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SF’s City-Run Health Care a Model During National Debate

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – San Francisco isn’t waiting for Washington, and that’s got some lawmakers on Capitol Hill looking to the city as a model for national health care reform. Health San Francisco is the nation’s first city-run universal health care plan. While it’s not insurance and not valid outside the city, most uninsured adults [...]

UC Students Will Receive Higher Tuition Bills

LOS ANGELES (AP) – University of California students will get a much larger tuition bill next year. The Board of Regents on Thursday approved a 32 percent increase in undergraduate student fees, despite protests by hundreds of demonstrators outside the regents’ meeting at UCLA. By next fall, undergraduate fees will be boosted by $2,500, sending [...]

More Lake Tahoe-Area Ski Resorts Plan to Open

RENO, Nev. (AP) – Three more Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts plan to open for the season this week. Heavenly on Tahoe’s south shore will open Friday, while Squaw Valley USA and Northstar-at-Tahoe just north of Tahoe will open Saturday. Boreal atop Donner Summit kicked off the season Oct. 9, and Mt. Rose Ski-Tahoe southwest of [...]

Car Accident Damages Chico Building

No injuries reported after a man drove his car through a Chico office building Thursday morning. Police say 38 year old William Speer drove his car through a breezeway at a methadone clinic on Rio Lindo Avenue. An eyewitness reported it appeared Speer mistook the breezeway for a parking spot.  Speer’s car went through a large [...]

CARD Seeks More Funding for DeGarmo Park

Chico Park officials are looking to shore up funding to finish work on DeGarmo Park. Park District Superintendent Jake Preston says crews want to complete parking and some protection for soccer fields.
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The request for more funds goes before the Directors of the Chico Area Park and Recreation District tonight. Preston says [...]

Man Arrested in Chico Home Invasion Robbery

A Chico man is arrested on suspicion of armed robbery after a home invasion robbery Wednesday morning. Police took 18 year old Demario Mason into custody and at last report are still looking for a second suspect after an attempted robbery in the 11 hundred block of West Seventh Street.  The robbery was the second [...]

Swine Flu Blamed for Two CA Prison Deaths

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Health officials are blaming swine flu for killing two California prison inmates, the state’s first prisoner deaths connected to the H1N1 virus. A federal court-appointed receiver who controls prison medical care says one inmate died Tuesday in a central California prison. The other died Friday in a Southern California prison. Receiver’s [...]

Butte D.A. Sweeps County for Bad Check Writers

Local residents accused of writing bad checks get their annual holiday greeting from law enforcement. The Butte County District Attorney’s office Wednesday swept the county looking for people accused of knowingly passing bad checks. D.A. Mike Ramsey says the annual event is intended to send a message before the holiday shopping season.
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CA Could Face Massive Budget Shortfalls for Years to Come

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A new forecast says that despite multiple attempts to balance California’s budget, the state can still expect to confront shortfalls approaching $20 billion during each of the next five years. The report by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office Wednesday warned that the state will face huge fiscal challenges even as the [...]