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Capitol Alert: AM Alert: Community college leaders hear from Capitol crowd

Community college leaders from around the state are in Sacramento today, meeting with legislators in the Capitol and attending day two of the Community College League of California 's annual legislative conference.

Capitol Alert: AM Alert: Los Angeles event taps into U.S. immigration debate

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles is holding a press conference at Los Angeles City Hall to call for comprehensive immigration reform, staring at 10 a.m.

Capitol Alert: AM Alert: Finance director to parse California budget numbers

Capitol Alert: AM Alert: Let the 2013 special election campaigns begin

Capitol denizens, the countdown begins. The 2013-2014 Legislature convenes on Monday, but the legislator lineup is far from set in stone.

Capitol Alert: AM Alert: Occupy Sacramento rallies behind homeless rights

Occupy Sacramento and other advocates for the homeless and others are gathering today on the Capitol's north steps to support a legislative proposal to expand civil rights and anti-discrimination laws to include homeless and low-income peopl...

Capitol Alert: AM Alert: Pelosi announces committee posts for House Dems

California Democrats heading to Congress got a glimpse Thursday of what lies ahead as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced committee assignments for new and returning members.

Capitol Alert: AM Alert: Headlines turn focus to mental health, 'money bombs'

Last week's massacre at a Connecticut elementary school has focused national attention not only on gun control efforts but on access to mental health services.

Captiol Alert: AM Alert: Holiday card edition

2012 has not been the easiest year for the Lockyer family, what with state Treasurer Bill Lockyer and his wife Nadia separating after her drug abuse and extramarital affair became public. But that hasn't stopped the Lockyers from sending out...

Capitol Alert: AM Alert: John Burton's swearing-in offers history lesson

VIDEO: Dan Walters says that the Bay Bridge project might be a cautionary tale for California's high-speed rail. It's not every day that former Senate President Pro Tem John Burton turns 80 -- that would be on Saturday. To he...

Capitol Alert: AM Alert: Cost of currying political favor is going up

The cost of gas, the cost of milk, the cost of everything seems to keep rising.