REGION
Standard time returns
– so set back your clocks
If you wake up today feeling rushed, slow down and check your clock. You should have set it back an hour Saturday night.
Standard time returned at 2 a.m. today, giving most residents in the United States an extra hour of sleep. For those who don't set their clocks back an hour, it could mean showing up an hour early for church or having extra time to linger over the newspaper before the early football games.
Along with turning back the clocks this weekend, Sacramento fire officials are reminding citizens that it is a good time to place fresh batteries in those life-saving alarms.
Sacramento Fire Department Capt. Jim Doucette said an estimated 70 percent of fire deaths occurring in the home happen because smoke detectors failed. The main reason for those non-working smoke detectors: dead batteries.
Daylight savings time returns in March.
SACRAMENTO
Delinquent loans paid on congresswoman's home
The Sacramento home of Rep. Laura Richardson of Long Beach has had its deliquent loans paid, the Democrat said Friday.
"Everything is currently in order and has been resolved," the Democrat said during a meeting with the Long Beach Press-Telegram.
Richardson, who is up for re-election Tuesday, temporarily lost her Sacramento home to foreclosure this year, prompting national headlines.
Washington Mutual sold the home at auction in May but reversed the sale after Richardson complained she hadn't received proper notice.
Richardson said she has worked out a modified loan with the lender and plans to put the home up for sale or rent in December.
Richardson also had been issued multiple defaults on her homes in Long Beach and the neighboring Los Angeles port community of San Pedro. Five of those occurred as Richardson was using $177,500 of her own money to finance her political career.
Richardson's 37th Congressional District includes parts of South Central Los Angeles, Carson, Compton and most of Long Beach.
SACRAMENTO
Sacramento State to raise parking fees on Jan. 1
California State University, Sacramento, will raise parking fees beginning Jan. 1. It will be the first time student parking fees have been increased in more than five years.
According to a university press release, the fee hike is necessary because of rising costs and revenue shortfalls due to slower than anticipated enrollment growth at CSUS.
For students, parking fees will increase from $24 a month to $34 a month and from $108 a semester to $153 a semester.
An additional 2 percent will be added each year beginning in 2010.
Fees also will increase for faculty, staff and others associated with the university.
– Walter Yost
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