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Amber Alert Q&A: Why it happens, how to turn it off -- The high-pitched Amber Alert that hit cellphones across Southern California overnight may have confounded and annoyed, but the text message also prompted a fresh round of questions. Jason Wells in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/13 Nurse: Filner made unwanted advances -- Woman says she was trying to get help for Marine injured in Iraq when Filner demanded a date. Mark Walker UT San Diego$ -- 8/6/13 Political Watchers Say The Silence Of Insiders Enabled Filner -- Most San Diegans can’t decide what they find the more jolting about the sexual harassment scandal surrounding Mayor Bob Filner: the unsavory allegations; or the silence of those who knew of the alleged misconduct and did nothing. Many believe Filner enjoyed impunity for years solely because of the power of his office. Amita Sharma KPBS -- 8/6/13 Bob Filner's staff was upset over his behavior, meeting notes show -- Meeting notes released reluctantly and under legal pressure by San Diego Mayor Bob Filner's chief of staff portray him as a tough, insulting and demeaning boss whose behavior shocked and disappointed even people who had worked for him in the past. Tony Perry in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/13 Daniel Ellsberg among 31 arrested at Livermore Lab during Hiroshima Day protests -- Lying down in front of the lab's west gate, where they were outlined in chalk, to remember the victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, protesters were ordered to disperse by Alameda County Sheriff's deputies. Jeremy Thomas in the Contra Costa Times -- 8/6/13 Sales tax fades as fuel for California government -- More than three decades ago, 53 cents of every dollar Californians spent generated sales tax revenue for the state. It's been a long slide since then, dropping to only 33 cents last year. Chris Megerian in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/13 Pledge to Hold Line on Taxes Tested by 66 Bills to Raise Taxes $11 Billion -- Following the November 2012 election in which two major tax increases passed (Proposition 30 and 39), Governor Jerry Brown and the leaders of the California legislature pledged to hold the line on taxes. Joel Fox Fox & Hounds -- 8/6/13 Garcetti names top fundraiser as a senior advisor -- Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has named Rick Jacobs, a Democratic organizer who raised more than $2 million to help him win the May election, as one of his senior advisors at City Hall. Michael Finnegan in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/13 Elmo and Pitbull are popular free tickets with state officials -- Companies that lobby state government have filed reports listing the gifts they gave state workers during the three months ending June 30 and, as usual, AT&T, is one of the biggest givers. Patrick McGreevy in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/13 San Diego's Kehoe to lead parks overhaul campaign -- Former Sen. Christine Kehoe of San Diego has been tapped to help chart a new direction for California’s troubled state parks system. Michael Gardner UT San Diego$ -- 8/6/13 Military: State finally on track to help students -- It took two bills, a federal lawsuit and a state budget compromise, but California finally seems on track to become a full-fledged participant in a nationwide program to help children of military service members succeed in school. Jim Miller in the Riverside Press -- 8/6/13 Greenhut: Brown’s prison bluster deteriorated into a dark comedy -- When it comes to his battles with the federal judiciary over the release of prisoners from the state’s overcrowded penitentiaries, Gov. Jerry Brown is resembling the dogged Black Knight in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” Steven Greenhut UT San Diego$ -- 8/6/13 Campos blasts PUC’s Peevey for gifts and travel -- Assemblywoman Nora Campos sent a scathing letter to Public Utilities Commission President Mike Peevey late Monday, taking him to task for accepting more than $165,000 in gifts and travel from industry-backed nonprofits and special-interest groups since 2007. Josh Richman Political Blotter -- 8/6/13 Republicans Face Competing Pressures On Immigration -- Congressman Gary Miller of California’s Inland Empire is one of several dozen Republican legislators considered susceptible to changing their hardline stances on immigration issues. He faces tough choices about how to respond to a rapidly changing constituency. Jill Replogle KPBS -- 8/6/13 Immigration Supporters Plan to Turn Up the Heat on House Republicans -- Hispanic groups hope to persuade wavering Republicans to support immigration reform during the August recess. Fawn Johnson National Journal -- 8/6/13
Zuckerberg speaks out for immigration reform -- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took his first step on the national political stage Monday night when he joined publicly with tech leaders, civil rights activists and undocumented immigrants to call for a comprehensive overhaul of the nation's immigration policies - an issue he said touches not just Silicon Valley but "the whole country." Carla Marinucci in the San Francisco Chronicle Michelle Quinn Politico Matt O'Brien in the San Jose Mercury -- 8/6/13 New Santa Ana City Manager Pay Could Top $500,000 -- The compensation package for Santa Ana's new city manager candidate would be more than $500,000 annually during his three-year contract, easily putting his pay in the top tier among city managers in the state, according to figures released by the city. Adam Elmahrek VoiceofOC.org -- 8/6/13 Ratings agency cites California's spending restraint, upgrades credit -- Fitch Ratings upgraded California's general obligation bond rating from A-minus to A on Monday, citing restrained spending in recent budget cycles and a reduction in budgetary debt. David Siders in the Sacramento Bee$ Josh Richman Political Blotter -- 8/6/13 Bill would limit tax credits -- The California Assembly may vote on a bill this week that could set strict performance measures for personal and business tax incentives. Christopher Arns Sacramento Business Journal -- 8/6/13 Walters: California's tax system violates basic tenet -- When Jerry Brown began his first governorship in 1975, the general fund budget was under $10 billion and the sales tax was the largest source of revenue. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 8/6/13 Still no agreement on Prop. 65 reform -- Stakeholders working to reform Proposition 65, California’s 1986 voter-approved initiative on warnings for toxic chemicals, still haven’t agreed on changes to the law despite several meetings over the past month. Christopher Arns Sacramento Business Journal -- 8/6/13 Garcetti says he wants L.A. to shed its '800-pound gorilla' image -- Under a brilliant white canopy, mayors from dozens of Los Angeles County cities gathered on the back lawn at Getty House Monday to talk about public safety, traffic congestion, job creation and how they can better work together to tackle problems. Catherine Saillant in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/13 California and San Fernando Valley Democrats split over endorsements for 45th Assembly seat -- The crowded race for the 45th Assembly District has developed some division among Democrats, whose major organizations have split over whom to support in the Sept. 17 election. Rick Orlov in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 8/6/13
BART strike: 60-day cooling-off order seems inevitable, experts suggest -- A day after Gov. Jerry Brown ordered BART employees to stay on the job for a week to avert another maddening rail shutdown, it became clearer Monday that trains will likely keep rolling for at least another two months. Mike Rosenberg in the San Jose Mercury -- 8/6/13 AC Transit workers may strike as soon as Wednesday -- AC Transit workers may strike as soon as Wednesday morning if no progress is made in contract talks, union leaders said. Eric Young San Francisco Business Times Stephanie M. Lee in the San Francisco Chronicle Maria L. La Ganga in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/13 Top Democrat considering bill to end transit workers' right to strike -- - The head of the Senate Transportation Committee praised Gov. Jerry Brown for preventing Bay Area transit workers from walking off the job Monday and said he is still considering legislation that would permanently take away their right to strike. Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/13 BART official 'confident' deal can be reached in labor dispute -- Despite the governor personally wading into the spate, both sides of the negotiating table remain deeply entrenched. Jason Wells in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/13 Banks: In BART strike, it's transit workers vs. just plain workers -- The Bay Area Rapid Transit negotiations underscore diminishing public sympathy for unions. Why would San Francisco workers support the strike when it threatens their own livelihoods? Sandy Banks in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/13
Assembly speaker calls high court's prison decision 'an affront' to state -- A federal court order mandating that California reduce its prison population by 10,000 inmates before the end of the year is “absolutely wrong,” Assembly Speaker John Pérez said Monday, but the Legislature may have no options. Timm Herdt in the Ventura Star$ -- 8/6/13 Prison policy is a wild card on Legislature's long to-do list -- The Assembly is officially back in business, with a possible last-minute addition of prison policy to its already long to-do list, thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court. Melanie Mason in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/13 California seeks to move inmates to private prisons -- California will seek to move thousands of inmates to private prisons in a last-ditch attempt to avoid releasing violent offenders to ease prison crowding, the state corrections chief said Monday. Don Thompson Associated Press Brad Branan in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 8/6/13 Women inmates eyed as California complies with US order -- More than two dozen seriously ill female inmates could be among the first in line for release as California struggles to meet a federal court order to reduce prison crowding by year's end, officials said Monday. Don Thompson Associated Press -- 8/6/13 Legislature left with little time to stop prisoner release -- If the final month of the legislative session is going to see action to address the release of thousands of California prisoners, lawmakers are going to have to put aside their general pessimism about the situation at hand. John Myers News10 -- 8/6/13
Speaker calls on Filner to resign -- Assembly Speaker John Pérez on Monday urged embattled San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to resign, but stopped short of endorsing a recall. Michael Gardner UT San Diego$ Erik Anderson KPBS-- 8/6/13 Allred: More Filner victims to come -- A new poll shows the number of San Diegans who think Mayor Bob Filner should resign has swelled to its highest point, as he began two weeks of intensive behavioral therapy Monday and the investigation into his alleged sexual misconduct picked up steam. Craig Gustafson UT San Diego$ -- 8/6/13 Filner response to allegation: 'What?!!' -- Notes released Monday by San Diego Mayor Bob Filner's chief of staff detail what happened in a critical meeting that marked the unraveling of his administration in June. Trent Seibert UT San Diego$ -- 8/6/13 Ex-staffer of Mayor Filner meets with sheriff's investigators -- The former high-level staff member who is suing Mayor Bob Filner for sexual harassment met for two hours Monday with investigators at the San Diego County Sheriff's Department and representatives of the state attorney general. Tony Perry in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/13
Study says construction of delta tunnels would save 1 million California jobs -- Construction and operation of twin tunnels to divert water around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta would cost California ratepayers $17.4 billion in increased water costs over the next 50 years, but an economic analysis released by the state Natural Resources Agency on Monday concludes that the benefits of a more reliable water supply would outweigh those costs. Timm Herdt in the Ventura Star$ -- 8/6/13 Study touting economic boon of Delta water tunnels draws criticism -- Critics swiftly attacked the study, claiming it relies on rosy water delivery scenarios that may not prove feasible in the fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Matt Weiser in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 8/6/13 LAX airport consultants paid more than $300 an hour plus perks, records show -- Consultants hired to manage construction projects at Los Angeles International Airport receive perks such as free housing, cars, furniture allowances and meal reimbursements, in addition to lucrative hourly rates of more than $300 per hour, a Los Angeles News Group analysis of monthly invoices show. Brian Sumers in the Torrance Daily Breeze -- 8/6/13 Los Angeles Airport Commission to weigh $240 million in construction support contracts -- At what might be the final Los Angeles Airport Commission meeting of the Antonio Villaraigosa-appointed board, commissioners on Tuesday will be asked to approve construction support contracts worth about $240 million. Brian Sumers in the Torrance Daily Breeze -- 8/6/13 Report: ONT traffic decline could cost $430 million -- A new report on LA/Ontario International Airport sounds the warning alarm that the continued downward spiral in passenger traffic could become dire and would require an investment in the millions to turn things around. Liset Marquez in the Inland Daily Bulletin -- 8/6/13 Video of near-vacant L.A./Ontario airport paints grim picture -- Trash lines the perimeter fences. Millions of square feet of commercial and hangar space are vacant. The arrival area for international passengers has fallen into disuse, and no jetliners stand at the terminal gates. Dan Weikel in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/13 California psych techs' contract adds a total $39 million in costs -- California's state psychiatric technicians' new tentative contract, which includes an across-the-board pay raise, increases the state's cost for their service by a total $39 million over three years, according to Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor's office. Jon Ortiz in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 8/6/13 Court upholds environmental review of Expo Line to Santa Monica -- The California Supreme Court rejected a citizen group’s challenge Monday of a planned light rail system from Culver City to Santa Monica, ruling that an environmental review provided the public with sufficient information. Maura Dolan in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/13 Stockton City Manager Disputes Audit Findings -- The State Controller's office released today the details of an audit of the City of Stockton's finances, one that Stockton City management calls just a case of "scoring political points." Rich Ibarra Capital Public Radio -- 8/6/13 Stockton's woes came from mistakes, not corruption, state says -- Controller's office audit says bankrupt Stockton suffered from poor accounting and financial management systems that cost the city millions. Diana Marcum in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/13 Lettuce prices soar as California growers feed demand back East -- California lettuce growers cash in on soaring wholesale prices because of strong demand in the Eastern U.S., where heavy rains and persistent heat have devastated crops. David Pierson in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/13 Freeze in transportation funds could lead to layoffs, longer waits -- Omnitrans, which serves about 50,000 riders daily, said it would be losing about $30 million in operation and maintenance funding from the Federal Transportation Authority, because of a labor dispute over California's pension legislation. Neil Nisperos in the Inland Daily Bulletin -- 8/6/13 Kings survey fishes for ideas on arena -- and upscale ticket buyers -- Stepping up efforts to design and market a downtown arena, the Sacramento Kings have emailed an online survey to some 60,000 residents and businesses asking for opinions – and testing the waters for potential upscale ticket buyers. Tony Bizjak in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 8/6/13
L.A. teachers give their new iPads a test drive -- LAUSD instructors gather at six schools this week to train on iPads, which 31,000 students and 1,500 teachers in 47 schools will begin using this year. Howard Blume in the Los Angeles Times$ Adolfo Guzman-Lopez KPCC Barbara Jones in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 8/6/13 State begins work revising teacher preparation based on common core -- The state’s Commission on Teacher Credentialing has approved a two-year plan for updating educator training standards – the first comprehensive review in more than a decade. Tom Chorneau SI&A Cabinet Report -- 8/6/13 Resistance greets pumped-up effort to streamline community college, CSU transfer -- When a long-awaited and much-needed bill to streamline transfer from community colleges to California State University passed the state Legislature three years ago, it had sweeping support: unanimous approval among lawmakers and a list of backers more than 80 deep. Kathryn Baron EdSource -- 8/6/13 CSULB hosts engineering week for homeless minority girls -- Maylaun is among about 30 elementary and middle-school girls who live in transitional housing for the homeless at the Century Villages at Cabrillo in Long Beach and are spending a week in the dorms at CSULB while learning about college life and engineering. Josh Dulaney in the Long Beach PT -- 8/6/13 L.A. Unified official suspected of inappropriate contact with minor -- A Los Angeles Unified School District administrator is suspected of attempting to meet a minor for the purpose of committing lewd acts, authorities said Monday. Richard Winton in the Los Angeles Times$ Barbara Jones in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 8/6/13 Half of $1 trillion in federal student loan debt unpaid -- About half of the outstanding $1 trillion in federal student loan debt in the U.S. isn’t being repaid. And 1 out of 8 borrowers are defaulting on their loans despite unprecedented federal attempts to help. Libby A. Nelson Politico -- 8/6/13 UC will open its research to the public -- for free -- In just a few months, the latest University of California research will be available online for free -- no subscription required. Katy Murphy in the Contra Costa Times -- 8/6/13 The next disruptive frontier in online education: Tutoring? -- You've heard about the startups in Silicon Valley and beyond looking to upend the traditional model of exorbitantly expensive higher education. Now a Palo Alto startup is taking aim at a different segment of the education market: private tutors. Lauren Hepler Silicon Valley Business Journal -- 8/6/13
Obamacare May Be Headed Back to the Supreme Court -- The legality of the Affordable Care Act appeared settled when the Supreme Court upheld the law last year. Not so, it turns out. Greg Stohr Bloomberg Businessweek -- 8/6/13 A lot of unions are going to end up hating Obamacare -- In 2018, the Affordable Care Act will begin levying a tax on unusually expensive health-care plans. The tax will be 40 percent on each premium dollar over $10,200 for individual plans and $27,500 for family plans. Ezra Klein in the Washington Post$ -- 8/6/13 First Sacramento area patient receives new heart pump as he awaits transplant -- All that's changed, now that Sutter doctors have implanted a new mechanical heart pump in Walters' chest. He's the first patient in the Sacramento region to receive the Food and Drug Administration-approved device as he awaits a heart transplant. Cynthia H. Craft in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 8/6/13
Environmental groups say radioactive waste is going to landfills -- A coalition of environmental groups accused state regulators Monday of allowing low-level radioactive waste from the former Santa Susana Field Laboratory to be illegally disposed of in landfills not licensed to receive such material. Jessica Garrison in the Los Angeles Times$ Susan Abram in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 8/6/13 Chevron to pay $2 million for refinery fire -- A day before the first anniversary of the destructive fire at Chevron's oil refinery in Richmond, the company pleaded no contest Monday to six criminal charges arising from the incident. Demian Bulwa in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 8/6/13 California slow to pass along federal water project funds -- One Tulare County school has used bottled water for a decade to prevent students from drinking from a contaminated water supply. Jeremy B. White in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 8/6/13 Bringing Back The White Abalone -- UC Davis scientists think they’ve found a way to bring back the white abalone from the brink of extinction. Amy Quinton Capital Public Radio -- 8/6/13 Downtown San Jose's next apartment building isn't planned for you - it's for your kids -- While some apartment developers in Downtown San Jose are targeting the high-end, tech-worker market, Symphony Development is a little more Spartan focused -- literally. Nathan Donato-Weinstein Silicon Valley Business Journal -- 8/6/13
Study finds online gun sale loopholes -- A new study shows online gun purchases have a bigger background check loophole than other methods. Hadas Gold Politico -- 8/6/13
SoCal Rep. Lowenthal takes a big swing at redistricting with new bill -- California has 14 new members in Congress this year — more than a quarter of the state's delegation. Much of the turnover can be traced to California's citizen-drawn redistricting map. Now, one of the state's freshman lawmakers wants to expand citizen redistricting commissions nationwide. Kitty Felde KPCC -- 8/6/13 Rialto Police Department camera project wins global attention -- The experiment was designed to find out if police wearing video cameras would reduce use of force in police encounters and also reduce citizen complaints. Jim Steinberg in the San Bernardino Sun -- 8/6/13 Lake County sheriff defends actions in drug case -- Lake County Sheriff Frank Rivero on Monday defended his actions during a marijuana cultivation investigation that led a judge to dismiss the case. Julie Johnson in the Santa Rosa Press -- 8/6/13 Alpha Explosives Investigation Prompted After Dangerous Demolition Explosion -- State officials are investigating the company that handled the demolition of a Central California power plant where five spectators were injured. Associated Press -- 8/6/13 Rise in pedestrian deaths may be due to texting while walking -- Cities can apply for $2 million in federal grants to combat 'distracted walking,' which may have contributed to a recent increase in pedestrian deaths in traffic accidents. Marina Villeneuve in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/13 Lazarus: When compassion for customers flies out the window -- American Airlines shows astonishing insensitivity by charging a couple coping with a family emergency almost $700 to push back a one-hour flight by one day. David Lazarus in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/13 Car-sharing startup Flightcar wants to borrow your ride, pay you cash -- Only use the car for a quick grocery trip? Tired of exorbitant garage parking? Flightcar is offering a solution, with the perk of a monthly check. Vincent Lara-Cinisomo Silicon Valley Business Journal -- 8/6/13 Chelsea Clinton aims for ‘purposely public life’ -- Chelsea Clinton said in an interview Monday that she’s deliberately moving from living a private life to a public one. Aaron Blake in the Washington Post$ -- 8/6/13 T.S.A. Expands Duties Beyond Airport Security -- As hundreds of commuters emerged from Amtrak and commuter trains at Union Station on a recent morning, an armed squad of men and women dressed in bulletproof vests made their way through the crowds. Ron Nixon in the New York Times$ -- 8/6/13 A New Age for the Washington Post -- Iconic paper's sale to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos cements the end of our monopoly-media era. David Von Drehle TIME -- 8/6/13 What Are Jeff Bezos's Political Leanings, and How Might They Shape the Washington Post? -- He's pro gay marriage and pro Internet sales tax. The rest is unclear. David A. Graham The Atlantic -- 8/6/13
Obama takes control of empty stage to sell economic plan to the nation -- This week’s multimedia push will involve the latest speech in the president's series on the middle class, his sixth appearance on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno, a web chat with prospective home buyers, and a pair of events with soldiers and veterans. Justin Sink The Hill -- 8/6/13
U.S. to review DEA unit that hides use of intel in crime cases -- The Justice Department is reviewing a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unit that passes tips culled from intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a large telephone database to field agents, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Monday. John Shiffman and David Ingram Reuters -- 8/6/13
House GOP plans anti-Washington push in August -- House Republicans will take a carefully orchestrated, staunchly anti-Washington campaign to voters this month, blaming President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats for Americans' unhappiness with government. Charles Babington Associated Press -- 8/6/13 Congress Didn't Do Much Before Leaving for Recess, But They Totally Took Care of Commemorative Coins -- Obamacare is still standing and there's been no real action on jobs. But, hey, at least we've got some coinage figured out. Matt Berman National Journal -- 8/6/13 |
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