Archives

This is the archive area for December 1999.

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  • Volume 3, Number 22: December 6, 1999
      Former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Rose Bird, one of the most haunting and controversial figures in California history, died Saturday in virtual obscurity, but the impact of her decade as California's highest jurist remains profound long after her departure from the bench.

  • Volume 3, Number 23: December 13, 1999
      Much has been written, and rightfully so, about Gov. Gray Davis' failure to make key appointments to California's boards, commissions and bureaucracy.

  • Volume 3, Number 24: December 20, 1999
      Years ago, two candidates for the state Senate, Gary Hart and Charles Imbrecht, ran against each other. Hart won. At the time, political observers in the Capitol watched the race closely, noting that these were two respected candidates and believing that whoever was the victor, the people of the state of California would lose an excellent elected official in the Senate.

  • Volume 3, Number 25: December 27, 1999
      The inevitable spate of stories about Gov. Gray Davis' first year in office are coming out, but they offer little real illumination about the man behind the governorship.