California jobs at risk as defense budget cuts loom
WASHINGTON -- Tens of thousands of California jobs are at stake as the Pentagon rolls out plans to reduce its budget for the first time since the 1990s.
Engineering students, alums connect at job fair
The School of Engineering hosted its first networking and career fair Sunday. The event was organized in response to student complaints that 'engineering didn't do a very good job of helping them find jobs and internships,' said Christopher Bull, senio... ;
Want a $100,000 job?
Last year was a good year to be working in tech with salaries jumping 2% overall led by the Silicon Valley, where pay averaged $104,195, reports Dice, the technology and engineering jobs website. It's the first time...
Making The Pitch For A New Patent Office In California
SAN DIEGO — The federal agency in charge of protecting inventions and intellectual property only recently agreed to open a satellite office in Detroit. Two more offices will open soon and California's federal lawmakers want to make sure the 500 high-paying engineering jobs land in California.
Panel picks 4 North Dakota chancellor finalists
University presidents in Missouri and California, a Nebraska education administrator and a North Dakota state senator were...
Jobs today, jobs tomorrow
Kimberly-Clark is closing its Everett production facility, which means 750 good family wage jobs gone. Employees tell us the machines -- and jobs -- are going to Argentina.
Electric car maker Fisker: Layoffs in Del., Calif.
(02-06) 14:48 PST Dover, Del. (AP) -- Fisker Automotive, an electric car maker that received a half-billion-dollar loan from the federal government, said Monday that it has laid off workers in Delaware and California....
Silicon Valley's huge economic divide
These are the best of times for Silicon Valley - that is, if you're on the right side of the tracks. Employment is rebounding faster than in the rest of the nation for those in the right kind of profession, like...
Kern bases vulnerable to defense cuts
WASHINGTON -- Tens of thousands of California jobs are at stake as the Pentagon rolls out plans to reduce its budget for the first time since the 1990s.
Norma Merrick Sklarek dies; pioneering African American architect
The first African American woman to become a licensed architect, Norma Merrick Sklarek worked on Terminal 1 at LAX and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. Norma Merrick Sklarek, the first African American woman in the country to become a licensed architect, who helped produce Terminal 1 at Los Angeles International Airport and the American Embassy in Tokyo, died Monday at her home in Pacific Palisades ...