Stanford, California - California residents and the media may find the information on PensionTracker.org highly useful in seeking to understand the pension situation throughout the state, a Stanford researcher says.

Sacramento, California - California’s State Architect has launched a forward-thinking new initiative to highlight ways to improve the built environment while simultaneously greening California’s aging school facilities with design concepts that will reduce energy and water consumption at campuses across the state.

San Diego, California - A seven-month-old Parma wallaby joey at the San Diego Zoo is now out of its mother’s pouch and is checking out its habitat for the first time. Animal care staff watched the youngster hop around the enclosure this morning, often moving away from mother and traveling around on its own. The baby -- born in March -- spent more than half a year in the pouch before leaving it just a few days ago.

Berkeley, California - With the aid of UC Berkeley astronomer Michael Wong, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope team has produced a dramatic new video of a rotating Jupiter, its bands and famed Great Red Spot standing out among swirling Technicolor clouds.

Berkeley, California - One of the largest experiments ever conducted on people was carried out during the 2012 presidential campaign. Barack Obama’s canvassing teams tested different persuasion scripts on millions of potential voters and donors. Later, when they canvassed again, they used only the proven winners to convince people to vote for Obama.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: