CALIFORNIA

Results of a national survey indicate the growing stress on two-year colleges in the face of repeated budget cuts and steadily rising demands from a population grappling with unaffordable costs of a four-year college degree.

After nearly two decades as an elected public official in Washington, centrist Rep. Jane Harman, D-CA, said Tuesday she would promote a bipartisan dialogue at her new job as head of a think tank.

Walt Disney Co reported better-than-expected gains in profit and revenue, reflecting an improving economy that got consumers traveling to its theme parks and businesses buying up ad time on its TV networks.

A investigation into allegations of insider trading in the hedge fund industry for the first time reached former employees of billionaire trader Steven A. Cohen's SAC Capital Advisors.

TMZ is reporting that troubled actress Lindsay Lohan will be charged with felony grand theft for allegedly stealing a necklace worth $2,500.

Amazon.com unveiled its list of the Top 20 Romantic Cities in America.

A robotic, bat-winged jet resembling a miniature B-2 stealth bomber achieved successful first flight on Monday at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

If yoga is all the rage, can Qigong be far behind?

A California judge has ruled to allow a group of lawyers with connections to Oakland City Hall to represent alleged Nortenos gang members who are facing a city lawsuit that seeks to prevent them from hanging out in the city's Fruitvale neighborhood.

The state of California has agreed to settle a predatory lending lawsuit which it has filed against two former Countrywide Financial Corp. executives for $6.5 million.

Arianna Huffington launched the news site in 2005 more as a commentary outlet and an alternative to other conservative news sites by inviting Arthur Schlesinger Jr. to blog. Now with the takeover by AOL, Huffington will become the boss of AOL group's editorial content.

According to her it was lent to her.

Oakland officials have been warned by federal authorities not to allow large-scale marijuana farms in the city as it violates U.S. laws and could lead to a crackdown on the growers and their backers.

The Peace Corps has released its 2011 rankings of universities and colleges in the United States, in terms of volunteers from these institutions who live and work in foreign countries around the world.

Chris Mihm, former Los Angeles Laker, has listed his home in the professional-sports-star enclave Manhattan Beach, California, for sale at $2.099 million.

Free internet porn is not illegal and is not competing with other premium websites, who charge a bomb to have access to premium sites, according to a California Appeals Court, which has dismissed a case against one free site, Redtube.com, as an unfair attack on free speech.

The youngest son of imprisoned Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling has been found dead in his apartment in Santa Ana, Calif., according several media sources.

Calling AT&T's billing system a rigged gas pump, the a court filing says that AT&T systematically overstates its users data transactions.

Applications for jobless benefits in the U.S. fell more than expected for the week ended Jan. 29, following a sharp increase in the previous week.

The A|X Armani Exchange Spring 2011 advertising campaign, Style Festival is regarded as an adventure of sound and style, evoking the independence and free-spirited world of music that speaks directly to the A|X Generation.

Actor Corbin Bernsen has purchased a 75-year-old tudor-style house in Valley Village with his wife, actress and interior designer Amanda Pays.