I lived in Southern California from 1978 to 1991,  For seven years, I lived in beautiful Malibu which has virtually been destroyed by the Woolsley fire.  One of my very best friends lost his house in one of the canyons.  He had lived there 42 years.  Over the years, I

published Jun 14th 2016, 5:43 pm, by Alison Vekshin (Bloomberg) — California has overtaken France as the world’s sixth-largest economy, fueled by strong growth and the U.S. dollar’s gains against foreign currencies, state data released Tuesday show. The most-populous U.S. state, with a gross domestic product of $2.5 trillion, has