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CA Finance director pleads no contest to DUI charge
California state finance director Ana Matosantos pleaded no contest Tuesday to driving over the legal limit for alcohol last year in downtown Sacramento. Matosantos was sentenced by Sacramento Superior Court Judge James P. Arguelles to three years informal probation and...
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 8:46 pm
Cruz Bustamante weighing bid for Congress in Central Valley
Will former Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamane join the race for a competitive Central Valley congressional seat? Bustamante, who lives in Elk Grove but represented the Fresno area in the Assembly during the 1990s, told The Fresno Bee that he is...
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 5:48 pm
California State University faculty to vote on strike
In the midst of a contract fight, the statewide union representing California State University professors will vote this spring on whether to impose a "rolling" strike at all 23 campuses. The California Faculty Association, which represents 23,000 professors, counselors and...
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 4:58 pm
Obama campaign names seven Californians among co-chairs
President Barack Obama rolled out a list of national co-chairs for his re-election campaign that includes some familiar faces from both the political and entertainment worlds in the Golden State. Seven Californians made the list of 35 co-chairs,including state Attorney...
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 4:10 pm
Jerry Brown's tax supporters push back at Molly Munger
Supporters of the tax measure proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown have gone public with their internal polling in their ongoing effort to persuade the backers of competing proposals to ditch their plans. A memo on the poll, which was conducted...
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 3:04 pm
Sen. Sharon Runner announces she won't run for re-election
Republican Sen. Sharon Runner, who is awaiting a lung transplant for a rare autoimmune disease, announced today that she will not seek re-election in November. Runner has been absent from the upper house since January, when she disclosed that complications...
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 1:57 pm
Ban on sports drinks at CA middle and high schools proposed
Sugary sports drinks would be banned during the school day at middle and high school campuses under legislation proposed this month in the Assembly. Assembly Bill 1746 would restrict middle and high school sales of sports drinks - called "electrolyte...
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 1:38 pm
California's Barbara Boxer tied for 5th most liberal U.S. senator
California Democrat Barbara Boxer has long been considered one of the U.S. Senate's most liberal members, but according to the National Journal, she's in a five-way tie for being the 5th most liberal senator. The Journal's ranking, based on voting...
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 1:09 pm
AM Alert: Field Poll's latest numbers just in time for GOP debate
With tonight's Republican presidential debate just hours away, the Field Poll has the most recent details of how California's GOP voters view the four hopefuls still in the race. The bottom line: Rick Santorum isn't No. 1, as Real Clear...
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 9:00 am
Jerry Brown bound for Washington, will meet with Obama
Gov. Jerry Brown, who has rarely left the state since taking office last year, will travel to Washington this weekend to meet with President Barack Obama and governors at the National Governors Association's winter meeting. The Democratic governor is scheduled...
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 11:07 pm