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A judge on Friday temporarily blocked the state of California from implementing a landmark new law aimed at raising wages and improving working conditions for fast food workers. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Shelleyanne Chang’s order came in response to a lawsuit by restaurant industry groups that are seeking a referendum on the November 2024 ballot in a bid to overturn the law. The law establishes a 10-member council empowered to set minimum wages as well as standards for hours and working conditions for California’s fast food workers.

LOS ANGELES -- A disability rights advocate will become the second openly transgender person to serve as a California judge after being appointed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Andi Mudryk, 58, chief deputy director at the Department of Rehabilitation, will serve on the Sacramento County Superior Court. She follows in the path of Alameda Superior Court Judge Victoria Kolakowski, who became the first openly transgender judge after being elected in 2010. “Andi Mudryk is a great appointment and will be a wonderful judge,” Kolakowski tweeted. “I’m glad to finally have a trans colleague on the bench in California.” Mudryk has...

A disability rights advocate will become the second openly transgender person to serve as a California judge after being appointed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Andi Mudryk, 58, chief deputy director at the Department of Rehabilitation, will serve on the Sacramento County Superior Court. She follows in the path of Alameda Superior Court Judge Victoria Kolakowski, who became the first openly transgender judge after being elected in 2010.

Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate:James Patrick Arguelles, of California, to serve as a Judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.James Patrick Arguelles currently serves as a Superior Court Judge in Sacramento County, California.  Before taking the bench in 2010, Judge Arguelles was a Partner at Stevens, O’Connell & Jacobs, LLP, an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California, and in private practice at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP.  Judge Arguelles is also a Military Judge in the United States Army Reserve.  Upon graduation from law...

An Uber driver targeted the San Mateo home of his passengers after dropping them off at the airport, police said Monday. But when he was scared off by the house alarm, he left and burglarized a home less than half a mile away, police said. Jackie Gordon Wilson, a 38-year-old resident of Rancho Cordova (Sacramento County) was arrested Friday night on suspicion of breaking into and ransacking a home, San Mateo police said. Officers responded at 5:37 p.m. to a report of a burglary on the 1700 block of Nash Drive, where they found a residence “completely ransacked,” said Michael...

California’s new governor and his family plan to move to a $3.7 million, six-bedroom house in Fair Oaks they bought in December, according to property records obtained by The Sacramento Bee. For now, Gavin and Jennifer Siebel Newsom and their four young children are living in the historic governor’s mansion in downtown Sacramento. The governor’s office confirmed that they plan to move to Fair Oaks, an unincorporated community in Sacramento County, once their new house is renovated. Deed records show a limited liability company purchased the Fair Oaks property in December. The company is registered in the name of Gavin...

U.S. immigration authorities said Monday they have arrested more than 2,000 undocumented immigrants with prior criminal convictions, including 18 in Sacramento and Yolo counties.

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Sacramento County’s health department will begin distributing a take-home STD test for women that won’t cost users a penny. The city has one of the highest rates of STDs in the state, and it keeps going up every year. Now a new online program will hopefully get more people to get tested. “We definitely need all the help we can get,” said Sacramento County Public Health Officer Dr. Olivia Kasirye. The division of public health says STDs are spreading like wildfire in Sacramento, with chlamydia and gonorrhea considered an epidemic. “Many people who have STDs do not...

Sacramento County's ballooning deficit: What happened? By Robert Lewis Published Wednesday, Apr. 21, 2010 In just two months, the projected shortfall in Sacramento County's general fund budget for the coming fiscal year has ballooned by 40 percent – from $119.1 million to $166.5 million. Nearly 750 county workers lost their jobs last year to the budget ax; hundreds more – as much as 10 percent of the remaining work force – are on the chopping block this year. For workers facing layoffs and scores of county residents, a basic question resounds: Why do things look so much worse now than...