October 30, 2019

30Oct

 

POLICY & POLITICS

 

Maddy Associates event: “The State of Latino Economic Well Being in California”

The Maddy Institute

Today, The Maddy Institute will be hosting Dr. Mindy Romero, Director of the California Civic Engagement Project - USC Price School of Public Policy at a Maddy Associates Speakers Series.  Her presentation will cover a publication she authored on the State of Economic Well Being of Latinos in California. Business and Community leaders have been invited to attend these events at Fresno State and California State University, Bakersfield. The same presentation will take place at Stanislaus State tomorrow, Thursday, October 31st.

 

North SJ Valley:

 

California Democrat wants to make PG&E pay a penalty if it gives executive bonuses

Sacramento Bee

Rep. Josh Harder, D-Turlock, announced on Monday he’d submit a bill in response to the blackouts PG&E initiated across California as a precaution against wildfires.

 

Olson: Let’s stop attorneys who take advantage of California labor laws

Modesto Bee

However, rather than acting as a tool to protect workers across California, PAGA is now more often used so the attorneys involved can collect hefty fees, leaving the employees they are supposed to be representing with very little compensation. 

 

Stanislaus County pedestrian death count tracks national trend

Modesto Bee

Across the country, the number of people who died while walking last year reached its highest level since 1990. Officials in state after state project the number to increase in 2019, in 2020, and beyond.

 

Central SJ Valley:

 

Community activist and church leader throws hat into Fresno mayoral race

Fresno Bee

The Reverend Dr. Floyd Harris Jr., a leader in Fresno’s black community, said he has filed the paperwork and intends run for mayor in 2020.

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Fresno Mayoral Candidate Calls For Attorney General To Investigate False Campaign Website

KVPR

“Using false information to deceive voters is nothing short of wrong and California laws on deceptive campaign practices are clear,” the statement reads. “That is why we are supportive of a complete investigation to determine who is behind this type of negative campaigning.”

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Former Lemoore councilwoman will be sent to state hospital for treatment

abc30

Holly Blair's two criminal court cases are on pause after a doctor recently found her incompetent to stand trial.

 

South SJ Valley:

 

Assemblymember Salas and Corcoran PD Celebrate New Headquarters

Hanford Sentinel

Assemblymember Salas along with the Corcoran Police Department and local leaders secured nearly $4 million in the 2015-16 state budget and an additional $1.7 million in the 2018-19 state budget that was needed to completely fund the project.

 

Bakersfield announces homeless shelter for Brundage Lane

Bakersfield Californian

The city of Bakersfield has announced it plans to purchase the headquarters of Calcot Limited at 1900 East Brundage Lane to build a homeless shelter.

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City of Shafter Seeks Qualified City Manager

City of Shafter

Shafter is a city at the southern tip of California’s San Joaquin Valley in Kern County. With a population of 20,886, Shafter is the fastest growing city in Kern County and one of the fastest in the State with a population increase of 19.61% over the past five years.

 

State:

 

Uber, Lyft, DoorDash back ballot measure to weaken California’s new gig workers law

Fresno Bee

A group representing three major tech companies announced on Tuesday that it plans to file a ballot measure to weaken a new California law that would compel its members to provide full-time employment benefits to more workers.

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PG&E to credit customers hit by power outages: Gov. Gavin Newsom

abc30

"We made contact with PG&E and they will begin the process of crediting customers for this disruption. This is significant because utilities in the past have never credited customers for these disruptions. We called for rebates, and the CEO just communicated with our staff that they are going to support some credits," Newsom said at a news conference on Tuesday.

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Republicans say they have a way to prevent PG&E power shutoffs: Halt this Democratic law

Sacramento Bee

But the mechanism for their proposal is unique: Temporarily halting a popular state law Democrats passed last year requiring California to get 100 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2045.

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Mathews: California Is Still America’s Most Republican State

Zócalo Public Square

For all the raging rhetoric against our state as a failing Democratic bastion, the larger, historical truth is exactly the opposite: Modern California is, in almost all respects, the creation of Republicans. 

 

Federal:

 

House impeachment rules put Devin Nunes in seat to run Donald Trump’s defense

Fresno Bee

Rep. Devin Nunes will likely be running President Donald Trump’s defense on the impeachment inquiry under rules the House plans to vote on Thursday. Nunes can question witnesses for an equal amount of time as Chairman Adam Schiff.

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In a rebuke to Turkey, House votes to recognize Armenian genocide

Fresno Bee

The House voted Tuesday to recognize the Armenian genocide, condemning Turkey for a 1915 atrocity just weeks after President Donald Trump pulled U.S. troops from Syria and cleared the way for Turkey to attack minority Kurdish fighters it considers to be terrorists.

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Jerry Brown implores Washington to act on climate: ‘California’s burning’

San Francisco Chronicle

Former California Gov. Jerry Brown visited Capitol Hill on Tuesday to give an impassioned plea for dramatic action to combat climate change, citing California’s wildfires as an example of the “life-and-death” stakes.

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Elections 2020:

 

‘The West barely exists’: California primary falls flat

Politico

In their wake, the region’s marquee contests in Nevada and California — one small early state, and one massive, Super Tuesday primary — have emerged as wide-open races. And the promise of an early California primary tilting the balance of the Democratic primary westward has fallen short.

 

Wildfires underscore presidential hopeful Tom Steyer’s climate change agenda

Orange County Register

With California’s wildfires drawing attention to climate change’s role in the blazes, presidential candidate Tom Steyer is especially vigorous in touting the need to reduce carbon emissions and overcome the corporate influence that contributes to the environmental status quo.

 

Warren Singles Out U.S. Officials for Moving to C-Suite Jobs

Bloomberg

Senator Elizabeth Warren stepped up her criticism of some of the largest U.S. corporations and singled out senior-level government officials who accepted jobs at Facebook Inc., Wells Fargo & Co., BP Plc and Walmart Inc. after working for the federal government.

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How Kamala Harris’s ‘Family of Fighters’ Influenced Her Campaign Message

Wall Street Journal

The life of Shyamala Gopalan Harris—and her civil-rights activism starting in Berkeley in the 1960s—has been an undercurrent of her daughter’s presidential campaign, from the first ad to her more recent pitches to voters as she struggles to gain traction.

 

Biden Allies Launch Super PAC to Support 2020 Bid

Wall Street Journal

The super PAC, called “Unite the Country,” filed paperwork Monday with the Federal Election Commission. The group’s treasurer is Larry Rasky, a public relations executive and former aide to Mr. Biden’s previous presidential campaigns.

 

Other:

 

Cashing in: NCAA board approves athlete compensation for image, likeness

Stockton Record

The NCAA took a major step Tuesday toward allowing college athletes to cash in on their fame, voting to permit them to “benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness.”

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Trump, Zuckerberg & Pals Are Breaking America

New York Times

If America’s worst enemies had spent years designing a plan to erode our greatest strengths, they could not have done better than what some of our fellow citizens are doing to the country every day for short-term financial or political gain.

 

Poll: Californians Have Increasingly Negative Views About Facebook ... But Still Use It Plenty

KQED

A new Change Research poll commissioned by KQED found that nearly half of Californians surveyed earlier this month viewed Facebook more negatively than other tech giants like Google, Amazon, Uber and Lyft. 

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Is Facebook censoring conservatives or is moderating just too hard?

CNET

The dust-up between PragerU and Facebook underscores one of the biggest challenges for social media companies as they try to become consistent about what content is allowed on their platforms.

 

MADDY INSTITUTE PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAMMING

 

Sunday, November 3, at 10 a.m. on ABC30 – Maddy Report: pre-empted

 

Sunday, November 3, at 10 a.m. on Newstalk 580AM/105.9FM (KMJ) – Maddy Report - Valley Views Edition: “California Facts, Valley Economic Opportunities” – Guests: Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin; Pete Weber, co-chair of CalFwd and Director of the Fresno Bridge Academy and Carolyn Chu, Legislative Analyst Office. Host: Maddy Institute Executive Director, Mark Keppler.

 

Sunday, November 3, at 7:30 a.m. on UniMas 61 (KTTF) – El Informe Maddy: “Climate Change Legislation”– Invitado: Alvar Escriva-Bou, Public Policy Institute of California. Presentado Por: Coordinadora del Programa del Maddy Institute, Maria Jeans.

 

AGRICULTURE/FOOD

 

Lawmakers see a bipartisan immigration fix for farm workers. Does the White House?

Sacramento Bee

The White House is dismissing a fresh effort from a bipartisan group of House lawmakers to address the status of undocumented immigrants working in the U.S. agriculture industry.

 

Amazon Prime offering free grocery delivery for members

abc30

Competition among grocery delivery services is heating up and the real winners are consumers. Amazon announced today that it is eliminating its delivery fee for Prime members.

 

U.S. finalizing rule to allow farmers to legally grown hemp 

PBS

The rule establishes requirements for licensing, maintaining records on land where hemp will be grown, testing the levels of THC, and disposal of plants that don’t meet the requirements.

 

CRIMINAL JUSTICE / FIRE / PUBLIC SAFETY

 

Crime:

 

Federal investigation of fatal Fresno police shooting of teen needed, protesters say

Fresno Bee

Protesters gathered outside the Fresno’s Federal Courthouse on Monday to call for an investigation into the police department following the shooting death of 16-year-old Isiah Murrietta-Golding in 2017 and the release of a video of the incident earlier this month.

 

Public Safety:

 

PG&E cut power to a California prison 2 days ago. The lights are on, but no one can visit

Sacramento Bee

Salinas Valley State Prison lost power late Saturday night and has not regained it, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Emergency generators are supplying power until PG&E turns the electricity came back on, said a CDCR spokeswoman.

 

Fire:

 

PG&E to credit customers hit by power outages: Gov. Gavin Newsom

abc30

"We made contact with PG&E and they will begin the process of crediting customers for this disruption. This is significant because utilities in the past have never credited customers for these disruptions. We called for rebates, and the CEO just communicated with our staff that they are going to support some credits," Newsom said at a news conference on Tuesday.

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Frustration rises amid another round of California blackouts

Fresno Bee

Millions of people have been without power for days as fire crews race to contain two major wind-whipped blazes that have destroyed dozens of homes at both ends of the state: in Sonoma County wine country and in the hills of Los Angeles.

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California wildfires: Where are fires burning and which are the most dangerous? 

Fresno Bee

Firefighters are battling several major wildfires across California, including an explosive Sonoma County blaze that has engulfed more than 75,000 acres, according to the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

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‘Life or death:’ Cell service outage could mean fire alerts don't go through

San Francisco Chronicle

Without cell service, signing up for emergency wildfire evacuation notices or getting backup chargers to keep phones going during a power outage is useless.

 

California utility says it may have sparked deadly 2018 fire

Fresno Bee

Southern California Edison says it's likely its equipment caused a wildfire last year that killed three people and destroyed more than 1,600 homes and other buildings. The Woolsey Fire in November burned from north of Los Angeles south through Malibu to the sea.

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ECONOMY / JOBS

 

Economy:

 

U.S. slowdown deepens as economic growth slips to 1.9 percent pace in third quarter

Washington Post

The U.S. economy cooled over the summer, growing at a 1.9 percent annualized pace from July through September, the latest sign that the slowdown is deepening.

 

US consumer confidence falls for third consecutive month

Fresno Bee

The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index edged down to 125.9 in October, compared with 126.3 in September. Perceptions about the present situation improved, but future expectations frayed.

 

2019 California Economic Summit Registration Opens

CAFWD

Register for the 2019 California Economic Summit, which will take place in Fresno on November 7-8. The Summit, produced by California Forward, marks the eighth annual gathering of private, public and civic leaders from across California’s diverse regions committed to creating a shared economic agenda to expand prosperity for all.

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We need many more women in the field of economics

The Indian Express

It is crucial for young girls to have female mentors because research shows that it encourages them to persevere ahead, despite difficulties.

 

 

Jobs:

 

Uber, Lyft, DoorDash back ballot measure to weaken California’s new gig workers law

Fresno Bee

A group representing three major tech companies announced on Tuesday that it plans to file a ballot measure to weaken a new California law that would compel its members to provide full-time employment benefits to more workers.

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Employee union files unfair labor practice complaints against UC

Orange County Register

The University of California‘s largest employee union has filed six new unfair labor practice complaints against U.C. that allege the school is systematically and secretly outsourcing jobs to low wage contractors.

 

California Teachers Association posts membership decline of about 15,000

EdSource

But the decline appears to be largely the result of the “disaffiliation” this past spring of the California Faculty Association from the CTA.

 

Olson: Let’s stop attorneys who take advantage of California labor laws

Modesto Bee

However, rather than acting as a tool to protect workers across California, PAGA is now more often used so the attorneys involved can collect hefty fees, leaving the employees they are supposed to be representing with very little compensation. 

 

EDUCATION

 

K-12:

 

Berry selected to serve on PUSD board

Porterville Recorder

Donna Berry was chosen to serve on the board during the district’s board meeting on Thursday. She was chosen out of 11 candidates for the position. Berry replaces Sharon Gill, who passed away on October 29.

 

Downtown Elementary parents, community members question equity with potential school changes

Bakersfield Californian

The term equity has been used as it relates to discussions about possible changes to Downtown Elementary School in the Bakersfield City School District. But what does equity really mean? Depending on who you ask, there are various applications of the word.

 

More San Joaquin County students in class, more having perfect attendance

Stockton Record

More children are attending school in San Joaquin County and recording perfect attendance based on new results from Beyond Our Gates. For the month, 151 schools registered and more than 43,000 students had perfect attendance.

 

California’s Bilingual Opportunity: Supporting Students’ Home Languages

California Budget & Policy Center

Every day, millions of California students come to school with an invaluable asset: living in homes where a language other than English is spoken. However, this asset is often squandered as many of these students do not become literate in their home language.

 

California Lawyers Endorse Chief Justice’s Civic Learning Initiative

California Courts

Justice McConnell reviewed the three branches of government and engaged the students to think about the duties and important characteristics of a judge. The 5th graders then took the role of judges and ruled on the various cases.

 

Reading scores drop in California, most states in much-watched national test

EdSource

In 2017, California education leaders heralded the significant increase in the state’s 8th-grade reading scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress as a sign that the state’s investment in education and its adoption of the Common Core standards had taken hold.

 

Mandating later school start times in California impinges on local control

EdSource

Under California’s system of local control of its schools, when to start the school day seems like a basic decision that should be left to local school boards and superintendents.

 

How to make the case for school choice

AEI

Choice advocates tend to argue that school choice "works," the public school system is a failure, and moral authority is on their side. There's a much stronger argument.

 

Higher Ed:

 

Chabad Center, CSUB hope to educate community on how to stop hate with Holocaust survivor

Bakersfield Californian

To make sure the conversation keeps going, the Chabad Jewish Community Center and Cal State Bakersfield partnered together to bring Holocaust survivor Jacob Eisenbach to campus Nov. 10 at the Doré Theater. The talk will begin at 4 p.m.

 

California groups demand UC drop the SAT, alleging it illegally discriminates against disadvantaged students

Los Angeles Times

The University of California came under new pressure Tuesday to eliminate the SAT and ACT as an admission requirement, when several groups threatened a lawsuit alleging that the tests violate state civil rights laws by unlawfully discriminating against disabled, low-income and underrepresented minority students.

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Opinion: More Latinx students gain diplomas on time thanks to 'early college'

Hechinger Report

Across the United States, colleges are experimenting with new ways to increase the number of students on their campuses while helping them achieve their academic goals within a targeted timeline to ensure success.

 

ENVIRONMENT/ ENERGY

 

Environment:

 

Wildfire smoke and windblown dust deliver a bad air double whammy to the valley

Bakersfield Californian

Wildfires and shifting winds are delivering a perfect storm of bad air quality to the Southern San Joaquin Valley, and the conditions are expected to last through most of this week. So that haze you may have noticed hanging in the air Sunday? Expect more of it.

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Study raises concern about e-cigarette waste

Capitol Weekly

As media coverage focuses on the more immediate public health crisis of vaping, and its link to a recent spate of mysterious lung illnesses and deaths, researchers like Mock and Hendlin caution there also is a looming environmental threat.

 

California’s blackouts could make fighting climate change even harder

Los Angeles Times

The state’s electric grid was experiencing rapid and unprecedented changes even before Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison began shutting off power to millions of people in a desperate scramble to prevent their transmission lines from sparking wildfires.

 

Cities, Tribes Try a New Environmental Approach: Give Nature Rights

Pew Trusts

Other tribes and even some cities also are embracing the idea that Mother Nature has legal rights — setting the stage for court battles that could shake governments, businesses and the environmental movement.

 

Energy:

 

Discovery of lithium at Boron mine raises eastern Kern's economic prospects

Bakersfield Californian

One of Eastern Kern County's leading industries has received a big boost with news the area's largest mining company has discovered lithium — an integral building block of electric cars — in the local waste piles it has generated over the past 90 years.

 

Coal giant seeks bankruptcy protection despite Trump’s help

Los Angeles Times

A major U.S. coal mining company is seeking bankruptcy protection, despite a flurry of regulatory breaks that its chief executive pushed for — and received — from the Trump administration.

 

US State Department oil pipeline review doesn’t ease worries

Fresno Bee

Opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada said the Trump administration is understating the potential for the line to break and spill into water bodies such as Montana's Missouri River, as the U.S. State Department held the sole public meeting Tuesday on a new environmental review of the long-stalled proposal.

 

HEALTH/HUMAN SERVICES

 

Health:

 

Visalia police, educators push for flavored vape ban during community forum

Visalia Times Delta

On Thursday evening, representatives from Visalia Unified School District, the California Health Collaborative, Visalia Police Department and the Tulare County Office of Education took to El Diamante High School Theatre's stage to answer questions and educate parents about the dangers of vaping.

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'We're going to do it together': New mental health resource opens downtown

Visalia Times Delta

The clubhouse, located at 206 E. Oak Avenue, is a resource for people struggling with their mental health, and Schrank's reason for opening it comes in part from her own experience.

 

Adventist Health breaks ground on rural health clinic in Tulare

Visalia Times Delta

Adventist Health broke ground on a new rural health clinic Monday, just a little over a year after the organization reopened Tulare's hospital under the Adventist license.

 

Heart-Failure Deaths Rise, Contributing to Worsening Life Expectancy

Wall Street Journal

Deaths from heart failure, one of the nation’s biggest killers, are surging as the population ages and the health of younger generations worsens.

 

Human Services:

 

Kaiser grant to bolster United Health Centers patient access

Business Journal

Kaiser Permanente awarded a $90,000 grant to United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley (UHC), which will provide free transportation for patients.

 

California disability law has costly effects: Documents disappear as state spends millions

Fresno Bee

The documents are disappearing from public view as California state departments work to comply with a 2017 law aimed at improving compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

 

Stem cell agency eyes ballot perils

Capitol Weekly

The 29 directors of the California stem cell agency are hearing a warning this week that certain types of their possible activities on behalf of a proposed $5.5 billion ballot initiative could lead to a criminal investigation by state or local law enforcement agencies.

 

California Nursing Home Residents Told To Find New Homes

California Healthline

Some of California’s most vulnerable nursing home residents, many of whom have nowhere else to go, are receiving letters from their health care plans saying they are no longer eligible for long-term care.

 

IMMIGRATION

 

Prop. 187 forced a generation to put fear aside and fight. It transformed California, and me

Los Angeles Times

On Nov. 2, 1994, over 10,000 teenagers across California walked out to protest Proposition 187. The initiative sought to punish undocumented immigrants by denying them certain services, including access to public healthcare and education.

 

Feds trying to circumvent Calif. law barring private immigrant detention centers, lawmakers say

Desert Sun

U.S. immigration officials are rushing to secure new contracts for four private immigrant detention facilities in California before a state law takes effect on Jan. 1 phasing out the use of private, for-profit prisons, lawmakers and immigrant advocates say.

 

Arrests at U.S. Southern Border Hit Highest Level in More Than a Decade

Wall Street Journal

Border Patrol agents arrested more than 851,000 people crossing the U.S.’s southwest border during the fiscal year ended in September, a 12-year high and more than double the previous year’s total, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said on Tuesday.

 

Challenges Implementing Sanctuary State Law Keep Immigrant Fears At a High

Capital Public Radio

Nearly two years after California’s sanctuary state rule took effect, immigrant advocates say law enforcement agencies are still helping federal immigration agents with deportations. 

 

LAND USE/HOUSING

 

Land Use:

 

Without a stadium, Fresno FC owner says soccer club is ‘almost certain’ to relocate

Fresno Bee

Frustrated by an inability to come up with a location for a soccer-only stadium in Fresno, the owner of the Fresno FC pro soccer club declared Tuesday that he and his investment group “will almost certainly be relocating the team.”

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Visalia hasn't given up on that second In-N-Out location

abc30

In-N-Out Burger is on the table for Visalia's planning commission meeting in November. The commission will consider a conditional use permit for a development at Dinuba Boulevard and Riggin Avenue, City Planner Paul Bernal said. 

 

Clovis Dog Park Master Plan Gains Momentum

Clovis Roundup

On Thursday, Oct. 24, the City of Clovis Planning Commission voted unanimously that the Dog Park Master Plan fits within the City’s General Plan. The commission recommended the park master plan move forward to the City Council.

 

New life for Orchard Supply site; Turlock Ace Hardware starts hiring, readies opening

Modesto Bee

The new Ace Hardware replacing the shuttered Orchard Supply Hardware on Geer Road will open in six weeks, on Dec. 11. The new store is going into the 33,000-square-foot building left vacant when Orchard Supply was dissolved by its parent company, Lowe’s, last year.

 

Housing:

 

Bakersfield announces homeless shelter for Brundage Lane

Bakersfield Californian

The city of Bakersfield has announced it plans to purchase the headquarters of Calcot Limited at 1900 East Brundage Lane to build a homeless shelter.

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Sacramento Mayor Calls For Rapid Expansion Of Tiny Homes Across California

Capital Public Radio

In Sacramento, Mayor Darrell Steinberg wants his city to spend $30 million dollars to jump-start the rapid production of these structures, which are sometimes just 500 square feet or less.

 

PUBLIC FINANCES

 

CalPERS board members are losing their iPads. Why the pension funds says data isn’t at risk

Sacramento Bee

CalPERS board member Margaret Brown has reported losing two state-issued iPhones and an iPad since she was elected to her seat overseeing the $380 billion pension fund two years ago, according to device records.

 

Is California holding your money? State has $9 billion in unclaimed paychecks, refunds

Sacramento Bee

The state is holding $9.3 billion in unclaimed property, according to a statement from the office of California State Controller Betty Yee.

 

TRANSPORTATION

 

Trump wins one against California on climate rules. Carmakers side with White House

Fresno Bee

The coalition said it simply wants to avoid a two-track system in which carmakers have to follow one set of rules for California, and the states that are supporting California, and another set of rules imposed by the federal government.

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Stanislaus County pedestrian death count tracks national trend

Modesto Bee

Across the country, the number of people who died while walking last year reached its highest level since 1990. Officials in state after state project the number to increase in 2019, in 2020, and beyond.

 

New segment of Highway 58 at Route 395 relieves bottleneck, opens way for Kern distribution activity

Bakersfield Californian

Caltrans says it is mostly finished resolving an east-west traffic bottleneck that has long frustrated Kern's ambitions of becoming a major distribution center, not to mention the headaches it caused county residents trying to get to or from Las Vegas.

 

Nobel Laureate Says Better Batteries Can Cement Electric-Car Era

Bloomberg

The Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose research proved critical in developing lithium-ion batteries said the ubiquitous technology energizing iPhones and Teslas is poised to become more powerful and cheaper -- keys for unlocking the mainstream adoption of electric vehicles and home-energy storage units.

 

WATER

 

Disadvantaged Communities Claim A Stake In State Groundwater Overhaul

KVPR

A tiny community on the outskirts of the City of Sanger, Tombstone is a bellwether for groundwater issues—one of the reasons Governor Gavin Newsom chose the community as the location to sign the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Act into law earlier this year. 

 

Taking on Tough Challenges at the State Water Board

Public Policy Institute of California

The State Water Board is central to addressing many of California’s major water challenges, including protecting water quality for drinking and for the environment, addressing drought and water conservation, and managing the allocation of surface water.

 

EDITORIAL: A new lake in west Stanislaus County? That sounds good

Modesto Bee

In a few years, a new 4-mile-long lake amid cliff-framed hills could be visible for about 15 seconds to people driving 60 mph as they pass Patterson on Interstate 5, 25 miles southwest of Modesto.

 

“Xtra”

 

Blue Man Group's tour 'Speechless' comes to the Saroyan Theater.

Visalia Times Delta

The Blue Man Group's "Speechless" performs at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6-7 at the Saroyan Theatre. Tickets are $20-$77.

 

Amgen bicycle race won’t happen in 2020. It has visited Modesto several times

Modesto Bee

Organizers announced Tuesday that they were suspending the Amgen Tour of California, a bicycle race that has involved Modesto several times. The 2020 version will not happen next May, and future races are uncertain, race President Kristin Klein said in a news release.

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