Ward vows to press probe despite sheriff offer to resign
Supervisor Baxter Ward said he would not quit the inquiry into mis management in the Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff Peter Pitchess offered to resign and have Ward leave public office, but Ward said he will continue the investigation and would not trust Pitchess to quit. The two had skirmished all week over land dealings and county governance.
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Ward
Baxter Ward
Peter Pitchess
Sheriff's Department
Pitchess
Kern County
Little Europe
State Real Estate Commission
Los Angeles
Board of Supervisors
Computer outage cripples BART system in Bay Area
A five hour breakdown halted most BART trains across three counties ending at 7:51 a.m. The failure was caused by a stuck panel in the central computer, forcing 50,000 riders to seek cars. Only 16 trains ran at reduced speed, doubling morning commutes amid a Public Utilities Commission hearing on prior safety failures.
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Oakland
Bay Area
BART
Dave Kelsey
Cnetral
Public Utilities Commission
San Francisco
County counsel cancels cat's kitty inheritance
Robert Weiss left his entire estate to his cat Kat in a handwritten will but county counsel says California law forbids animal inheritance. The $6,000 to $8,000 estate will likely be divided between Weiss's brother and nephew as the executrix declines to serve.
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San Jose
Robert Weiss
Santa Clara County
California
Mals
Brian Carr
Weiss
Kat
Jean Goettge
Menlo Park
Miss Goettge
Inga Nobriga
L A trial on Oakland school slaying denied
A federal judge refused to transfer the murder trial of Symbionese Liberation Army members Russell Little and Joseph Remiro from Sacramento to Los Angeles. The case involving the late Marcus Foster’s cyanide killing in November 1973 remains set to begin in Sacramento County Superior Court, despite defense requests driven by perceived demographic similarities to Alameda County.
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Sacramento
UPI
Symbionese Liberation Army
Russell Little
Joseph Remiro
Los Angeles
Little
Remiro
Oakland
Marcus Foster
U. S. District Court
Thomas MacBride
Sacramento County Superior Court
Alameda County
Welfare chief opposes benefit cuts in California
California health and welfare chief Mario Obledo says there will be no cuts to welfare benefits despite a first quarter federal grant reduction of 97.2 million dollars. He notes the average aid to families with dependent children would remain at about 232 dollars a month, even as HEW pursues cuts by trimming administrative programs to cover the loss.
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Sacramento
California
Associated Press
Washington
Health, Education and Welfare Agency
Mario Obledo
Brown
California Medi Cal contract limits dentures for poor
California's new Medi Cal dental contract will deny dentures to about half of the poor who would have qualified last year. A state consultant says roughly 49 000 dentures were authorized previously and the new plan would save about half. Critics across parties warn the policy burdens low income elderly residents who need dentures for work or to avoid significant disability. The contract with California Dental Services restricts denture eligibility to those needed for employment or to prevent a significant disability.
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Sacramento
California
William J. Dolan
Department of Health
New Brown
Assembly Health Committee
Robert Gnaizda
California Dental Services
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