Michael Allen

State Assembly battles lead to split of Democratic campaign firm

2013-03-21 16:54:00

A pair of divisive California Assembly races that each pit Democratic candidates against each other has led to the end of a nationally renowned Democratic campaign firm. The tale, first reported in Roll Call, centers on the defeat of two California...

Lawmaker seeks to block legislators from cushy board appointments

2013-02-15 11:49:00

A state lawmaker wants to end the practice of using the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board as a soft-landing pad for former legislators. Assemblywoman Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) has introduced legislation prohibiting a former member of...

Buried history in Hanoi

2013-01-20 00:00:00

Out beyond the swank poolside bar at Hanoi's Metropole hotel, which I visited last month, a gated entrance opens onto a dark set of stairs. At the bottom is a dank and musty bomb shelter, and, for those who can read Vietnamese, a sign in golden...

Assembly speaker appoints ex-lawmaker to plum post

2013-01-03 14:44:49

Director-producer Renny Harlin sells Venice house for $1.83 million

2012-12-03 14:20:00

Director-producer Renny Harlin has sold his so-called Cannon House in Venice house for $1.83 million. The two cannons, however, were not included in the purchase. The buyer asked that they be removed. The three-level home features an open floor plan,...

Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes labor-backed pension bills

2012-10-02 12:43:09

State lawmakers approve better overtime benefits for farmworkers

2012-08-20 17:13:33

Bill would bar job posts from saying unemployed need not apply

2012-08-30 08:42:31

Task force seeks to change California's mental health commitment law

2012-04-08 18:17:00

SAN FRANCISCO — A homeless man plagued by schizophrenia is beaten to death by police in Fullerton. A man from Fort Bragg fixates on aliens for years while denying he is ill, then kills two men before dying in a gunfight with law enforcement. A...

Bill would prohibit discrimination against unemployed in hiring

2012-01-07 00:00:00

California Supreme Court overturns convictions of L.A. gang leader and alleged accomplice

2011-12-05 21:35:22

Kara Kennedy dies at 51; oldest child of Sen. Edward Kennedy

2011-09-18 16:52:00

Kara Kennedy, the oldest child of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, died Friday at a Washington, D.C.-area health club after her daily workout, said her brother Patrick. She was 51. "She's with Dad," said her brother, a former congressman from Rhode Island....

Former Assemblyman Michael Allen (D-Vallejo)

2013-03-21 00:00:00

Public Intoxication

2011-09-04 12:13:03

Michael Allen hits his second shot on the 15th hole during round 3 of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship at Harding Park Golf Course on November 6, 2010 in San Francisco , California .

2010-11-07 09:13:51