GOVERNOR DAVIS ISSUES STATEMENT ON SAFE RECOVERY OF ABDUCTED RICHMOND GIRL

Governor Gray Davis today made the following statement regarding the safe recovery of 12-year old Mariela Garcia, who was abducted yesterday in Contra Costa County.

GOVERNOR DAVIS REAPPOINTS MEMBER TO THE INDUSTRIAL WELFARE COMMISSION

Mr. Rose, 63, of Santa Rosa, has been a member of the Commission since his appointment by Governor Davis in 2000. Previously, he worked 35 years with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF). During his tenure with CDF, Mr. Rose was a firefighter, an engineer, and a captain. From 1991 to 1994, he served as an elected statewide rank and file representative for the CDF firefighters. Mr. Rose belongs to the California State Employees' Association and the California Department of Forestry Firefighters.

GOVERNOR DAVIS NAMES MEMBER TO THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Ms. Russell, of Los Angeles, has served in the community college system for 27 years as an instructor, local union and senate leader, administrator and currently as a Professor of English at Rio Hondo Community College. Previously, she was President of the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges from 1999 to 2002. Ms. Russell has served on the Rio Hondo Academic Senate as Executive Board Member, Senator, and President. She has been a member of the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges since 1993 and the California Community College Association since 1980. Ms. Russell was a Fulbright Exchange Professor at Norwich City College in Norwich, England in 1993. She earned bachelor and master of arts degrees from California State University, Long Beach.

GOVERNOR DAVIS HIGHLIGHTS CALIFORNIA'S COMMITMENT TO JOB CREATION AND RETRAINING AT NUMMI AUTO PLANT

Governor Gray Davis today toured the New United Auto Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI) plant in Fremont as the company gears up to re-train 2,427 employees to produce the redesigned Toyota Tacoma truck, which goes into production in Sept. 2004. The re-training efforts are part of a $6.4 million Employment Training Panel (ETP) State grant Gov. Davis is using to assist in the recovery of California's economy.

Overexposed
Posting resumes on the Net poses risk to job seekers' privacy

NEW YORK -- A few weeks after Susan posted her resume on an Internet job board, the move appeared to be paying off.

Defense contracts boost software firm
Sunnyvale's Inxight finds market for its data-management programs

Before Sept. 11, unstructured data management had more to do with organizing office documents than catching terrorists. But after the attacks, the role of technology to search and connect needles in huge haystacks of unrelated information became obvious to the government.

Report: state helps parolees with questionable jobs

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The California Department of Corrections helped a paroled kidnapper get a job caring for abused children, a convicted child molester get a job working with young adults and a felony rapist find work as a security guard, according to the agency's public records.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS -- JANUARY

The local economy remained stymied in January. Plans for new construction fell to their lowest level in years, as did the number of local jobs. Airline and hotel traffic also remained unusually low.

Power Breakfasts
Valley schools find few takers for free meals, but a handful succeed by bringing food to class.

Palm Elementary School in Orosi cut its tardy rate by 80% last year, significantly reduced behavior problems, maintained a 21% jump in state test scores and nearly eliminated the usual long morning line into the nurse's office.

College students race for space
Public schools expect enrollment 'tidal wave'

Some CSU schools in the Bay Area have moved up their application deadlines, and students who want to get into the most popular University of California and CSU schools are finding it more competitive to get in. Meanwhile, budget cuts at crowded community colleges are forcing many students to endure waiting lists or drive to other campuses to take the courses they need.

Budget squeeze
Elimination of summer programs leaves parents scrambling for day care

San Francisco -- School district budget cuts will hit Sonia Callao in the worst place possible: her own wallet.

Oakland schoolchildren 'being dumped on'
Oakland's kids are low priority

Oakland -- The kids in Jean White's music class at Manzanita Elementary School may not understand the financial details of the Oakland public schools' budget mess -- and who actually does?

Class-size cuts in cross hairs

California's popular program to limit class sizes in early elementary grades, a linchpin of academic reform, is the target of fierce fighting that pits the state's largest teachers union against school boards and administrators demanding change.

Thousands march to protest community college cuts

Thousands of students, faculty and others from community colleges marched Monday morning from West Sacramento to the state Capitol to protest Gov. Gray Davis’ proposed budget cuts for the system.

Applied Materials to lay off 14 percent of work force

Applied Materials Inc. announced plans Monday to cut 2,000 jobs, or 14 percent of its work force, as part of a restructuring of the world's largest maker of semiconductor equipment.

Intel to slash 100 Folsom jobs

Suffering further effects of the worldwide technology slump, Intel Corp. said Friday it will cut 100 jobs from its information technology division in Folsom by the end of this month.

For the Children
Visalia parade benefits group that helps kids snared in court system

VISALIA -- Luck prevailed Sunday as the St. Patrick's Day parade went off without anyone getting soaked, despite threatening skies and gusty winds.