San Francisco was selected to be the headquarters of a new government agency overseeing stem cell research on Friday, in a move that might boost the local economy. Read more...

Union members vote on contract with UC Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees voted on Monday to accept a new union contract with the University of California. Read more...

Rise in job creation eases economic worries WASHINGTON -“”mdash; Hiring around the country picked up briskly in April, with employers boosting payrolls by 274,000 and raising hopes of better days ahead for job-seekers and the economy as a whole. Read more...

Los Angeles farmers’ markets are fighting city legislation that would tax them for using the city’s streets and limit street closure fee waivers. A Los Angeles City Council proposal would allow each Westwood business only two special permit and street closure fee waivers a year. Read more...

Personal stories of rape, sexual violence, pain and survival will be on display today in Schoenberg quad. The stories will appear on dozens of T-shirts, painted by survivors of sexual violence over the last six years at UCLA, the Santa Monica Rape Treatment Center and the Sexual Assault Crisis Agency in Long Beach. Read more...

By the time you read this editorial, your driver’s license may be obsolete ““ replaced by a new, federally standardized identification card that would deny illegal immigrants the right to drive and jeopardize the personal privacy of all Americans. Read more...

California Senate Bill 687 is an important education bill that should promptly pass into law. Introduced by state Senator Joe Simitian, SB 687 would require individual schools to publish how much they spend on teacher salaries and other per-pupil costs. Read more...