By Charles Piller -
Updated: 11:40 pm
The firing of a former engineering supervisor for the California Department of Transportation, whose unit was involved in falsification of test data for foundations of state bridges, was upheld Thursday by the State Personnel Board.
By Torey Van Oot -
Published: 12:00 am
Former Lt. Gov Abel Maldonado has secured a contribution – but not an endorsement – from one of California's most influential GOP donors as he moves closer to a possible 2014 run for governor.
By Denny Walsh and Sam Stanton -
Published: 12:00 am
In a sharp rebuke of Gov. Jerry Brown, a federal judge Friday rejected his administration's bid to end federal court control of mental health care in California's prisons, finding that treatment has not attained a constitutional level and "systemic failures persist," which are leading to inmate suicides and other problems.
Updated: 10:47 am
President
Barack Obama has called California Attorney General
Kamala Harris to apologize for complimenting Harris on her looks during a Bay Area fundraiser earlier this week, White House spokesman
Jay Carney said Friday.
