Author: Adam Beam
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s campaign donor says his Panera Bread restaurants will follow minimum wage law
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A wealthy campaign donor of California Gov. Gavin Newsom said his Panera Bread restaurants will comply with a new minimum wage law
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California bill penalizing oil profits makes little progress
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. • After gas prices in California spiked to more than $6.40 per gallon last summer, Gov. Gavin Newsom led a charge against an industry he says is “ripping you off.” Months later, it’s not clear if California’s Legislature is following him. Newsom, a Democrat, called lawmakers into a rare special session in December…
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California judge orders release of footage of Pelosi attack
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. • Footage of the attack on former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband will be released to the public after a judge Wednesday denied prosecutors’ request to keep it secret. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Stephen Murphy ruled there was no reason to keep the footage secret, especially after prosecutors played it in…
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Police: At least 5 gunmen involved in Sacramento shooting
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. • The mass killing that left six people dead and 12 wounded outside bars just a block from California’s Capitol last weekend was a gunfight involving at least five shooters from rival gangs, Sacramento police said Wednesday. Police said they identified at least five gunmen but there may have been more. Only two…
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Official: Sacramento shooting suspect seen on video with gun
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. • A second suspect arrested Tuesday in connection with the mass shooting that killed six people in Sacramento had posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun hours before gunfire erupted, a law enforcement official said. Smiley Martin, 27, who is the brother of the first suspect taken into custody, was…
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California OK’d aid in name of Scott Peterson, other killers
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. • California’s system for paying unemployment benefits is so dysfunctional that the state approved more than $140 million for at least 20,000 prisoners, local and federal prosecutors said Tuesday, detailing a scheme that resulted in claims filed in the names of well-known convicted murderers like Scott Peterson and Cary Stayner. From March to…
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New virus case escalates U.S. response
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VACAVILLE, Calif. • Public health officials were retracing the steps of a Northern California woman on Thursday believed to be the first person in the U.S. to contract the highly contagious coronavirus without traveling internationally or in close contact with anyone who had. The diagnosis, confirmed Wednesday, marks an escalation of the worldwide outbreak in…
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Trump bars California from setting stricter fuel standards
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his administration is revoking California’s authority to set auto mileage standards stricter than those issued by federal regulators, a move critics said would result in less fuel efficient cars that create more planet-warming pollution. In a tweet, Trump said his action would result in less expensive,…
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California governor signs bill on presidential tax returns
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. • California’s Democratic governor signed a law Tuesday requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns to appear on the state’s primary ballot, a move aimed squarely at Republican President Donald Trump. Most of the major Democratic candidates for president have publicly disclosed their personal income tax returns as Trump has refused to…
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At least 4 Kentucky school districts close amid protests
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FRANKFORT, Ky. • At least four Kentucky school districts were forced to close Thursday as hundreds of teachers called in sick to protest proposed legislation at the state Capitol. It was the third time in the past week districts were forced to cancel classes because of too many teacher absences. And it was the second…