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AM Alert: Hollywood meets politics as Jimmy Kimmel roasts Obama
Sacbee.com Capitol Alert
Apr 27VIDEO: Dan Walters talks about why California labor unions want new rules on municipal bankruptcy. Gov. Jerry Brown has left the state with a hot ticket for Saturday night. Brown is in Washington, D.C., meeting with officials on issues ranging... »
Lawmaker, often target of investigations, zeros in on bullet train
Daily Report
Apr 17Lance Williams Official photo U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, the dogged Republican investigator from Vista who has himself been an investigative target, is taking on California’s bullet train. In a letter last week, Issa, chai... »
Jerry Brown tells Legislature to 'man up,' make cuts
Sacbee.com Capitol Alert
Apr 13Gov. Jerry Brown said this morning that the Legislature should "man up" and make spending cuts, acknowledging the state budget deficit is likely larger than he previously thought. The Democratic governor, in an interview on the Bay Area talk radio... »
With no one willing to take the hot seat, California Roast is cancelled
Sacbee.com Capitol Alert
Apr 12This year's California Roast will be no laughing matter for Capitol denizens in need of a chuckle. That's because the California Center for Civic Participation's much-anticipated fund-raising dinner, known for delivering raunchy lines and lots of laugh... »
Agency wants 4.1% increase in Cal workers compensation premiums
Sacbee.com Capitol Alert
Apr 12The Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Thursday proposed a 4.1 percent overall increase in employer-paid premiums for insurance to cover work-related injuries and illnesses, thus adding another element to the Capitol's looming battle over the... »
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New West Notes
Apr 26News Corp mogul and Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch, testifying in London, admits a corporate cover-up but claims he was misled over the phone hacking scandal that has been growing and shaking his media empire for the past year. ** JERRY-RIGGING: WITH PL... »
The bad buzz behind the traveling Holocaust exhibit
The Orange County Register Total Buzz
Apr 25Was it benevolence that led a French rail company to sponsor a traveling Holocaust exhibit in California? Or was it a cold-blooded business decision? This is one of those cases where you’re just going to have to decide for yourself. Seven decades ago, ... »
Mad, mad world
The Daily Roundup
Apr 25The dreaded words "mad cow disease" popped up in Hanford after a carcass of a cow slated to be rendered tested positive for the malady. It's the first time in California history -- and only the fourth time nationally -- that mad cow disease has been di... »
Sunday Classics: Is the radiant A major the "sleeper" among Brahms's piano quartets?
Down With Tyranny!
Apr 22We've heard the fine pianist Ralf Gothóni accompanying baritone Jorma Hynninen in the opening song, "Gute Nacht" ("Good Night") of Schubert's Winterreise (Winter Journey). Here he plays the first movement of the Brahms A major Piano Quartet (with the r... »
Weekend Edition and The Week Ahead
New West Notes
Apr 21In his weekend video/radio address, President Barack Obama calls on Congress to act before student loan interest rates double for more than 7.4 million students, which would add an average of $1000 to their debt. Much of Obama’s schedule for the next w... »