Donations always flow into Sacramento from across California to fund big, statewide political campaigns. But for Sacramento City Hall? More than one-third of the money given to Sacramento City Council candidates during 2009 came from outside city limits, according to a Bee analysis of the latest campaign finance figures
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Paying for a $10 million trial: How Calaveras County avoided Charles Ng prosecution sting
As El Dorado officials worry about the rising costs of putting Phil and Nancy Garrido on trial, many in Calaveras County recall how they dodged the financial bullet during a past long and costly trial.
SF school board approves nearly 900 pink slips
San Francisco school officials have voted to send out pink slips to nearly 900 teachers and administrators, and this time Superintendent Carlos Garcia says some of them will eventually be let go. The school board approved the layoff notices Tuesday to help plug an expected $113 million budget deficit over the next two years. Teachers must be informed whether they will be laid off by March 15, a state-imposed deadline.
Sadness is payoff in drug deal gone sour, Sacramento deputies say
Shawn West died in the parking lot of a fast-food joint on a gritty edge of Sacramento County, more than two hours from the Grass Valley cabin where he tried to make a home with his girlfriend and 22-month-old daughter.
Red Hawk Casino names new general manager
Red Hawk Casino, which has struggled to meet expectations since opening in late 2008, named a new general manager today.
Western Union to pay $94M to settle four-state investigation
California Attorney General Jerry Brown on Thursday announced a $94 million settlement with Western Union Financial Services Inc., to resolve a long-running investigation into illegal money transfers.
Chilling aerial photos of 9/11 attack released
NEW YORK — A trove of aerial photographs of the collapsing World Trade Center was widely released this week, offering a rare and chilling view from the heavens of the burning twin towers and the apocalyptic shroud of smoke and dust that settled over the city. The images were taken from a police helicopter – the only photographers allowed in the airspace near the skyscrapers on Sept.
California online job vacancy ads grow
Job vacancies advertised online in California spiked 17.1 percent to 461,800 in January compared with December, according to the Conference Board’s monthly online help-wanted study. The gain of 67,600 was the largest monthly increase in California since the monthly survey began in 2005
CalPERS urges banks to adopt reforms
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System joined about 30 other institutional investors Thursday to urge banks and other financial companies to implement shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation.
Would-be arena bankroller Macquarie Group does deals on a grand scale
NBA representative John Moag, second from left, and developers David Taylor, far left, Nicholas Hann and Gerry Kamilos, right, Thursday announce a land-swap proposal they say would result in a new arena for the Sacramento Kings downtown. In the past month alone, the company proposing to bankroll an arena in downtown Sacramento bought a financial-management firm in Philadelphia for $450 million and launched a $400 million fund to invest in Mexico. It teamed with the government of Abu Dhabi and a Canadian pension fund to bid $6 billion for an electricity grid in England
