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Yosemite rental ban reconsidered

Written on 15 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Plans to curtail commercial recreational vendors in Yosemite National Park, proposed as a possible solution to federal environmental mandates, are being reconsidered by parks officials after a huge public outcry. (San Jose Mercury News) Parks Director Jon Jarvis said his... (Continue reading)

Water bankers purchase Paso Robles’ Hardham Ranch

Written on 15 Jul, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 48 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN One of the nation’s most controversial and wealthiest farm operators has quietly acquired a sprawling 742-acre parcel of prime ranch and agricultural property adjacent to the southeast edge of the Paso Robles city limits — causing some... (Continue reading)

Homeland Security secretary named University of California president

Written on 13 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

Janet Napolitano, the U.S. secretary of Homeland Security and former governor of Arizona, has been selected as the next president of the University of California system. [LATimes] Napolitano’s appointment is the first time in its 145-year history the 10-campus system... (Continue reading)

Solar homes in state multiplying

Written on 12 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Home solar systems were installed by California homeowners at a record rate last year, with the equipment generating a total of 391 megawatts of electricity, according to data released by the government. (San Francisco Chronicle) A rebate program for solar... (Continue reading)

Men’s Colony inmates join statewide hunger strike

Written on 12 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Inmates at the California Men’s Colony have joined a statewide hunger strike over the treatment of prisoners, just as state officials are trying to convince the U.S. Supreme Court that prison conditions have improved. The California Department of Corrections and... (Continue reading)

CalPERS will reveal pensioners’ pay

Written on 9 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

In a few more days, California’s gargantuan public retirement system will be an open book — or database — when CalPERS unveils information on individual retirees’ pensions and benefits. (Sacramento Bee) Elements considered public information includes pensioners’ names; their monthly... (Continue reading)

Court orders Medicaid to reinstate dental care

Written on 5 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A federal appeals court on Friday invalidated a California law that eliminated coverage of some healthcare services for the poor including adult dental and optometry. [Reuters] A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court Appeals said the federal Medicaid program... (Continue reading)

California power grid survives heat wave

Written on 3 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

The California power grid made it through the first heat wave of 2013  minus the San Onofre nuclear plant and another reactor at the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant without much trouble. [Reuters] Diablo Canyon nuclear plant’s Unit 1 was shut... (Continue reading)

California gas tax hike takes effect

Written on 1 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

Californians will pay an extra 3.5 cents per gallon of gas beginning Monday. [Mercury News] The 3.5-cent gas tax increase gives California the highest gas tax in the nation at nearly 72 cents per gallon. Drivers who travel 15,000 miles... (Continue reading)

Supreme Court rejects petition to halt same-sex marriages in California

Written on 1 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

The Supreme Court rejected a petition Sunday from Proposition 8 backers to stop same-sex weddings in California. [Huffington Post] Justice Anthony Kennedy denied the petition, upholding a ruling by an appeals court to allow same-sex marriages to resume in California.... (Continue reading)