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June 5, 2013
FBI Probes Ron Calderon, One of California's Worst Legislators
Update: Top Sacramento officials deny earlier official reports that the FBI took files from the Latino Caucus offices. See at bottom. First posted at 11:53 a.m. The FBI is investigating California state Sen. Ron Calderon, a Los Angeles-area legislator exposed by L.A. Weekly for putting his own nam ... More >>
News
February 14, 2013
Slate Mailer Sleaze in L.A.
Political party “endorsements” jamming your mailbox are often phony
Blogs
September 13, 2012
Death Valley Now Officially Hotter Than Libya, Former Record-Holder for Hottest Place on Earth
Southern California is giving the Middle East a run for its money this week, in the arena of hottest sociopolitical scandal: In case you missed it, a group of L.A.-area filmmakers and apparent anti-Muslim zealots have singlehandedly thrown international relations into a state of upheaval. And now, ... More >>
Blogs
August 30, 2012
10 Stupidest California Bills That Legislators Are Trying to Slam Through at Final Hour
The last possible moment for California's bumbling state senators and assemblymen to nudge their pet bills onto Governor Jerry Brown's desk is this Friday, August 31 at midnight. Needless to say, the state Capitol is in a state of fluttering papers/utter mayhem right now. It's hard enough to know ... More >>
Blogs
August 22, 2012
The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories
What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of your content comes ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2012
Marijuana Bill to Protect California Dispensaries From City Bans Dies
2012 was supposed to be a big year for marijuana decriminalization advocates. After the near-passage of 2010's full-legalization effort in California, there was resolve to return to the ballot this November. But all proponents could really muster was a bill by Bay Area Assemblyman Tom Ammiano that ... More >>
Blogs
April 11, 2012
The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Food Newspaper Stories
You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2012
The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Food Newspaper Stories
You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2012
The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories
What's the country reading today, foodwise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections midweek. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of your content comes ... More >>
Blogs
January 5, 2012
The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories
Flickr/dubh What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of ... More >>
Blogs
November 10, 2011
Judge Michael Nash: I'm Opening the Secret Courts in Los Angeles so Child Dependency Screwups Get Sunshine and Fewer Kids Die
God Bless Our Lost AngelsLance Helms, almost forgotten. But not by Judge Michael Nash.Presiding Judge Michael Nash in L.A. County Dependency Court has seen horrific child sexual predators who rape their toddlers and sickos who starve their foster children -- and social workers and judges who ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2011
Marijuana Dispensaries Could See Tighter Restrictions, Licensing Under Calif. Ballot Initiative Proposed by Pot Advocates
The California initiative process is your bud.If you look at the marijuana dispensaries around L.A., you might conclude that the pot-shop game is a far cry from the laws voters approved in order to allow the "seriously ill" to share homegrown, nonprofit weed. It has become, even by some of m ... More >>
Blogs
March 24, 2011
Jerry Brown's 2011 Budget Fix Falters as Voters Abandon His Tax Hike; Arnold Schwarzenegger Had it Easier
Governor Jerry Brown needs some Arnold applauseJerry Brown's budget is in trouble with legislators, a new poll shows voters turning sour on it, and he may have to delay placing it on the ballot until November -- essentially allowing the California government to continue overspending by millio ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2011
California Supreme Court Delays Prop. 8 Hearing Until Fall; 2011 Complete Wash for Gay Marriage
Hope y'all like stale wedding cakeOne small step toward repealing Prop. 8 was taken today -- but it's safe to say the California State Supreme Court announcement was no great step for mankind. Basically, the court just set a date for hearing whether or not a website, Protectmarriage.com, can ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2011
At Last: 'Parent Trigger' Troop Files Lawsuit Against Compton Unified School District
PHOTO BY TED SOQUIThings just got real in ComptonUpdated after the jump: Judge grants parents a restraining order against the Compton school district! Right after two big NorCal and SoCal newspapers released battling editorials on California's extreme "Parent Trigger" law -- the LA Times say ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2011
Governor Jerry Brown Gives California Mayors (Including Villaraigosa) Stern Talking-to Over Sneaky Redevelopment Agencies
daylife.comThe L.A. Mayor and Governor BrownCalifornia's redevelopment agencies (RDAs) are becoming the total superstars of the budget crisis. Sure, higher education is getting totally screwed and Medi-Cal is all but lost to the wind in Governor Jerry Brown's stingy fiscal proposal, but his ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2011
Now That's Irony: Jerry Brown Lives in a Sacramento Loft Built on Redevelopment Funds
Google MapsFit for a budget-cutter Do as Jerry say, not as Jerry do. That's the message the California governor is sending to the state's fat-cat redevelopment agencies, which get the ax in his 2011 budget proposal, and the frantic city leaders who back them: I'ma cut you, but not before I g ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2011
Arnold Schwarzenegger, State Prisons Sued Over Sentence Reduction for Esteban Nunez, Son of Fabian Nunez
Esteban Nunez.Did the Governator violate California's own rules when he reduced the prison sentence of Esteban Nunez, son of pal Fabian Nunez? A lawsuit filed this week claims he did. Baby Nunez was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in prison for his involvement in the 2008 ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2010
Tim Donnelly, Tea Party Republican, Introduces Arizona-Style Immigration Law
Photo by Kevin ScanlonTim DonnellyMaking good on a campaign promise, Assemblyman Tim Donnelly introduced an Arizona-style immigration law in the California Legislature yesterday.Donnelly's bill would make it a crime to shelter an illegal immigrant, require employers to use E-Verify, and make it a ... More >>
Blogs
November 12, 2010
Journos Dan Walters, Dan Morain Have Dueling Takes On 'LA Weekly's' Story About Felipe Fuentes -- 'Worst Legislator In California'
Felipe Fuentes: The worst or just the norm?There's a small debate brewing in media circles about whether LA Weekly's story this week on "The Worst Legislator in California" -- San Fernando Valley Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes -- constitutes true news. The story is based on a San Jose Mercury Ne ... More >>
Blogs
November 11, 2010
The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories
SapphireBlue22stack of newspapersWhat's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free ... More >>
News
November 4, 2010
Welcome Home, Jerry Brown
But really, what were you thinking? This state is a mess
Blogs
October 25, 2010
Proposition 25: Are California Democrats Setting Themselves Up For Failure By Pushing To End 2/3 Budget-Vote Threshold?
By Hillel Aron Sacramento Democrats could be trapped in a cage of their own design.Proposition 25 would allow the California state legislature in Sacramento to pass the budget with a simple majority vote, as opposed to the 2/3 supermajority they now need. It would also withhold the legislat ... More >>
Blogs
October 21, 2010
Propositions 20 And 27: California Newspapers Unanimously Back 20 (Except One) And Unanimously Pillory The Egregious 27
By Hillel Aron The California Legislature's crack gerrymandering teamThe editorial boards of California newspapers agree: Proposition 27, which would overturn a voter-approved 2008 reform that prevents Sacramento legislators from gerrymandering voting districts to keep their jobs, is an ugly ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2010
California Propositions 20 and 27: A Peek At The Gerrymandering Soul Of Congressman Howard Berman's Filthy Rich Handmaiden, Haim Saban
By Hillel Aron Mastering the PolitburoHaim Saban is different than you and me: he's the 287th richest man in the world, worth $3.3 billion. The Egyptian Jew, who looks an Ian McShane/Silvio Berlusconi cross, created The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. And he's the biggest giver to Proposition ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2010
Proposition 23 Will Have To Get Past Hollywood 'No' Warriors James Cameron And David Arquette Before Suspending Clean-Air Legislation Passed In 2006
Lightstorm EntertainmentBe calm, Jake: Big oil has no chance against our gentle CreatorAs if "Avatar" didn't hit us over the head hard enough, director James Cameron is taking his devotion to Mother Nature a step further by pumping $1 million into the campaign against California's Proposition ... More >>
Blogs
October 8, 2010
Did Jerry Brown Cause Public Worker Pensions To Get So High That They Could Bankrupt Los Angeles?
Randy Bayne via FlickrDid Jerry Brown cause the state's pension mess?As business journalist Mark Lacter reports in the latest issue of Los Angeles magazine, fat pensions doled out by L.A. City Hall cannot stand as-is. Many cops are paid more to do nothing in retirement than what they made as ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 2010
Medical Marijuana Entrepreneurs Aren't All For Legalizing Weed Via Prop. 19: For One Thing, It Might Take Them Out Of The Game
You would think that Prop. 19, the November ballot initiative that would fully legalize marijuana possession, would find some of its most ardent backers among the medical-pot trade, which relies on people coming to dispensaries and possessing weed, sometimes at their own peril when it comes t ... More >>
Blogs
July 21, 2010
Schwarzenegger Picks First Asian-American Chief Justice For California Supreme Court
Following the retirement of Chief Ron George, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to nominate Tani Cantil-Sakauye, a Republican appellate court justice, to become the next chief justice of the California Supreme Court, according to the Sacramento Bee. Not only will 50-year old ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2010
California Lawmakers Use World Cup Fever To Raise Money
Two California lawmakers are using the excitement surrounding the World Cup to raise money for their re-election bids, according to the Sacramento Bee. Assemblyman Bill Monning of Carmel and Sen. Lois Wolk of Davis (both Democrats) invited supporters this morning to gather at local pubs to ... More >>
Blogs
June 3, 2010
Proposed Bill Would Raise Kindergarten Age to 5
In an effort to save California an estimated $700 million dollars in annual education spending, California legislators are considering changing the minimum kindergarten enrollment age from 4-years-old to 5. The state Senate approved the bill by Sen. Joe Simitian on Wednesday on a 28-4 vote. ... More >>
News
May 27, 2010
Proposition 14, the Open Primary
What happens to ossified Sacramento if California voters get to shop around?
Stage
May 13, 2010
The Actors' Vice
Tom Jacobson's The Twentieth Century Way
Blogs
March 16, 2010
Amid State Budget Crisis, New Assembly Speaker Gives Raises To Staff
Assembly Speaker John A. Perez.The state of California is facing a $20 billion deficit. And, during his first days as speaker of the state assembly, Los Angeles Democrat John Perez got to work ... giving more of your money to his staff. That's right, one of Perez's first orders of business w ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2010
Jerry Brown To Announce For Governor Tuesday
California Attorney General Jerry Brown will announce his intentions to run for office Tuesday, the Sacramento Bee is reporting. Brown, who has no serious Democratic challengers, was making party leaders nervous by standing on the sidelines for so long as Republican Meg Whitman continued to ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2010
Early Inmate Releases Blocked Up North
A Sacramento judge put a temporary halt to county jail inmate releases in the state capital Wednesday, ruling that a state parole-reform law that would see thousands of state prisoners go free does not apply to a county system. It's not clear if the ruling will have an effect on Southern Ca ... More >>
Blogs
December 23, 2009
The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Today's Newspaper Food Stories
SapphireBlue22stack of newspapersWhat's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>
Blogs
December 16, 2009
The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Today's Newspaper Food Stories
SapphireBlue22stack of newspapersWhat's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>
Blogs
November 25, 2009
The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Today's Newspaper Food Stories
SapphireBlue22stack of newspapersWhat's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>
Blogs
November 23, 2009
It's The '70s Again: Pot Is Everywhere, Our Pocketbooks Are Stagflated, And Jerry Brown Is On His Way To Gubernatorial Sequel
Get out your bell-bottom pants. Attorney General Jerry Brown is aiming for a gubernatorial sequel, and he's tapping his old pals in Hollywood for the dough. Moguls obliged to the tune of more than $1 million at a local event over the weekend, and Brown hasn't even officially thrown his hat in the ri ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2009
The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Today's Newspaper Food Stories
SapphireBlue22stack of newspapersWhat's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>
Blogs
October 22, 2009
Experts: New Anti-Pap Law Could Hurt Legit Journos
Sometimes we feel sorry for the paparazzi. Sure, most of them didn't go to Northwestern, intern for big newspapers or get bright-green LAPD press cards. They don't bring us news we can use. But they do capture an aspect of history, work their butts off, and face great bodily harm daily (especially w ... More >>
Blogs
October 7, 2009
The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Today's Newspaper Food Stories
SapphireBlue22stack of newspapersWhat's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>
Blogs
September 9, 2009
Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Today's Newspaper Food Stories
SapphireBlue22stack of newspapersWhat's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2009
NFL Stadium Hits County Roadblock
Super-developer Ed Roski's plans to erect a nearly 600-acre football stadium and retail complex in Industry received a bit of a no-confidence vote today when the L.A. County Board of Supervisors recommended that Sacramento not grant Industry an exemption from a state-required environmental review of ... More >>
News
July 30, 2009
State Budget Debacle: California Descending
Why Schwarzenegger, Bass and Steinberg are grinning.
Blogs
December 3, 2008
Fabian Nunez's Son Arrested in Slay Case
Luis Santos
Blogs
September 19, 2008
Queer Town: New Poll Shows Voter Hesitancy To Strip Gays of Marriage Right
The Sacramento Bee reported about a new Field Poll yesterday, which showed 55 percent of Californians would oppose Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage November ballot measure. The numbers for voters who support the ban have remained stagnant at 38 percent. Whether or not people are comfortable with ... More >>
News
August 7, 2003
Totaled Recall
Rise of the political machinations
News
August 22, 2002
Imperial Times
Why one Owens Valley is enough for all of us
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