Governor Wants Education Budget Recalculated
Today is the Day of Action for California public education. Walkouts, teach-ins and rallies will take place everywhere from kindergartens to graduate schools. Advocates for education have banded together to protest state budget cuts -- and they're also digging in their heels over Governor Schwarzenegger's call to reopen last summer's budget agreement.
Costing Out the NUMMI Closure
Auto workers in the San Francisco Bay Area got some good news yesterday. Toyota, the last partner standing in the once joint venture with GM known as New United Motor Manufacturing Inc (or NUMMI), announced it will bankroll bonus pay to thousands of workers after the plant in Fremont closes at the end of the month. But the plant is still closing, and that's going to cost the state big time, according to a new report.