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The state subsidized portions of workers' salaries in the hopes that it would lead to permanent jobs. Six months after the program ended, more than half of the participants were still working. "It just takes a bit of the sting out of the cost of hiring," says one employer participating in the program.

California Governor Jerry Brown signed or vetoed a dozen bills Tuesday as he works towards a Sunday deadline. He rejected the most contentious measure of the bunch – a bill that would have allowed child care workers to organize.

The city of San Diego could save $3.2 million over the next five years by renegotiating its animal services contract with the county of San Diego, a city auditor said today.

It’s been called the project that won’t go away. The San Diego City Council is once again talking about a new city hall.

Cautious consumers, the housing sector's lingering problems and the drag from the government sector are combining to slow an already weak economy even further, the central bank chairman says.

Invisibility is often used for mischief, but in Chuck Klosterman's new novel, his invisible character sits still, looks deeply and disrupts only when necessary. Love him or hate him, Klosterman's stoner-genius extemporizing is unmatched in this sly work of fiction.

Federal Reserve policymakers expect "a somewhat slower pace of economic growth over coming quarters" than they had been forecasting just four months ago, Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress this hour.

The financial crisis gripping Greece is having a major impact on the country's young people. A two-tier labor market that favors the older generation and draconian austerity measures have triggered a record high jobless rate among those under 35.

Hyundai has more than doubled its share of the U.S. market in the past decade through effective advertising and reorganization. Industry analysts say its success is a result of management restructuring, good design and a good price. The Korean automaker is expected to sell more cars this year than ever before.

Rick Perry's troubles hold good news and bad news for Chris Christie. Good news in that Perry has failed to capture the imagination of the base, and bad news that the intense scrutiny of a presidential campaign can unnerve even a confident campaigner who was wooed to enter.