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Mayor Johnson seeks more clout in Sacramento education

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Published May 24, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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RANDY PENCH rpench@sacbee.comMayor Kevin Johnson meets earlier this month with Sacramento High School student leaders including Lenee Washington. Johnson recently was named to a pair of national education committees ... Before he was mayor of Sacramento, former NBA player Kevin Johnson was a star in the national charter school movement ... Now, he's jumping back into the education arena. He says he'll review candidates for school boards in the November elections in the five districts serving

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Dining review: Esquire Grill no longer exciting

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Published May 16, 2010 at 2:56 p.m.
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The Esquire Grill on K Street, a quick stroll from the state Capitol, is often packed with eager patrons ... "Oh boy, big crowd tonight," I said to the cheery fellow who greeted us at Esquire Grill. "Um, I was guessing it would be slow on a Monday." ... "This is actually not uncommon," he replied. "We have two big groups. One is Californians for affordable student housing, and the other is the invertebrate – not the vertebrate – pesticide folks." ... I tried not to look star-struck as he led

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Ailene Voisin: Arizona has winner in 'Los Suns'

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Published May 6, 2010 at 11:18 a.m.
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Phoenix Suns forward Amare Stoudemire wears a "Los Suns" jersey during the first quarter of Game 2 of an NBA second-round playoff basketball series against the San Antonio Spurs Wednesday, May 5, 2010, in Phoenix. The Suns wore "Los Suns" on their jerseys, owner Robert Sarver said, "to honor our Latino community and the diversity of our league, the state of Arizona, and our nation." ... When the Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs resumed their heated rivalry Wednesday night, my guess is that a

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California mayors gather to discuss student dropout rate

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Published April 30, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.

Mayors from across California met in Sacramento on Thursday to discuss strategies for addressing the state's high public school dropout rates ... Nearly one in five students – 18.9 percent – dropped out of California high schools during the 2007-08 school year, according to California Department of Education figures released last year. 2008-09 numbers are due this summer ... "We are making some progress," said San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. "This will never be solved by making this a

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Casey Hayden, from pastry to the Stanford Mansion's director

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Published March 29, 2010 at 1:43 p.m.
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Casey Hayden, Leland Stanford Mansion director, at work ... Casey Hayden was one of California's hottest young pastry chefs in the 1980s and '90s, wielding whisks and sugar shakers at the legendary Spago in Los Angeles and Postrio in San Francisco, as well as his eponymous Sacramento bakery and cafe ... Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, for whom he worked at Spago and Postrio, called him "one of the most creatively inspired pastry chefs in the country." ... Hayden turned out caramellos, ciocolatos,

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California Budget Crisis: 'Here We Go Again'

Published Feb. 14, 2010 at 6:28 p.m.

Last year, California furloughed state workers, froze spending onpublic works projects and issued IOUs to state contractors, becomingthe poster child for fiscal disasters undercutting state budgets acrossthe country. This year's forecast: more of the same-- unless Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers learn to get along ...

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IRS Clears Schwarzenegger Of $80,000 Tax Lien

Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 7:34 p.m.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been cleared of an IRS lien for nearly $80,000 ...

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More Budget Pain For Calif. In 2010

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Published Jan. 2, 2010 at 6:28 p.m.

During last summer's fiscal crisis, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger borrowedthe title of a film classic to describe California's budget, saying itcontained "the good, the bad and the ugly." All that's left in 2010 is the ugly ...

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Sacramento mayor resolves to make peace with City Council

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Published Dec. 30, 2009 at 3:07 a.m.
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Mayor Kevin Johnson ... Like many people hoping to shed a few pounds after the holidays or promising to finally learn a foreign language, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson has made a list of resolutions for the new year ... His top one should make at least eight people happy: improving relations with the City Council ... "When I ran, there were a lot of people thinking that City Hall and City Council was a dysfunctional environment. I've been in office for a year and we have not yet improved upon

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Schwarzenegger Rules Out Another Run For Office

Published Nov. 18, 2009 at 10:59 a.m.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger won't say what his plans are when his term expires next year, but it won't be running for another office ...

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