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Squabble over school newspaper ad content
First Amendment Fight (AP photo) ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) – A First Amendment squabble is brewing in California over high school newspaper and yearbook advertising content. The Sacramento Bee says the...
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Loose gorilla alert? Electronic road sign hacked
LOOMIS, Calif. (AP) – A prankster is changing the message on an electronic traffic warning sign in Northern California. The sign is supposed to tell people that a road in the Placer County city of...
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Volunteers toughen up bobcat kitten who’s too nice
PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California animal rescue group is trying to help an orphaned bobcat kitten with a problem: She’s too nice. The Sacramento Bee says the kitten was only a few weeks...
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Alcohol sales enforcers get heavy-duty protection
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A newspaper investigation has found the state agency that regulates alcohol sales has purchased more than $70,000 worth of bullet-resistant helmets and gas masks for its...
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Former Calif. prosecutor facing ethics charges
WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) — A former Northern California prosecutor is facing ethics charges over statements his campaign made about a rival for superior court judge. California State Bar attorneys filed...
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Sacramento County discovers 407 uncounted ballots
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento County election officials have found 407 ballots that were cast in the Nov. 6 election but never counted. Registrar Jill LaVine said Thursday a warehouse worker...
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CA farms face labor shortage as farmworkers age
SELMA, Calif. (AP) — California’s $44 billion agricultural industry faces a worsening labor shortage as farmworkers age and fewer migrants from Mexico come to replace them. The Sacramento Bee reports...
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Report: state lawmakers skirt contribution limits
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A report finds California lawmakers are circumventing campaign finance limits through “ballot measure” committees that set no caps on the amount donors can contribute. The...
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California sees steep fall in teacher pink slips
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California teachers are seeing a steep drop in pink slips, thanks to the strengthening economy and new revenue from voter-approved taxes. The California Teachers Association...
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Brown sees tough path for environmental law reform
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown says he sees little support in the Legislature for overhauling California’s landmark environmental protection law, a comment that surprised the leader of...
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Sacramento Bee reports retirees in some state jobs
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Data reviewed by The Sacramento Bee shows that more than two dozen departments are still using retired executives to fill some of the highest-paying positions in state...
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Agency failed to collect millions in cleanup fees
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Polluters liable for $100 million in cleanup fees for contaminated properties were never billed, and instead California taxpayers were stuck with the tab. The Sacramento Bee...
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California state workers approve union pact
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Members of California’s largest public employee union have overwhelmingly approved a three-year contract with Gov. Jerry Brown. The Sacramento Bee reports SEIU Local 1000...
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Protesters of Zimmerman acquittal march in Calif.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Protesters angered by the acquittal of George Zimmerman held largely peaceful demonstrations in three California cities, but broke windows and started small street fires Oakland,...
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Calif. bill would allow voting on Saturdays
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California lawmaker wants to help boost election turnout by giving voters the chance to cast ballots on Saturdays. Legislation by state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco,...
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Enviros not happy with California carbon offsets
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A component of California’s landmark offensive against greenhouse gas emissions is not sitting well with some environmental groups. Under the measure, companies would be able...
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Report: pension payouts doubled after benefit bump
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s biggest public pension system saw retirement payouts for new retirees double between 1999 and 2012 as higher pensions established years ago started taking...
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Attempted murder conviction in K-9 shooting
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A jury has returned an attempted murder conviction for a woman whose boyfriend shot and seriously wounded a Sacramento police dog before firing on the K-9′s human partner....
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Tourists visit home of California serial killer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former boardinghouse run by a California woman convicted of killing her elderly tenants and burying them in the backyard has become a tourist destination. The rented...
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Backlogged Calif unemployment checks to flow again
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s labor secretary has ordered the state’s Employment Development Department to immediately begin distributing unemployment checks that have been delayed because of...
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