29 July 2010, 12:14 am
Marysville Levee work goes to bid next week Construction work for the first phase of an extensive improvement project on the ring levee around Marysville is slated to go out for bid next week. The four-phase project, with a price tag of between $75...... Read More »
27 July 2010, 11:38 pm
After 4½ years in his downtown Modesto lockup, Columbus Allen Jr. II has a new home in Sacramento County's main jail. There, he'll wait out a Fresno court's decision on whether the Sacramento judge assigned to preside over his murder trial will stay on the case.... Read More »
27 July 2010, 2:22 pm
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. A state appeals court has put the case against a Stockton man accused of fatally shooting a California Highway Patrol officer on hold.... Read More »
26 July 2010, 8:15 am
by Gennady Sheyner Palo Alto's effort to strike the binding-arbitration provision for police and firefighters from the City Charter will take center stage at tonight's (Monday's) meeting of the City Council.... Read More »
25 July 2010, 5:50 am
The recent layoff of 80 police officers in Oakland could be the harbinger of things to come as government officials find that public employee pension deals made when the stock market was booming are helping bust their budgets today. "It's regrettable, but we... Pension - Law - Law Enforcement - Orga... Read More »
25 July 2010, 5:47 am
The recent layoff of 80 police officers in Oakland could be the harbinger of things to come ... "This is not unique to Oakland," said Ron Cottingham, president of the Police Officers Research Association of California. "Stockton is having this happen. So is Sacramento."... Read More »
25 July 2010, 12:23 am
The Stanislaus County Office of Education received local and national recognition for efforts to red... Read More »
23 July 2010, 6:09 pm
TALK ON DELTA WATER: Deirdre Des Jardins will discuss "Invisible Disaster the Delta Slips From Our Grasp" at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday when the El Cerrito Democratic Club meets in the Fellowship Hall at El Cerrito United Methodist Church, 6830 Stockton Ave.... Read More »
23 July 2010, 8:44 am
Police departments across California are under fire, as cash-strapped local governments scale back public safety spending -- often the single biggest expenditure on their books.... Read More »
23 July 2010, 2:29 am
SANTA CRUZ Suspected heroin dealer arrested Police and federal drug agents arrested a Mexican national and known drug dealer suspected of selling heroin and cocaine at Natural Bridges State Beach on Wednesday, according to Deputy Santa Cruz Police Chief Rick Martinez.... Read More »