By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times UC Riverside senior Matthew Emeterio was worried that he might be short of degree credits and have to delay graduation past next spring. But thanks to a soon-to-debut online program linking far-flung UC campuses, he expects to finish on time. Starting next month, the political science major will be […]
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By Jim Miller, Sacramento Bee State Sen. Ted Gaines is going home but leaving his 1st Senate District constituents behind, at least temporarily. Gaines, who represents Lake Tahoe, recently told recipients of his district’s email newsletter that he and his family are leaving Rocklin after deciding to “temporarily move back into our long-time home in […]
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By Kathryn Reed Olympic Valley – it might be California’s next town. More than enough signatures were gathered this month for Placer County’s Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) to have to look into the viability of making Olympic Valley a town. Twenty-five percent of the registered voters needed to sign the petitions; 30 percent did […]
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By Theresa Harrington, Contra Costa Times SACRAMENTO — California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson declared a fiscal state of emergency in K-12 education 3½ years ago. But much has changed since then. Now, Torlakson says, schools are in better financial shape and ready to take on the challenges of new education standards and computerized […]
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By Kathryn Reed Joe Hoffman isn’t letting the bitter, nasty campaign of 2012 stop him from running again for El Dorado County Superior Court judge. The 44-year-old is running to replace Judge Daniel Proud, who is retiring. The contentious battle of 2012 was against incumbent Curt Stracener. “I think this time will be different than […]
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By Peter Delevett, San Jose Mercury News Lots of folks believe California is ungovernable. Venture capitalist Tim Draper has a solution: Six Californias, including one called Silicon Valley. Draper, a maverick tech investor who once poured $20 million into a statewide school voucher initiative, on Monday laid out his case for a proposed ballot measure […]
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By Aarti Shahani, KQED-TV Taking selfies at funerals. Tagging pictures of teens drinking alcohol at parties. Kids (and adults for that matter) post a lot of silly stuff online — and although most of it is chatter, some of what might seem harmless leads to tragic consequences. But is it the job of schools to […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s OK to say Merry Christmas. It’s OK to say Happy Holidays. Do we really need to fight and be offended when someone is being nice? It’s more important to look at the intent of the words. Someone is wishing you a good day, a good season. If you are Christian or […]
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By Keith Kinnair, Daily Bee SANDPOINT, Idaho — A Sandpoint developer is suing the states of Idaho and California, and various public and private individuals for alleged constitutional rights violations. Daniel Jay Tonnemacher is seeking up to $2 million in damages, according to a lawsuit filed in Idaho’s U.S. District Court on Friday. Public records […]
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By Ken Carlson, Modesto Bee A much smaller percentage of California residents receive health insurance through an employer than was the case 25 years ago, a report said. Data compiled by the California Healthcare Foundation showed that 54 percent of residents received coverage through their jobs last year. That’s down from 63 percent in 1988. […]
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