations started to complain angrily of IRS...

NBA owners vote to reject Sacramento Kings' proposed move to Seattle

2013-05-15 18:40:00

NBA owners voted Wednesday to reject the Sacramento Kings' proposed move to Seattle, the latest in a long line of cities that have tried to land the franchise. The 22-8 vote in Dallas followed a recommendation made last month by the NBA's relocation...

Sen. Roderick D. Wright (D-Inglewood), shown in 2010, wrote the gun control bill.

2013-05-16 19:31:39

The passport is key to the Global Entry program; you must have one (not just a passport card).

2013-05-16 18:54:35

Gov. Martin O'Malley, center, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, second left, and Speaker of the House Michael E. Busch, right, signed SB 281, gun-control bill into law during the final bill signing ceremony of the year at the State House.

2013-05-16 00:00:00