Category: Local and State News

Digital News Report – The decomposing body of an 30-year-old woman who was recently found at an apartment by the Santa Cruz Police department is now being investigated as a homicide. The…

Digital News Report – California lawmakers are considering several budget cut actions in case the Governor fails to get tax extensions or a tax hike. Vice Chair of the Senate Budget Committee…

Digital News Report – A bill being considered in California would eliminate sales taxes on equipment for manufacturing and research and development uses. According to State Senator Tony Strickland, the senate bill…

Digital News Report – Republicans claim Democrats are playing politics with the California budget. Last month Republicans did not allow Gov. Jerry Brown to put an initiative on the ballot that would…

Digital News Report – State Senator Bob Huff says that he has a plan to make government purchases cheaper. “If you can find a product or service in the Yellow Pages, the…

Digital News Report – The City Attorney for San Francisco has praised the decision of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals which ruled against the key provisions in Arizona’s immigration law,…

Digital News Report – State lawmakers are pushing a bill that will allow the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to notify victims of crimes via email when an offender is released….

Digital News Report – A Sonoma County judge halted plans by the Bohemian Club to harvest Douglas fur and redwood trees. A plan to harvest 1 million board feet was approved by…

Digital News Report – California State Senator Tom Harman says that inmates should not have cell phones and the only cell they should have is the one they are in. While it…

Digital News Report – Governor Brown has a uphill battle to convince voters to extend current tax increases, according to tax-advocate groups. Assemblyman Don Wagner and Senator Tony Strickland have launched a…