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Board Set To Approve Calif High-Speed Rail Deal

The board overseeing California’s $68 billion high-speed rail project is set to approve a contract to start the first construction work for a bullet train in the Central Valley at its meeting Thursday in Sacramento.

2013/06/06

Feds Crack Down On Illegal Home Auction Scams

In the past three years, federal prosecutors have charged 54 people and two companies in three states for bid-rigging during courthouse auctions of foreclosed properties.

2013/06/01

Poll: Most Californians Favor Saving Budget Surplus Over Spending

The Public Policy Institute of California found 55 percent support for greater frugality, compared with 39 percent who want to see restoration of at least some of the cuts to social services that were made as California struggled with a massive deficit.

2013/05/29

4 Dozen Aftershocks Rattle Northern California After 5.7-Magnitude Earthquake

At least 22 aftershocks have struck following an earthquake in far northeastern California that was felt as far away as San Francisco and in two other states.

2013/05/23

Senior Sacramento Manager Predicts Job Growth In Food Industry

Dave Heylen of the California Grocers Association sees job opportunities for local grocers.

2013/05/20

Specialty Contracting Jobs Increased 13% Year Over Year In Sacramento

Building and contracting sector jobs showed significant gains year over year in Sacramento.

2013/05/13

Gov. Jerry Brown said his home was broken into while he was away in China. (CBS13)

Brown Mystified At Growing Prison Legal Case

Gov. Jerry Brown is defending his approach to a legal battle over the state prison system by saying California has undergone an “incredible transformation” since the federal courts took over the prison health care system.

2013/05/06

Inmates at Chino State Prison exercise in the yard December 10, 2010 in Chino, California. (credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

State May Increase Rate Of Prison Inmate Releases To Decrease Overcrowding

California may speed up the release of some inmates while allowing other inmates with a violent history to become firefighters, under a proposal to cut crowding in state prisons Gov. Jerry Brown filed late Thursday night.

2013/05/03

Lawmakers Approve Health Insurance Protections

State lawmakers sent Gov. Jerry Brown a pair of consumer protection bills Monday that prevent health insurance companies from discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions and limit how much more insurers can charge older residents.

2013/04/29

Boat Confirmed As First Japanese Tsunami Debris To Reach Calif.

Federal officials say a fishing boat that washed ashore in Northern California is the first debris to reach the state that’s been confirmed as having come from the Japanese tsunami.

2013/04/26

Calif. Home Foreclosures At 7-Year Low

The number of California homes entering the foreclosure process has plunged to a more-than-seven-year low as the state housing market continues to improve.

2013/04/23