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State Farm Faces Class Action Lawsuit

14 May 2008, 11:25 pm

"California common law provides that when a policyholder suffers a loss from a car accident, the policyholder must be reimbursed for all of his losses before State Farm has a right to reimbursement for any money it paid out under its policy" A class action lawsuit was filed in U.S. Federal Court, C... read more

Five IRS Employees Charged With Snooping on Tax Returns

14 May 2008, 10:55 am

"The competing goals of protecting this information and achieving workplace efficiencies become even more difficult as technology becomes faster and more complex." Five workers at the Internal Revenue Service's Fresno, California return processing center were charged Monday with computer fraud and ... read more

Lawmakers see potential, untapped gold mine in surplus land

13 May 2008, 11:55 am

"Every property, every asset has to be on the table" Legislators plan to grill state officials today about failure to sell surplus land, call for a full accounting of unneeded property, and question the University of California about retaining a donated parcel in ... via Inside Bay Area ... read more

Calaveras Street Celebration

11 May 2008, 4:47 pm

"If we can make every one of these young folks step up and be civic minded and morally responsible, we win. We don't have to build more prisons. And we don't have to take care of people dying because they put poison in their bodies" The celebration on Calaveras street was the first of its kind, and... read more

Activists claim abuse at Calif. chicken farm

11 May 2008, 8:39 am

"We wanted to show consumers exactly what takes place behind the doors at these facilities when factory owners don't think the conditions are being filmed" FRESNO, Calif. An animal rights group released undercover video showing chickens at a California egg farm being mistreated by workers and house... read more

Saturday for madres, Sunday for moms

9 May 2008, 8:35 am

"I'll buy her roses and give her hugs and kisses" This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Friday May 09 2008. It was last updated at 15:45 on May 09 2008. via Guardian Unlimited ... read more