Target stops sales of bear toys over lead concerns
Date: 02/09/2010 04:36:01 PM PST
OAKLAND The California attorney general is asking Target Corp. to pull its Valentine's Day "Message Bears" from store shelves over concerns that they have illegal levels of lead.
Author: editor@contracostatimes.com (Jason Dearen Associated Press)
Source: www.contracostatimes.com


CA's Big Political Spenders Of The Decade
Date: 02/09/2010 01:31:34 PM PST
A short but powerful snapshot this morning from the state's political watchdog agency reveals an awful lot about the movers and shakers in California politics this past ten years. But given it's suppo...
Source: blogs.kqed.org


Health care department breaches privacy
Date: 02/09/2010 09:39:28 AM PST
Pedestrians pass the front entrance of the state Department of Health Care Services in Sacramento on Tuesday morning. The Department of Health Care Services said Monday it has breached the privacy o...
Author: amcintosh@sacbee.com (Andrew McIntosh)
Source: www.sacbee.com


Details revealed on financing for governor's meal with legislators
Date: 02/09/2010 09:18:02 AM PST
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has released a partial list of guests to his closed-door lunch with legislators last month, and revealed who picked up the tab for their steak-or-salmon feeding. Public not...
Author: swiegand@sacbee.com (Steve Wiegand)
Source: www.sacbee.com


In cash-strapped state, how will we pay for public higher education?
Date: 02/09/2010 08:00:34 AM PST
On a mild, overcast day in October 2007, a University of California graduate lobbed a rhetorical bomb at his alma mater: What if the public university went private? "Suppose," mused state Treasurer B...
Author: swiegand@sacbee.com (Steve Wiegand)
Source: www.sacbee.com


Lawmakers lash out at EDD
Date: 02/09/2010 12:18:06 AM PST
Lawmakers are fed up with the state Employment Development Department, saying its technology staff is set to rack up $53 million in cost overruns on projects funded with federal stimulus money and is ...
Author: amcintosh@sacbee.com (Andrew McIntosh)
Source: www.sacbee.com


State error leads to security breach
Date: 02/09/2010 12:00:00 AM PST
A state health department mailed letters to nearly 50,000 Californians this month - inadvertently listing their Social Security numbers alongside their names and addresses on the envelopes. The securi...
Author: mlagos@sfchronicle.com (Marisa Lagos)
Source: www.sfgate.com


California budget crisis' teachable moment
Date: 02/09/2010 12:00:00 AM PST
The budget crunch at Cal State is getting so bad, it's forcing some young people to think about a future without a college education. But some students won't sit idly by. Maybe, one day, something go...
Source: www.latimes.com


Officials question Anthem insurance rate hikes
Date: 02/09/2010 12:00:00 AM PST
The Obama administration and state insurance officials pressured Anthem Blue Cross on Monday to justify its decision to raise rates by as much as 39 percent for thousands of outraged and frustrated Ca...
Author: vcolliver@sfchronicle.com (Victoria Colliver)
Source: www.sfgate.com


State job bias remedies called separate, unequal
Date: 02/09/2010 12:00:00 AM PST
Californians who complain of job discrimination are steered down two separate paths, a new study says - one for workers who can afford to hire lawyers, and another, less-rewarding road for those who c...
Author: begelko@sfchronicle.com (Bob Egelko)
Source: www.sfgate.com


Poizner urges Anthem Blue Cross to delay increases pending inquiry
Date: 02/09/2010 12:00:00 AM PST
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner dispatched a letter Monday to executives at WellPoint, the parent company of Anthem Blue Cross, urging them to postpone rate increases until May 1 so an...
Author: bcalvan@sacbee.com (Bobby Caina Calvan )
Source: www.sacbee.com


2 firms involved in CalPERS probe forfeit funds in New York case
Date: 02/09/2010 12:00:00 AM PST
Two investment firms under investigation in California's public pension fund scandal agreed to forfeit a combined $19 million Monday to settle a pension corruption probe in New York. The firms, Marks...
Author: dkasler@sacbee.com (Dale Kasler)
Source: www.sacbee.com

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