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AT ABOUT 0128 HOURS, A CHULA VISTA POLICE OFFICER OBSERVED A SILVER TRUCK TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON WESTBOUND I-54 NEAR WOODMAN DRIVE.
SACRAMENTO – Today´s Chicago Tribune directly connects Linda Katehi, the incoming University of California, Davis chancellor, with the admissions scandal at the University of Illinois, which is currently being investigated by federal authorities.
A complex comedy-drama about a country song and the lives (and loves) of the people connected with it.
SACRAMENTO – The Joint Legislative Audit Committee late yesterday approved a request from Senator Mark Leno to audit and evaluate the California Family Court system and its use of court appointees in child custody disputes.
The 14-member Committee approved the audit request with a 12-0 bipartisan vote, authorizing the California State Auditor to investigate and report on family courts in the counties of Marin and Sacramento.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Today Mayor Gavin Newsom launched an innovative new online resource, www.benefitsSF.org that allows San Francisco residents to use an online application, electronic signature, and webcam to see if they´re eligible for Medi-Cal and Food Stamps.
SAN FRANCISCO/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Coastal Commission is proud to announce that the state's biggest volunteer event, California Coastal Cleanup Day, is preparing to celebrate its 25th Anniversary.
SAN FRANCISCO—A jury recommended a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of release for Dennis Cyrus, Jr., United States Attorney Joseph P.
SACRAMENTO – Despite passing the Senate with bipartisan support, SB 399 – The Fair Sentencing for Youth Act – failed (3-4) in the Assembly Public Safety Committee.
Los Angeles — Screen Actors Guild joins the world in mourning renowned actor Karl Malden, who died today.
NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA RAISES MORE THAN $1.6 MILLION THIS PERIOD TO BRING NEW DIRECTION TO CALIFORNIA
More Than 3,600 Donors Help Raise Over $1 Million Online.
WASHINGTON – EPA is granting California´s waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards for new motor vehicles, beginning with the current model year.
Proven Democrat has Solid Fundraising Showing, Diverse Coalitions of Supporters.
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Ricky Le and Abbe Ross Named to Top Posts.
A champion for universal health care, higher education, and economic opportunity, Garamendi will stand up for working families in Washington, DC.
Sheriff Brooks Says Nava Has the Experience to be California Attorney General.
CSU Chancellor Reed & his administration have focused for years on their own perks, spent millions on labor consultants and done little to advocate for adequate CSU funding; now their incomplete CSU budget proposal would address less than half the projected shortfall, leaving a $300 million deficit with no plan to close it; tens of thousands of students are at risk of losing out on a college education.
Ten Cent Night, a sensational new play at the Victory Theatre Center in Burbank, hits all the right buttons. Funny and touching.
With this year´s unprecedented drop in state revenues, policymakers were forced to confront the problem of preserving programs and services that the public values – like affordable higher education and state parks – using the extremely limited resources at our disposal.
We recognize the need to reduce spending; however, we do not believe it is in the state´s best interests, either financially or morally, to eliminate entire programs.
Our real-world job – the one the public expects policymakers to do – is to find a way to balance the budget, ensure the state´s economic recovery and financial health, and preserve programs and services Californians care about.
An award-winning musical parody of "The Fellowship of the Ring" with extraordinary comic appeal; more than a spoof, more than a lampoon, it's a festival of fun!
An annual Roadster Exhbition & Swap Meet at the LA Fairplex, put on by the Los Angeles Roadster Club, and featuring show-quality pre-1937 roadsters.
Contra Costa roads will deteriorate, become unsafe if state steals $50 million in local gas tax, public employees union warns; Campaign to inform public starts on Saturday.
Youth activists sound the alarm on the impact of proposed budget cuts.
At approximately 12:48 PM today, officers from the Chula Vista Police Department responded to a report of a traffic collision near in the 200 block of Glover Ave.
Orange County - Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara) announced yesterday that he has been endorsed by Melahat Rafiei for California Attorney General.
"Pedro Nava is the most qualified person to serve as California´s next Attorney General.
Women Leaders from around U.S. to Meet in St.
Orange County Democratic Leader Endorses Nava for Attorney General.
(COSTA MESA) – The federal summer youth employment program provides a unique opportunity for young adults to gain valuable education and work experience.
SACRAMENTO – In July 2008, the California Supreme Court ruled that University of California (UC) employees who are retaliated against because they report wrongdoing cannot sue for damages under the state´s Whistleblower Protection Act, so long as the University itself reviews the complaints in a timely fashion.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA —Mayor Gavin Newsom today signed mandatory recycling
legislation requiring residential and commercial building owners to sign up
for recycling and composting services.
Mayor Newsom´s ordinance will require all residences and businesses in San Francisco to take advantage of the city´s recycling and composting collection programs.
SACRAMENTO: Senator Sam Aanestad (R-Grass Valley) and other Senate Republicans stood up for California taxpayers, by rejecting a budget proposal loaded with more than $2 billion in tax hikes.
SACRAMENTO – The Assembly Public Safety Committee approved legislation that would allow courts to seize any property, such as house or automobile, used in the commission of the crime.
Some 30 teachers from Los Angeles County and Orange County school districts will attend an institute focusing on the teaching of world history at the sixth-, seventh- and 10th-grade levels June 22-26 in the Karl Anatol Center at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB).
Co-sponsored by the UC Irvine History Project, the institute is part of the California History Social Science Project (CHSSP), a K-16 collaborative dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in history and social science education.
Lowrider Nationals Returns for 12th Year; Organizers Announce Scholarship Award.
LOS ANGELES — Thousands of Farmers agents, district managers and employees will conduct a one-day fundraiser for the March of Dimes in cities across America on July 22.
ANAHEIM, CA — The Shops at Anaheim GardenWalk, Orange County´s newest oasis of outdoor shopping, dining and entertainment is hosting OC´s Ugliest Dog Competition on Saturday, July 18 from 3-4 pm in the Gala Garden.
Oakland, CA - The Aphasia Center of California (ACC) is a twelve-year-old not-for-profit organization based in Oakland and recognized internationally as a model for services for those affected by aphasia.
LOS ANGELES – Screen Actors Guild has announced that longtime SAG members George Coe and Sumi Haru have been selected to receive the Hollywood Division´s prestigious Ralph Morgan Award.
Buckle up for high-flying excitement when the American Heroes Air Show returns to the Hansen Dam Sports Complex in the San Fernando Valley.
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The Center for Women's Leadership at Babson College creates, supports and disseminates best practices for women's entrepreneurial leadership through educational excellence, innovative professional development and outreach and research that
Several I-O psychologists from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology ( SIOP) are now available to the media to discuss the case, testing, testing law, what the decision means for employers, how to create valid tests, and
Newswise - Throughout the Ricci v. DeStefano case, great attention has been paid to the nature and v
Several I-O psychologists from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology ( SIOP) are now available to the media to discuss the case, testing, testing law, what the decision means for employers, how to create valid tests, and
The effort is intended to reaffirm the PRL editors' commitment to ensuring that readers learn about all the latest significant developments in physics research.
Based on the real-time pricing technology, the system will allow the University to purchase power at times of the day when demand is low and sell excess power back to the larger power grid.
PCAsso Diagnostics is developing a novel imaging technology, called Poly-Chromatic Angiography ( PCA), which was invented by Samir Tari, MD during his tenure in the Department of Ophthalmology at Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Tari
The program, called WaterSHED ( Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Enterprise Development), is a joint effort between UNC's Gillings School of Global Public Health, Kenan-Flagler Business School and the Kenan Institute-Asia.
Expert Biography- Barry L. Ritholtz, author, Bailout Nation, founder of " The Big Picture", and CEO and Director of Equity Research at Fusion IQ
Nobel Laureate Lee Hartwell to Retire as President and Director of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research C
Hartwell, who will turn 70 in October, says he informed the board's executive committee more than a year ago of his desire to retire and to begin the transition to new leadership.
Newswise- The economy has been in crisis for some time now, but Karen Videtic, chair of the Department of Fashion Design and Merchandising at Virginia Commonwealth University, says that clothing retailers are just adjusting now, and consume
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Jul. 2--SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge Thursday refused to temporarily block Proposition 8, moving forward with his plan to put the latest legal challenge over California's gay marriage ban on a fast track to a trial that is likely to produce the most thorough review to date of whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.
Jul. 2--A champion of small schools, a prominent voice in Latino legal circles and a former student body co-president at Stanford University is Santa Clara County's new chief legal adviser.
Jul. 1--Property values in Santa Clara County have actually managed to rise this year -- bucking, if barely, worst-case scenarios that predicted one of the largest drops since the Great Depression -- according to the final review of county tax rolls released Wednesday.
Jul. 1--Santa Clara County Sheriff's Lt. Jose Salcido, who had been mentioned as a candidate for sheriff next year, was appointed Wednesday as a senior policy adviser to San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed.
The Carson City Council approved a $67 million budget late Tuesday that ignored cost-cutting recommendations from a citizens oversight committee.
The Carson City Council approved a $67 million budget late Tuesday, but it ignored cost-cutting recommendations from a citizens oversight panel.
Jul. 1--OAKLAND -- Oakland's City Council relied on employee concessions, service cuts and fee increases Tuesday in voting to patch an $83 million general fund budget deficit.
Jun. 30--California needs the 5,000 manufacturing jobs Toyota's NUMMI plant brings to the state.
Jun. 30--OAKLAND -- Oakland's City Council is poised this evening to adopt a budget that could mean deep cuts to the Police Department, severe cutbacks in park maintenance, increases in meter rates and ticket fees for Oakland drivers, and much more.
Jun. 29--This year, the question of whether or not legal fireworks should be permitted on the Fourth of July again sparked considerable debate in some California cities, and on Monday the governor threw his own two cents into the flame.
WASHINGTON - Preparing for a possible showdown with Congress, the White House on Wednesday threatened to veto legislation authorizing a $680 billion military budget if it contains money for jet fighters the Pentagon doesn't want.
The Gardena City Council has approved a nearly $44 million general fund budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year.
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that calls for waiving the 25 percent cost-sharing requirement for port security grants, giving a financial boost to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
Jun. 28--The health of nearly 17,000 children in Santa Clara County is at stake today in Sacramento.
Jun. 28--If school boards grappling with 2009-10 budgets this month had to take tests in math or governance, they'd pass with flying colors.
Jun. 28--Alvarado ups the snark factor in supes race
Jun. 26--Gay rights organizations have thrown their support behind the latest legal challenge to Proposition 8, intervening in a federal-court case arguing that California's voter-approved gay marriage ban is unconstitutional.
Jun. 27--OAKLAND -- As the city has moved through its worst budget crisis in memory, City Council members have said they want to see Oakland police officers take the same 10 percent compensation reduction other employees are expected to take.
South Bay lawmaker Rod Wright is one of two state senators who have refused to take a 5 percent pay cut.
SAN FRANCISCO _ Gay rights organizations have thrown their support behind the latest legal challenge to Proposition 8, intervening in a federal court case arguing that California's voter-approved gay marriage ban is unconstitutional.
Jun. 25--Q I read about a Bay Area man who was sentenced to a year in jail and a year of house arrest for drunken driving.
Jun. 25--Alameda County has a balanced budget for next year -- at least for now.
Jun. 25--OAKLAND -- The school district passed a balanced, $602 million budget Thursday evening for the 2009-10 year that includes $417 million in general fund expenses and $8.4 million to be set aside as required by the state.
Jun. 25--By Katy Murphy
Torrance closed a $5.8 million deficit by upping dozens of fees and making money-saving organizational changes at a marathon meeting that ended early Wednesday morning.
While city and state officials struggle with massive shortfalls and planned cutbacks, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today was ready to approve a balanced $22.7 billion budget that does not call for employee layoffs or furloughs.
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Jul. 5--For about 80 years the festival that celebrates all things cherry was king in Traverse City.
Jul. 5--As familiar as I am with the subtle comedy stylings of Mel Brooks, the man who brought us "Blazing Saddles" and "Spaceballs," I'm still amazed at the sheer comic chutzpah of "The Producers."
Ice Age,' 'Transformers' share No.
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The expansion of the Academy Awards' best picture category from five films to 10 should ultimately prove fruitful to smaller films, a U.S. expert says.
PBS' "Masterpiece Mystery" series is devoting a good chunk of the summer months to new productions based on Agatha Christie's classic mysteries, under the umbrella title "Six by Agatha."
Jul. 5--BURGETTSTOWN -- There's a problem with going to the Vans Warped Tour.
Jul. 5--A deep chasm divides our country, and we're not talking red states and blue states.
Jul. 5--For Joan Shaffer and millions of others worldwide, something irresistible is found in dancing queens and super troupers, a friend named Fernando and a Waterloo surrender.
Gilcrease Museum, 1400 N. Gilcrease Museum Road, will open two exhibits on Saturday.
Jul. 5--SNOW CAMP -- Don't expect singing crustaceans or monkeys when the Snow Camp Outdoor Theatre puts it own spin on such Disney classics as "The Little Mermaid" and "The Jungle Book" later this week.
Jul. 5--Spoiler alert: As all the screwball antics of mistaken identities unwind at the end of Idaho Shakespeare Festival's "Comedy of Errors," there comes one sincere moment.
Jul. 5--Some animals hibernate in winter, but Pittsburgh's classical music scene, which is so vibrant most of the year, has nearly vanished once again this summer.
Jul. 5--"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XV" Grade B+: The latest DVD set of the always funny series includes blistering comic attacks on four bad movies: "The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy," "The Girl in Lovers Lane," "Zombie Nightmare" and "Racket Girls."
Jul. 5--Meaghan Martin is one good Nickelodeon appearance away from cornering the market on tweens.
Indian child actor Azharuddin Ismail says he likes his new home in Mumbai, but misses his friends from his former shantytown home.
Jul. 5--Before Edward Woodward was The Equalizer on U.S. TV, he was an action star in Great Britain in the series Callan.
U.S. actor Johnny Depp says he finds watching himself in movies such as his newest film, "Public Enemies," difficult.
Jul. 5--If Flight 3 from New York hadn't crashed in the Spring Mountains of Southern Nevada in the early evening of Friday, June 16, 1942, many more of us would know the name of Carole Lombard.
Three notable attendees at the Essence Musical Festival in New Orleans say the late singer Michael Jackson should be remembered for his musical accomplishments.
NEW HAVEN and its neighbors are in summer theater mode.
Jul. 5--Hollywood understands the financial appeal of making films in Michigan, but it's still learning about the state's potential as a backdrop.
The director of programming for Outfest says the Los Angeles festival of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender movies is broadening its boundaries.
Jul. 5--Editor's note: This is one story in a series previewing performers and others to be featured in the free National Folk Festival, which runs July 10-12 in Uptown Butte.
Jul. 5--Susan Leseman describes herself as a "fairly liberal, fun kind of girl."
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Stanford University psychologist Nicole Stephens and her colleagues decided to compare the views of outside observers with the perspectives of the New Orleans residents who actually rode out Katrina.
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HOW TO RESPOND DURING AND AFTER THE STORM Peter Bishop, UH associate professor of human development and consumer science, can discuss a strategic plan for evacuation and can explore the potential long-term economic and social repercussions