Prop 3 would make higher income tax rate on highest earners permanent
By JP Crumrine
If passed, Proposition 3 will make permanent the existing 2012 voter-approved tax rates for high-income Californians. The highest-earning 2 percent of California taxpayers pay these higher rates. These rates apply to income over $371,000 for single filers, $742,000 for joint filers, and $505,000 for heads of household (2025 levels). They are set to expire in…
The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation presented a check for$10,000 to Tara Sechrest, vice president Enrollment Management &Strategic Partnerships at Idyllwild Arts and Pamela Jordan, president ofIdyllwild Arts. This donation was made from the Pamela Goldwasser Memorial ScholarshipFund and is designated to support a student in the Summer Jazz Programat Idyllwild Arts. Goldwasser was…
Student use of cellphones in K-12 schools has been criticized for years.Gov. Gavin Newsom has frequently challenged their use in schools,including signing legislation in 2019 that granted school districts theauthority to regulate the use of smartphones during school hours. As schools were beginning the current new school year, Newsom wrote toState school districts and stressed,…
Julia Romero was only 17 when on March 31, 2017, she was involved in a head-on, two-car crash on Highway 243. As a result of that crash, Julia suffered two broken ribs, a punctured lung, her left foot broken in several places, her left knee punctured requiring sutures, and her right leg so severely broken…
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Witnesses testified for the prosecution at the preliminary hearing for Brandon McGlover, 32, of Temecula, who has been charged with starting the Cranston Fire in July. The hearing was for the prosecution to convince the judge that adequate evidence exists to proceed with a trial for McGlover. The Friday, Nov. 9, hearing was continued to…
Needed rain and snow fell on the Hill this weekend, but the several days of intermittent precipitation did not relieve the drought. Snow — winter’s normal gift to the mountains — did arrive and was visible everywhere, although depths varied considerably. Between 5,300- and 5,500-foot elevations, temperatures were substantially cold enough to bring considerable snow…
