Thursday is the New Friday

CFA, students protest

Students, faculty voice concerns over cuts

Blazej Bruzda

Issue date: 9/9/09 Section: News

The California Faculty Association (CFA), along with many students, filled the Sacramento State quad with protests against increased student fees and furlough days.

SacState Hornet

CSU, UC executive raises bill up for vote

Nanette Asimov, Chronicle Staff Writer

Thursday, September 10, 2009

State lawmakers have brought back to life a bill prohibiting executive pay raises at California State University in bad budget years.

SFGate

Sacramento State, UC Davis stress flu shots for students

By Laurel Rosenhall and Anna Tong lrosenhall@sacbee.com

Published: Thursday, Sep. 10, 2009 - 12:00 am | Page 1B

There was a carnival atmosphere inside theUniversity Union at Sacramento State on Wednesday, with jugglers, magicians, fortune tellers, balloon artists … and nurses giving flu shots.

Sacramento Bee

Swine flu vaccines to come in October

Kristine Guerra

Issue date: 9/9/09 Section: News

With more cases of H1N1, also known as swine flu, expected this fall, Sacramento State will offer free swine flu vaccines to students, faculty and staff members, along with seasonal flu vaccines given every year.

SacState Hornet

U.S. Braces for Long Flu Season

Along With the New H1N1, Some Nasty Traditional Strains Are Raising Concerns

By BETSY MCKAY

This year's flu season is shaping up to be unusually long and unpredictable, with current outbreaks of swine flu in schools potentially followed months from now by waves of seasonal flu among the elderly, according to health officials.

Wall Street Journal

Job Openings Fell to Record Low in July

By Kelly Evans

Employers appear to be in no rush to hire back the millions who lost their jobs in the recession, despite signs of improvement in the economy.

Wall Street Journal

Bay Bridge delay feared Rachel Gordon, Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, September 10, 2009

State and regional transportation officials warned Wednesday that the planned completion of the Bay Bridge's new east span in late 2013 may be delayed and exceed original cost projections.

SFGate

President Makes His Pitch

Health Plan Cut to $900 Billion With Tax on Premium Coverage;

GOP Unconvinced

By JONATHAN WEISMAN and JANET ADAMY

President Barack Obama gave an emotional, sometimes contentious address to Congress on Wednesday, combining tough talk to opponents with olive branches on policy in a bid to break the impasse on revamping the health-care system.

Wall Street Journal

Lawmaker Under Fire for Heckling Obama

By CARL HULSE

Representative Joe Wilson, Republican of South Carolina, pointing at center, yelled “You lie!” at the president during the speech, stunning members of both parties.

New York Times

Assemblyman Duvall quits after bragging about affairs with two women

By Jim Sanders - Updated: 7:27 am

Assemblyman Mike Duvall quit in shame Wednesday after tape recordings showed the married father of two boasted and laughed about having sex with and spanking one of two mistresses.

Sacramento Bee

Space shuttle to dodge debris on way home

By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer

Thursday, September 10, 2009

NASA has decided to move the shuttle Discovery out of the way of a mystery piece of orbiting junk before the spacecraft heads for a scheduled landing on Earth.

SFGate

U.S. Says Iran Could Expedite Nuclear Bomb

By DAVID E. SANGER

Published: September 9, 2009

WASHINGTON — American intelligence agencies have concluded in recent months that Iran has created enough nuclear fuel to make a rapid, if risky, sprint for a nuclear weapon. But new intelligence reports delivered to the White House say that the country has deliberately stopped short of the critical last steps to make a bomb.

New York Times

Typical jumper: 40, white, single and male

Kevin Fagan, Chronicle Staff Writer

Thursday, September 10, 2009

The typical person who jumps off the Golden Gate Bridge is a 40-year-old, single, white man, according to a new report that looked at every known suicide on the span since 1994.

SFGate

World News Wednesdays

Sotomayor takes oath, seat on bench

WASHINGTON — As her mother, President Obama and other well-wishers watched her in the white-marble-and-red-velvet courtroom, Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday swore to "do equal right to the poor and to the rich" as a justice.

usatoday, September 8, 2009

Despite Fears, Health Care Overhaul Is Moving Ahead

WASHINGTON — The conventional wisdom, here and around the country, is that the centerpiece of President Obama’s domestic agenda — remaking the health care system to cut costs and cover the uninsured — is on life support and that only a political miracle could revive it.

nytimes, September 9, 2009

2,000 students at U.S. university report swine flu symptoms

SAN FRANCISCO, California (AFP) – Some 2,000 students at Washington State University have reported symptoms of swine flu, university officials said, in one of the largest reported outbreaks of the virus on a US college campus.

yahoo, September 6, 2009

Government plan is crux of health care debate

On the eve of President Obama's key health care address to a joint session of Congress, top House Democrats appeared divided Tuesday over a controversial government-run insurance option, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisting it be part of the House plan.

sfgate, September 9, 2009

Student fees up by 32 percent

Last May, the California State University Board of Trustees voted to increase the CSU fee by 10 percent. Then on July 21, the board voted to raise the new fee by another 20 percent, making a total of a 32 percent fee increase for all the schools in the CSU system from the previous year.

statehornet, September 2, 2009

Bay Bridge reopens

The Bay Bridge reopened at 6:30 a.m. today after crews working around the clock repaired a crack in a steel link on the eastern span, bringing relief to thousands of people who had assumed they would have to find other ways to get across the bay.

sfgate, September 8, 2009

Seized Times Reporter Is Freed in Afghan Raid That Kills Aide

Stephen Farrell, a New York Times reporter held captive by militants in northern Afghanistan, was freed in a military commando raid early Wednesday, but his Afghan interpreter was killed during the rescue effort.

nytimes, September 9, 2009

Sacramento-area college bookstores try to rent texts

Karina Ochoa burbled with excitement last week as she pulled a textbook off the shelf inside Sacramento State’s campus bookstore. On the tag next to the "Dimensions of Human Behavior" text that she needed for a social work class, Ochoa saw that she could pay $45 to rent the book for the semester – instead of $120 to buy it.

sacbee, September 7, 2009

Bummer: Giants fall 3 back of Rockies

A pennant race changes all perspective. Had the Giants been hopelessly out of contention, Madison Bumgarner's solid major-league debut for an injured Tim Lincecum might have left the Giants smiling. But this is bottom-line time. There were no smiles.

sfgate, September 9, 2009

The future of libraries, with or without books

(CNN) -- The stereotypical library is dying -- and it's taking its shushing ladies, dank smell and endless shelves of books with it.

cnn, September 4, 2009

Back-seat Driver: When roads close, capital-area drivers get creative

The Bay Bridge is San Francisco’s main umbilical cord to the world, carrying 248,000 vehicles daily.

sacbee, September 7, 2009

Altered state

Legalization and pot clubs grow increasingly popular, but California law enforcement, leaders and other squares still can’t think outside of the box

newsreview September 1, 2009

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The Tuesday Wakeup

Study: 2 out of 5 working-age Californians jobless

By Judy Lin
The Associated Press

Published: Sunday, Sep. 6, 2009 - 12:12 am
Last Modified: Sunday, Sep. 6, 2009 - 12:37 am

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- On this Labor Day weekend, many Californians find themselves more in need of work than a holiday.

A report released Sunday says two of five working-age Californians do not have a job, underscoring the challenges in one of the toughest job markets in decades. A new study has found that the last time employment levels among this group were this low was February 1977.

- The Sacramento Bee

Judge refuses to halt CSU's second fee increase

By Laurel Rosenhal

Published: Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2009 - 12:00 am | Page 2B
Last Modified: Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2009 - 9:05 am

A San Francisco Superior Court judge denied a request Monday to stop the California State University system from charging students for a second fee increase this year.

The decision means the 23 CSU campuses can continue billing students for the 20 percent fee hike university trustees approved in July.

- The Sacramento Bee

Sacramento-area college bookstores try to rent texts

By Laurel Rosenhall

Published: Monday, Sep. 7, 2009 - 12:00 am | Page 1B
Last Modified: Monday, Sep. 7, 2009 - 1:48 pm

Karina Ochoa burbled with excitement last week as she pulled a textbook off the shelf inside Sacramento State’s campus bookstore. On the tag next to the "Dimensions of Human Behavior" text that she needed for a social work class, Ochoa saw that she could pay $45 to rent the book for the semester – instead of $120 to buy it.

"It's really not worth it to buy it," said Ochoa, 20.

A new program at California State University, Sacramento, allows students to rent books instead of buy them. It's part of a small but growing trend, as campus bookstores try to lure students away from Internet vendors and student advocates look for ways to save students money.

- The Sacramento Bee

The future of libraries, with or without books

By John D. Sutter
CNNUpdated 8:14 a.m. EDT, Fri September 4, 2009

(CNN) -- The stereotypical library is dying -- and it's taking its shushing ladies, dank smell and endless shelves of books with it.

Libraries are trying to imagine their futures with or without books.

Books are being pushed aside for digital learning centers and gaming areas. "Loud rooms" that promote public discourse and group projects are taking over the bookish quiet. Hipster staffers who blog, chat on Twitter and care little about the Dewey Decimal System are edging out old-school librarians.

- CNN

Survey: Latinas face challenges that hinder their education

Updated 4:10 p.m. EDT, Fri September 4, 2009

(CNN) -- Most Latinas have goals to graduate and get professional jobs, but challenges including discrimination and gender stereotyping undermine their chances of success, a new survey shows.

Many Latinas doubt their chances for academic and career success, the report found.

The discrimination -- sometimes from teachers and fellow students -- affects the young women's self-confidence and performance, leading to lower graduation rates, according to the report released last week by the National Women's Law Center and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

- CNN

Bay Bridge repair forces longer closure

By Tony Bizjak

Published: Tuesday, Sep. 8, 2009 - 12:00 am | Page 11A

The Bay Bridge will remain closed until at least Wednesday morning as crews work nonstop to repair what's been described as a "significant" crack in the bridge's east span near Yerba Buena Island.

The bridge had been shut in both directions since Thursday night as part of a major seismic project, and had been expected to reopen for today's morning commute.

However, the surprise discovery Saturday of a large crack in a steel beam forced emergency repairs requiring the bridge to remain closed.

- The Sacramento Bee

Animal cruelty complaint filed against Ariz. man

(09-04) 16:59 PDT PHOENIX (AP) –

Arizona prosecutors have filed felony animal cruelty charges against a man who allegedly tried to feed a kitten to a python and later killed the feline by drop-kicking it.

Maricopa County sheriff's deputies arrested 28-year-old Jeremy Tuffly at his Mesa home on Monday. He has since been released.

- The San Francisco Chronicle

Calif. porn company, SD university drop suit

By Carson Walker, Associated Press Writer

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

National American University is no longer suing a California pornography company that used a name the school thought was too similar: Naughty American University.

The school's parent company, Dlorah Inc., filed the federal lawsuit in South Dakota, where the company is based, against La Touraine Inc., a Nevada company based in San Diego. The suit sought financial damages and to prevent the use of the school's trademark.

- The San Francisco Chronicle

Giant national debt needs giant calculator

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

(09-02) 16:49 PDT Montrose, Colo. (AP) --

The national debt is so large, it doesn't even fit on most calculators. Western Colorado real estate developer Matt Miles says he was concerned that no one in government, nor most Americans, had ever seen the number. So he made a new calculator.

The "Big Red" calculator displays 16 digits. That's enough to show all the numbers in the national debt, which totaled nearly $11.8 trillion — or $11,792,918,170,836.43 — at the start of September.

- The San Francisco Chronicle

Older women, younger men: A capital convergence

By Anna Tong

Published: Monday, Sep. 7, 2009 - 12:00 am | Page 1B

Single men, listen up: Sacramento is the only metropolitan area on the West Coast where there are more single women than men.

What has the region's singles scene so lopsided are the 20,000 more single women than single men over age 34, according U.S. census data from 2006.

- The Sacramento Bee

The MonDaze

Another Monday, Another MonDaze
Monday, Sept. 07, 2009


Michael Jackson finally laid to rest in Los Angeles

Michael Jackson was finally laid to rest today in a funeral service at a heavily guarded private cemetery in Los Angeles.

The ceremony began more than an hour late as guests including 77-year-old Dame Elizabeth Taylor waited in termperatures of 32C for the Jackson Family to arrive at the Forest Lawn cemetery in Los Angeles.
Guardian, Sept. 04, 2009



Swine Flu and schools: 2,000 cases in 10 days at Washington college

At least 2,000 Washington State University (WSU) students at the Pullman campus have come down with the H1N1 influenza/ Swine Flu.
Examiner, Sept. 5, 2009




Money made by California's pot dispensaries remains hazy

Local governments, tasked with regulating the dispensaries sprouting up from Redding to Reseda, are scrambling just to figure out how many have opened.

Los Angeles is home to hundreds of dispensaries -- some of which opened after the City Council enacted a moratorium on new marijuana businesses. Towns such as Barstow and West Sacramento are banning dispensaries until they can outline regulations for them.
AARP Bulletin, Sept. 5, 2009



Controversy over fiery remarks fells Obama adviser

The White House environmental adviser under fire for inflammatory statements made before he joined the administration resigned after what he called a "vicious smear campaign against me."

Van Jones "understood that he was going to get in the way" of President Barack Obama's agenda, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Sunday.
Yahoo News, Sept. 6, 2009



Workers Race to Fix Crack in Bay Bridge

Transit crews scrambled to repair an unexpected crack in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and finish a long-planned seismic upgrade with just a day to go before the crush of morning commuters.
The 73-year-old structure that carries about 260,000 vehicles a day between the two sides of the bay remained closed for a fourth day on Monday, and authorities hoped to avoid a fifth on Tuesday.
AOL News, Sept. 07, 2009



Why do we celebrate Labor Day?

Each year, the end of summer is signified by the celebration of the Labor Day holiday on the first Monday in September. For most of us, this day is simply a day off from work and a great excuse to have a backyard barbeque. However, many people are not aware of the origins of this holiday and what it truly represents. So why do we celebrate Labor Day?
Current News, Sept. 07, 2009



Text of Obama speech to be released before school broadcast

The White House is set to release on Monday the text of a controversial back-to-school speech to students from President Obama that has angered some conservative parents and pundits.
The text of the 18-minute speech will be posted on the White House Web site so people can read it before its scheduled Internet broadcast to schoolchildren Tuesday.
CNN, Sept. 07, 2009



Boy captive two years in secret room by mother avoiding custody change

Chekevdia didn't have to endure rape like Dugard, 29, did by kidnappers Phillip and Nancy Garrido who took her off a South Lake Tahoe street 18-years-ago. See Jaycee Lee Dugard articles.

But just as cruel, this young boy was denied fresh air, sunshine, medical and dental care, education, friends and freedom. Chekevdia was forced to live for nearly two years in a 5' x 12' room with a ceiling the height of a washing machine.
Examiner, Sept. 6, 2009



Trotter leads UNLV past Sacramento St. 38-3

UNLV's Channing Trotter rushed for 102 yards and three 1-yard touchdowns Saturday night to lead the Rebels to a 38-3 victory against Sacramento State in the season opener for both teams.
AP, Sept. 06, 2009



Another Car Crashes Into a Sacramento Business

For the second time Sunday a vehicle crashed into a business in Sacramento.

Just after 7:00 p.m. the driver of a Volkswagen Jetta crashed through the side of the Dos Coyotes restaurant on Folsom Blvd. near 65th street.
News 10, Sept. 7, 2009


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The Monday Morning News Hounds
Monday, Aug. 31, 2009

Sacramento-area transit
makes cuts as revenue falls

Sacramento buses will take another turn Tuesday down an increasingly bumpy road. Riders on the blue and gold Regional Transit fleet will begin paying one of the steepest in-city fares in the state, $2.50 per ride. And forget about a transfer slip; it's been eliminated.
Sacramento Bee, Aug. 31, 2009

Lawsuits fly in wake of California's money problems

One of California’s most powerful politicians, Senator Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), announced his intent as a private citizen to sue the governor of the state because of budget cuts, while California State University students sued the Board of Trustees for fee increases. Two CSU students filed a lawsuit against the system’s Board of Trustees, stating the university breached a contract when they raised student fees by 20 percent in July after approving a 10 percent increase in May.
Chico State

Thefts of catalytic converters from vehicles increase across UCLA campus

It takes a thief two minutes to steal a catalytic converter from the underbelly of a vehicle, according to university police. Converter thefts, which have not before been an issue at UCLA, are increasing at an alarming rate across university parking structures. Criminals have targeted 25 vehicles, all Toyota Tacomas or 4Runners, since Aug. 14. By contrast, only two converters were stolen at UCLA in all of 2008. The converters are sought for their platinum content, and thefts have become a nationwide problem in recent years as value of platinum has risen, said Kristi Godines, a UCPD crime analyst.
Daily Bruin, UCLA

USC student launches delivery business for affordable beach bicycles

Pedal pusher · Dormbikes founder Micah Greenberg personally orders, assembles and delivers custom beach cruisers for students living near the USC campus at cheaper prices than the local stores. After spending a semester searching for an affordable bicycle, sophomore Micah Greenberg found an original business opportunity instead. Seeing that many other students also had a hard time finding cheap beach cruisers, Greenberg started Dormbikes, a business that offers a cheaper alternative to traditional stores.
Daily Trojan, USC

Group 2 News for Newsies (December 1, 2008) Journalism 30 - Thursday Class

Going Off to College for Less (Passport Required)

By TAMAR LEWIN

Published: November 30, 2008

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Isobel Oliphant felt she was making an offbeat choice when she graduated from Fox Lane High School in Bedford, N.Y., and enrolled at the ancient university in this quiet coastal t own of stone ruins and verdant golf courses.

New York Times

Giants WR Burress charged on 2 felony weapon counts, released

By ESPN.com news services

Updated: December 1, 2008, 10:48 PM ET

NEW YORK -- New York Giants star receiver Plaxico Burress was charged with two felony counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second-degree Monday and released on a $100,000 bond.

ESPN

Highest tide in 20 years floods historic Venice

By LUIGI COSTANTINI

VENICE, Italy – Venice could use a bailout. The city built on water has too much of it.

Yahoo!

Charges Are Tricky in Trampling Death

By COLLEEN LONG

Dec 1

NEW YORK - Police are reviewing surveillance videos of a post-Thanksgiving shopper stampede that trampled a suburban Wal-Mart worker to death, but they acknowledge it may be difficult to bring criminal charges.

AOL

Panel warns biological attack likely by 2013

By PAMELA HESS (Dec 1)

WASHINGTON – The United States can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study being briefed Tuesday to Vice President-elect Joe Biden. It suggests the Obama administration bolster efforts to counter and prepare for germ warfare by terrorists.

Yahoo! 

America's Most- And Least-Stolen Cars

By Jacqueline Mitchell (Dec 1)

Big trucks and SUVs are among the most appealing to car thieves. In the past few years, big, bold SUVs have become almost synonymous with the success of entertainment and sports stars. You make it big, you buy an Escalade. Or a Hummer.

Yahoo!

Schwarzenegger declares fiscal emergency in Calif.: report

By Sue Chang

Last update: 4:23 p.m. EST Dec. 1, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday declared a fiscal emergency and called for a special session with lawmakers to address California's $11.2 billion deficit, the Associated Press reported.

marketwatch

Man says God ordered him to ram vehicle at 100 mph

AP - Mon Dec 1, 8:13 PM ET

SAN ANTONIO - A man who rammed his truck into a woman's vehicle on a highway early Friday told authorities he crashed into her while going more than 100 mph because God told him "she needed to be taken off the road."

Yahoo!

 

Britney: What qualifies as comeback?

By Rachel Leibrock

Published: Monday, Dec. 01, 2008

Britney Spears turns 27 on Tuesday, but the troubled pop star won't just be celebrating with a cake and presents – she has a brand new record and the makings of a new image.

The Sacramento Bee

Stocks Plunge on Poor Economic Data, Holiday Jitters

By Renae Merle

Monday, December 1, 2008; 10:21 AM

U.S. stocks took a deep dive in early trading today as investors remained nervous about the holiday shopping season. 

The Dow Jones industrial average was down 3.8 percent or 334 points, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index was fell 4.5 percent or 40 points. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was down 4.3 percent or 67 points.

The Washington Post

 

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