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No needle now for Death Row club

Written on 4 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 35 comments

There will be no state-sanctioned executions in California until 2013 because of a federal judge’s decision Thursday. [San Francisco Chronicle]    Executions have been delayed since 2006 by court order as lawyers argue the issue of California’s lethal injection procedures.... (Continue reading)

State students’ scores stagnate

Written on 3 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 33 comments

California public school students lag far behind most of the nation, 2010 math and reading scores just released suggest. [SFGate] Only Mississippi and the District of Columbia turned in worse scores, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, better... (Continue reading)

High speed, high cost for rail system

Written on 1 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A double-digit hike in costs of California’s proposed high speed rail project will be revealed in a report today. [SacramentoBee] Estimates now top $98 billion for the plan, which would eventually move passengers through the Central Valley between Southern California... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo motel tied to British murder case

Written on 30 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

A British tabloid is reporting that U.S. marshals are investigating a link between San Luis Obispo and a sensational murder trial in England. [Daily Mail] Vincent Tabak, a 33-year-old Dutch architectual engineer, is accused of strangling to death Joanna Yeates,... (Continue reading)

Auditor finds sex offenders living in foster homes

Written on 29 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

The California State Auditor discovered more than 1,000 sex offenders have the same addresses as licensed foster homes, according to a report released Thursday by the state auditor. In July, the auditor asked Social Services to investigate the address matches.... (Continue reading)

Click! California Photo Festival, event photos

Written on 28 Oct, 2011 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

The second annual Click! California Photo Festival is the largest photography event on the Central Coast. More than 200 photography buffs attended the five-day event that included more than 170 classes, workshops, seminars, countywide photo shoots and networking events. If... (Continue reading)

Bullet train threatens Central Valley

Written on 24 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

The planners behind the controversial California bullet train seem to be complicating matters with their new route—right through historic Bakersfield High School, where rail opponent Cong. Kevin McCarthy just happens to have two children enrolled. [LATimes] The train’s proposed routes... (Continue reading)

Dream Act opponents readying battle

Written on 22 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 33 comments

Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature on the California Dream Act barely had time to dry before opponents of the new law started gathering voter’s autographs to overturn it. Earlier this month Brown inked a long-embattled law allowing illegal immigrants to get... (Continue reading)

Campaign donor secrecy bid rebuffed

Written on 21 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

An attempt to keep secret the identities of California political campaign donors was throttled Thursday by a federal judge. [SacramentoBee] Proponents of Prop 8, a voter-approved initiative to ban same-sex marriages, argued that they were harassed by political opponents, but... (Continue reading)

Illegal immigration targeted by trio

Written on 20 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 36 comments

Three conservative Republican activists are backing a two-pronged initiative proposal intended to stem illegal immigration in California. The proposal for Nov. 2012 would impose limits on financial assistance and Medi-Cal participation, and require the state’s law enforcement agencies to work... (Continue reading)