Janet Napolitano
Arizona's once-feared immigration law, SB 1070, loses most of its power in settlement
Arizona has announced an end to its practice of requiring police officers to demand the papers of people suspected of being in the country illegally — a move that pulls the last set of teeth from what was once the nation’s most fearsome immigration law.
The announcement on Thursday came as part of a settlement with the National Immigration Law Center and other immigrants’ rights groups that sued six years ago just after passage of the measure, referred to by its legislative shorthand, SB 1070.
The 2010 bill angered immigration activists, business leaders and the governments of more liberal cities, which announced boycotts of Arizona. A...
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Arizona's once-feared immigration law, SB 1070, loses most of its power in settlement
Arizona has announced an end to its practice of requiring police officers to demand the papers of people suspected of being in the country illegally — a move that pulls the last set of teeth from what was once the nation’s most fearsome...
Rose Mofford, Arizona's first female governor, dies at 94
Rose Mofford, Arizona's first female governor and a shepherd for the state during a period of political turbulence, died Thursday. She was 94.
Mofford was injured in a fall last month and placed in a hospice facility, where she died, former...
UC Davis Academic Senate disputes conflict-of-interest allegation against chancellor
The son of UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi was not working directly for her daughter-in-law, contrary to what was alleged last week when Katehi was abruptly put on administrative leave, according to a review by the university's...
What's next for Berkeley and UC?
The grand disagreement between Gov. Jerry Brown and University of California President Janet Napolitano has never been resolved. There have been some cease-fires, one showdown and a couple of deals struck. But the deeper argument remains: What sort of...
Published in Los Angeles Times on February 23, 2016 — Print headline: "Reimagining UC - In their review of the Berkeley campus, officials will have to answer some weighty questions."
19 nations to double their investment in renewable energy
The United States and 18 other nations will pledge Monday to double their investment in renewable energy technology by 2020, joining a separate private sector effort led by Bill Gates that aims to help catalyze a major international climate agreement at a...
UC Riverside invokes #Mizzou during a march for free tuition
Battling racism wasn’t originally on the agenda.
On Thursday at noon, about 100 protesters at UC Riverside joined students at campuses across the nation in a demonstration called the “Million Student March.”
Students held signs reflecting their demands,...
Is UC spending too little on teaching, too much on administration?
Fifty years ago, the University of California basked in a golden moment: With the state booming, the system opened two new campuses in 1965, one on the old Irvine Ranch in the middle of Orange County, the other in the hills above Santa Cruz and the...
Unlike his predecessors, Arne Duncan tackled more higher ed issues, like sex assault
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who announced Friday that he would leave the Obama administration in December, advocated for changes on college campuses in areas as divergent as tuition grants and sexual assault.
In the realm of higher...
Opinions can be as hurtful as slurs and insults, but they should be protected
Last week the University of California Board of Regents kicked the can down the road on an issue that blends ethnic and religious identity, foreign policy and -- last and unfortunately least in some minds -- the 1st Amendment.
The regents reacted...
Why UC regents' next meeting is likely to upset some Jewish groups
The passionate politics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts may seem off topic for a university governing board more accustomed to setting tuition levels, approving the salaries of campus chancellors and managing a vast hospital system.
But emotions...
UC will raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour, heightening focus on efforts to boost the rate statewide
The campaign to significantly increase the minimum wage shifted from local government to the state Wednesday, with UC President Janet Napolitano announcing that several thousand workers would have their salaries increased to $15 an hour by 2017.
UC's...
College ratings system proposed by Obama is scrapped
Nearly two years ago, President Obama proposed a federal system to rate the nation's colleges and universities, one that would provide families with an objective and unified tool to compare schools and for taxpayers to determine whether the massive...
Border Patrol absolves itself in dozens of cases of lethal force
A U.S. Border Patrol agent who killed an unarmed 15-year-old Mexican boy by shooting him in the face after a rock-throwing incident on a border bridge to El Paso in 2010 was recently cleared of wrongdoing by the agency's internal affairs office.
So was a...
UC regents endorse Brown's funding plan, but look to lawmakers for more
The UC regents, in a meeting marked by feelings of relief and uncertainty, on Thursday embraced Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal, which would significantly boost university funding, freeze in-state undergraduate tuition for two years, and require the...
UC system, K-12 among biggest winners in Brown's new budget proposal
The big winners in Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to sharply increase education funding are California undergraduates at UC, who will have their tuition frozen for two more years, and the millions of elementary, secondary and community college students who are...
Gov. Brown's budget: Where your money could be going, other things you need to know
Thursday morning marks a critical point in the annual debate over government spending in California. We are updating this page throughout the day as details of the governor's plan are unveiled. You can read a summary here and follow our reporters on...
No UC tuition hikes for Californians as Brown offers more funds
California students at the University of California are getting a two-year reprieve from threatened tuition increases as a result of a large infusion of new state funds to the 10-campus university system in Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed spending plan, UC...
UC chief Janet Napolitano recalls immigrant roots, urges funding increase
Speaking to a group of fellow Italian American lawyers and judges, University of California President Janet Napolitano this week recounted her own family’s modest immigrant roots and urged Californians to help increase funding higher education so that...
UC student group rejects Napolitano's apology for 'crap' remark
UC president Janet Napolitano apologized Thursday for a crude remark she made the day before about student protesters who interrupted a regents meeting.
But the UC Student Assn. is not in a forgiving mood.
In a statement released Thursday night, the...
Essential California: Punishment at L.A. County fire, new police chief in Laguna Beach, will UC system see tuition increases?
Good morning. It is Thursday, March 19. In Southern California, dogs are so beloved that many popular restaurants are now offering “secret menus” for canines. Would anyone care for a Puppuccino? Here's what else is happening in the Golden State:...