On The Money: Crossing Controversy
California is deep in debt – but you're paying thousands of dollars for a crossing guard – to help DMV workers walk across the street.
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California is deep in debt – but you're paying thousands of dollars for a crossing guard – to help DMV workers walk across the street.
Cash-poor California is counting on more than a billion dollars in new revenue by selling State buildings. It's part of the budget deal lawmakers will be voting on later this week.
California's budget is 90 days overdue - the longest delay in state history. But lawmakers are spending some of their time – and your money – on resolutions that don't even change the law.
The city of Davis is generating headlines – and controversy – over a contract that critics are calling a "sweetheart deal". The deal involves something called car sharing – in which consumers pay an hourly fee to use a vehicle provided by a company called Zipcar.
The city of Davis could be on the hook for tens of thousands of dollars, in a business venture that critics are calling a "sweetheart deal" for an out-of-state company.
California is $19 billion in debt – in part because thousands of people either can't – or won't pay their taxes. But the uncollected money is really hurting students.
Times are tough in California, but CBS 13 has learned consumers are paying a surcharge for lab testing on a leisure product – a huge appliance that many people could never afford.
An out-of-state company that contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to Capitol politicians – has secured an exclusive contract with the State – worth nearly $700 million.
EdFund is making news again – this time for a take over. EdFund is the non-profit agency blasted by the State Auditor for spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in free coffee, gift cards and other perks for employees.
Residents watched in horror as a house fire in Oakdale spread out of control with no firefighters in sight after 911 dispatchers accidentally sent emergency crews to the wrong address.
A Marysville School District teacher's aide has been arrested after being accused of having a sexual relationship with a special needs student she had known for years.
An old, abandoned mine was rediscovered in the Sierra foothills thanks to kids playing baseball, and Calaveras County officials are working to make sure the hazard is repaired.
A Folsom State Prison correctional officer was arrested on accusations that he forged doctors' prescriptions in order to illegally obtain painkillers, according to authorities.
