Reality Check

With Sam Brock

Powerball Pot Soars, But Ticket Not Worth It...

Can you put a price on happiness?

Caltrain Sending Mixed Signals?

Business is humming right along for the Peninsula’s preeminent rail service, Caltrain.

Wine Sellers as Window into Internet Fairness...

How fair is the Marketplace Fairness Act?

Calif. Health Insurance Regulation Lacks Teeth

Health insurance companies under fire for raising premiums on California residents and businesses unfairly should modify their behavior, or else.

Head Start Cuts Likely as Bad as Predicted

The Obama Administration has taken great pains to emphasize how sequestration cuts could squeeze children in Head Start programs, shutting the door on tens of thousands of students. A closer look at...

CALPERS investments

Friday, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:09 PM PST

CalPERS Investments Examined

As the largest public pension fund in the United States, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, or CALPERS, does not cast a small shadow.

Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 at 09:30 PM PST

Who's to Blame if Sequestration Goes Unaddressed?

March 1 is the deadline for sequestration -- those are the automatic cuts that will put a heavy burden on our military. Today, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Congress that failure to address the issue...

Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 at 07:23 PM PST

Would a Minimum Wage Increase Reduce Poverty?

It might be hard to believe, but the federal minimum wage is lower right now, accounting for inflation, than it was 30 years ago under President Reagan. President Obama would like to raise the national...

Friday, Feb 15, 2013 at 04:34 PM PST

Are New Foreclosure Laws Altering Real Estate Landscape?

California's new foreclosure laws, just six weeks old, are being hailed for changing the real estate landscape across the country. Could that be true? Sam Brock investigates in this Reality Check report.

Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:54 AM PST

Reality Check: Obama's Calls for Gun Reform, Minimum Wage Hike

President Obama’s State of the Union address began as a nuts and bolts look at how he’d like to advance his agenda on deficit reduction, job growth and immigration reform, but crescendoed with an impassioned...

obama

Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:17 AM PST

Reality Check: Is Obama a Civil Liberties Conservative?

n the aftermath of 9/11, then-President George W. Bush oversaw some policies that caused civil rights groups to cringe and Americans to protest. Yet years later, a new poll by The Hill shows voters are just...

Friday, Feb 8, 2013 at 10:02 PM PST

Reality Check: SJ Mayor's Budget Claims

Every city is dealing with budget cuts, but perhaps nowhere have those cuts been felt more than the San Jose police department. In tonight's Reality Check, Sam Brock puts Mayor Chuck Reed's claims about the...

Wednesday, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:53 AM PST

Reality Check: Gov. Rick Perry's Come to Texas Ad

Texas governor's ad claims success in California is impossible and encouraged Californians to "come to Texas."

stock market

Friday, Feb 1, 2013 at 03:12 PM PST

Boom or Bust: Economic Data Sends Mixed Signals

Is the economy on the upswing or about to take a tumble? Sam Brock takes a look at how much stock you should put in the market's near-record levels in this Reality Check report.

Saturday, Feb 16, 2013 at 08:47 PM PST

Reality Check: Pathway to Citizenship

To those who oppose the idea that a pathway to citizenship will destroy American jobs, cost taxpayers big bucks and spur more illegal immigration, it's time to check your facts. NBC Bay Area's Sam Brock...