By Sharon Noguchi, San Jose Mercury News SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised budget omits funding for Democrats’ top priority this year: expanding transitional kindergarten, the public school program to ready 4-year-olds for the rigors of elementary school. With rosy revenue projections, Brown would focus education dollars on repaying money the state borrowed from school […]
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By Sherrilyn Ifill, MSNBC May 17 marks the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the constitutional moment that compelled our country to reckon with its history and confront the unfulfilled promise of equality first articulated in our founding documents. Brown literally changed America. It was a mid-20th century […]
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By Charlie Brennan, Boulder Camera Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against one of three men charged in a February 2013 triple murder that claimed the life of three men, the Sonoma County district attorney announced. Investigators allege that Mark Cappello, 47, of Central City, Colo., was the triggerman in a marijuana deal gone awry. […]
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A Carson City man was arrested Friday morning in connection to a bank robbery in Kings Beach. Brent Muir, 55, allegedly walked into the Plumas Bank about 8:30am May 16 with a handgun and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspect fled in a tan 2008 Chevrolet Impala headed toward Sand Harbor, where […]
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By Henry C. Jackson, AP WASHINGTON — House and Senate negotiators on Thursday unveiled a compromise bill that authorizes billions of dollars for water projects over the next decade, from flood protections in California to deepening Georgia’s rapidly growing Port of Savannah. Lawmakers released details of the Water Resources Reform and Development act a week […]
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By Kathryn Reed If the number of people who showed up at a meeting this week about South Lake Tahoe’s plastic bag ban is an indication of it how it is working, it’s working well. Four members of the public attended the May 14 meeting to talk about what is working and what isn’t. Mayor […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee El Dorado County Supervisor Ray Nutting was found not guilty today on three felony charges of political malfeasance, but was convicted of six misdemeanors for improperly raising bail to free himself from jail. The charges stemmed from income Nutting received from a state fire safety program for clearing brush on […]
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By AP After months of warning that drought-stricken California is facing a potentially devastating wildfire season, officials are telling residents it’s time to get serious about clearing brush from backyards, creating evacuation plans and exercising caution with equipment that can throw sparks. CalFire declared fire season open in most of Northern California on Monday and […]
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After a scathing report came out about how employees in El Dorado County feel about their workplace, the Board of Supervisors unanimously voted May 13 to direct staff to implement a plan to turn things around. The survey revealed significant concerns regarding “bullying, harassment, and retaliation.” Customer service training is planned for county leadership and […]
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By Josh Richman, Jessica Calefati and Tracy Seipel, San Jose Mercury News SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown said today that his revised budget proposal is “good news for California,” paying down $11 billion in debt while for the first time setting the state “on a plan to fully fund our teachers’ pension system.” But saving […]
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