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Miracle: Sacramento MSM laments California’s mass poverty

Chris Reed November 10, 2013

For months, Cal Watchdog, U-T San Diego columnist Steven Greenhut and the U-T editorial page have drawn attention to the fact that under a new measure of poverty introduced by the Census Bureau in November 2012, California has the worst

Will Warren Buffett’s hydro prevent CA electricity crisis? — Part 1

Wayne Lusvardi November 8, 2013

This is the first of two articles. Part 2 is here. California is trying to create what officially is called an “energy imbalance market” to cut off an emerging daily two-hour energy-pricing crisis. The crisis isn’t so much a technical

Bonus babies: $516 million to state workers

John Seiler November 8, 2013

How is the state government working for you this year? Is that Covered California/Obamacare rollout going smoothly? Well, then you should be happy at this AP report on bonuses paid to state workers: “The total cost reached $516 million in

Covered California required heath insurers to cancel plans

Katy Grimes November 8, 2013

President Obama just apologized for the millions of insurance policy cancellations under the Affordable Care Act, usually called Obamacare. He also has blamed “bad apple” insurers for the cancellations. But in California, critics of the program insist the cancellations were

High tech may save CA, but it will definitely doom privacy

Chris Reed November 8, 2013

I’m all for technological advances. In fact, I’ve slowly come around to the wild-sounding idea that scientific breakthroughs just might save California from decline by creating so much wealth and free stuff that eventually we will live in what Slate

CA suffers highest percentage of poor

John Seiler November 7, 2013

This kind of puts a kink in Gov. Jerry Brown’s insistence that “California is back.” According to a new study by the U.S. Census Bureau, when housing is factored in, California has the nation’s highest poverty rate, at 23.8 percent.

CA lawmakers hold hearings on Military Sexual Trauma

Katy Grimes November 7, 2013

SACRAMENTO — California legislators are looking into Military Sexual Trauma, commonly called MST, among troops based in California. So far, no bills have been introduced. The military, including the California National Guard, largely is governed by laws passed by the

More food stamp cuts coming

Adam O'Neal November 7, 2013

Last week, expansions ended to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), better known as the Food Stamp program. Food stamp recipients will see their benefits cut depending on the size of their family. A family of four, for example, will

Friday hearing: Will judge ‘have the [guts]’ to shut down bullet train?

Chris Reed November 7, 2013

On Aug. 16, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny handed down a landmark ruling against the $68 billion California bullet-train project. Kenny held that the state High-Speed Rail Authority’s plan to begin construction in the Central Valley in coming months