Gloria Goodale

California lawmakers introduced a $2 billion plan to find homes for the state's estimated 114,000 homeless residents. In Los Angeles, where the mayor declared a homeless emergency, the problem is particularly acute.

Actress Julianne Moore, who portrays Sarah Palin in HBO's "Game Change" on Saturday night, says the most important thing about the movie was an accurate portrayal of the 2008 presidential election.

Thirteen percent of Americans are now on the social media platform Twitter, according to new research by Pew Research. And the political conversation on Twitter is "noticeably different" than on blogs or mainstream media.

Community banks and credit unions saw big business on Bank Transfer Day, when some customers moved funds out of big financial institutions. But many see the action as largely symbolic.

Bank Transfer Day is approaching, with organizers calling on Americans to move their money out of big banks by Nov. 5. Local banks, the potential beneficiaries of the Occupy-backed Bank Transfer Day, are reporting a significant uptick in business.

With the eyes of the international Occupy movement turned toward Oakland Wednesday, protesters and officials did their earnest best to justify the intense scrutiny.

Visitors to national and state parks on Memorial Day may face reduced hours and services. States have budget problems, and national parks have nearly $11 billion in deferred maintenance.

Neither Sarah Palin nor Glenn Beck is currently running for anything, but both are deftly navigating today's media landscape and having some success steering the national debate.