Wednesday, June 11, 2014 – 03:00 p.m.
We’ll preface this by saying it’s just a rumor. A pretty interesting rumor for that matter.
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Archive for June 11th, 2014
By Robin Respaut
Wed Jun 11, 2014 – 12:30pm EDT
(Reuters) – For the first time in six months, the state of California’s revenues in May fell short, by $389.1 million, or 5.5 percent, of Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed budget.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014 – 10:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 – 05:00 p.m.
The bad news just keeps piling up for bankrupt San Bernardino, and the surrounding area, these days. A city, and area, that has been the beneficiary of more than $ 1.026 Billion in government projects over the past several years.
That’s right. I did say billion!
The Navy veteran from Rancho Cucamonga garnered the most votes among seven candidates – many of them more well funded than him – in advancing to the general election in November in the 31st Congressional District.
Published: June 10, 2014 Updated: 10:56 p.m.
Six other candidates and the more than $2 million they raised stood in the way of Paul Chabot and a spot on the November ballot for an Inland congressional seat.
Nonetheless, the 40-year-old Navy veteran from Rancho Cucamonga won first place with almost 27 percent of the vote in the June 3 primary for the 31st Congressional District.
To read story by Jeff Horseman in the Press-Enterprise, click here.
David Smith, 26, of Covina, is the latest inmate to come forward alleging he was abused by deputies at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga.
By Joe Nelson, The Sun
Posted: 06/10/14, 8:21 PM PDT | Updated: 55 secs ago
A former inmate and chow server at West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga said he was subjected to five years of Taser gun abuse by at least a dozen deputies who stunned him more than 80 times.
By Jessica Calefati
jcalefati@bayareanewsgroup.com
Posted: 06/10/2014 06:51:33 PM PDT
Updated: 06/10/2014 08:04:40 PM PDT
SACRAMENTO — The knockdown, drag-out partisan fights, stretching on for months, are history. These days, state budget negotiations are downright cordial.
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Filed under: Budget, Courts, Education, Finance, In the News, Jerry Brown, Politics, State Assembly, State of California, State Senate, Transportation
By Josh Richman
Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 at 4:32 pm
Rep. Jeff Denham’s amendment to would cut off federal funding for California’s high-speed rail project was approved by the House on Tuesday.
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Filed under: Budget, Finance, In the News, Politics, Republicans, State of California, Transportation, U.S. House of Representatives
By Edvard Pettersson
Jun 10, 2014 9:01 PM PT
California’s two biggest teacher unions lost the first round in the broadest court challenge yet to state laws protecting teachers’ jobs, setting the stage for what could be a lengthy appeal.
By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, Jun. 10, 2014 – 10:40 pm
Last Modified: Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2014 – 8:13 am
A sociopolitical bomb exploded in a Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday when a judge declared that five key job protection laws for teachers are unconstitutional because they violate the rights of 6 million public school students to receive effective educations.
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Filed under: Courts, Education, In the News, Legal, State of California, State Superior Court, Unions
Shelly Sterling is expected to argue that her estranged husband Donald Sterling is not competent in matters regarding the sale of the Clippers.
James Rainey, Mike Bresnahan
June 10, 2014
The latest round in the contentious legal wrangling over ownership of the Clippers is scheduled for Wednesday morning, when Shelly Sterling’s attorneys plan to go to court to ask a judge to expedite a hearing validating her takeover of a family trust — an action she used to clear the way for her sale of the NBA franchise.
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Jun 10, 2014, 2:07pm PDT
Steven E.F. Brown
Web Editor- San Francisco Business Times
“Where is the growth in sales tax transactions?” asked California Controller John Chiang in his monthly report on the Golden State’s cash balance.
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California’s Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) is a top contender to replace Eric Cantor (R-Virginia)
By Robert Costa
June 11, 2014
Midnight had long since passed, but the lights were still on at the Capitol, where House Republicans were already planning — and tensely arguing about — how to move ahead amid the chaos of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s stunning primary loss.
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Filed under: Campaigns, Elections, In the News, Kevin McCarthy, Politics, Republicans, U.S. House of Representatives