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FBI seeking California’s ‘Bad Beard Bandit’

Written on 18 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is searching for a man who has robbed five Northern California banks in the last month while wearing a fake beard. The “Bad Beard Bandit” is believed to have robbed banks in Ripon, Manteca, Tracy,... (Continue reading)

California’s gun laws toughest in the country, study finds

Written on 11 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

California has the toughest gun laws in the country, according to a study released by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. [LA Times] The two gun control advocacy organizations released their... (Continue reading)

California lawmakers to receive pay hike

Written on 30 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

California lawmakers are in line to receive a 5.3 percent raise on Monday. However, a dozen are refusing the pay hike in light of the down economy and the high number of unemployed Californians. [LATimes] A citizens’ panel approved the... (Continue reading)

California toying with toy gun ban

Written on 25 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

California lawmakers are planning to introduce a bill calling for a ban on certain replica guns. [SacramentoBee] In October, Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies shot and killed 13-year-old Andy Lopez, who was carrying a replica AK-47 in a Santa Rosa field.... (Continue reading)

Toxic substance department records point to inaction in chemical cases

Written on 21 Nov, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 19 comments

By KAREN VELIE Almost two years ago, a San Luis Obispo city employee ordered others to dump chemicals and paints at a city facility. The state’s Department of Toxic Substance Control began an investigation and told witnesses that criminal cases... (Continue reading)

California’s $2.4 billion surplus

Written on 21 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

California’s financial situation has improved and advisors are projecting a $2.4 billion surplus at the end of the fiscal year in June 2014, according to the Legislature’s budget advisors. [LATimes] Gains from the economic recovery and stock market could provide... (Continue reading)

Big ag’s $50 million Obamacare contract

Written on 20 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

Western Growers Association, a group staunchly opposed to the Affordable Care Act, won a $50 million contract to manage Obamacare in California. [Calbuzz] Pinnacle Claims Management Inc., a subsidiary of Western Growers Service Corps, won the lucrative three-year contract earlier... (Continue reading)

Drone crashes into Navy ship off California coast

Written on 18 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

An American drone crashed into a Navy ship off the coast of Southern California Saturday afternoon, injuring two sailors. [RT] The $4 million Reaper drone veered out of control during an operation testing the USS Chancellorsville’s combat weapons system. Navy... (Continue reading)

It’s a fee: California cap and trade passes legal challenge

Written on 15 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

California’s one-year-old system of auctioning off the right to emit carbon survived a pair of legal challenges this week. [SacramentoBee] Sacramento Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley rejected lawsuits filed over California’s cap and trade law, AB 32, by the California... (Continue reading)

California GOP not attracting minorities, young voters

Written on 12 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

Despite suffering a supermajority defeat in the legislature in 2012 and losing control of the governorship two years prior, the worst years may have yet to come the California Republican Party. [LA Times] A newly released USC/Los Angeles Times poll... (Continue reading)