Back in October, Assemblyman Roger Dickinson challenged his colleagues and other Capitol denizens to a duel of sorts:
Could they collect more canned food for charity than a bunch of fifth-graders?
Both groups had a month. The cans mounted. The Sacramento Democrat unveiled the winner last week.
Fifth-graders can't drive, but it turns out they can run a can drive.
Capitol folks managed to collect 1,951 cans, to be exact.
But students from Bannon Creek Elementary School, Leonardo da Vinci School and Theodore Judah Elementary School did far better, collecting 5,031.
Let's see … 1,951 plus 5,031 equals 6,982, and all of them go to Operation Gobble, a local program that delivers turkeys to families in need.
Dickinson will join fellow Sacramento Democrat Darrell Steinberg, the Senate president pro tem, to hand out out turkeys and canned goods to nonprofits on Tuesday in anticipation of this week's Thanksgiving holiday.
– Micaela Massimino
BY THE NUMBERS
California has the most residents age 90 or older in the nation – 186,448, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's new American Community Survey. There are 40 men for every 100 women in that age group, the ninth-highest ratio in the nation. Hawaii's ratio, at 47, is highest. The District of Columbia's is lowest, just 19 men for every 100 women age 90-plus.
– Dan Walters
WORTH REPEATING
"I'll admit that the transition to Sacramento hasn't been completely smooth."
SEN. ANTHONY CANNELLA, R-Ceres, reflecting last week on his first term so far in the California Legislature
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