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California Assembly Elects First Openly Lesbian Leader
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP and KQED) — The California State Assembly voted Monday to make San Diego Democrat Toni Atkins its next speaker, replacing John Pérez. Atkins will be the third woman to lead the...
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Tim Donnelly, GOP Candidate for Governor, Spending Twice as Much as He’s Raised
By Juliet Williams, Associated Press Assemblyman Tim Donnelly saw broad support at the California Republican convention. (Scott Detrow/KQED) State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly’s gubernatorial campaign...
View ArticleKeith Jackson Among Yee’s Top Political Donors
Keith Jackson, owner of a prominent San Francisco-based consulting firm, is among those named in the FBI’s affidavit. He donated $6,800 to state Sen. Leland Yee’s secretary of state campaign in 2013,...
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State Senate Votes to Suspend Yee, Calderon and Wright
State Sens. Ron Calderon (L) and Leland Yee. (Manny Crisostomo/Getty Images and Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) David Marks and Scott Detrow Update 5:00 pm Friday: Gov. Jerry Brown is calling on Sens....
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Leland Yee Remains Free on $500,000 Bail After Court Hearing
California state Sen. Leland Yee and his wife, Maxine Yee, wait to cast their ballots in San Francisco in November 2011. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Leland Yee,...
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What’s This? A Republican Leads the Race for Secretary of State?!
Ballot scanning machine, Nov. 6, 2012. (Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED) I did a double take when I first looked at the new Field Poll showing Republican Pete Peterson leading all candidates in the race for...
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Brown Calls Special Session For Rainy Day Fund Plan
Gov. Jerry Brown (Getty Images) Gov. Jerry Brown is putting one of his top budget priorities front and center, by calling for a special legislative session focusing on rewriting California’s rainy day...
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A New Assembly Speaker Now, Bigger Changes In 2016
Toni Atkins, right, was inaugurated as speaker of the state Assembly Monday. Her spouse, Jennifer LeSar, is beside her. (Photo courtesy of Atkins’ office) A new era under the state Capitol dome began...
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Medi-Cal Gets Spending Boost in Governor’s Revised Budget
Gov. Jerry Brown (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Few politicians — especially Democrats — eye an extra $2.5 billion as suspiciously as Gov. Jerry Brown. That’s the amount California revenue estimates...
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Sacramento Halfway Through Costly Water-Meter Marathon
A worker on Sacramento’s water-meter project, which aims to install 100,000 water meters citywide over a 20-year period. (Joe Rubin/KQED) Like the rest of California, Sacramento is feeling the...
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Breaking Down Language Barriers in a Sacramento Parking Lot
It’s an ordinary Wednesday afternoon at a bustling Home Depot on Sacramento’s south side. Every possible kind of construction material flows in and out of a very busy parking lot. Paint, plumbing...
View ArticleThe (Alleged) Bicycle Thief: Man Snared Three Times by ‘Bait Bikes’
A 35-year-old Sacramento man named John Kirkman made news in April when he was arrested for allegedly stealing a decoy bicycle. The news wasn’t so much that he’d been busted for bicycle theft. It was...
View ArticleSpencer Stone, French Train Attack Hero, Stabbed in Sacramento
Updated, 1:20 p.m. Spencer Stone, the U.S. Air Force enlistee who was among a group of men hailed as heroes for helping thwart a terrorist attack on a French train in August, was stabbed early...
View ArticleIraqi Refugee in Sacramento Arrested on Terrorism Charges
Update, 3:00 pm: Officials say 23-year-old Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab of Sacramento is enrolled as a community college computer science major. American River College spokesman Scott Crow said Friday...
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What Makes a Person Vote (or Not)?
Like coffee and scotch, voting seems to be an acquired taste. Take Meadowview, a working-class neighborhood in southern Sacramento. It’s mostly single-family homes, a lot of concrete and no grocery...
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Local Elections Yield Results, But Receive Few Votes
Presidential elections receive by far the most attention, but it’s also the race where individual voters have the least direct effect. The undercard races for local offices, such as city council and...
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A Day With a Sixth-Grader: How One School Supports a High-Needs Student
I meet 11-year-old Carlos Delrio at the back of campus at Oak Ridge Elementary in Sacramento, where his mom drops him off every day before school. He’s a sweet boy with a cute, pudgy face. Carlos is a...
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Un día acompañando a un estudiante de sexto grado: Cómo apoya una escuela a...
Me reúno con Carlos Delrio, de 11 años, al fondo del recinto escolar de Oak Ridge Elementary, donde le deja su mamá todos los días antes de empezar las clases. Es un niño dulce, con carita graciosa y...
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After Years of Helping Kids Manage Trauma, One School’s Unique Program Faces...
Leer esto en Español Room 30 at Oak Ridge Elementary School in Sacramento is decked out with inspirational posters. Board games and art supplies fill the shelves. An exercise treadmill is tucked in one...
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Is Extra Funding Helping English Learners? One School’s Contentious Decision
Leer esto en Español A handful of first-graders sit cross-legged on a rainbow-colored rug with their eyes fixed on Katherine Craig, the reading specialist at Oak Ridge Elementary in Sacramento. She’s...
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