The U.S. Postal Service’s proposal to end Saturday delivery is a positive thing, said Netflix Chief Service and Operations officer Andrew Rendich. In testimony given before joint Senate and House subcommittees on Wednesday, Rendich said that: “Netflix believes that a well functioning Postal Service, positioned over the long hual to meet changing customer and consumer demand is more important than maintaining current delivering frequency…” That’s no small endorsement given that Netflix, which has 14 million subscribers, ships out and receives millions of its DVD’s daily
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More than 500 line up at Arden Fair for new iPhone
More than 500 people waited in line for the newest smartphone from Apple at Arden Fair this morning. Arden Fair head of security Steve Reed said that more than 500 eager buyers for the iPhone 4 were waiting at 6 a.m
Sacto 9-1-1: Sacramento schools security chief says he’ll retire
Sgt. Vince Matranga fingerprints Divina Latonio for a teaching position, Wednesday, July 13, 2005. Instead of waiting in long lines at the state Dept
Kaiser reaches tentative agreement with union
Union organizer Tyler French (cq) participates in a protest outside Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in south Sacramento Tuesday, May 6, 2008. About 30 security guards are striking at Kaiser Permanente’s south Sacramento hospital to protest what they claim are unfair tactics by their employer, Inter-Con Security Systems Inc., to keep them from unionizing. The pickets gathered at the hospital’s Bruceville Road entrance wearing purple T-shirts provided by the Service Employees International Union and carrying signs that read, “Justice for Inter-Con Security Officers.” The 1.9-million-member SEIU has tried for nearly three years to organize the 1,500 Inter-Con guards contracted to work at Kaiser facilities in California.
State dinner crashers stopped near White House
FILE – In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 file photo, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, right, arrive at a State Dinner at the White House in Washington.
Court: Sexually dangerous can be kept in prison
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal officials can indefinitely hold inmates considered “sexually dangerous” after their prison terms are complete. The high court reversed a lower court decision that said Congress overstepped its authority in allowing indefinite detentions of considered “sexually dangerous.” “The statute is a ‘necessary and proper’ means of exercising the federal authority that permits Congress to create federal criminal laws, to punish their violation, to imprison violators, to provide appropriately for those imprisoned and to maintain the security of those who are not imprisoned by who may be affected by the federal imprisonment of others,” said Justice Stephen Breyer, writing the majority opinion.
Sacramento looks to avoid another Amgen Tour bike theft
The appearance of Lance Armstrong, making a turn during Stage 1 in Sacramento last year, helped draw a crowd estimated at 70,000.
Sacramento airport art not yet cleared for takeoff
Oops. Artist Lawrence Argent bit his lip as he surveyed the girders rising at Sacramento airport’s new terminal.
H-P buyout rumors boost McAfee stock
Trading in McAfee Inc.
