Rights and LibertiesLegislation 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... 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... CA health care to equalize the unequalWednesday, January 16th, 2013Jan. 16, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- Health care in California is about to get a makeover. But this makeover will not be improving the look of healthcare in the state, despite California's state-of-the-art medical facilities and teaching hospitals. The Assembly Committee on Health... Vallejo town hall hostile to gun-control congressmanSaturday, January 12th, 2013 Jan. 12, 2013 By Dave Roberts On Monday, two men in their late 20s attempted to break into a home in Vallejo. They fled when the homeowner grabbed a firearm and shot at them, according to the Vallejo Times-Herald. Nothing was taken from the home and police are searching for the suspects. Va... Immigrant Release Could Ease CA Jail OvercrowdingFriday, January 11th, 2013Jan. 11, 2013 By Dave Roberts California generally remains more open to immigration than other states. But it still faces a problem of what to do with immigrants who are suspects in serious crimes. This has been made more complicated by California’s 2011 budget realignment process, whi... CA strikes blow for privacy rightsSaturday, January 5th, 2013Jan. 5, 2013 By Joseph Perkins Randi Zuckerberg made news recently when a family photo she posted on her Facebook account was reposted on Twitter without her knowledge or consent. The big sis of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was not amused. “Digital etiquette: always ask permission before ... Perspective needed on murders in AmericaFriday, December 28th, 2012 Dec. 28, 2012 By John Seiler Our country still mourns the victims of the horrible mass killing in Newtown, Conn. New gun-control legislation is being advanced in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; and in the California Senate by state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco. More bil... CA lawmakers take aim at gunsMonday, December 24th, 2012 Dec. 24, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO – It took only days before California's legislators reacted to the horrific Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy with a fusillade of bills designed to take California closer to Democratic leaders' unstated but obvious goal: making it essentially il... Santa Monica has no room in public inn for nativity storyFriday, December 21st, 2012 Dec. 21, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the free exercise of religion, but without the establishment of a state religion. Nevertheless, for Christmas in Santa Monica in 2012, the proverbial inn has no room for a nativity scene in a public park.... |