In a rare display of bi-partisanship, the state Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a bill that increases penalties for violent sex offenders. The legislation is known as “Chelsea’s Law.”
Sacramento’s city manager is proposing severe spending cuts to help close a $43 million budget gap. The plan includes more fire department brownouts and more employee layoffs.
Filling California’s budget hole may have just gotten a little tougher. That’s because Congress has stripped billions in funding for the states from federal legislation.
Tuesday's statewide primary election will either draw voters to the polls or inspire little interest. Elaine Corn spent a lunch hour at a coffee shop in East Sacramento to find out who's voting, who's not -- and why.
Proposition 16 on Tuesday’s statewide ballot has drawn some of the most heated discussion and debate this year. The measure would require two-thirds voter approval to create or expand local public electricity service.
