Tuesday, October 25, 2011 – 10:00 a.m.
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Published: Monday, 24 Oct 2011 | 2:50 PM ET
By: Reuters
The total of U.S. state debt, including pension liabilities, could surpass $4 trillion, with California owing the most and Vermont owing the least, a new analysis says.
Home Prices in U.S. Cities Fall More Than Forecast
By Shobhana Chandra – Oct 25, 2011 7:02 AM PT
Home prices in 20 U.S. cities dropped more than forecast in August, highlighting one of the obstacles facing the economic recovery in its third year.
Mike Cruz, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/24/2011 06:24:03 PM PDT
Nearly a dozen search warrants and their affidavits served by investigators probing the Colonies Partners LP $102million settlement with San Bernardino County were ordered unsealed Monday for defense lawyers.
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Filed under: County of San Bernardino, Courts, In the News, Law Enforcement, Legal, State Superior Court
Mike Cruz and Joe Nelson, Staff Writers
Posted: 10/24/2011 02:55:29 PM PDT
A judge on Monday declined to bar more than 2,700 pages of Grand Jury transcripts in a criminal corruption probe from being used in a civil case involving San Bernardino County and three other public entities.
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Filed under: Cities, County of San Bernardino, Courts, In the News, Legal, Local Government, State of California, State Superior Court, Upland
BY IMRAN GHORI
STAFF WRITER
ighori@pe.com
Published: 24 October 2011 12:23 PM
A San Bernardino County Superior Court judge ruled Monday that he will not prevent about 2,700 pages of grand jury testimony in a corruption case from being used in a related civil case.
BY BRIAN ROKOS
STAFF WRITER
brokos@pe.com
Published: 24 October 2011 10:44 PM
A forum for candidates for San Bernardino city attorney and city clerk will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Home of Neighborly Service, 839 N. Mt. Vernon Ave., San Bernardino.
Riverside County officials are concerned about where to house low-risk inmates who are sentenced to county jails, rather than state prison, under a plan that took effect Oct. 1. County jails, including the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside, above, are already at capacity.
BY DUANE W. GANG
STAFF WRITER
dgang@pe.com
Published: 24 October 2011 08:12 PM
Jail space remains one of the most critical issues facing Riverside County as it begins supervising and housing low-level offenders, local officials said Monday.
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Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Created: 10/24/2011 06:56:37 PM PDT
San Bernardino County ranks third in the nation in its gang population, according to the FBI.
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Victorville, Hesperia leaders make fourth, fifth to announce for new seat
October 24, 2011 2:46 PM
Beau Yarbrough
Staff Writer
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A former mayor of Hesperia and a current member of the Victorville City Council are the fourth and fifth people to formally announce their candidacy for the newly created 8th District Congressional seat.
By Kevin Yamamura
kyamamura@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 1A
Last Modified: Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 – 8:00 am
In any California budget fight, there are winners and losers.
And then there are lawyers.
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Filed under: Budget, Courts, Economy, Finance, In the News, Jerry Brown, Legal, State of California, State Superior Court
The state has borrowed $11 billion from the federal government in recent years to pay jobless benefits, requiring hundreds of millions of dollars in interest payments to service its debt.
By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times
October 25, 2011
Reporting from Sacramento— California has borrowed $11 billion from the federal government in recent years to prop up its insolvent unemployment insurance fund. The loans kept benefits flowing to millions of laid-off workers, but now the bill is coming due.
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Dan Walters
Published: Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
California voters are certain – as certain as anything can be in the topsy-turvy world of politics – to pass judgment on a multibillion-dollar tax increase measure next year, but what kind of measure is very much up in the air.
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By Erik Wasson – 10/24/11 09:05 PM ET
Wall Street is growing nervous about the congressional supercommittee amid warnings from major banks that failure to reach a deal could lead to another downgrade of U.S. debt.
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Filed under: Budget, Business, Economy, Finance, In the News, Investments, Politics, U.S. Government, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate