California Raisins

Meanwhile, a commission that hands out stem cell research money from a $3 billion bond issue tripled the salary of its part-time vice chairman, former Democratic Party Chairman Art Torres, to $225,000. Read More

The Yakima area is one of the nation's most secure places, or so says a Farmers Insurance survey that measured a wide variety of factors, including unemployment, foreclosures and natural disasters. Read More

It was Christmas 2001, when Pete Carroll finished off his first season at Southern California with a thud. Read More

Target Corp. has admitted to wrongly advertising soy milk as organic, the U.S. Agriculture Department said in a letter announcing the conclusion of its investigation into a complaint filed by a farm policy group. Read More

With interest rates low and lending standards lower, credit became the currency of the decade. Read More

The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics is reporting that California's unemployment rate fell slightly in November -- down to 12.3 percent from 12.5 percent a month earlier. Read More