The Governor: Gov. makes it official: he's running for re-election + See Arnold Run: The Sequel + Gov. in San Diego Friday + Gov. wants more than $90 million to protect Calif. levees + Timing of Gov.'s Bid a Sign of Deep Woes + Please Don't Leave Me, Arnold! + Gov.Names Acting Lottery Director Melissa Meith + Gov. Signs Bans on School Junk Food + Gov. Convenes Action Summit on Health, Nutrition and Obesity + Minimum Wage Earners Frustrated in Attempt to Change Governor's Mind + Gov. to put his money down (SBee) Gov. , who's received a rash of criticism for trying to raise the $50 million he says he needs for his special election campaign, will soon contribute several million dollars of his own money to the cause + Props 78,79: Drug Makers Worried, Voters Confused + CalSTRS nominees selected Gov. on Thursday tapped a veteran school trustee and a Southern California businesswoman to round out the short-handed state teachers' retirement board
Dan Walters: Eminent domain bills are stalled - except one for casino tribe (SBee) The only eminent domain-related bill to reach Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's desk was a measure that allows the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians, which operates the Cache Creek Casino in Yolo County, to join a joint powers consortium with local governments and the University of California to manage the 17,300-acre Conaway Ranch.
Sen. Dunn to Run for State Controller
Angelides Denounces Bid to Buy PacifiCare
CalEPA unveils high-tech mobile terror threat lab
State has 10th W. Nile death (SBee) An 81-year-old woman from southeast Tulare County has become the 10th California resident to succumb to the West Nile virus, county health officials announced Thursday
Water Agencies Association pushes 12-step plan to keep state wet into future
Tests find high mercury levels in some store-bought fish
Indian tribes: Frenso: Proposed casino causes controversy + 3 could face banishment by fledgling Viejas court + OP/ED: Amah Mutsun of Mission San Juan Bautista Tribe Recognition Process ‘Open and Fair to All Parties’ + Barstow survey shows casino support + Dan Walters: Eminent domain bills are stalled - except one for casino tribe + Man shot outside casino
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California inmates living in "sensitive-needs" yards to avoid gang life
New York judge dismisses lawsuit filed by California, seven other states alleging five utilities' emissions are public nuisance
Calif. sex offender killed by alleged victim in Idaho
Sacramento & north: Sacramento: Victim's father testifies as retrial in slaying starts (SBee) Han Hyo Chung sat in the witness stand Thursday, blinking. A few yards away sat Mikhael Vlasov, the young man accused of killing Chung's daughter Cindy + Sex-assault suspect arrested (SBee) A 17-year-old girl was sexually assaulted Tuesday by a counselor at the Orangevale group home where she lived, according to authorities + Mother describes horror of seeing son shot dead (SBee) After a brief chase on Highway 50, the tension in the Honda Accord heightened as a white truck pulled alongside + Suspect arrested in Davis robbery spree (SBee) A Davis man suspected in a rash of violent robberies in the northern part of the city was arrested Wednesday after an anonymous person tipped off officers + 'Bag Lady' bank robber facing prison (SBee) Auburn: A San Jose woman nicknamed the "Bag Lady" by authorities faces a four-year prison sentence after pleading no contest Thursday to three bank robberies in Roseville and Rocklin + 'Overpayment' scam stings Chico woman + Butte's Most Wanted + Home burglaries plaguing Orland + Oroville has its second shooting in a week's time + Chico racial killer from 1979 has request for parole denied again
San Francisco, San Mateo: Suspect opens fire in bar, kills patron (SFC) A man with a gun entered the Geneva Pub in San Francisco just before closing time this morning, walked up to a patron and shot him dead + Coroner says 2 teens in freezer strangled (SFC) Two teenage girls found stacked in an outdoor freezer at their San Mateo home last month were strangled and smothered + New warrants for abuse suspects (SFEx) The District Attorney's Office on Thursday issued $1 million warrants for the arrest of Albert and Sandie Kong, who failed to appear in court for the second time this month on elder abuse and criminal neglect charges
Alameda: Quadruple West Oakland Shooting Claims One Life + Trail of stolen laptop winds through Web. Computer had data for UC Berkeley students, alumni (SFC) "There's nothing in the Police Department investigation that points to any type of identity theft or credit card theft."
Santa Clara: Santa Clara deputy shoots machete-wielding man + Five accused of Medicare fraud linked to Milpitas clinic (SJM) A federal grand jury Thursday indicted five Southern California health care providers on charges of fraudulently billing Medicare more than $1.1 million for medical tests and exams that were not performed by physicians or certified technologists -- or in some cases not performed at all + Man killed by cop had rod, not knife (SJM) The man who was shot dead by a police officer at a Campbell motel Sept. 7 was not wielding a knife, but a sharpening steel rod, an investigation has revealed
Contra Costa: Teen describes alleged gang killing (CCT) The day before Joey On turned 15, he saw a Latino man walk by bragging about his gang. On and his friends, who were members of a mostly Asian gang, decided they had to beat him up + Police called on to patrol POSCO (CCT) Police plan to patrol the parking lots, rest areas, offices and other parts of the USS-POSCO plant to help management investigate allegations of drug dealing and other substance abuse.
Marin: Burglary evidence in Novato case tossed (MIJ) Hundreds of suspected stolen goods can't be used as evidence in a burglary trial because a search warrant failed to include five key words, a judge ruled yesterday + DA challenges murder retrial (MIJ) The Marin County District Attorney's Office has asked for a delay in the retrial of a San Francisco man convicted in a 1997 murder, saying it plans to appeal an August ruling ordering a new trial
Sonoma: SR man arrested in fatal crash (SRPD) A 21-year-old Santa Rosa man suspected of causing a fatal accident while street racing was arrested Thursday + Diocese settles last suit on abuse (SRPD) Santa Rosa's Roman Catholic Diocese announced Thursday the settlement of the last sexual abuse lawsuit filed against it, agreeing to pay $750,000 to a man who said he was abused by a former Rohnert Park priest
Napa: Bronco's back in court + Con artist goes to jail for scams on vet, Vasser
Solano: English e-mail causes confusion + Police identify three suspects in beating of homeless man
Monterey: Inmate slashed with razor + Deputies find massive pot operation
Central Valley: Lodi's former environmental attorney sues city for $7 million + Murder case is back in court (MBee) A Stanislaus County Superior Court judge arraigned convicted murderer Arthur Sanchez on Thursday, more than a year after former District Attorney James Brazelton filed charges against him, seeking the death penalty
Southern California: Los Angeles: Orangewood Children's Foundation Suspects a $900,000 Theft + Man Who Took Topless Photos of Diaz Sentenced + Actor Sizemore Given a Reprieve -- Rehab Instead of Prison + Restaurant Owner Is Deported to Eritrea + Gambling Bust Could Cost Senior Center Its Last Home + San Bernardino: Kidnap victim reveals information about ordeal + Doctor testifies nurses conspired against him + San Diego County: Charges dismissed against CSUSM student + Chased truck crashes into duplex, forces evacuations + Sheriff's dispatch system shut down by computer failure + Traffic stop yields 21 pounds of marijuana + Man shot after answering knock at door by 'shoe salesman' + Man shot, wounded in Lincoln Park + Man arrested in connection with Lakeside shooting + Killer's family testifies in penalty phase in murder of 6-yr-old girl + La Mesa: Gunmen fire shots at car; teen dies
LOCAL NEWS: Giant condor release set for Pinnacles
Sacramento & north: Culture in motion (SBee) Key is a bill pending before Congress by Sen. Daniel Akaka, a Democrat from the island state. Its outcome will affect about 60,000 Native Hawaiians living in California - nearly 4,000 of them in the Sacramento region - as well as the nearly 240,000 still living in the islands. The Akaka bill would create a new government of and by Native Hawaiians - people who trace their lineage to ancestors living in the islands at the time of Capt. James Cook's arrival in 1778 + County is socking it away for future (SBee) Anticipating tough years ahead, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors approved a final budget Thursday night that puts most of roughly $50 million in undesignated funds into reserve + Paradise: Ridge recreation board considers horse arena lease + Tehama deputies file ballot measure + West Nile cases jumping in Glenn County + Editorial: Grow but beware (SBee) Normally city councils are the final say about development. In the fast-growing Natomas basin surrounding Arco Arena, the decisions tend to fall to a level-headed federal judge named David F. Levi + Wal-Mart thinking big in Elk Grove (SBee) Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to open a 247,724-square-foot Supercenter at Sheldon and Power Inn roads in Elk Grove + Seniors anxious as diocese sells park (SBee) Uncertainty, fear and anger prevailed Thursday as the 1,000 senior residents of the Lakeview Village Mobile Home Park in Citrus Heights learned that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento will sell the park to an investment group for more than $45 million + R.E. Graswich: Port commissioners look at replacing police with security guards (SBee) "(Replacing the police) puts everyone at greater risk by lowering our defenses and making us more vulnerable to terrorist attacks" + SMUD board votes to ratify Yolo annexation (SBee) Sacramento Municipal Utility District directors reaffirmed an effort Thursday to annex portions of Yolo County, including an expanded area sharply contested by Pacific Gas and Electric + Board rejects conversion of house into a church (SBee) Siding with residents who said a residential neighborhood is no place for a church, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors has rejected an application by the tiny Southside Missionary Baptist Church to convert a home in the Franklin community south of Elk Grove into a small sanctuary + Metro Fire board OKs record budget (SBee) Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District board members on Wednesday approved a record $143 million budget, reflecting increased emergency service demands and boosts in property tax revenue.
San Francisco, San Mateo: Brown-out impact on Capp Street fire questioned + Union offers funds to keep SF Hospital pickets going + SF: Old piers getting dressed up for new era on the waterfront. Shops, restaurants where riverboats reigned long ago Behind a construction curtain made of black mesh, just north of the Ferry Building, another piece of old San Francisco is being turned into part of the new San Francisco + SF fire (SFC) A middle-of-the-night fire in a San Francisco apartment house killed three people early Thursday and injured 11, some of them residents who had to leap out of windows for their lives + SFSchism widens in island funding (SFC) Mayor Gavin Newsom's spokesman refused to say Thursday whether the mayor still supports Treasure Island chief Tony Hall, amid allegations of financial irregularities involving island funds + Costs of ‘baby' public power plan debated (SFEx) San Francisco's move toward greater choice in buying electricity, sometimes referred to as "baby" public power, began a new chapter on Thursday with a public discussion about who would pay for the changeover and what steps have to happen to make it a reality + County tries to lure biotech workers (SFEx) Movers and shakers in San Mateo County's colleges, government and biotech companies will greet the dawn today with a brisk discussion on how to fill the biotech industry's need for workers — and how to keep those jobs local
Alameda: Pot club counts police HQ among new neighbors (OakTrib) In a month's time, the once-thriving Oaksterdam district has lost all but one of its medical marijuana outlets, and the number of permitted pot clubs citywide has dwindled to two. California Advocate Relief Exchange has taken root at Seventh Street and Broadway + Port staked $2.5 million for security (OakTrib) But as has been the case since the Port Security Grant Program began in 2002, Oakland received less than half of what it needs for security-related projects + Pregnant Oakland Woman Dies In Crash, Baby Lives + Women Can Obtain Support For Political Careers + EBRPD Adding 106 Acres + Livermore Chamber Hears the Two Sides of Measure D + Council Likes the Way Dispute Was Settled + LVPAC Board Responds to Questions + New Plan Gains Neighbors Support + Valley Reaches Out to Hurricane Victims + Historic Flagpole Rededicated + Conferees Asked to Restore NIF Funds + Pleasanton Okays New Downtown Parking Fee + Pleasanton Hopes to Have Fireworks Show Back + Builder, district agree to settle (Tri-Valley) The long fight over who is to blame for the delays in opening the Robert Livermore Community Center ended this week with a settlement between the contractor and authorities + Group aims to revamp Lathrop (Tri-Valley) The citys planning commission was presented with a plan to revitalize the citys east side by a committee hoping to preserve an historic district on Wednesday
Santa Clara: Review of S.J. city manager sought + Gas Line Rupture; Shelter In Place Ordered In Los Gatos + Films look at lynching (SJM) San Jose's darkest hour -- the 1933 lynching of two kidnapping suspects in St. James Park -- has sparked sudden interest in Hollywood + BART to San Jose delay pushed (SJM) A tax plan being pushed by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group that would delay the opening of BART by three years, possibly speed up Caltrain service and fund pothole repair in Santa Clara County is gaining favor with valley transit leaders + Rallies denounce civilian border patrol (SJM) Anticipating the arrival next month of citizen militias at California's border with Mexico, immigrants joined with religious, labor and community leaders Thursday in vigils and rallies in San Jose and Oakland, to denounce the growing number of armed volunteers conducting patrols + Valley ranks last in quality of life among major U.S. high-tech regions (SJM) The pitches land on John Ambroseo's desk every two weeks. They come from all corners of the globe, sent by officials who promise that their region suffers none of the social ills plaguing Silicon Valley
Contra Costa: Firefighters escape as Martinez home collapses + Pittsburg to add affordable homes (CCT) A lawsuit settlement reached between housing advocates and city officials could create nearly 1,000 affordable homes for lower income residents in the next 10 years
Marin: Group threatens suit over pace of sewer repair in Ross Valley (MIJ) A Marin environmental group is threatening to sue the Ross Valley Sanitary District for not doing enough to prevent raw sewage from escaping its collection system and polluting creeks, surrounding areas and the San Francisco Bay + West Nile found in 5 more birds in Marin (MIJ) District officials said they were checking all known mosquito breeding sites and setting adult mosquito traps in the areas where the birds were found.
Sonoma: Woman killed in Santa Rosa ambulance crash identified + North Bay puts lid on trash vote (SRPD) Now that North Bay Corp. has abandoned its attempt to overturn the city's new garbage contract through a referendum, some city officials are relieved
Napa: Couple cycles through valley on their way to the alter + Thompson offers plan to reduce gas prices
Solano: Cleanup continues at sunken barge site in Vallejo + Barge sinks in M.I. strait + Classroom sizes dominates Benicia schools meeting + Candidates decry lack of interest + Vallejo gas slowly creeping downward + Local News Briefs + State schools leader to visit Hogan High
Monterey: Navy fliers hold reunion in Monterey + Sheriff's staff inspections to cost $15,000 in overtime + Pacific Rep performance to aid Red Cross + Catching bats for study half the battle + Your town
Central Valley: Frenso: Proposed casino causes controversy + Tenth California death from West Nile + Woman Arrested For Stalking Madera Man + Firefighters Battle Wildfires Near Millerton Lake + Lawsuit Filed Over North Fresno Library + County Planning Commission approves large new winery north of Lodi + Lodi Unified looks at Measure K bond -- and beyond + SFPUC's plans for water system matter in valley (MBee) The big picture of San Francisco's plans for seismic improvements to its Hetch Hetchy water system is coming into focus. And it's not exactly what we expected to see + Fire agencies submit draft plan for joint cooperation in county (MBee) Stanislaus County fire officials are close to finalizing an agreement they said would make their agencies countywide more efficient and better able to serve and protect the community + Valley nears the standard for air quality (MBee) San Joaquin Valley's horizon of dust, smoke and chemical specks may have cleared up enough to qualify as clean air under one federal health standard, an unprecedented event in this region
Central Coast: Pot shop lights up the town: Medical users get Santa Cruz outlet (SCS) Boulder Creek resident Lisa Molyneux secured the necessary permits from the city to open Greenway Compassionate Relief Inc. on DuBois Street, a plan that was unanimously approved by the City Council + Annexation squabble between Watsonville City Council, Supervisor Ellen Pirie intensifies (SCS) City Council and county Supervisor Ellen Pirie over how much the Buena Vista area should grow. The city is proposing 2,200 new homes; Pirie wants far fewer + Watsonville mayor hops into race for Assembly (SCS) Watsonville Mayor Ana Ventura Phares ventured deep into a potential rival’s stronghold Thursday to formally announce her candidacy for state office + State mediator called in to broker deal between county, union (SCS) A state mediator will be here today in an effort to broker a labor agreement between the county and the union that represents 1,800 of its workers + News briefs from California's Central Coast
Southern California: Los Angeles: Mayor Will Kick Off Latino Heritage Month + Error in Paperwork Led to Massive L.A. Power Outage + Ex-official denies LA Unified's allegations that he secretly ordered $4 million in materials he wrote, making $930,000 in royalties + Panel OKs $300,000 for Katrina Evacuees + A Radical Shift in Tone for L.A. Harbor Panel + Mayor Studying L.A.'s Ability to Handle Disasters + Evacuees Criticize Dream Center + Patient Hangs Herself at State Hospital in Norwalk + L.A. Area Chamber President Resigning + Mayor, family to live in Getty House + L.A. complex blueprint: Times Square of the West + 5 indicted for health care fraud Orange County: Mexican Independence Day Gala Goes On and On in Santa Ana + Newport Boat Shows Settle Their Differences Ventura: Bikers, Walkers Driven to Unseat Motorists + Riverside: Riverside County Sheriff Presses for New Jail + Palm Springs: Merchants warned: New plan for block + Man shot outside Cabazon casino + San Bernardino: Delay leaves GT antenna issue up in the air + Redlands to consider regulating group homes for parolees + San Diego County: Caltrans says it needs private properties to expand I-5 + Encinitas offers $50K in grants to community groups + Sewer cover-up alleged by Aguirre + For S.D., federal measure of poverty 'a joke' + Regional emergency disaster plan is updated + San Diego to get $6.5 million in new formula for anti-terror port grants + Del Mar debates public right-of-way ownership + Escondido school boards discuss unification study + Oceanside: NCTD board rejects plan for quiet train crossings + Escondido: Mall gets OK from council to add two restaurants + Escondido: 450,000 settlement over water quality OK'd + Higher estimate halts OK of Escondido train facility + Downtown redevelopment list expands in Escondido
School days: School Is Still Out at L.A. Charter Campus Renaissance Academy + Ex-official denies LA Unified's allegations that he secretly ordered $4 million in materials he wrote, making $930,000 in royalties + Why School Schedules Require an Advanced Degree + LAUSD's auditor says fraud slips by too small staff + Relevance of elite universities appears to be on the decline + Other Christian school leaders: No problems with UC
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