January, 2013Legislation would create school marshal program to protect kidsThursday, January 31st, 2013 Jan. 31, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- Planes have armed air marshals. How about armed school marshals? Last week Assemblyman Tim Donnelly told me about his plan to offer legislation to create a voluntary school marshal program, modeled after the highly successful air marshals pro... What CA fracking advocates can learn from PAThursday, January 31st, 2013 Jan. 31, 2013 By Chris Reed As Californians begin to appreciate the immense economic potential of the state’s underground natural gas and oil reserves, the debate will sharply intensify over the safety of hydraulic fracturing -- the newly refined and improved tool used to access previously ... Tree ring studies confirm global COOLING, cast doubt on AB 32Thursday, January 31st, 2013 Jan. 31, 2013 By Chriss Street Global cooling? New studies of tree rings show that it's happening. Yet California remains governed by AB 32, whose official title is the "Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006." It's seven years later. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who signed AB 32 into law, is ... CA lawmakers at hearing aim at guns, not crooksWednesday, January 30th, 2013 Jan. 30, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- There was no shortage of drama yesterday in a Capitol hearing about California's gun laws. A show-and-tell, demonstration by the California Department of Justice, of several high-capacity rifles held the rapt attention of lawmakers. A short documen... Unholstering the truth about gunsMonday, January 28th, 2013 Jan. 28, 2013 By Katy Grimes Politicians are nothing if not predictable. With every tragedy, lawmakers seize the opportunity to come up with a solution, a rule, or another law. But often the new rules don't quite fit the crime. Facts become fuzzy and manipulations take place. Unfortun... Affluence police tee off on MickelsonMonday, January 28th, 2013Jan. 28, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- After hearing the criticism directed toward golfer Phil Mickelson for his modest comments about California's highest-in-the-nation tax rates giving him cause to consider relocating, I was left wondering: What country do we live in? Did you ever ha... CA bullet train crashes through federal, state safeguardsMonday, January 28th, 2013 Jan. 28, 2013 By Chris Reed Reports that the California High-Speed Rail Authority and Amtrak are teaming up to buy bullet trains and that the state is preparing for hundreds of eminent-domain property seizures in the Central Valley for the bullet train's first segment are grim reminders that ... California, the union stateSaturday, January 26th, 2013Jan. 27, 2013 By Joseph Perkins The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this week that the national union membership rate (the percentage of wage and salary workers who are members of a union) fell to 11.3 last year from 11.8 percent the year before that. BLS also reported that actual n... Gov. Brown touts California’s ‘rendezvous with destiny’Friday, January 25th, 2013Jan. 25, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- "Have no fear, everything is just fine in California." At least that's what people in and around the State Capitol were telling me after listening to Gov. Jerry Brown's State of the State address yesterday, which I attended in person. "California ... Barterers Beware: Taxman wants his takeThursday, January 24th, 2013 Jan. 24, 2014 By John Hrabe A&E's “Barter Kings” make trading look easy. In one recent episode, professional traders Antonio Palazzola and Steve McHugh started with a beer-making kit, and through a series of transactions, ultimately walked away with a food truck. “This is a cas... |