"I can't imagine how much worse, but they would be worse." Many say Proposition 13's limit on property taxes led to Proposition 98 as schools had to compete more with other public programs for resources. Mockler contends the real tipping point came...

Brown term — he delivered an 11-minute State of the State speech, which, unlike Wednesday's 20-minute address, was not interrupted once by applause. It is best remembered for one depressing, if prophetic, line: "We are entering an era of limits." ...

The Dec. 21 letter "Californians Have Themselves to Blame," about our high-speed train fiasco, puts the blame on all Californians (especially liberals) for the demise of our once-glorious state because we have voted for "Democratic control of their state

He was born in Hopkinton, Iowa and lived there until 1904. (Iowa’s first territorial governor was Robert Lucas, the great grandfather of Malcolm Lucas, a Long Beach resident and California’s 26th chief justice, whose law partner, also of Long Beach,...

(Brittany Murray / Staff Photographer) State and city officials were able to negotiate a land swap that enabled the state to give the 415 W. Ocean Blvd. property to the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency in exchange for the RDA-owned lot in the West...