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If a candidate announces a plan in the woods, and no one hears it ...
Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman has been hitting Democratic rival Jerry Brown hard for offering no plans to deal with the state’s myriad problems. Earlier this week, Brown responded by posting education and environmental proposals on his website. Read More »
Whitman up for three debates; Brown still wants 10
Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman today "challenged" her opponent, Democrat Jerry Brown, to three debates. Read More »
Legality of Medical Pot Plan Unclear
The Oakland City Council Tuesday voted in favor of a controversial proposal to permit giant medical marijuana-growing factories, but new questions are emerging about how these entities will fit into the state’s medical marijuana laws. Read More »
Whom will Schwarzenegger back?
His name is barely mentioned on the campaign trail. Yet in the race to replace him between Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown, low-polling Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will almost certainly be back — and playing a leading role — as Election Day grows near. Read More »
Don't blame Schwarzenegger
It's documented and official: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is now as unpopular as Gray Davis was when Californians recalled Davis and crowned Schwarzenegger. Read More »
Whitman tries to counter nurses' union
Republican candidate Meg Whitman, facing a protest of 1,000 nurses outside her home on Thursday, has boosted her efforts to counter the California Nurses Association with plans to form a nurses advisory committee to help her reach nurses in her campaign for governor. Read More »
Whitman’s new ad continues the summer season of attacks
Meg Whitman’s relentless early summer attack ad campaign continues rumbling through our living rooms today with a new 30-second spot that fuses the notions of special interests, unions and a big, bad politician. Read More »
Boxer, Fiorina and the Delta
U.S. Senate hopeful Carly Fiorina argues that water shortages in California's farm country are indicative of wider economic challenges facing California, and that if elected she would try to loosen environmental restrictions on Delta water pumping. Read More »
Whitman campaign counting on tech to fight Democrats boots on the ground
The telephone rings and Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate for governor, is greeting you by your first name. You flip on the TV, and there she is again on a new kind of interactive ad that lets you order a free Meg 2010 bumper sticker with the push of a few buttons on your remote control. Read More »
The Poizner Effect: Is Jerry Brown Blowing It?
Four months before the November election, the Jerry Brown-Meg Whitman race looks like a small band of desperadoes toting six shooters facing off against a fully staffed division equipped with tanks, stinger missiles and .50 caliber machine guns. Read More »
Whitman tries to lure Latino voters from Brown
It will be difficult for Republicans to win statewide office in California without some support from Latino voters, who make up 18 percent of the electorate. Many of them were so outraged by former Gov. Pete Wilson's anti-illegal immigration push 16 years ago that they haven't voted GOP since. Read More »
Gavin Newsom wins Democratic primary for lieutenant governor
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom defeated Los Angeles Councilwoman Janice Hahn in the Democratic race for lieutenant governor. Newsom, 43, who was a candidate for governor until dropping out of the race in November, was a late entrant into the lieutenant governor's race. Read More »
Walters: Budget deadline nears with no progress in sight
It's a week before the June 15 constitutional deadline for enacting a state budget, an appropriate moment to consider the status of this year's version of the annual fiscal drama. Read More »
Poll: California divided on legalizing pot
California voters are evenly divided for and against legalizing marijuana, according to poll results released Wednesday, and that may mean an uphill battle for those who favor a legalization initiative up for a vote this fall. Read More »
Meg Whitman in for another $4 million
Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has given her campaign another $4 million, upping her total personal contribution to $68 million, according to a source within her campaign. Read More »
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Wall Street points toward higher opening
A relieved Wall Street headed for a sharply higher open today after Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp. Read More »
Michelle Obama shines in Isabel Toledo
First lady Michelle Obama wore a sparkling yellow-gold sheath dress with matching coat by Cuban-born American designer Isabel Toledo for the inauguration of her husband, a choice many applauded as a cheerful message of hope and a vote for the Americ Read More »
Schwarzenegger appoints new education secretary
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed a Sacramento consultant as education secretary, the fifth person to hold the post in as many years. Read More »
California controller warns of cash crunch, but rejects $1.3 billion furlough plan
Democratic State Controller John Chiang sides with unions in a lawsuit arguing that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger exceeded his authority by ordering employees to stay home two days a month without pay. Read More »
Schwarzenegger could learn from Obama's share-the-pain message
I hope Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger listened closely from his choice seat. Because President Obama's inaugural address was a stark reminder of what has been missing from political discourse in California: the notion of individual sacrifice for the com Read More »
3 dead, ten wounded in Belgium daycare stabbings
A man went on a rampage at a Belgium day care center today, stabbing two young children and a female worker to death and sending 10 other children to the hospital, officials said. Read More »
Dog found dead in bag set on fire in Long Beach
A small dog was found inside a bag set on fire at a local park in Long Beach and authorities said it is eerily similar to another arson case in which two small dogs were found burned in a dog kennel in 2006. Read More »
Economic stimulus package has a potential windfall for California government
The state could receive $11 billion, enough to wipe out about 25% of its budget shortfall. The economic stimulus package congressional leaders are drafting wo Read More »
Yee named chairwoman of Board of Equalization
The state Board of Equalization unanimously voted Thursday to name Betty T. Yee as chairwoman of the publicly elected tax board. The five-member BOE also picked Judy Chu as vice chairwoman. Yee, a former deputy director of the Department of Read More »
Intel's Silicon Valley plant closure signals end of era
Intel's decision to shutter its chip factory in Santa Clara closes the books on Silicon Valley's history as the manufacturing hub of the U.S. technology industry. Read More »
Scientists: Diet could be cause of sea otter disease
Scientists puzzled by increasing mortality rates in sea otter populations along California's central coast say the animals' food source may be delivering deadly pathogens. Read More »
Dan Walters: Pension fund setbacks will hit taxpayers hard
There is an unfortunate parallel between the ups and downs of the state budget and the condition of both state and local public employee pension funds. When the economy is humming and revenue is pouring into the state treasury, pension fund inve Read More »
San Francisco beats San Jose to the Little Saigon punch
In a city that has a Vietnamese population an eighth the size of San Jose's, Little Saigon is San Francisco's hottest new ethnic neighborhood, joining Japantown, Chinatown and Italian-flavored North Beach. Read More »
What to look for in a high-definition TV
The bad economy has curbed many people's appetites for big-ticket purchases, but consider that prices for flat-panel TVs 32 inches and smaller are now very close to what old-fashioned, tube-based TVs used to cost, with some models going for as littl Read More »
D.A. investigates allegations that Temple City officials solicited bribes
In court documents, developer of Piazza at Temple City mall accuses Mayor Cathé Wilson of demanding a condo and City Council members David Capra and Judy Wong of soliciting money in exchange for Read More »
Police: Cal Poly student died from alcohol poisoning. hazing blamed
These types of boys know very well that taking too much alcohol is dangerous. Why are they are trying to show their strength by taking alcohol?
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