Calif. lawmaker seeks state, federal apologies for decades of mistreatment of ChineseSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s Chinese immigrants helped build ships, levees, irrigation systems and the transcontinental railroad. They worked in farm fields and mines and helped develop the abalone and shrimp industries. Democratic senator questions Obama firing of AmeriCorps inspector generalWASHINGTON — A Democratic senator on Tuesday joined Republicans in questioning President Barack Obama’s firing of the internal watchdog for the federal AmeriCorps program. Democrats want higher taxes, fewer cuts to close California’s $24.3 billion deficitSACRAMENTO, Calif. — An emerging Democratic plan to address part of California’s $24.3 billion deficit appears unlikely to win support from the governor and GOP lawmakers, raising the prospect of another prolonged deadlock that could jeopardize the state’s finances. Iowa senator requests more details on the firing of national service inspector generalWASHINGTON — A Senate Republican is asking for information on any role first lady Michelle Obama’s office may have played in her husband’s decision to fire the watchdog for the federal AmeriCorps program over his investigation of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson. California wants to cut lawyers for the poor, other cash-strapped states may do the sameLawyers for the poor, who say they already are stretched to the breaking point by huge caseloads and dwindling staff, face layoffs across the country as local governments slash spending in these hard economic times. Getting the story straight, inmate reporters wield pens in the penSAN QUENTIN, Calif. — Like journalists everywhere, the staff of the San Quentin News cover news, sports and the local arts scene. But these reporters are pen men with a difference. Schwarzenegger acknowledges poor economy makes this a bad time to sell California’s assetsSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says it’s the wrong time to consider putting California landmarks up for sale — less than a month after he proposed doing just that. Mexico suspends 3 Social Security officials over day care fire; death toll rises to 45MEXICO CITY — Mexico suspended three Social Security Institute officials Friday pending investigations into whether negligence played a role in a fire that killed 45 children at a day care center. With fiscal meltdown looming, California lawmakers debate blueberries and pomegranatesSACRAMENTO, Calif. — What budget crisis? Mexico day care fire turns spotlight on burn center at Shriners hospital in CaliforniaSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Among the latest patients airlifted to a hospital in northern California are four little children who face weeks, if not months, of care. California hospital treating 4th victim from deadly Mexico day care fire; more expectedSACRAMENTO, Calif. — A fourth young burn victim from a deadly Mexican day care center fire has arrived in California for treatment. AP Enterprise: Army Corps of Engineers orders thousands of trees cut down to protect leveesCOLUMBIA, La. — The Army Corps of Engineers is on a mission to chop down every tree in the country that grows within 15 feet of a levee — including oaks and sycamores in Louisiana, willows in Oklahoma and cottonwoods in California. Federal government agrees to restore recognition to Northern California tribeSACRAMENTO, Calif. — A small band of Indians whose ancestors settled in Northern California thousands of years ago is an official tribe again, a half century after Washington took away the group’s federal recognition. Families of 2 journalists sentenced in North Korea appeal for clemency for themSACRAMENTO, Calif. — The families of two American journalists convicted of crossing into North Korean territory pleaded to that country’s government to let them go. Toll from Mexico day care center fire hits 44; governor says no one immune from investigationMEXICO CITY — A Mexican governor vowed Monday to fully investigate a fire at a day care center that killed 44 children and left dozens fighting their lives, assuring the public that no one will be immune to the probe. California doctors begin grueling treatment for 3 children burned in Mexican day care fireSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Doctors at a California hospital have begun what they say will be months of treatment for three youngsters who were badly injured in a fire that killed 44 infants and toddlers at a Mexican day care center. Calif. doctors begin grueling treatment for 3 children burned in Mexican day care fireSACRAMENTO — Doctors at a Northern California hospital have begun what they say will be months of treatment for three toddlers who were badly injured in a fire that killed 42 infants and toddlers at a Mexican day care center. Mike Brown wins unanimous decision over Urijah Faber, defends WEC featherweight titleSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Mike Brown simply smiled and waved when he entered the octagon through a corridor of verbal rage from roughly 13,000 fans who booed, jeered and insulted his mother. 3-year-old Mexican day-care fire victim to undergo lengthy surgery in Northern CaliforniaSACRAMENTO — A 3-year-old boy who was badly burned in a fire that killed 42 infants and toddlers at a Mexican day care was scheduled to undergo several hours of skin graft surgery, a Sacramento pediatric hospital official said Sunday. Pockets empty, Calif considers deep cuts in spending for the state’s most vulnerable residentsSACRAMENTO, Calif. — With empty pockets and maxed-out credit, California is debating whether it can continue honoring all parts of its social contract with the state’s most vulnerable residents. Families start burying tiny coffins of 40 children killed in Mexican day care fireHERMOSILLO, Mexico — Grieving parents buried their children Sunday after a devastating daycare fire killed 40 infants and toddlers, stunning Mexico and prompting its president to promise a thorough investigation. Families start burying tiny coffins of 38 children killed in Mexican day care fireHERMOSILLO, Mexico — Grieving parents buried their children Sunday after a devastating daycare fire killed 38 infants and toddlers in a tragedy that stunned Mexico and prompted its president to promise a thorough investigation. Mexico day care fire kills 38 children; families begin burying tiny coffinsHERMOSILLO, Mexico — Grieving parents began burying their children after a devastating daycare fire killed 38 infants and toddlers in a tragedy that stunned Mexico and prompted its president to promise a thorough investigation. Mexican day care fire victims treated at Shriners hospital in Sacramento for severe burnsSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two 3-year-old children who were among dozens injured in a fatal day care fire in northern Mexico were being treated Saturday at a regional pediatric burn center in Sacramento. Mexican day care fire victim treated at Shriners hospital in Sacramento for severe burnsSACRAMENTO, Calif. — A 3-year-old girl severely burned in a day care fire that killed 38 children in northern Mexico was being treated Saturday at a regional pediatric burn center in Sacramento, and a second victim of the tragedy was on the way. Mexico day care fire kills 38 children; father rams pickup through to reach babies, toddlersHERMOSILLO, Mexico — Grieving parents began burying their children after a devastating daycare fire killed 38 infants and toddlers in a tragedy that stunned Mexico and prompted its president to promise a thorough investigation. California labor leader Jack Henning, who served 2 presidents, dies at 93SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jack Henning, a pioneering leader of California’s labor movement who served under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, has died at his home in San Francisco. He was 93. 2 dead, 7 injured as California storm spawns lightning, winds, firesLOS ANGELES — A woman walking under a tree was struck and killed by lightning, one of thousands of strikes that touched off spot fires and injured seven others as a gusty storm pounded California. Another woman was killed by a falling tree. In states, stimulus is steered to social needs more than job-heavy, ’shovel ready’ projectsSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Remember the “shovel-ready” projects lined up for all that stimulus money? It turns out social spending, more than construction, is hitting pay dirt in the huge federal effort to turn the economy around. Schwarzenegger’s plan to sell off Calif. landmarks is questioned; too risky in ths market?SACRAMENTO, Calif. — San Quentin State Prison. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The California State Fairgrounds. |
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