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… of debt, and it took California employers roughly a decade to dig the fund out. Taxpayers wound up footing a roughly $1.4 billion dollar bill for interest payments on that loan. In fact, in 2016, when …









… the state’s environmental quality act, a lawmaker said last month. But UC Berkeley is supposed to inform students by March 24 whether they’re admitted. May 1 is the deadline for students to put down deposits …



How Long Are Californians Waiting for Rent Relief?

Manuela Tobias / March 3, 2022, 10:10 a.m. / Sacramento

1. Of more than 488,000 households who applied for assistance since the program launched in March 2021, about 180,000 were approved. Four percent were denied, and more than half of applicants …





… ’re not going to drop it anymore.”— Assemblymember Reginald Jones-Sawyer of Los Angeles Jones-Sayer’s $10 million pitch to give all CHP officers body cameras eventually was whittled down to a $1 million pilot …



OBITUARY: Johnnie A. Avila, 1935-2022

LoCO Staff / March 3, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits



OBITUARY: Janice Marie Cooper Tripp, 1941-2022

LoCO Staff / March 3, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits



OBITUARY: Dennis Tauscher, 1946-2022

LoCO Staff / March 3, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits



OBITUARY: Betty Lee Hooper, 1929-2022

LoCO Staff / March 3, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits



… Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez. (Read Part 1 here.)The afternoon session was dominated by an often acrimonious hearing regarding payroll services, a county function that has been rife with problems …







… of contempt of court. He was fined $1,550, and will have to pay $550 of that. He also was given a suspended six-day jail sentence and warned to quit violating court orders.Loehner repeatedly insulted testifying …



… , but the dearth of data is making it difficult to evaluate the additional spending Newsom proposed: $1.5 billion for temporary bridge housing and $500 million to deal with encampments, building on the $50 million …





OBITUARY: Sandra Jean (Johnson) Kilburn, 1941-2022

LoCO Staff / March 2, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits



OBITUARY: Velda Lenore Abrahamson, 1926-2022

LoCO Staff / March 2, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits

… . In keeping with Mom’s wishes, we will have an informal Celebration of Life at her graveside at the Sunrise Cemetery in Fortuna on Saturday, March 5th, at 1 p.m. All who knew and loved her are welcome …



OBITUARY: Rick Armstrong, 1960-2022

LoCO Staff / March 2, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits

… the Army and served in Germany as a motor mechanic, eventually receiving an honorable discharge. Rick worked for Schmidbauer Lumber. February 1, 2022, would have been his 39th work anniversary. Rick met …



Old Data? CDC Apparently Misjudged California’s COVID Risks

Kristen Hwang and Ana B. Ibarra / March 2, 2022, 6:20 a.m. / Sacramento

… $1.9 million from the Party sector since he was elected to the legislature. That represents 27 …



… -escalate the incident or “comfort his worries.” Malang, 22, is from Oregon but had been homeless in Arcata for a few months. He ended up arrested on Aug. 1 when officers came to the Plaza to investigate a report …



… (UPDATED) Paz Dominguez on the Offensive: Auditor-Controller Riles Supervisors, Staff With Allegations of Fiscal Shenanigans UPDATE, March 2, 1:50 p.m.:This story includes some conjecture …







OBITUARY: Kathleen Janette Huntress, 1947-2021

LoCO Staff / March 1, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits



OBITUARY: Dennis Robert Rosenbach, 1950-2022

LoCO Staff / March 1, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits

… 14 at 1 p.m. in Orleans at the Old Mill Pond. Please join us in our celebration for the life of Dennis Robert Rosenbach.###The obituary above was submitted on behalf of Dennis Rosenbach's loved …



OBITUARY: Emiko Miranda, 1923-2022

LoCO Staff / March 1, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits



OBITUARY: Lawrence Watts, 1944-2022

LoCO Staff / March 1, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits