A meeting of the Herald Fire Protection District board was halted in disarray Wednesday night after a crowd approached the directors' table demanding the reinstatement of an elected officer who was ousted last month.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Jerry Brown and state legislators were granted 5.2 percent raises Wednesday by a state panel that said the improving state economy and a flush budget justified restoring some of the salary cut from officials’ paychecks in recent years.

The California Citizens Compensation Commission voted Wednesday to restore some pay cuts to state lawmakers and statewide elected officials, amounting to a raise of more than 5 percent from current salaries. Here are the current base salaries and the salaries after the raises take effect Dec. 1:

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Commission votes to restore some pay for Calif. lawmakers, governor, other elected officials.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The commission that sets the pay of California lawmakers and statewide elected officials such as the governor and attorney general has voted to restore a 5 percent pay cut it made to salaries last year as state employees faced furloughs.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Netroots Nation is coming home.

For 79 years, members of California Association Future Farmers of America were homeless. In 2009, that changed when a new building was erected on a 6-acre site alongside Highway 99, and the state headquarters opened in Galt.

STOCKTON - San Joaquin County Superintendent of Schools Mick Founts has announced he will seek re-election in 2014.

STOCKTON — San Joaquin County Superintendent of Schools Mick Founts has announced he will seek re-election in 2014.

Former board members of the Newcastle Fire Protection District wasted taxpayer money by neglecting repairs at a damaged fire station, resulting in needless spending on temporary housing for firefighters and on a costly special election, according to the Placer County grand jury.

Mick Founts, San Joaquin County’s Superintendent of Schools, has announced his bid for re-election in 2014.

A small fire district board in Sacramento County ousted one of its elected members last month, prompting an outcry from residents and a county supervisor who say the removal was illegal.

An official with STOP, Sacramento Taxpayers Opposed to Pork, said his group intends to begin circulating petitions next week to put the city's downtown arena financing plan up for public vote in a special election.

Case van Steyn, a dairy farmer from Galt, has been re-elected to serve on Dairy Farmers of America’s (DFA) board of directors, representing the cooperative’s western area. 

Over the last few months the Obama administration has been at the center of much scrutiny. Scrutiny because this executive branch has been allegedly involved in several different scandals.

LODI - Lodi Mayor Alan Nakanishi will not seek a seat on the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors in the June 2014 primary election.

California's largest public employee union and Gov. Jerry Brown reached a new labor agreement early Tuesday, sending a strong signal that pay raises are possible to other unions bargaining contracts with the administration.

Ken Vogel, Chairman of San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors, and Richard Pombo past U.S. Representative, were the guest speakers at the San Joaquin / Stanislaus County Cattlewomen’s meeting held in Woodbridge. Mr. Vogel talked about agriculture being a 2.5 billion dollar industry in the county and how the AgVenture program connects children in San Joaquin Co. Schools with agriculture.

Sacramento City Council members have thrown their support behind a budget that puts more cops on the streets, keeps fire stations from closing and opens pools.

Drexel University Sacramento said that Robert Burris has been elected chairman of its board of advisers.

Larry Carr will not seek re-election to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District Board of Directors when his term ends in 2014.

Case van Steyn, a dairy farmer from Galt, has been re-elected to serve on Dairy Farmers of America’s board of directors, representing the Cooperative’s Western Area.

Drexel University Sacramento announced today that Robert Burris has been elected chairman of its board of advisers.