Top L.A. Manager Moving to Pomona College

The person who holds the top management job in Los Angeles' city government has been appointed Vice President and Treasurer of Pomona College. Karen Sisson starts her new duties July 1.

The Real "Dogs of the Dow?"

There is no sure thing in the stock market, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average has long been used as a bellweather index for investors. Even so, research by Pomona College professor Gary Smith shows that stocks dropped from the Dow average since 1928 have actually outperformed the stocks that replaced them. Smith says this bucks conventional wisdom by showing "out-of-favor stocks" generally outperform whatever happens to be popular at the moment.

What to Do about Wildfires?

As the latest round of wildfires continue to burn in California, leaving residents and authorities are wrestling with the same problem being faced in places like Australia, India and British Columbia. "They're living in ecosystems that burn up all the time, because that's what they do," says Char Miller, visiting professor at Pomona College. Miller says the dilemma is just another byproduct of population growth and the sprawling presence of human beings.