Claims in the name of scot peterson. He killed his wife and their unborn son. Someone also claim benefits in the name of karis diener, also on death row for killing four women near yosemite. There is no honor among thieves. Reporter the Sacramento County da joined other top das in announcing that e. D. D. Failed to check the inmate lists. They also failed to check where the funding was going. Make there was money sent to prisons. Reporter names were clearly phony were not flagged. They have names like john doe were john adams. In one case, somebody had the audacity to put their name as poopy bridges. Reporter 22 inmates were charged with stealing 250,000 from e. D. D. Several have been convicted. The da says even with clear evidence of fraud, they cannot take action. Under the regulations, they were bound. They could not cut people off until we file charges. Reporter El Dorado County da said another cruel irony lies in the fact that those truly out of work are having problems getting t
Violate state law. Reporter the California Public and produce a statement defending the unofficial ballot boxes this afternoon, saying the democrats anger is overblown, when state law allows organizations, volunteers or Campaign Workers to collect completed ballots and drop them off at polling places on election offices. So far no unofficial drop boxes had been found in Northern California but local Election Officials say they are aware it is happening and they said voters should only use official methods to return about. About me not be delivered to us. Reporter are very strict procedures, like always having to county workers gathering the ballots, secure lockboxes that can only be open with a special type of key in a barcode tracking system on every bag of ballots collected. There are three main ways you can track it. You can put it any one of the official ballot boxes, can find a list of those on the county registrar of voters website, at last you can take it any of the polling plac
Candidate, eugene debs. This is a class at columbia university, of course i called the american radical tradition, and we started with the American Revolution and have been going through the Abolitionist Movement, early feminism, the civil war reconstruction, labor conflict and the gilded age, the populist movement, and now we are sort of entering into the 20th century and in the next couple of weeks, we will look at the progressive era, a period of, a lot of labor unrest, Industrial Workers of the world, the Womens Suffrage Movement coming to the four. Municipal reform, many other things, but today our subject is, the socialist party, the rise of socialism as a key element of american radicalism in new early 20th century. On our reading list, the chapter by michael kaizen gives a good quick summary on the various kinds of socialism at the time. From 1860 onward, there had been some kind of socialist presence in the United States, but largely confined to immigrants from europe, particu
His return to his hometown of terre haute, indiana following his release from prison by president harding after a federal conviction stemming from the war protests. And tonight were in terre haute in the debs home and museum. Let me introduce you to our guests. Earnest freebuerg. Why do we care about him . Debs was one of the most important labor leaders at a crucial time of conflict between labor and capital. But more importantly, he was the central figure in the socialist movement at a time when it was a viable growing and important part of the american political call chu v culture. Does he have a Lasting Legacy . Like many third party candidates, they managed to move the conversation in very important directions that have affected the development of american democracy. So in that car, he is of his time but also at a long impact on us as well. And well have time to delve into some of the elections more deeply later on, but of the fire bids he made for the white house, any particularl
Smoke at levels releasing. Rarely seen. Today mark 25 days of spare the air alerts and they are now extended through at least monday. Take a look at this view from jack london square. Visibility severely limited. The oakland estuary disappearing into the smoke. He was was to blame, a massive smoke plume that extends off the california coast, breaking it up wont be easy. We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Our meteorologist tracking changes that will start to help. And how much exposure is too much. First we go to how the smoke is affecting everything from trash pickup to whether the 49ers home opener will even happen on sunday. The air quality has gone from simply being a nuisance to downright dangerous for a lot of people. Especially those with respiratory problems. Its also forcing some to respond in ways like weve never seen before. Folks, its smoke all over the place. No matter where you go. Mcnair quality expert assuming the big picture view of what many throughout the bay area ar