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Manhattan Beach Firefighter Pay Averages Over $300,000 Per Year

January 21, 2020 2:07 amJanuary 21, 2020 8:52 am

There is now a $300,000 club for California’s firefighters. In the City of Manhattan Beach during 2018, the average pay and benefits for a full time firefighter were $300,242. While the Manhattan Beach firefighters, at least through 2018, belong to...

Sinaloa Cartel Drug Lord Extradited to California

January 20, 2020 5:10 pmJanuary 21, 2020 8:49 am

Sinaloa cartel drug tunneler and trafficker Jose Sanchez-Villalobos has been extradited to the United States from Mexico to face trial. Sanchez-Villalobos had built two major drug tunnels from Tijuana to the Otay Mesa Industrial Park in San Diego County and...

California Joins 13 Other States to Sue the Department of Agriculture Over Food Stamps Cut

January 20, 2020 2:45 pmJanuary 21, 2020 8:50 am

California and 13 other states filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday over new SNAP restrictions. 400,000 cut off CalFresh in California Under new Federal rules that were set to begin on April 1st, adults...

A San Diego County Beach Community Questions The Intentions Of A Proposed Parking Lot for Homeless

January 19, 2020 2:04 pmJanuary 20, 2020 9:39 am

If you build it they will come. Residents in a coastal beach town in North San Diego County are fighting to prevent a regional program for the homeless from anchoring itself inside a dense residential neighborhood, zoned agricultural and...

University of California Proposes Tuition Hike Days After New Bill Would Make Some CSU Tuition Free

January 19, 2020 2:07 amJanuary 18, 2020 11:11 pm

The University of California announced a possible tuition hike for all undergraduate state residents. The Board of Regents currently have two proposals for tuition rises. Under one, all undergraduate state resident students would see a $348 price increase next year,...

CA Rep. Josh Harder Compares California Homeless Epidemic to a Natural Disaster to Receive FEMA Assistance

January 16, 2020 4:40 pmJanuary 17, 2020 4:16 pm

“Homelessness is an emergency. Let’s call it what it is,” Rep. Harder (D-CA) said in a statement Tuesday. “My bill will bridge the gap between the president and the governor and allow us to get the federal support we need...

Crime Journalist Arraigned on Theft, Forgery Charges

January 15, 2020 10:38 amJanuary 15, 2020 10:50 am

Antoinnette Borbon, once a writer for the Davis Vanguard, was arraigned Tuesday in Woodland on counts of grand theft and possessing fictitious instruments, which Yolo County Judge Peter M. Williams said meant “forgery.” It was not the defendant’s first appearance...