week introduced Jewell as his choice to replace Salazar, the latest in a long list of Cabinet officials heading for the exit doors for the president's second term. Obama touted the REI chief and former Marathon Oil Corp. engineer as a balanced choice.

"She knows the link between conservation and good jobs," he said. "She knows that there’s no contradiction between being good stewards of the land and our economic progress."

Serving on the Board of Regents at the University of Washington, her alma mater, Jewell helped transform REI into a retail leader in outdoor gear. She also spent 19 years in the commercial banking sector after working as an engineer for Mobil Oil Corp. before it merged with Exxon.

Jack Gerard, chief executive officer at the American Petroleum Institute, soughtto provide a full range of social and education services to students and their families in several neighborhoods.
The effort is called Promise...

The publicity campaign promised a new summer program at Point Dume for poor children, funded in part by the Donald T. Sterling Charitable Foundation.
A smiling Sterling was shown next to a horse in some newspaper ads. In others, the foundation...

A longtime employee of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services has been fired after an internal affairs investigation concluded that he sexually propositioned foster children under his care.
James Green, a 17-year veteran of the...

SACRAMENTO — California's professional sports franchise owners are asking lawmakers to let them hold high-stakes, electronic raffles during games.
They seek an exclusive right to offer much fatter prizes than the state