Topic: Alex Padilla

Despite stepped-up pressure from redevelopment agencies, state Senate leader Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) said Thursday he does not foresee the...

Public goods fee for state energy program to end

0 . Sacramento -- . . A program that has generated billions of dollars in funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy research over the past...

Bill makes prison cellphone smuggling a crime

0 . A bill making it a misdemeanor to smuggle cellphones to California inmates is on its way to Gov. Jerry Brown.. . The Senate unanimously ...
State Legislators Soundly Reject Bills to Combat Calif. Foreclosures. Apr. 28, 2011 (PR Newswire) - . /* Style Definitions */ span.prnews_span {...

Is California too broke to punish prisoners?

0 . Add sensible safety laws to the list of things that California can no longer afford. . . Forty-three other states and the federal government ...

Calif. prison guard admits smuggling cell phones

0 . A former California correctional officer was sentenced to 45 days in jail Friday for smuggling cell phones to state prison inmates.. . Terry...

Communist leaders fall in Philippines: army

Two top communist rebel leaders in the Philippines surrendered while a third was captured Wednesday in a fresh blow to the insurgency amid ongoing peace talks, the army said.Marvin Capones and his wife, Gelita, gave themselves up to the army on ...
Philippine leftist rebels are being pushed into oblivion by Facebook and the Internet as rebellious youths now vent online instead of taking up arms against the state, a peace negotiator said Thursday.Chief negotiator Alex Padilla said the Internet had helped steer ...

States struggle to hang up prison cell phones

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Prison inmates are letting their fingers do the walking by orchestrating crimes with contraband cell phones, as states scramble for ways to fight back despite budget woes that limit their options.Until now, authorities had focused on nabbing smuggled ...
Snoop Dogg has been accused of promoting underage drinking by alcohol industry watchdog the Marin Institute, for his endorsement of Blast by Colt...