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Fully driverless cars could be rolling down Sacramento streets in just more than a year, following a push by Mayor Darrell Steinberg, U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui and state Sen. Richard Pan to gain federal approval for automated-vehicle testing, the three lawmakers announced Thursday. "It's about knocking on the doors of all these car companies and saying, andlsquo;We want you here. Come to Sacramento,'" Steinberg said. The plan, described Thursday at a press conference at the California Automobile Museum, marks the first announcement of immediate business by new Mayor Steinberg.
Oceangoing travelers for the first time can see what crimes are being reported aboard ships operating in U.S. ports andmdash; and the numbers compared with last year could make some of them seasick. The number of reported sexual assaults on cruise ships jumped 550 percent in the first six months of 2016, going to 39 from six in 2015. Overall, reported crimes on ships jumped 408 percent to 61 from 12. The dramatic increase doesn't mean cruise ships are more dangerous or violent than they were last year.
A man with schizophrenia barricaded himself inside his apartment after breaking into a neighbor's house. Instead of breaking down his door, responding officers instead used their new mental health training to deescalate the crisis. Within an hour, the situation was safely defused and the man was taken not to jail, but to the hospital for evaluation.
Rep. Doris Matsui issued a letter Friday demanding that pharmaceutical company Mylan lower the price of the EpiPen, a device that helps millions of people stem severe allergy attacks. Over the past month, public outrage has grown over the rising cost of the injector device, which dispenses a life-saving drug called epinephrine. That cost has jumped by about 400 percent in the last decade; it now costs about $600 out of pocket for a set of two. Critics say Mylan has been using its market dominance to slowly increase the price.
Sacramento International Airport has won $16 million to help refurbish its east taxiway, Sacramento Rep. Doris Matsui said Thursday. The money, from the Federal Aviation Administration, boosts the airport's plans for a $35 million airport flight field upgrade, and helps reduce the amount the airport needs to draw from airline and flier fees for the project. "This grant will help us meet important capital improvement objectives in modernizing and rehabilitating our airfield for future growth," said Sacramento County Airport System Director John Wheat in a statement.
Rep. Doris Matsui, reacting to an investigation by The Sacramento Bee, has formally requested that the federal Government Accountability Office evaluate how to improve the resettlement process for Afghan refugees arriving in the United States on Special Immigrant Visas. The visas are awarded to people who served the U.S. during the war in Afghanistan, along with their immediate family members. California has received more of these newcomers than any other state, and Sacramento - with 2,000 recent arrivals and more on the way - has more than any other county in California.
University of California President Janet Napolitano announced Monday her intent to establish the University of California Firearm Violence Research Center at UC Davis' Sacramento campus under the direction of Garen Wintemute, an emergency department physician and recognized authority on the epidemiology of firearm violence who has conducted leading-edge research for more than 30 years.
Rep. Doris Matsui and some of her fellow Democrats drowned out the acting speaker Tuesday afternoon during a brief, routine House meeting as they demanded a vote on gun legislation. The House has recessed until July 5, but meets for short "pro forma" sessions every few days in an effort to block the president from making recess appointments. Typically no legislative business or debate occurs during such sessions, and except for a member chosen as acting speaker, they are rarely attended by members of Congress. Rep.