May 14, 2012

NBC Nightly News: Gov. Jerry Brown Proposes $8.3 Billion in Cuts

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May 9, 2012

Jerry Brown tells unions to brace for California state worker pay cuts

Brown administration officials met with the state employee union leaders last week, according to sources familiar with the meetings, to warn them that the next version of the governor's budget will include an unspecified cut in employee costs up to 10 percent.

The administration in January estimated that California is confronting a $9.2 billion deficit through 2012-13, but a recent state analysis concluded the actual gap is considerably more.

The sources, who declined to talk on the record because the administration asked all involved to keep the discussions secret, said Brown told the unions he was seeking $750 million in state employee cost savings for fiscal 2012-13..

LINK - SacBee.com

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May 8, 2012

Armed Parolee Arrested in Walnut Creek

On 5/8/12 at 12:07 am, Walnut Creek Police Officers contacted four suspicious persons in a parking lot near Vice Ultra Lounge. Upon contact one subject (later identified as Pittsburg resident Terrance Hornbeck) ran from the officers and discarded a loaded firearm. Officers caught Hornbeck who began to fight with them. Officers used a taser to stop Hornbeck and he was taken into custody. The firearm, with an illegal high capacity magazine, was recovered.

Another subject (later identified as Hercules resident David Gideon) was arrested for an outstanding warrant for a weapons violation...

LINK - SFGate.com

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May 8, 2012

Wanted parolee arrested on drug charges

Responding to a tip, Kings County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a wanted parolee Friday after he was found to be in possession of salable amounts of methamphetamine.

Brandon Kaiserman, 32, was arrested Friday at a home in the 10000 block of Jensen Street in Armona after deputies searched a home and discovered him sleeping on the living room floor and took him into custody without incident. Kaiserman was booked into Kings County Jail on the parole hold and charged with selling illegal narcotics...

LINK - HanfordSentinel.com

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May 8, 2012

Fresno police: Parolee tosses gun while fleeing officers

Police recovered a stolen 9mm Glock handgun from the roof of a carport in east-central Fresno Monday night after catching up with a parolee who tossed the weapon while running from officers, authorities said.

The chase began about 8 p.m. when officers saw two men loitering in a parking lot and turned around to check on them, police Sgt. James Fowler said. Both men began to run and one of them threw something as he took flight. A witness directed officers to the carport, where the weapon was recovered...

LINK - FresnoBee.com

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