2010 Northern California Book Award nominees (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Northern California Book Awards continue to be a good gauge of the literary talent this part of the world has to offer. Michael Chabon, Dave Eggers, Lynn Freed, Yiyun Li, D.A. Powell - they’re all nominees this year, along with many others. Here’s the… read more..
LOS ANGELES — With a 13-year head start on Michigan, California’s efforts to transform marijuana from illicit to prescription drug offers a clear lesson: It ain’t easy. read more..
The problem is so expansive that several experts contacted by the Mercury News wouldn’t even hazard a guess. So just how broke is California? A quick, unscientific look around the Golden State suggests that the total deficit for all those agencies could rival state government’s $20 billion budget gap. Amid California’s harshest slump since the Depression, officials from one end of the state to … read more..
SAN FRANCISCO & OAKLAND, California - Thousands rallied in front of San Francisco’s City Hall, as part of a statewide Day of Action against the $17 billion cuts on public education funds over the past 2 years. read more..
