Aug 19 Watch Budget Cuts, Tuition Hikes Jeopardize Quality of Higher Education in California Students preparing for college this fall are facing higher tuition rates as their schools face budget cuts in this troubled economy. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the fallout in California's public universities. Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch Major Investor CalPERS Rides out Big Waves in Markets With Calm Approach Thursday's market drop marked the fifth time in just two weeks that the Dow Jones industrial average rocketed up or down by several hundred points in one trading session. Spencer Michels reports on how the California Public Employees' Retirement System,… Continue watching
Jul 28 Watch Asteroid Is a Dance Partner for Planet Earth A team of Canadian scientists have discovered a "Trojan" asteroid that is caught in a synchronized orbit with the Earth. Jeffrey Brown discusses what this discovery means with the California Institute of Technology's Mike Brown. Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch Calif. Faces Tough Choices on Overcrowded Prisons Spencer Michels reports from California on the state's effort to comply with a Supreme Court ruling to alleviate overcrowding in the state's prisons. Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch Calif. Corrections Chief Matthew Cate on Supreme Court Prison Overcrowding Order Interview: Matthew Cate, secretary of Calif. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Continue watching
Jul 13 California Prisoners, Politicians Ponder Impact of Supreme Court Ruling By Spencer Michels California Men's Colony; Creative Commons photo courtesy flickr.com/javan Prisoners probably pay more attention to the news - at least some of the news -than many of the rest of us. They have a lot of time on their hands. Continue reading
Jun 27 Supreme Court: Calif. Can’t Ban Sale of Violent Games to Minors By Beat Beat In a 7-2 decision Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that California's ban the sale of violent video games to minors was unconstitutional. Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch The ‘Long, Dark and Dirty’ Story of Whitey Bulger’s Career and Capture James "Whitey" Bulger, the legendary Boston crime boss and one of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted, was arrested Wednesday in Santa Monica, Calif. Margaret Warner speaks with with Boston University's Dick Lehr about the notorious fugitive's career, influence on Hollywood… Continue watching
Jun 23 Angry Times in California California's Legislature is terribly unpopular. In March, just 16 percent of the public approved of the job the lawmakers were doing. So there was a collective cheer you could almost hear from San Diego to Eureka when the… Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch Twitter Is Everywhere Now, but Can It Make Money? From the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden to Rep. Anthony Weiner's scandal, Twitter has been in the news recently for helping break news. While the social media giant's popularity has soared among politicians, movie stars and people… Continue watching