Adam Housley Archive

On the Job Hunt: Need a Job? Go to San Diego

Published July 08, 2011

Known locally as “America’s finest city”, it might surprise you that San Diego is the eighth largest in the country. Even more interesting, the thriving border metropolis has about 8,000 high-paying jobs sitting wide open and waiting to be filled. 

Homeland Security Is Big Business and Growing

Published June 21, 2011

Security consultants say it's no surprise that the industry has seen massive growth since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2011.

Mine in Mojave Desert May Hold Key to Beating China in the Race for Raw Materials

Published April 06, 2011

Molycorp has begun mining again in California after a decade of inactivity, extracting valuable and concentrated ore that holds 15 rare earth elements, minerals used in everything from cell phones to U.S. missile systems.

New Generation of Military Gadgets Coming, From Large Spy Systems to Tiny Drones

Published March 01, 2011

The Pentagon is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the development of tiny drones and unmanned aerial systems, that will take military surveillance and offense into the next millennium. 

Quake Early Warning a Reality in California

Published February 23, 2011

In California's Coachella Valley around Palm Springs, a state-of-the-art, first-in-the-world earthquake early warning system in now installed and operational. Twelve locations are now in place with 120 sites planned, all meant to detect an earthquake and give people a chance to get under a table, or in the case of a fire station, get the engines outside of the building.

Nationwide Hispanic Business Boom

Published November 30, 2010

Nationwide trend shows Latino owned businesses are exploding in size, number, and profitability in the last decade.

The Battle Over Booze

Published November 24, 2010

The Battle Over Booze

Published November 24, 2010

Within minutes of my first report about House Bill HR 5034, I got phone calls from people with opinions about whether wine, beer and liquor should be direct shipped to consumers across the country.

California Seeing Green?

Published October 28, 2010

California Seeing Green?

Published October 28, 2010

So goes California, so goes the rest of the country..at least that's what supporters of California's Proposition 19, which seeks to legalize marijuana use, hope.