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CALIFORNIA—Governor Jerry Brown, Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, addressed the labor, business and local leaders in Sacramento California on Thursday, March 30 seeking support for their newly drafted proposal aimed towards improving California's road conditions. The proposal is to raise enough money to rehabilitate California roads, freeways, potholes and worn out pavements. Brown called the proposal a...

SAN JOSE—The most recent winter storm has left parts of San Jose underwater, forcing over 50,000 residents living near swollen creeks to evacuate their homes. On Tuesday, February 21, low-lying areas near Coyote Creek experienced record flooding. Emergency crews in rescue boats had to save 246 residents from the rising waters, officials said. A homeless encampment on San Jose’s Los Lagos Golf Course,...

CALIFORNIA—The threat of a probable collapse of the Oroville Dam spillway caused nearly 188,000 residents to evacuate from nearby areas on Monday, February 13. After the evacuation, members of the Sikh community in the surrounding areas of Sacramento and Yuba city extended a helping hand by opening the doors of their temples to the evacuees. Residents were offered vegetarian meals and temple halls were provided as places to rest...

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed a lawsuit against five online gun equipment suppliers alleging they are violating California’s prohibition of selling high-capacity magazines on Thursday, February 9. The lawsuit identifies Badger Mountain Supply, located in Washington state; 7.62 Precision in Alaska; Shooters Plus, located in Mississippi; LAK Supply of Wyoming; and Buymilsurp.com, located in Florida as companies selling...

SAN FRANCISCO—City College will offer free tuition to San Francisco residents next semester as SF Mayor Edwin Lee and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors have agreed on a budget. The city will allocate $5.4 million towards free tuition and books for low-income students for the next school year. The budget will cover tuition for current students and support a 20 percent...

UNITED STATES―Filmmaker and conservationist Rob Stewart who went missing during a dive off the coast of Florida on Tuesday, January 31 was found dead on Friday, February 3. Stewart, 37, vanished while diving near Islamorada in the Florida Keys, a chain of islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. He was retrieving an anchor when his dive partner collapsed...

SAN FRANCISCO—Governor Jerry Brown will undergo further radiation treatment for prostate cancer in San Francisco, his office announced on Saturday, January 28. Brown, 78, will be treated by Dr. Eric Small, an oncologist at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. “Fortunately this is not extensive disease, can be readily treated with a short course of radiotherapy, and there are not...

CALIFORNIA—This season’s rainfall has pushed nearly half of California outside of drought conditions, according to a recent report. The United States Drought Monitor reported that California is about 49 percent drought-free, the highest percentage since April 2013. Just one year ago only five percent of the state was drought-free. “We’re finally seeing enough precipitation falling to make a significant dent. These...

SAN FRANCISCO—A San Francisco judge imposed the maximum sentence allowed by law against Pacific Gas and Electric Company for violating pipeline safety standards after an natural gas explosion killed eight people, and injured dozens more in 2010. PG&E was convicted of six felony charges and sentenced to a five-year probation period, a $3 million fine, independent safety monitoring, and 10,000...

HOLLYWOOD—Movie star and TV actress Mary Tyler Moore died on Wednesday, January 25 at the age of 80 in a hospital in Connecticut with her husband Dr. Robert Levine and friends by her side. TMZ first reported the news of the Moore's condition reporting that a source informed them that the actress had been on a respirator for more than...