"Convening early Friday morning, the House voted 240-186 to approve the deal, following the Senate's 71-28 passage hours earlier. Despite the frantic late-night sessions, lawmakers were still unable to avoid what was the second — albeit short-lived — government shutdown in less than a month."
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How the Volkswagen diesel scandal could ease traffic between Sacramento and Davis
Sacramento Bee's TONY BIZJAK/RYAN LILLIS: "Could a trip across the Yolo Causeway get easier because Volkswagen sold dirty diesel cars in California?"
"A year ago, tarnished automaker Volkswagen agreed to contribute $44 million to increase electric vehicle use in the capital city as part of its punishment for installing software in its diesel cars that allowed them to cheat on smog tests."
"On Thursday, two of the Sacramento region’s major bus companies said they are working on a unique joint proposal to use a chunk of those funds to buy up to 10 electric buses and run them on 15-minute intervals over the Yolo Causeway between the UC Davis campus and downtown Sacramento, likely to stop at future employment centers in the downtown railyard."
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Justin Trudeau's pitch to Silicon Valley: Come on up to Canada, eh?
The Chronicle's TRISHA THADANI: "With sleeves rolled up, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walked into a San Francisco startup Thursday — followed by bodyguards and a flurry of media representatives — to join a brief strategy session with the company’s engineering team."
"The prime minister’s visit to AppDirect, a cloud subscriptions company with a significant Canadian presence, was part of a two-day trip to San Francisco that had a clear underlying motive: persuading more American companies to come to Canada."
"The world is going through a transformation right now, and we need to make sure we are a part of that,” Trudeau said later at a news conference, for which he rolled down his sleeves and donned a blazer. He bragged about the Canadian workforce several times, using adjectives like “educated,” “diverse” and “excited."
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California DMV worker used driver's license records to steal identities, federal government says
Sacramento Bee's SAM STANTON: "A worker at California’s Department of Motor Vehicles, which is the subject on an ongoing federal bribery probe into the misuse of department computer files, has been accused of using driver’s license records in an elaborate mail and identity theft case."
"Sarah Laray Sandoval, 39, was a DMV employee with access to computer records that included driver’s names, dates of birth, addresses and other personal information that was used to steal victims’ identities and open phony bank accounts, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Sacramento."
"Sandoval, of West Sacramento, is named in the complaint along with Anthony Andrew Zamarron, 37, who shares the same address as Sandoval."
A teenager killed by deputies, a missing gun and community rage
LA Times' NICOLE SANTA CRUZ/MAYA LAU: "The father of a 16-year-old teenager who was shot and killed Sunday by a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy stood in front of a packed church seeking answers."
"Where's the gun? Where's the gun?" John Weber asked sheriff's officials as the crowd backed him up with chants and shouts. Sitting at a table with department officials Wednesday evening were members of the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission, their faces grim. "I know where the bullets are — they're right in my baby's back," Weber yelled."
