Pacheco News

Our very own Pat Giorni joins Kent Lauder in addressing the nuts and bolts of how high-speed rail should arrive on the Peninsula in this San Mateo Daily Journal opinion piece .

Reporting from Sacramento - California's huge public employee pension fund, under scrutiny after suffering billions of dollars in investment losses, is now investigating its own oversight of hedge fund deals.

With fewer people at the airports, gas prices slipping below $3, and many major freeway construction projects in the rearview mirror, travelers can expect a smoother Thanksgiving getaway, even though many more motorists will be hitting the road than a year ago.

A nationally known researcher and educator has been appointed to the Contra Costa County Board of Education, where she plans to contribute her knowledge to local schools.

Schools debut Latino achievement awards Latino students and their families excitedly entered the Milpitas High School auditorium on Oct.

Riverside County District Attorney Rod Pacheco was among four statewide co-chairs named today of Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's Latino Coalition.

Reporting from Riverside - A major corruption probe led to the indictment Thursday of all but one member of the San Jacinto City Council on charges that included money laundering, bribery, fraud, perjury, conspiracy and filing false federal documents, prosecutors said.

The 2006 Republican primary for the Inland area's 65th Assembly District was one of several legislative campaigns that spring, seemingly just one more expensive intra-party brawl of candidates and special-interest spending.

"There will be pressure from different sides to step aside," said Max Neiman, senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California.

This month, anyone paid a wage in California should notice a few dollars missing from their paychecks.

Coachella Valley tourism officials reached out last week to what they hope will be a new market of visitors to the desert - and are eyeing more opportunities with a sales mission to China later this month.

Defending the University: A Teach-In on the Current Crisis * Part One: Panel Discussions & Speeches in Campbell Hall * Part Two: Breakout Workshops & Where Do We Go From Here? Discussion * Special Feature: Ruth Gilmore on budget-draining prison complex Continue for Complete schedule of Panels and Participants * Part One * Student Voices: Erica ...

Riverside County district attorney investigators are boycotting Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center after nine of their members were turned away from a county sheriff-run SWAT training class.

The Contra Costa County Horsemen's Association will put on a benefit schooling show and play day fundraiser to help the Salvation Army stock its food pantry for Thanksgiving and assist 3,500 needy families.

The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge remains closed today in San Francisco, Saturday, Oct.

Tulare Future Farmers of America students say they got plenty out of this year's FFA National Convention in Indianapolis.

Romualdo Pacheco, born October 31, 1831, was the first Hispanic representative of a state in Congress and to date, California's only Latino governor.

It takes patience, perseverance, imagination and a love of beautiful design to restore a house.

Carlos Pacheco , Danny Miki, Dexter Vines & Allen Martinez Editor's Note: Punisher #10 arrives in stores tomorrow, October 28.

A Riverside judge this morning set a Dec. 4 preliminary hearing date for Jurupa-area financial adviser Holly Gunnette.