Indictments in Last Years Tainted Pet Food

     KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Two Chinese businesses and a U.S.
company have been indicted over the tainted pet food incidents that
killed dozens of animals last year and first raised worries about
products made in China.
     According to the U.S. attorney’s office in Kansas City, the two
Chinese companies and Las Vegas-based ChemNutra were charged in two
separate [...]

Gay Marriage Goes Before High Court

     SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – California’s high court will hear arguments
in March over the legality of gay marriage in the state.
     The Supreme Court scheduled three hours of arguments on the
issue for March 4 in San Francisco. The court then has 90 days to
rule.
     The six consolidated cases being heard together challenges the
current, voter-approved state [...]

Congress Retaliates Against Berkeley City Council

     BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) – A move to strip Berkeley institutions of
federal funds is going forward in Congress in retaliation for last
week’s City Council vote telling the U.S. Marines they weren’t
welcome in town.
     Six Republican senators and an Orange County representative are
introducing companion bills called the Semper Fi Act of 2008.
     The bills would take [...]

Bush Pledges Help For Tornado Ravaged South

 Emergency crews search the rubble of the Union University dorms in Jackson, Tenn., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. (AP Photo)

 WHITE HOUSE (AP) – President Bush says the government will step
in to help Southern states pummeled by a series of tornadoes.
     The president says he has called governors of Alabama, Arkansas,
Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee and assured them [...]

Stolen Vehicle Recovery

Glenn County Sheriff Officials and dive teams spent hours Tuesday afternoon pulling a stolen Hummer out of the Sacramento River.  The vehicle was stolen out of Kern County.  Dive Teams were called in to search for any possible victims inside the vehicle.  None were found.

Red Bluff Police Arrest Suspect in Denny’s Armed Robbery

Red Bluff police had their suspect in minutes.  An early morning armed robbery was reported at Denny’s Restaurant today…a man armed with a rifle allegedly demanded cash from the manager and put it in her purse.  He fled the area.  Police say they stopped an 18 year old man within 10 minutes, found a purse in [...]

Chico’s Permanent City Manager Named

The city of Chico making the city manager’s title permanent for Dave Burkland.  Following a closed session at the city council meeting Tuesday, the local mayor announced that Burkland had been appointed to the manager’s position. A written contract still needs to be approved. Burkland took on the city manager’s role on an interim basis last [...]

Abandoned Transportation Measure (Prop. 91) Fails

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Californians have rejected Proposition 91 — the transportation funding measure.  The measure would have amended the state’s constitution to prohibit California lawmakers from raiding gasoline tax money to balance the budget.  Transportation groups gathered enough signatures in 2006 to put  it on the ballot, but later abandoned it saying it was [...]

Voters OK Major Expansion of Tribal Gambling in California

LOS ANGELES (AP) – California voters have approved a major expansion of Indian gambling.  The votes affirm deals Governor Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers struck last year with four wealthy Southern California tribes; in exchange for dramatic expansions of their existing casinos, the tribes will share hundreds of millions of dollars in
casino winnings annually with the [...]

Prop. 92 (Community College Funding) is a No-Go with Voters

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) – A plan to secure more state funding for community colleges has failed at the polls. Proposition 92 would have lowered community college fees and changed the way state funding is allocated to the huge system – 2.5 million students on 109 campuses.  Supporters say Proposition 92 would protect community colleges and [...]