California

New York, November 21 -- Unemployment rates for California, Delaware, South Carolina, and Florida were recorded at an all-time high, according to the report released by the Labor Department Friday.

New York, November 20 -- According to a recent report by the Mortgage Bankers Association Thursday, delinquencies and home repossessions are rising like never before, the chief reasons being job losses and easy money lending.

Los Angeles, CA, November 19 -- In a ground-breaking decision that could help save huge amounts of energy and bring down the emission of greenhouse gases, California regulators have decided to implement energy efficiency standards on big flat panel television sets, making the state the first one to do so.

Burbank, CA, November 13 -- The world’s largest media company Walt Disney Inc. recorded an 18 percent increase in quarterly profits, comfortably exceeding analysts' expectations.

Los Angeles, CA, November 10 -- A report by application security vendor Cenzic on Monday highlights Mozilla Firefox as the most vulnerable web browser based on vulnerability count.

Los Angeles, CA, November 6 -- Space agency NASA and Spaceward, a private foundation, are holding a competition for the teams that can send an elevator half a mile into the sky on a cable suspended from a helicopter.

San Jose, CA, November 5 -- Cisco Systems Inc., the biggest maker of networking equipment, reported its first quarter earnings to be $1.8 billion Wednesday, compared to $2.2 billion for the same period a year earlier.

Los Angeles, CA, November 4 -- Handheld device-maker Peek launched TwitterPeek Tuesday, to help users send tweets and messages without the need for a Wi-Fi or internet connection.

Los Angeles, CA, June 22: Unemployment rate in California rose to 11.5 percent in May, the highest recorded in the state since World War II. Also, the jobless rate in California is way above the national average of 9.4 percent.

Washington, April 22: California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona registered the highest rates of foreclosures in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2009 as the unrelenting recession led to increase in unemployment and fall in property prices.