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High-speed rail contract lower than expected

Written on 7 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

A consortium of construction companies from Sylmar, Texas, and Pasadena has won a $985 million contract from the California High Speed Rail Authority to build the first leg of the state’s planned bullet train. (Sacramento Bee) Tutor Perini Corp. of... (Continue reading)

San Onofre nuclear power plant shutting down

Written on 7 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

The distressed San Onofre nuclear power plant is shutting down. Southern California Edison announced Friday it will retire the Unit 2 and Unit 3 reactors and lay off approximately 1,000 employees. San Onofre has not generated any electricity since January... (Continue reading)

Banks agree to $1.5 billion mortgage settlement

Written on 5 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

More than 200,000 Californians will each receive checks worth nearly $1,500 this month as part of a $1.5 billion national mortgage settlement, the state attorney general’s office said Tuesday. Homeowners who successfully filed claims saying they were victims of wrongful... (Continue reading)

Earthquake felt by county residents

Written on 29 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

An earthquake measuring 4.6 and centered offshore near Goleta shook residents as far north as Bradley early Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey has reported. The 7:38 a.m. tremor caused no apparent damage or injuries, officials said, and no tsunami threat... (Continue reading)

Boxer wants faulty nuclear power plant repairs investigated

Written on 29 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

California Senator Barbara Boxer is calling for a federal investigation into Southern California Edison’s past handling of the currently inactive San Onofre nuclear power plant after receiving information suggesting that utility executives misled the public and regulators about repair work.... (Continue reading)

Debate rages over California’s budget surplus

Written on 26 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

After years of battling over state budget deficits and spending cuts, California lawmakers are now arguing over how the state should deal with an unexpected surplus. [NewYorkTimes] The Legislature’s independent financial analyst estimates the surplus at about $4.4 billion while... (Continue reading)

UC medical workers strike over proposed pension cuts

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

University of California medical workers began a two-day strike early Tuesday morning at hospitals across the state to protest proposed reductions to their pension plans. [KPCC] The UC employees union, a chapter of the American Federation of State, County and... (Continue reading)

Drug testing for doctors proposed

Written on 20 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Proponents of mandated drug testing for California physicians plan to seek signatures this summer to qualify an initiative for the 2014 ballot. (San Jose Mercury News) The proposal is backed by Bob Pack, a former AOL and NetZero executive whose... (Continue reading)

Doctor sentenced to 14 Years for pushing bogus cancer cure

Written on 18 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A California doctor who sold a bogus cancer cure to dozens of victims across the country as part of a “treatment” program that prosecutors said was “despicable, cruel and heinous” and hastened the death of some patients was sentenced Friday... (Continue reading)

Lawyers say Brown defiant of prison order

Written on 16 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

Prison inmates’ lawyers have filed court papers requesting federal judges to find Gov. Jerry Brown and his tool corrections official in contempt of court for the way the pair has handled prison overcrowding in California. (San Jose Mercury News) According... (Continue reading)