California

Violet Affleck feeding the ducks on a park pond in Brentwood Los Angeles, California - 06.11.09 Copyright 2009 WENN

Spencer Pratt picks up his vintage Chevrolet Camaro from a car wash on Sunset Boulevard while filming scenes for 'The Hills' Los Angeles, California - 06.11.09 Copyright 2009 WENN

Nicky Hilton goes shopping at Kitson boutique after eating lunch at The Ivy with her sister Los Angeles, California - 06.11.09 Copyright 2009 WENN

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Schapiro, who regulates a wide swathe of Wall Street, is the richest of the Obama administration's top officials with an estimated net worth of $26.6 million, according to a new analysis of U.S. ...

Gay marriage foes win in Maine and California with message about schools Gay marriage opponents pulled off another victory at the ballot box this week by using a tried-and-tested argument: Approve it and children will be taught homosexuality in school. Voters seemed ...

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2008 file photo, Rosana Mendoza, 14, left, gets a hug from her sister Bianca, 4, before a rally in support of Proposition 8 to ban same sex marriage in Sacramento, Calif. What public schools will be ...

Business events and economic reports scheduled for the coming week NEW YORK — Deadline for submitting a revised agreement in the battle over Google Inc.'s effort to get digital rights to millions of out-of-print books. ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — DISH Network Corp. releases ...

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2009 file photo, people shop at the Costco Wholesale Burbank store in Burbank, Calif. Businesses cut inventories at the wholesale level for a record 13th consecutive month in September, but sales rose for a sixth straight ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Want to know your entire DNA sequence? A California company has done it for as little as $1,700. Privately held Complete Genomics says it can do a better quality, usable genome map for about $4,400 -- compared with the ...

Shell Oil Company will pay California more than 19 million dollars because of environmental violations at service stations throughout the state, officials said Friday. The agreement, filed earlier Friday in a California state court, requires Shell to pay 17.8 million dollars in ...