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Thinking of starting a new business or expanding your current business? Working your way through the complex maze of permits and licenses, insurance and bonds, taxes and fees, can be a daunting task. This is complicated by the fact that city, county, and state offices all have a hand in regulating many types of...

Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez today appointed Assemblyman Anthony Portantino to the California Film Commission. The La Cañada Flintridge Democrat, who chairs the Assembly Select Committee on the Preservation of California's Entertainm...

Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed 2011-12 budget has many controversial aspects, but one of the most contentious is his call for eliminating 425 local redevelopment agencies and redirecting about a third of their property tax revenues into other state and lo...

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SACRAMENTO, Feb. 1, 2011 - The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) has reached a $1.25 million settlement with ECO Resources, Inc. (ECO), a subsidiary of Southwest Water Co., for alleged misconduct related to the operation of multip...

By PLACER COUNTY ONLINE The City of Rocklin announced a new bidding opportunity:  *  Finn Hall Parking Lot Improvement Project. Bids are due Feb. 10, 2011 at 3 p.m. Click here for more information.  The City of Roseville announced to request for qualifications, including:  * Tenant improvements -Roseville Police Department.  Question cut-off date is Feb....

A Peace and Freedom candidate's attempt to run in the upcoming 4th Assembly District special election has sparked a legal challenge related to ballot access under the state's new top-two primary system. Peace and Freedom party member Daniel Frederi...

Assembly aide Sean MacNeil will be fined $2,000 for failing to report income received in 2007 from the campaign committee of former Democratic state Sen. Pat Wiggins, according to the Fair Political Practices Commission. MacNeil was chief of staff to ...

Assemblyman Michael Allen will be fined $3,000 for violating state conflict-of-interest law while serving as a Santa Rosa planning commissioner, according to an agreement reached between Allen and the state's political watchdog agency. The Fair Politi...

Expanding on our earlier report, Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said officials have confirmed the body that was found is that of Juliani Cardenas. Christianson say a homicide warrant has been issued against Jose Esteban Rodriguez, but inve...