The budget is $297.5 billion, with $211.5 billion committed from the general fund. It maintains $22.5 billion in reserve funds and cuts just less than 8% from each department.
The budget is also proposed for the next fiscal year, something the governor called a "budget year, plus one" proposal that would help the state maintain stability over a longer period. The gap was closed with a combination of $16 billion in cuts and other financial tricks, such as $13.6 billion in additional revenue sources and internal borrowing from special funds. It shifts around $6 billion in spending, delays or defers over $5 billion in payments, and draws over $12 billion over the next two fiscal years from the state's Budget Stabilization Account known as the rainy-day fund.
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Firefighters from multiple fire departments responded to a commercial fire in Napa Couty early Saturday morning that spread to nearby vegetation.
Crews from Cal Fire, the Napa County Fire Department and the city of Napa Fire Department all responded to the 5 a.m. fire.
Flames spread from a commercial structure to vegetation up Basalt Road in the southeastern part of the county, according to Cal Fire.
Firefighters from the Napa Fire Department were first on scene and knocked down the flames using a front loader.
About a half acre burned before crews from Cal Fire's Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit and Napa County Fire Department arrived and extinguished the remaining fire.
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An Amber Alert that was issued on Saturday for a 14-day-old baby was canceled after the baby, Braxton, was found, unharmed, with his mother.
The California Highway Patrol issued the alert at 7:43 a.m. on behalf of the Vallejo Police Department. The case was being investigated as a possible parental abduction.
The alert was issued after Solano County Child Protective Services was unable to locate the baby or his mother, Valerie Manning.
The case is still being investigated by the Vallejo Police Department. A spokesperson for the department was unable to confirm if Valerie Manning was in custody
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Unofficial fireworks are illegal in many Bay Area communities, so why do they fill the skies on the Fourth of July holiday?
Every year, local fire departments issue warnings about the risk of personal injuries and the threat of forest fires due to fireworks, especially in the hills where dry grass and vegetation provides fuel for fires to spread quickly.
This Fourth of July on Thursday, new city, county and state actions have focused on local readiness, tougher penalties for those who break fireworks laws, and critical analyses of the effects and policies that surround them.
The Alameda County Sherriff and Fire departments said in a statement that just last month, a brush fire touched off by illegal fireworks came within feet of nearby homes in the Oakland Hills. That fire was caught on surveillance video, showing how quickly small fires can turn into infernos as the weather heats up.
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The Santa Rita Union School District's board in Salinas unanimously agreed this week to extend its after-school program for children speaking Mixteco, an Indigenous language from southern Mexico.
Roughly 30 parents and students came to the meeting Wednesday to urge the board's support.
Summer Prather-Smith, who directs youth and family engagement for the district, explained that its Spanish programming does not adequately serve Indigenous families. For those families, Spanish is a second language while their mother tongue Mixteco is at risk of disappearance.
District officials estimate that more than 60 students participate in the after-school program, learning Mixteco while strengthening their English.
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The city of Berkeley is closing certain roads on the Fourth of July holiday, as fireworks-gazers tend to want to head to hills to view the entire Bay.
Grizzly Peak Boulevard, from Centennial Drive to Skyline Boulevard will be closed for 24 hours starting at 5 a.m. Thursday, except for residence, ride-share and delivery vehicles.
This will affect public access to the Lawrence Hall of Science and the UC Botanical Garden.
Panoramic Way and Prospect Street will also be closed from 2 p.m. until midnight
Alameda County has only three cities that allow people to set off their own "Safe and Sane Fireworks." Those cities are Newark, Dublin, and Union City.
The official "Safe and Sane" seal is determined by the state, as every jurisdiction has its own definition, but it's basically anything that doesn't leave the ground. Examples include fountains, sparklers, smokeballs, snake-type fireworks, ground-spinning fireworks, pinwheels and some crackling items.
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A third suspect was arrested this week in connection with the death of a man who was found dead inside a vehicle in Stockton in April.
Sir James Roots, 19, was identified as a suspect allegedly involved in the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Boivae Martinez Jr. on April 6.
Police said after a warrant had been issued for Roots' arrest, he committed two robberies Wednesday that led to him being detained by officers.
He was booked into the San Joaquin County Jail.
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