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State pay cut could ravage Sacramento region -- A summer of minimum wage for state workers would likely make Sacramentans nostalgic for Furlough Fridays. Phillip Reese and Dale Kasler in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/11/10 Field Poll: Scant voting record, candidate age over 70 are both voter turnoffs -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's scant voting record is viewed poorly by more than half of likely voters, but many aren't thrilled with Democratic rival Jerry Brown's age, either. David Siders in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/11/10 California Republicans seek to unravel Obama's health care law -- Rep. Wally Herger wants to junk the new federal health care law, saying small businesses are under siege and "looming devastation" awaits the economy. Rob Hotakainen in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/11/10 Insiders detail Fiorina and Whitman's fraught history -- People who have worked with the GOP former executives say friction runs through their relationship dating back to John McCain's presidential bid. Others have a different view. Maeve Reston and Seema Mehta in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/11/10 Morain: Steinberg must confront friends, foes -- Darrell Steinberg is sounding a little like Alfred E. Neuman. In his second full year as Senate leader, Steinberg is confronting a $19 billion budget deficit, a problem so vast that it is causing friends to de-friend one another. Dan Morain in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/11/10 How our laws are really made -- Imagine: At a time when California is lurching from crisis to crisis, a legislator has an idea to make life better. He puts together a bill, gathers support and shepherds it into law. If only Sacramento worked like that. Instead, it often works like this: Karen de Sá in the San Jose Mercury -- 7/11/10 Disputed Riverside Co. ballots counted -- Riverside County elections officials finished counting 12,563 mail-in ballots early Saturday morning. DUANE W. GANG in the Riverside Press -- 7/11/10 The Loneliness of Governor Schwarzenegger -- If the mark of a real independent is lack of friends, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is the quintessential nonpartisan in American politics right now. JENNIFER STEINHAUER in the New York Times -- 7/11/10 Amid rulings on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8 case could have larger effect -- The battle over same-sex marriage intensified this week after a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled unconstitutional the 1996 law that forbids the federal government to recognize gay marriages, a decision that could have repercussions in the District and the five states that allow gay unions. Sandhya Somashekhar in the Washington Post -- 7/11/10
Local grocery stores cater to ‘locavores’ -- As the “locavore” movement in Petaluma grows, so does the selection of locally made products at grocery stores in town. PHILIP RILEY in the Santa Rosa Press -- 7/11/10 Salmon's sad state: Short season highlights fishery's woes -- Commercial fishermen plying North Coast waters for salmon this weekend are, with the rare exception, hauling in nothing but disappointment. JEREMY HAY in the Santa Rosa Press -- 7/11/10 Citron’s pension jumps 50 percent in 15 years -- Amid the chaos and confusion that reigned after Orange County declared bankruptcy in 1994, the pension of former Treasurer -Tax Collector Robert Citron incited rage. Teri Sforza in the Orange County Register -- 7/11/10 L.A. launches new effort to clean up foreclosed properties -- A city ordinance will help building inspectors identify the banks that own abandoned homes and — with the threat of stiffer fines — encourage them to keep them clean and safe. Lisa Girion in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/11/10
Stanford University confronts the graying of academia -- Many workers yearn for retirement — the goodbye parties, the golf course, maybe even a gold watch. But Stanford University has the opposite problem: Nobody wants to leave. Lisa M. Krieger in the San Jose Mercury -- 7/11/10 Campuses become available for production shoots -- Districts, including Lawndale and El Segundo, are seeking to earn thousands of dollars a day by renting their schools for movies, TV and commercials. Christina Hoag AP -- 7/11/10
Scientists scan Tahoe area lake for evidence of severe past droughts -- Vacationers skim the surface of Fallen Leaf Lake on water skis or kayaks, oblivious that scientists are investigating the depths for signs of natural disasters to come. Carlos Alcalá in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/11/10 Leaving old drilling-rig pieces in the ocean has big support in Legislature -- Assembly Speaker John A. Perez is championing the plan. It would save oil companies hundreds of millions and, proponents say, create marine habitat. Jack Dolan in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/11/10
Mammograms for thousands of low-income women held up in California budget fight -- A state service that helps test hundreds of thousands of women for cancer could become the latest program to follow California's late budget off the cliff and into crisis, potentially raising health risks — and treatment costs — for low-income patients who rely on the free screenings. Denis C. Theriault in the San Jose Mercury -- 7/11/10 Vaccination Rate Lags As Whooping Cough Spreads -- Parents who don't immunize their kids worry public health officials. Katharine Mieszkowski Bay Citizen -- 7/11/10
Battleground for immigration issue increasingly comes as close as your next City Council meeting -- The debate over immigration reform is shifting from Washington and Sacramento to Inland city halls. JEFF HORSEMAN in the Riverside Press -- 7/11/10
Openly bearing arms, beachgoers cite their rights -- It was clear this was no ordinary community cleanup. Trash bags? Check. Gloves? Check. Glock .45-caliber handgun? Check. Jack Leonard in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/11/10 From Australia to America, the concerns are the same -- Even in a country without land borders, border security is a big issue, as asylum seekers - many from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan - have braved the Indian Ocean to reach Australia's shores. Debra J. Saunders in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 7/11/10
Obama's future plans rely on Reid's survival -- A teenager watching President Obama and Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid ham it up together at a fundraiser here Thursday night might have offered this assessment: "AWKWARD!" Michael D. Shear in the Washington Post -- 7/11/10 Black voters still support Obama but are ambivalent about midterm elections -- Curtis Adams, who owns Curtis A's barbershop here and who is also the establishment's senior political analyst, is a close observer of President Obama. Nia-Malika Henderson and Perry Bacon Jr. in the Washington Post -- 7/11/10
Senate Democrats yet to lock down votes for financial regulations bill -- As he shepherded a far-reaching and ever-expanding bill to remake financial regulations through the Senate during the past year, Sen. Christopher J. Dodd uttered the same warning again and again: Nothing's finished until everything is finished. Brady Dennis in the Washington Post -- 7/11/10 With 'One Nation,' liberal groups aim to match tea party's energy, influence -- If imitation is the highest form of flattery, the "tea party" movement must be honored. Krissah Thompson in the Washington Post -- 7/11/10 |
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