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SACRAMENTO - An infection contracted from a pedicure may have caused the death of Gerry Ann Schabarum, wife of former state Assemblyman and longtime Los Angeles County Supervisor Pete Schabarum.

According to the Pasadena Weekly, Schabarum had been battling a staphylococcus infection for more than a year and because she suffered from rheumatoid arthritis it was able to take hold in her body.

Measure may reach floor of state Senate by late April

By Todd R. Brown, STAFF WRITER

BROADMOOR VILLAGE - The last single-purpose special district in California with its own police force inched closer Wednesday to getting full powers for its officers.

The state Senate Local Government Committee approved a bill on a 5-0 vote that would fully recognize the Broadmoor Police Protection District. Currently the agency is limited by legal wording from performing certain duties typical of local law enforcement.

California Senate pass Yee's SJR 5

SACRAMENTO - On a unanimous vote (34-0), the California Senate passed March 19 Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 5 authored by Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) to urge Congress to quickly pass the Filipino Veterans Equity Act.

The Filipino Veterans Equity Act would reinstitute benefits stripped from Filipino WWII veterans sixty-one years ago by the 1946 Rescission Act.

The benefit, which includes healthcare, disability pensions, and burial expenses, is much needed for many of th

By Heather Murtagh

The next time state college executives get a raise state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco/San Mateo, hopes it happens in the open allowing the public to comment and access to more information prior to its approval.

Student fees were raised and larger benefit packages and salaries were all approved last week by the California State University Board of Trustees and the University of California Board of Regents last week.

By Michelle Durand

The waiting room in the VA San Bruno Outpatient Clinic looks much like that of any other medical facility - pastel chairs lined up awaiting clients, a television helping pass the time, pamphlets on proper nutrition and health stacked on tables.

But closer inspections turns up items that make the atmosphere different.

Senator also author of California college press freedom law enacted in August 2006

By Jared Taylor, SPLC staff writer

CALIFORNIA - A bill introduced in the California State Senate would require the state's public university governing boards to hold public meetings whenever changes are considered or made to university presidents' salaries.

Introduced by Sen.

By Adam Martin, The Examiner

SAN FRANCISCO - One of San Francisco's busiest crosstown arteries is also its most dangerous, and while police set up sting operations to bust speeders and red-light runners, legislators have been stymied in trying to more closely regulate state Route 1.

The seven miles of city blocks that make up 19th Avenue and Park Presidio - the highway's route across town - have seen some 1,205 injuries and deaths from collisions between 2000 and 2005, according to San Francisco police.

By Mark Abramson / Daily News Staff Writer

Longtime South San Francisco City Council Member and community activist Karyl Matsumoto has been recognized for her contributions to the area.

Matsumoto, 63, was picked by state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Mateo/San Francisco, as his district's woman of the year. She was given the award during a formal ceremony Monday with 40 other women from California's other state Senate districts and one woman who was selected by Lt. Gov. John Garamendi.

As California State University faculty members vote on whether or not to authorize a strike over salary concerns, their students have a new worry - rising fees.

CSU trustees will vote on a 10 percent increase in student fees during their meeting March 13 to 14 in Long Beach that a spokeswoman said was necessary to fill a projected gap between operating costs and state funding. A union representative, however, took another view.