Howard Chan filed the expenses for his lawyer helping him with his contract negotiations. The city has asked him to return the money.

Rep. Kevin Kiley’s telephone town hall was inaccessible to many people, but the congressman stayed on the line and answered questions.

Westlands is the largest publicly run farm water district in the country.

“If you knew my whole story,” she told The Sacramento Bee in an exclusive interview, “I think it’d be hard for you not to give me a little bit of respect.”