Timm Herdt

When CSU Channel Islands opened its doors in 2002, the annual systemwide fee to attend was $1,507. At the time, the median household income in Ventura County was $57,052.

When former Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado last month unofficially kicked off his campaign for governor by announcing the launch of a tough-on-crime ballot initiative, he had by his side Nina Salarno-Ashford, a member of the executive board for the group ...

Having spent most of last week listening to California lawmakers debate the merits of bills relating to the environment and the economy, one familiar word immediately jumped into my head on Friday when, driving in Oregon, I pulled into a ...

When Covered California, the state’s new health insurance purchasing exchange, announced last week the prices of policies that will be offered through the exchange next year, the people who have been working hard to make federal health care reform work ...

Two years ago this summer, Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders were able to rescue an on-time budget by concocting at the last-minute a rosy scenario that projected an additional $4 billion in tax revenue.

In 2010, there were 4,679 California taxpayers who reported incomes of $5 million or more. Combined, they realized $30.6 billion in capital gains, or more than half of all the capital gains reported by the 14.8 million Californians who filed ...

Just last fall, the oil industry in California spent a good chunk of its considerable political money to try to defeat Democratic Sen. Fran Pavley in her toss-up district that includes eastern Ventura County.

In a couple of weeks, when Gov. Jerry Brown releases his revised budget proposal, Californians are going to see some headlines they haven’t seen in many years — headlines that may include the words “surplus” or “flush with cash” or ...