| Industrial production, housing starts tumble
February 18, 2009 at 9:44 am
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| | WASHINGTON -- Big industry production throttled back in January due partly to auto shutdowns, and housing construction tumbled to a record low, weaker-than-expected performances that show the country caught in a worsening economic tailspin. 
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| Man killed running across I-5 north of downtown
February 18, 2009 at 9:30 am
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| | Authorities say a car hit and killed a man who was running across Interstate 5 just north of downtown Los Angeles, shutting down all but one lane and snarling traffic on the northbound side of the busy freeway. 
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| Fire at Leisure World injures one, damages several units
February 18, 2009 at 9:06 am
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| | A fire badly damaged a building and left one man critically injured at one of the nation's biggest and best-known retirement communities. 
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| California budget negotiations hit a new snag
February 18, 2009 at 3:00 am
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|  Senate Republicans oust their leader, who had joined with Democrats to forge a budget package containing higher taxes.
As California's government continued its grinding downshift toward insolvency, efforts to close the state's nearly $42-billion budget gap hit a new snag late Tuesday as Republicans in the state Senate ousted their leader. 
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| Called back to Africa by DNA
February 18, 2009 at 3:00 am
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|  More African Americans are seeking dual citizenship and reconnecting with their ancestral homelands thanks to increasingly sophisticated technology.
As a child growing up in Houston, Isaiah Washington said, his first impressions of Africans were discomfiting TV images of "natives running around in raffia with bones in their noses . . . trying to put Tarzan in a pot." 
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| Treasury Department sees modest cutback in bank lending
February 18, 2009 at 3:00 am
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| A survey of 20 major banks leaves unanswered the question of how well the government bailout is working.
The nation's major banks modestly reduced their overall lending in recent months, even while they were collecting nearly $200 billion in federal bailout funds, the Treasury Department said Tuesday in its first progress report on the banking rescue program. 
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| Insurers exceed state-issued rates for last-resort health coverage
February 18, 2009 at 2:25 am
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| Anthem promises to make amends but Blue Shield says it's not obliged to follow guidelines.
Two of California's largest insurers have been selling health coverage intended to be a safety net for the state's sick and jobless at premiums that exceed state-issued rates, in some cases by thousands of dollars a year. 
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| UC wants the truth on student applications
February 18, 2009 at 1:44 am
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| The university uses random checks to make sure that grades, honors and extracurricular activities are properly reported.
The gray-and-green warehouse in suburban Concord seems an unlikely headquarters for a statewide detective operation, and the fact checkers at work there insist they are not mercilessly probing the lives of California's teenagers. 
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| GM, Chrysler seek billions more in federal loans
February 17, 2009 at 7:42 pm
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|  General Motors asks for $9.1 billion to $16.6 billion and says it might need more in coming years. Chrysler asks for $5 billion. In return, both automakers say, they'll slash jobs and vehicle lines.
In a startling statement on the economic ruin they face, General Motors Corp. and Chrysler asked the government for billions of dollars more in federal loans, and GM said it could continue to need billions more for up to five more years. 
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| Obama signs stimulus bill; aides hint at further action
February 17, 2009 at 5:42 pm
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| The $787-billion package is the cornerstone of a plan to create millions of jobs and reverse the economic downturn. On Wednesday the president will unveil a proposal for curbing home foreclosures.
Even as his aides hinted that another stimulus bill might be necessary, President Obama today signed into law the $787-billion package that is a cornerstone of his plan to reverse a dramatic economic downturn. 
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| Stocks plunge in early trading
February 17, 2009 at 10:49 am
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| Banking stocks take a severe beating as investors worry that some institutions could be nationalized. The Dow Jones drops almost 300 points in 20 minutes before recovering slightly.
Stock markets around the world tumbled this morning amid deepening concern over the health of the banking industry and doubts about the ability of governments to spur a recovery. 
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| Lingering showers expected to make trouble for morning commuters
February 17, 2009 at 9:52 am
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|  A huge midwinter storm left much of California rain-soaked and snowbound and caused plenty of traffic havoc, but the state appeared to have dodged the major mudslides and flooding that had been feared. 
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| Japan's finance minister quits, jolts government
February 17, 2009 at 6:14 am
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| | TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso's already shaky government was rocked Tuesday by the sudden resignation of his finance minister over allegations he appeared drunk after a recent G-7 meeting. 
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| Asian stock markets slump amid financial fears
February 17, 2009 at 4:26 am
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| | HONG KONG -- Asian stock markets fell sharply Tuesday, with benchmarks in Hong Kong and South Korea down about 4 percent, as renewed financial fears sent banks across the region tumbling. 
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| Burris acknowledges efforts to raise money for Blagojevich
February 17, 2009 at 3:24 am
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| The comments mark the first time Roland Burris has publicly said he was actively trying to raise campaign funds for then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich at the time he was seeking to be appointed to the U.S. Senate.
Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) has acknowledged that he sought to raise campaign funds for then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich at the request of the governor's brother at the same time he was making a pitch to be appointed to the Senate seat previously held by President Obama. 
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