California Home Sales, Prices Inch Up

The median price of a home in California is up from a year ago, sales are rising, and foreclosure resales are declining — all signs that the housing market may be undergoing a sustained recovery, a tracking firm said this…

A Talk With Bruce Mirken of the Marijuana Policy Project

Bruce Mirken is the communications director for the Marijuana Policy Project, the largest cannabis policy reform organization in the United States.

Q: When the Justice Department told federal prosecutors not to prosecute medical marijuana distributors as long as they followed state law, you called it “the most significant change in federal policy on medical marijuana in at least three decades.” Now that the dust has settled a bit, does the reality of what’s happening in California match your expectations?

6 in 10 Community College Students Never Transfer Up

As California’s universities cut back slots for incoming freshman, they are still touting one route to a bachelor’s degree that remains wide open: Start off at a community college and then transfer to UC or CSU.

But a new analysis shows…

‘Goodbye and Thank You, California’ - From Pavel

Pavel Navrátil, my Czech daughter-in-law’s younger brother who stayed with Bruce and me for five weeks, returned to his home in the Czech Republic one month ago.

While he was here he created his first slide show of his California trip.

He…

Worst is Over for Housing Market

It was — past tense — the worst housing recession anyone but survivors of the Great Depression can remember.

From the frenzied peak of the real estate boom in 2005-2006 to the recession’s trough earlier this year, home…

Women’s Duck Hunt - Jan. 10

2 crises facing California

California is facing at least two economic crises. The budget is one, and health care is the other.

The budget is the fault of two groups: the politicians we elect and the people who elect them. We seem to demand that…

California hostess dreamin’

In my hostess dreams the invited dinner guests won’t arrive for another hour. With nothing left to do, I - all showered and dolled up for the evening - sit down, prop up my feet and enjoy a glass of…