Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman ended months of hide-and-seek with the news media Friday by spending nearly an hour talking to reporters at the California Republican Party convention in Santa Clara.
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AM Capitol Alert: Down to the (filing) wire
Today’s the filing deadline for folks who want to run for state and legislative offices.
Bias incidents roil University of California
Swastikas, nooses, a KKK hood, graffiti, epithets and jeers. An ugly spate of bias incidents has crossed several University of California campuses over the past month, causing consternation, outcry and fear that bigotry is alive among the young and educated. Students have protested and administrators have condemned, but the question remains of what lies behind the sudden parade of prejudice – a growing climate of insensitivity on campuses or a bunch of immature kids yearning for peer acceptance and attention
Missing man sought in Boreal Ridge ski area
Kevin Bradstreet Davis Authorities are looking for a 28-year-old Tahoe City man who went missing Tuesday afternoon in the Boreal Ridge ski area after he went snowshoeing and cross-country skiing with a group of friends. Nevada County Sheriff’s officials said in a statement released Wednesday night that Kevin Bradstreet Davis was reported to be lost near Peter Grub hut in the area of Castle Peak on Donner Summit. He was reportedly with three friends and became separated from them after the party spent the night at the hut and were returning to their vehicles.
Jerry Brown: California needs a governor with knowledge
A screen capture from Jerry Brown’s website showing his video announcement of his campaign for governor of California on Tuesday. Attorney General Jerry Brown made it official this morning that he’s running for California governor, putting to rest months of speculation about his political intentions.
Student hangs noose at San Diego campus library
Anger boiled over on the University of California San Diego campus Friday, where students took over the chancellor’s office to protest the hanging of a noose in a campus library. Students wearing red handkerchiefs over their faces blocked the doors to Chancellor Marye Anne Fox’s offices for hours, while more students inside chanted “Real pain, real change.” The students remained inside the office several hours later. The noose found dangling from a light fixture on the seventh floor of Geisel Library on Thursday night was the latest in a string of racially charged incidents in the university community, authorities said Friday
Schwarzenegger backs Obama on stimulus, health care
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to media outside West Wing of the White House in Washington, following a meeting between governors and President Barack Obama, Monday.
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Trio accused of conducting own investigation into teen’s killing
William Virdee was fatally shot as he left a party in Rio Linda early on the morning of Sept. 27.
UC San Diego condemns party mocking black history
The chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, is condemning a ghetto-themed party organized by fraternity students to mock Black History Month, but officials say nobody is likely to be disciplined. The weekend “Compton Cookout” held off-campus was offensive and a “blatant disregard of our campus values,” Marye Anne Fox said in a statement e-mailed this week to staff and 29,000 students
