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As 55th District Assemblymember, Furutani keeps career/technical education as top priority
By Nick Diamantides Staff Writer Democrat Warren Furutani is the incumbent Assemblymember for the state’s 55th District. He…
October 29, 2010
Hoping to unseat Furutani for Assembly’s 55th District, Salabaj pushes for education reform
By Nick Diamantides Staff Writer Republican Christopher Salabaj believes it’s time to change things in Sacramento, and he…
October 29, 2010
Topics of welfare, corruption and defense characterize 37th District seat forum
By Nick Diamantides Staff Writer About 200 people attended the California 37th Congressional District candidates forum at the…
October 22, 2010
Richardson, Dibs face off at CSULB candidate forum
By Nick Diamantides Staff Writer Many university students don’t have the time to attend a candidates forum, which…
October 15, 2010
Air Quality Management District honors Foster for his work with cleaning air
Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster received the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s (SCAQMD) S. Roy Wilson Memorial…
October 8, 2010
Candid with candidates
Community advocate Dan Pressburg hosted a candidate brunch at his North Long Beach home last Saturday morning, attracting…
September 24, 2010
Lowenthal’s ‘homeless hate crime bill’ sent to governor
A divided Assembly on Tuesday sent the governor a bill by Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal that would let homeless…
August 27, 2010
Obama, Congress enact Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act
President Obama signed a bill Tuesday that is expected to save 300,000 jobs nationwide, including 161,000 teaching jobs,…
August 13, 2010
Brown subpoenas City of Bell for records on excessive public official salaries
Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. subpoenaed hundreds of employment, salary, and contract records from the City of…
August 3, 2010
Reyes-Uranga speaks to Wrigley group as councilwoman for last time
By Nick Diamantides Staff Writer Tonia Reyes-Uranga spoke one last time as 7th District City Councilwoman at the…
July 16, 2010