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LA rally kicks off campaigning for California Democrats -- California union leaders gave Democratic candidates a boost Monday with a Labor Day rally that serves as the unofficial kickoff to a general election season in which Republicans hope to make big gains. JACOB ADELMAN AP -- 9/6/10 Jerry Brown debuts TV ad, kicks off 4-stop Labor Day -- Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown is kicking off his campaign in earnest today with a flurry of activity, starting with his first TV ad, which his campaign just debuted online. Jack Chang SacBee Capitol Alert -- 9/6/10 Jerry Brown launches his first ad in California gubernatorial campaign -- Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown released his first ad in his campaign, a 30-second spot that aims to introduce him to voters unfamiliar with his legacy. Seema Mehta in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/6/10 CalBuzz: Jerry ‘Been There, Done That’ Brown Hits the Air -- After months of being pounded on TV by Meg Whitman and her allies, Jerry Brown takes to the airwaves this week, introducing himself to younger voters, reminding older voters of better times and reassuring them all – especially moderate and independent swing voters — that he will not raise taxes without a vote of the people. Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine CalBuzz -- 9/6/10 Jerry Brown launches his first TV ad -- Predictably, the ad highlights Brown’s former gubernatorial tenure: It says he helped lead California through $4 billion in tax cuts, establishing and maintaining the state’s status as a world-leader in renewable energy, and creating 1.9 million new jobs over eight years. Josh Richman in the Oakland Tribune -- 9/6/10 Democrat Jerry Brown to launch first TV ads -- Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown released his first TV commercial of the general election campaign Monday, making good on his promise to use Labor Day weekend as his starting point for the fall contest against Republican opponent Meg Whitman. TOM VERDIN AP -- 9/6/10 Democratic gov candidate Jerry Brown's first TV ad promises "the know-how to get California working again" (VIDEO) -- Democrat Jerry Brown has officially launched his Labor Day gubernatorial campaign offensive -- a barnstorm of the state that includes the debut of his first TV ad to counter Republican Meg Whitman. Carla Marinucci Chronicle Politics Weblog -- 9/6/10 Candidate for governor Jerry Brown unveils first TV commercial -- Democrat Jerry Brown has ended his silence on the airwaves. Ken McLaughlin and Mike Zapler in the San Jose Mercury -- 9/6/10 4 campaigns, each with its own distinct style -- The California campaigns for governor and senator can look like one big unwieldy whole, moving inexorably toward November, cluttering television screens and radio airwaves and mailboxes statewide. Close up, they are four campaigns distinct in style and personality. Maeve Reston and Seema Mehta in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/6/10 Stiff challenges ahead for governor, Senate contenders -- Labor Day typically marks the unofficial kickoff of the general election season in politics, though it might not seem that way to voters after the steady stream of attack ads in the governor's race during the usually low-key summer months. Mike Zapler and Ken McLaughlin in the San Jose Mercury -- 9/6/10 Dan Walters: Labor Day kicks off final dash -- It's been 28 years since Californians have seen simultaneous, too-close-to-call duels for the governorship and U.S. Senate. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/6/10 Tight California races head into final frenzy -- Labor Day usually signals the beginning of the traditional election season - but this year, when it comes to California's four big races, it's more like the final furious stretch. Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/6/10 Skelton: Fiorina comes out ahead on TV -- Both she and Boxer need more debates. The voters need more too. George Skelton in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/6/10 Unions step up job-site politiciking for Jerry Brown -- Slicing apples and spooning in mouthfuls of food, housekeepers from the Sheraton Grand Hotel are spending a Friday afternoon lunch break talking about politics with union members. Queenie Wong in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/6/10 Meg Whitman's plan to reduce fraud and abuse -- Meg Whitman has done her best to distance herself from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, succeeding so well that her fellow Republican has declined to endorse a candidate in the governor's race. But they agree on at least one thing - California can dig itself out of its budget hole by cracking down on waste, fraud and abuse in state spending. Bob Egelko in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/6/10 Suits fight pumping from Kern Water Bank -- A story worthy of Hollywood will soon unfold in California courtrooms – allegations of government corruption and corporate greed to rival the infamous Los Angeles water grab that inspired the film "Chinatown." Mark Grossi in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/6/10 Schrag: What Controls Immigration? It’s The Economy, Stupid -- It’s hardly news that, like Arizona, many states and scores of cities have been looking for ways to drive illegal immigrants out – ordering cops to detain people who can’t show documents verifying their right to be here, passing measures to fine landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and employers who hire them. And there are the Republicans who want to fiddle with the Constitution to deny children born to illegal aliens birthright citizenship. Peter Schrag Cal Progress Report -- 9/6/10 59th Assembly candidate Donnelly absent on election days -- Over the past 15 years, Assembly candidate and former Minuteman Tim Donnelly has skipped most elections, something his opponent says seems hypocritical. James Rufus Koren in the San Gabriel Tribune -- 9/6/10 Congressional Charities Are Pulling In Corporate Cash -- Representative Joe Baca has achieved near celebrity status in his suburban Los Angeles district, as much for his record of giveaways — Thanksgiving turkeys, college scholarships, spare boots for firefighters — as for anything he has done in Congress. ERIC LIPTON in the New York Times -- 9/6/10 Impounded cars boost Bell's coffers -- Police say they were pushed to find cars to tow. Authorities say the practice discourages gangs but will be changed. Paloma Esquivel in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/6/10 Obama outlines $50-billion plan to jumpstart economy -- The president outlines transportation spending proposals in his Labor Day speech in Wisconsin. The package is front-loaded with a cash surge to boost jobs in the short term, officials say. Kathleen Hennessey in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/6/10 Rutten: A fierce advocate of decency -- He never lost his sense of outrage. My friend Paul Conrad, who died Saturday at 86, was the premier editorial cartoonist of his generation and, for many years, this newspaper's most visible public face. Tim Rutten in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/6/10
Obama to seek extension of R&D tax credits -- Boosting business research and development is part of the president's broader plan for the economy. Other proposals call for increased infrastructure spending and continuing tax cuts for the middle class. Christi Parsons in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/6/10
For California state workers, it's not the happiest Labor Day -- Here's what state workers see when they look at their jobs on this Labor Day: Their boss routinely blasts their job security. They've endured a 15 percent cut in hours and pay, and now their employer wants them to kick in more for their benefits. The state budget situation is so bad that their next boss – whoever that is – will have to consider laying them off. Jon Ortiz in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/6/10 California high court to hear arguments Wednesday on governor's furlough power -- The California Supreme Court is set to grapple at a hearing in San Francisco Wednesday with whether the governor has the power to furlough tens of thousands of state workers in response to the Golden State's budget crisis. The item is in the San Jose Mercury -- 9/6/10 Marc Andreessen flexes his muscles in Silicon Valley -- Andreessen, 39, is playing roles at HP, eBay, Skype and Facebook that prompted the tech news site VentureBeat to dub him "the King of Silicon Valley." Scott Duke Harris in the San Jose Mercury -- 9/6/10 Valley unions feel strain of recession -- On the day that honors the American labor movement, unions -- like companies, governments and families -- are feeling battered. Robert Rodriguez in the Fresno Bee -- 9/6/10
Bills would add CSU doctorates -- Two bills heading to the governor's desk raise a fundamental question about how California educates health care workers who are not physicians: How many of them need doctoral degrees? Laurel Rosenhall in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/6/10 Los Angeles school named after Al Gore -- He's the first vice president to have an L.A. school named after him, sharing the honor with author Rachel Carson. Fittingly, the campus will be devoted to environmental themes. But there's a catch. Howard Blume in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/6/10 Students follow legacy of late farm labor leader -- In the dusty foothills east of Bakersfield, college students and community organizers are taking the values and words of farm labor leader Cesar E. Chavez and applying them to helping students in low income areas throughout the Southwest. OLIVIA MUNOZ AP -- 9/6/10
Abandoned turtles taking over LA County waterways -- When a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department task force followed a tip about illegal fireworks in San Pedro on the fourth of July, a stash of 10,000 live baby turtles was the last thing they expected to find. Beige Luciano-Adams in the San Gabriel Tribune -- 9/6/10 Angeles National Forest draws flood of visitors, trickle of resources -- And while they will find a beautiful natural respite from the urban valley below, they will also find creeksides littered with trash, rocks covered in graffiti, precarious access to the river's edge and sparse restrooms and information signs. Rebecca Kimitch in the San Gabriel Tribune -- 9/6/10 Supposedly extinct red fox discovered near Yosemite National Park -- The genetic signature of canine slobber on a bait bag of chicken scraps and a fuzzy photograph snapped by a motion-sensitive camera north of Yosemite National Park have confirmed the existence of a supposedly extinct red fox, the U.S. Forest Service announced this week. Louis Sahagun in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/6/10
Two tiny Northern California towns struggle after their clinics close -- Just before the turnoff into this tiny community, near the shuttered Burger Barn, a sign announcing Doyle's existence also hints at its fade toward oblivion. Underneath the name of the local clinic, Doyle Family Practice, someone has added the words: "Temporarily closed." Jocelyn Wiener in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/6/10
L.A. County welfare to children of illegal immigrants grows -- Welfare payments to children of illegal immigrants in Los Angeles County increased in July to $52 million, prompting renewed calls from one county supervisor to rein in public benefits to such families. Teresa Watanabe in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/6/10
GOP gov hopefuls run against Obama -- They’re all Rick Perrys now. A year and a half after the governor of Texas energized his reelection campaign by casting himself as an antagonist to President Barack Obama, Republican gubernatorial candidates across the country are following his example. ALEXANDER BURNS Politico -- 9/6/10 McCain embraces the GOP's right -- Has John McCain "sold his soul" to win re-election? It's a question that briefly flustered the self-ascribed maverick and 2008 presidential nominee when asked Sunday morning by Chris Wallace of Fox News - but it's also an accusation McCain, who defended having changed his position on several issues, is not alone in having to answer. MEREDITH SHINER Politico -- 9/6/10 |
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