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Firemen arrive at the scene of a burning home during the Kincade fire in Healdsburg, California on October 27, 2019. The state on Thursday expanded property tax benefits for seniors, the severely disabled, and victims of wildfires or natural disasters. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP) (File Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

State expands tax benefits for seniors, severely disabled, wildfire victims

April 2, 2021 at 11:15 a.m.

Effective this month, those groups will be able to transfer the taxable value of their original residence to a replacement residence up to three times during their lifetime anywhere throughout...

State expands tax benefits for seniors, severely disabled, wildfire victims

April 2, 2021 at 8:36 a.m.

Effective April 1, those groups will be able to transfer the taxable value of their original residence to a replacement residence up to three times during their lifetime anywhere throughout...

Jonathan Allen, 29 of Fairfield (right) appears in the courtroom of Solano County Superior Court Commissioner Robert Q. Warshawsky to be arraigned on charges of seven counts of felony torture and nine counts of felony child abuse Monday in Fairfield. (Joel Rosenbaum/Vacaville Reporter)

Bay Area parents of 10 charged with torture, molestation of children, face preliminary hearing

December 28, 2018 at 6:10 a.m.

A jailed Fairfield couple facing multiple accusations of torture, child endangerment and child molestation, a case that has made national headlines — in part because they are parents to 10...

California schools are narrowing achievement gaps

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

BERKELEY >> New research shows that California’s landmark overhaul of public education finance and accountability is narrowing achievement gaps between groups of students and helping parents learn about school progress,...

Dept. of Education says most schools must test drinking water

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

SACRAMENTO >> State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said Thursday that California public schools built before 2010 must test for lead in drinking water.The requirement comes several months after...

Torlakson files court brief to protect federal funding

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson on Wednesday filed a court brief supporting a Bay Area county’s request to stop an executive order by President Donald Trump that threatens...

Garamendi far outpaces rivals in campaign donations

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

The former Speaker of the California Assembly, Democrat Jesse Unruh died in 1987, hailed for his service to his nation and the Golden State but is sometimes best remembered for...

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