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Sacramento’s jobless rate climbs to record 13.1% in January
Post-holiday layoffs by retailers drove Sacramento’s unemployment rate past 13 percent and into record territory in January, state officials said Wednesday. The overall reductions in Sacramento payrolls – calculated using a more reliable method than the unemployment rate – were relatively modest by January standards. That could suggest the job market is getting healthier despite the rising rate.
Historic Sacramento clock to get face-lift
The Fred Mayes Jewelers’ clock at 10th and J streets will tell time again, after the Sacramento City Council approved repairs. A Sacramento State graduate student led the movement for the street clock’s rehabilitation, which will cost $24,000.
$62 million UC Davis center puts Sacramento at hub of stem cell research
Jan Nolta, director of the new UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures, discusses the state-of-the-art hot-cells device, left, at the new facility housed in a former State Fair exhibit hall on Stockton Boulevard. The device generates radio tracers to locate cancer stem cells before they form a tumor, Nolta said. A hub for regenerative medical research opens today in Sacramento, putting the University of California, Davis, in the forefront of stem cell research.
Historic downtown Sacramento street clock to get facelift
The Sacramento City Council Tuesday approved fixing up a street clock dating to the 1920s. A total of $24,000 will be used to restore the Fred Mayes Jewelers’ street clock that sits at 10th and J streets. “I look forward to being with the mayor and others in the near future to have the dedication and watch that clock keep time again,” said City Councilman Ray Tretheway.
Drexel board meets Wednesday to vote on president
Drexel University appears likely to name a new president Wednesday.
Judge plans to unseal Yale killing search warrant
A judge has ruled that part of a search warrant can be unsealed in the case of an animal research technician charged with killing a Yale University graduate student.
Judge to unseal search warrant in Placerville grad student’s murder
A judge has ruled that part of a search warrant can be unsealed in the case of an animal research technician charged with killing a Yale University graduate student Annie Le of Placerville.
RT riders defend weekend, Paratransit service
As Sacramento Regional Transit faces what may be its deepest bus and rail cuts ever later this month, it’s clear even the least-ridden weekend buses are sacred to some. The agency, faced with a $25 million budget deficit amid recession and state funding cuts, is expected to decide March 22 what it must do to bridge that gap. During a five-hour hearing Monday night, rider after rider implored the RT board to understand the meaning of potential cuts – especially weekend service and Paratransit rides for disabled people
Racist Incidents Adding Up At UC Campuses
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.
