All posts tagged "California"

  • California Seal
    [Bloomberg] California becomes world’s 7th largest economy, surpasses Brazil

    California is overtaking Brazil as the world’s seventh-largest economy, bolstered by rising employment, home values and personal and corporate income, a year after the most-populous state surpassed Russia and Italy. The Golden State, with an equivalent gross...

    • Posted January 16, 2015
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  • Assemblywoman Young Kim and Korean American organization members celebrate a unanimous committee vote for the Korean American Day bill Monday.
    Official Korean American Day well on its way to designation in California

    A bill, ACR3, calling for the day to be celebrated Jan. 13 and introduced by District 65 Assemblywoman Young Kim passes unanimously. An official Korean American Day is well on its way to designation in California. A bill,...

    • Posted January 13, 2015
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  • David Ryu
    [LA Times] Asian Americans make new push for L.A. council seats

      Nearly 30 years ago, legislative aide Mike Woo shattered a barrier, becoming the first Asian American to win a seat on the Los Angeles City Council.The milestone was hailed as a sign that...

    • Posted December 16, 2014
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  • Traffic moves slowly across the Golden Gate Bridge in the high winds and rain Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, in this view from Sausalito, Calif. A storm expected to be one of the windiest and rainiest in five years swept across the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, knocking out power to tens to thousands and delaying travel by air, train and ferry. Pacific Gas & Electric is reporting outages are widespread across the Bay Area due to weather, but officials weren't immediately available to give a specific number of outages.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
    California storm knocks out power, delays flights

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A powerful storm churned through Northern California Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands and delaying commuters while soaking the region with much-needed rain. Waves slammed onto waterfronts, ferries were bound to...

    • Posted December 11, 2014
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  • Aidan Stephenson,12, and Conor Stephenson,10, visiting from Phoenix, watch the waves break on Ocean View Blvd., Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, in Pacific Grove, Calif. Northern California residents are bracing for a powerful storm that could be the biggest in five years and which prompted the National Weather Service to issue a high wind and flash flood warning. The storm is expected to arrive Wednesday and pelt the region through Thursday. (AP Photo/Monterey Herald, Vern Fisher)
    San Francisco schools to close due to storm

    As much as 8 inches of rain expected in Northern California SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A powerful storm expected to pack hurricane-force winds and heavy rain triggered emergency preparations across Northern California on Wednesday, with residents gathering...

    • Posted December 10, 2014
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  • Flickr Photo Credit: Bill Abbot (Creative Commons)
    Baby born in flight aboard airliner over California

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southwest Airlines flight landed in Los Angeles with one more passenger than when it took off. A woman passenger gave birth shortly after Flight 623 took off from San Francisco Tuesday morning...

    • Posted December 9, 2014
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  • (Korea Times file)
    OC average gas prices drop below $3 for first time since 2010

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Orange County, Calif. dropped 1.2 cents today to $2.983, one day after dropping under $3 for the first time since Oct. 6, 2010. The Orange County...

    • Posted December 8, 2014
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