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California relies on oil firms to probe worker's death

May 22 2012

State says Chevron and TRC Operating Co. have the equipment and technology to provide a clearer picture of what happened. Labor union is upset.SACRAMENTO — Nearly a year after a Kern County oil worker was sucked underground and boiled to death

Dan Walters: Incredible complexity of school finance hits home

May 22 2012

When Gov. Jerry Brown called the state budget "a pretzel palace of incredible complexity" last week, he was stating, in his inimitable way, the obvious. Dan Walters

California pay commission to consider 5 percent cut for state elected officials

May 22 2012

One week after Gov. Jerry Brown proposed slicing state workers' pay by 5 percent, the Democratic governor and legislators find themselves targeted for a "share the pain" salary cut.

The Buzz: 'Mr Ed' rolls into Capitol to warn of term limits measure

May 22 2012

A "Trojan horse" has rolled up to the state Capitol before, usually to suggest hidden, nefarious motives in one ballot measure or another. Ted Costa of People's Advocate speaks near Mr. Ed, a carved Trojan horse that foes of the Proposition 28

Senators target federal judges' tropical get-together

May 21 2012

Republican lawmakers question estimated $1 million cost of Western federal judges holding annual conference at Maui resort.

Cosco Busan oil-spill pilot trying to sail in San Francisco Bay again

May 21 2012

John Cota, who served time in prison, now may sue to regain his mariner's license, which the Coast Guard has refused to renew

'Transformers' ride at Universal Studios changed shape many times before Friday opening

May 21 2012

'Transformers: The Ride -- 3D' debuts Friday at Universal Studios Hollywood

Experts alarmed by PG&E pipeline surges

May 21 2012

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has exceeded the designated maximum pressure on its natural gas pipelines more than 120 times since the 2010 deadly pipeline explosion in San Bruno

A totally Californian poet laureate

May 21 2012

Juan Felipe Herrera, 63, is the son of migrant farmworkers and plugged in to modern culture. He'd like to make the entire state a democratic, virtual poetry workshop.Wearing jeans, green sneakers, a hipster straw bowler and a Buddhist symbol around

Utah's experiment with 4-day workweek has lessons for California

May 21 2012

As Gov. Jerry Brown and labor unions negotiate to put state workers on a four-day, 38-hour workweek to cut payroll costs, they could learn a lot by looking east – to Utah.




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