http://www.yourstreet.com/news/ca YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Chef Thomas Keller, whose restaurants The French Laundry in Yountville, California, and Per Se in New York have revolutionized American haute cuisine, turns his attention to simple food for the home cook. His cookbook Ad Hoc at Home is inspired by the menu of his... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756616/ad-hoc-at-home-the-leonard-lopate-show-monday,-23-november-2009- Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:00:08 -0800 Heavy use of citizen initiatives is one of the clearest predictions of states that are in danger of following California to the brink of insolvency, according to an extensive survey of state financial problems by the nonpartisan Pew Center on the States. Oregon,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756202/following-california-off-the-cliff Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:23:08 -0800 KPIX San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom on Thursday called the city’s $500 million-plus deficit “staggering.” In his first extensive interview since dropping out of the California governor’s race, Newsom wanted to talk solely about the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6753787/gavin-newsom-interviewed-by-hank-plante-on-kpix-tv Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:34:08 -0800 I’ll bet this scares the hell out of those California transplants. But then again, we see how well that state is running.   Lou Dobbs for El Presidente This just in. Lou Dobbs not ruling out run for Senate or White House. Can it get any better than that???... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756404/the-gem-ticket- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:42:08 -0800 Budgets cuts have left a chemistry lab at the University of California, Berkeley, in need of repairs. BY TAMAR LEWIN The New York Times BERKELEY — As the University of California struggles to absorb its sharpest drop in state financing since the Great Depression,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6753797/university-of-california-struggles-with-cuts Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:47:08 -0800 2010 Gubernatorial candidate Bill Bradbury had a fundraiser with Al Gore at the Left Bank Building on NW Broadway earlier this afternoon. SUBTEXT OF BIG PINK ARROW: "SUCK IT, KITZHABER" Press were excluded from the event—which attracted 439 people, according to... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756564/bradbury-blown-away-by-gore-endorsement Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:31:08 -0800 Newbury Park-based Nomadix, a developer of network gateway hardware, is in a major patent infringement offensive. Nomadix said late Wednesday evening that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Hewlett-Packard Company, Wayport, Inc., iBAHN Corporation,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756285/nomadix-in-major-patent-offensive Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:47:08 -0800 Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, speaks at an AIDS rally in June to fend off health cuts in the state budget. BY JIM SANDERS The Sacramento Bee Don’t expect Assemblyman Tom Ammiano to celebrate by puffing a joint if he succeeds in legalizing marijuana... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752684/tom-ammiano-gay-california-assemblyman-jokes-to-push-a-serious-agenda Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:14:08 -0800 New York Times reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin takes us behind the scenes of the financial crisis as it unfolded last year—from what happened inside the offices of Lehman Brothers to the corridors of power in Washington. Then, we talk about the centennial of The... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752045/inside-the-meltdown-the-leonard-lopate-show-monday,-26-october-2009- Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:36:34 -0700 Orange County sheriff’s deputy Dan Mendoza views a foreclosed home he has arrived to enforce an eviction order on in Fullerton, California, in this June 23, 2009 file photograph. California was one of the places hardest hit by foreclosures, but has seen... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6750587/banks-reduce-california-home-foreclosures-to-slow-property-market-slide Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:48:08 -0700 MELVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Police in Suffolk County say a California woman took a cab from Manhattan to Long Island and then pepper-sprayed the driver instead of paying the fare. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752076/cops-calif-woman-pepper-sprays-cabbie Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:00:08 -0700 Sandpoint native daughter Emma Millar gained a new national title and barely missed defending a second one at this past weekend's Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships at Northstar at Tahoe in Truckee, California. Emma, a junior at Fort Lewis College,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751683/hometown-girl-wins-one,-almost-wins-another Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:30:08 -0700 Liv said... What time is it boys and girls? That's right it's Howdy crackin' doody time. Countdown is on here on the east coast with less then 4 hours till 5pm. Of course you lucky bastards in Europe are already in the pub swigging a pint. Though I really feel sorry... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752312/fun-link-friday-7-patty-whopper-sure,-we-eat-anything- Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:43:08 -0700 A Person said... CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A passenger flight from San Diego, California, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, overshot its destination airport by about 150 miles Wednesday, and federal investigators are looking into whether the pilots had become distracted, as... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752313/minneapolis-control-to-airbus-320-wake-up- Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:22:08 -0700 Robin Laananen All Leather at Fun Fun Fun Fest Sat., Nov 7 on the Black Stage Waterloo Park ( 403 E. 15th ) [ info ] | [ tickets ] Since the early '90s, Justin Pearson has been a crucial crux in the heart of southern California's hardcore/punk scene. Beginning with... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751660/fun-fest-artist-profile-all-leather Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:01:08 -0700 Skyline Solar, a Silicon Valley start-up in California, has the metal arrays needed to support its photovoltaic panels manufactured at a Michigan automaker plant. Los Angeles Times View Comments | http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752430/calif-solar-company-uses-michigan-factory-to-make-components Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:41:08 -0700 So there's this cool new bar on Fourth Avenue called Pacific Standard, a Brooklyn riff on a Northern California micro brewery with a large room in the back decorated with bookcases, a California flag with a bear on it and a UC Berkeley flag all very evocative of a... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752539/west-coast-style-beer-poet-philip-levine-at-pacific-standard Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:07:08 -0700 Tonight Pulitzer Prize winning poet Philip Levine reads at Pacific Standard, the new California style micro brewery with an excellent reading series. 82 Fourth Avenue between Bergen and St. Marks at 7:30 p.m. NEWS OF THE WORLD is the 20th collection of poetry from... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752544/tonight-philip-levine-at-pacific-standard Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:43:08 -0700 Austin Film Festival: American Cowslip Friday, Oct 23, 7:30pm Wed, Oct 28, 9:15pm Various Venues ( Austin ) [ info ] | [ tickets ] An American Cowslip is an extraordinarily beautiful, rare flower that can only grow when it’s left totally alone. That’s the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751667/austin-film-festival-preview-american-cowslip Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:30:08 -0700 Once in a while, I compare Mt. Lebanon to Palo Alto, California, which is one town over from my own hometown of Menlo Park. Palo Alto is wealthier than Mt. Lebanon in absolute terms, and it's larger, but Palo Alto occupies a place in the San Francisco Bay Area (and... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752158/adolescent-depression-in-mt-lebanon- Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:28:08 -0700