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Whitman touring California eateries seeking votes -- Republican governor candidate Meg Whitman continued her culinary tour of California eateries Saturday, taking shots at Democratic nominee Jerry Brown along the way. DON THOMPSON AP -- 10/17/10 Whitman has reason to want police, firefighters as allies -- Public safety unions have a lot of influence in Sacramento and on voters. The GOP gubernatorial candidate says that's not why she'd let them keep their pensions. Catherine Saillant in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/17/10 A hot race is a lesson in image-making -- As Whitman tries to project a common touch, Schwarzenegger continues to shape-shift, and Bill Clinton hopes his words are still golden in this state. Cathleen Decker in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/17/10 Meg Whitman targets Jerry Brown's support for undocumented students in Northern California campaign stop -- Meg Whitman's statewide bus tour was in Northern California on Saturday, concluding a three-city swing at the Black Bear Diner in Redding, where she bought a stuffed teddy bear and ordered "Bob's Big Bear Burger" with cheese and fries, to go. Michael J. Mishak in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/17/10 Bill Clinton helps state Dems make last push to polls -- Bill Clinton, who as president made more than 70 trips to California, has returned on a mission - to ensure that the blue-leaning state does not fall to fired-up Republicans as Democrats struggle to maintain their tenuous majorities in the 2010 midterm elections. Carla Marinucci in the San Francisco Chronicle JONATHAN MARTIN Politico -- 10/17/10 Clinton stumps for Brown, Newsom in 2nd rally -- Former President Bill Clinton on Sunday warned that voter apathy combined with conservative anger could cost Democrats electoral victories this November and halt economic progress achieved under the Obama administration. SAMANTHA YOUNG AP -- 10/17/10 Governor's race spending goes near and far, reports show -- Oh, to own a TV station in the Los Angeles media market during a governor's race. At least $30 million in advertising money has poured into the LA stations that serve much of Riverside and San Bernardino counties, according to a review of campaign spending for Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown through September. JIM MILLER in the Riverside Press -- 10/17/10 At Fiorina event, McCain doesn't hide disdain for Boxer -- she's 'bitterly partisan' and 'anti-defense' -- Former Republican presidential contender John McCain reunited with his onetime advisor Carly Fiorina on the campaign trail Saturday in San Diego, offering a blistering indictment of Barbara Boxer’s record on military issues and calling her the “most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the United States Senate today” -- an assessment he said he’d made while having “the unpleasant experience” of serving with her. Maeve Reston in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/17/10 McCain stumps for Fiorina -- Arizona Sen. John McCain stumped for GOP Senate hopeful Carly Fiorina on Saturday, telling a crowd of military veterans that her Democratic opponent Barbara Boxer is the chamber's most "anti-defense" lawmaker. Elliot Spagat AP DARREN SAMUELSOHN Politico -- 10/17/10 Palin rallies the faithful in Anaheim while Whitman and Fiorina campaign elsewhere -- The state's top two GOP candidates, Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina, may have skipped Sarah Palin’s rally in Anaheim, but that didn’t stop the former Alaska governor from claiming the California flag for the cadre of conservative women she has endorsed as her “mama grizzlies.” Maeve Reston and Seema Mehta in the Los Angeles Times JEFF OVERLEY in the Orange County Register ADAM NAGOURNEY in the New York Times -- 10/17/10 Sarah Palin personifies GOP divide -- There were 19 Republicans sitting on stage behind Sarah Palin when she rallied GOP activists here Saturday, but none was named Meg Whitman or Carly Fiorina. JONATHAN MARTIN Politico -- 10/17/10 Dan Morain: As Prop. 23 dives, money goes elsewhere -- A few months ago, Assemblyman Dan Logue predicted that the ballot fight to roll back California's global warming law would be "like nothing we have ever seen before." Dan Morain in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/17/10 Candidates for California treasurer promise fiscal responsibility -- One is a seasoned politician with decades of experience in state government; the other's a former investment broker and current state senator. Greg Risling AP -- 10/17/10 Should business tax cuts be repealed? -- Led by the California Teachers Association, labor unions are pushing a ballot initiative to repeal three business tax benefits worth an estimated $1.3 billion annually. Kevin Yamamura in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/17/10 Ad Watch: Harris ad hits the mark on Cooley's vow to double dip -- Democrat Kamala Harris, running for attorney general, began running a 30-second television ad in major markets this week trumpeting opponent Steve Cooley's plans to accept both a salary and county pension if elected as the state's top cop. Jim Sanders in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/17/10 Attorney general's race pits DAs from opposite ends of state, political spectrum -- The campaign for state attorney general has tarnished the reputations of prosecutors from California's two most prominent cities while eclipsing their conflicting positions on the environment, gay marriage and criminal justice. Don Thompson AP -- 10/17/10 Walters: California's rivalry with Texas intensifies -- Californians – or at least California politicians – appear to be obsessed with Texas these days. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/17/10 Lt. Governor hopefuls offer experience, charisma -- The lieutenant governor of California occupies an office with more responsibility than real power. Lisa Leff AP -- 10/17/10 Gavin Newsom's life story is a study in contrasts -- The San Francisco mayor, in a tight race for lieutenant governor, calls himself a 'pro-business Democrat' while trying to persuade voters that he's not just the Gay Marriage Mayor. Robin Abcarian in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/17/10 Saunders: On the race in the 11th Congressional District Harmer tries to re-swing McNerney's House seat -- In 2006, voters in California's 11th Congressional District, which meanders from San Ramon to Stockton, fired Rep. Richard Pombo, once a highly popular congressman first elected in 1992. Debra J. Saunders in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/17/10 CalBuzz: Weinger: What Tsunami? Only 3 House Districts in Play -- Beltway prognosticators sound ever more certain about Republicans seizing control of the House in a national electoral tsunami, but in California, only three of 53 congressional districts feature competitive races. Mackenzie Weinger CalBuzz -- 10/17/10 Warning: That poll you're reading about may be fatally flawed. Here's why... -- Election polls based on calls only to "landline" phones may be fatally flawed, an analysis by a respected polling organization has concluded. Torhild Martinussen Politics Weblog -- 10/17/10 Prop. 19 brings up many questions -- For most California ballot measures over the years, the debate has been about whether the initiative is good or bad for the state. But what if supporters and opponents don't agree about what the initiative says? JIM MILLER in the Riverside Press -- 10/17/10 Medical marijuana for the masses -- In the year since U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced federal drug agents would stop targeting medicinal marijuana use where state law sanctioned it, Santa Clara County -- like other parts of California -- has become the Wild West. But suddenly, the sheriff has ridden into town. John Woolfolk and Sean Webby in the San Jose Mercury -- 10/17/10 Taking a hit in the name of science -- Does pot impair drivers more than alcohol—or just make them mellow in traffic?Columnist puts it to the test. Steve Lopez in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/17/10 Retired insurance company executive throws cash and support behind Prop. 19 -- Peter B. Lewis, a retired insurance company executive, has donated $209,005 to the campaign to pass Proposition 19, the marijuana legalization measure on California's Nov. 2 ballot. John Hoeffel in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/17/10 Riverside water board candidate believed to be Nazi -- Riverside resident Jeff Hall's run for a seat on a local water board has so far been under the radar. ALICIA ROBINSON in the Riverside Press -- 10/17/10
Weintraub: Future budgeters may thank Schwarzenegger -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will leave office in January with California's finances in much the same shape as they were when he rode into Sacramento seven years ago on a wave of voter anger over the state's persistent budget deficits. Daniel Weintraub in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/17/10 Arnold: Republicans ‘sold out’ on pension reform -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in his weekly radio address yesterday that Republican legislators, who tried to block his pension reform bill this month, may have “sold out” to the prison guard union for campaign contributions. Ed Mendel Calpensions.com -- 10/17/10 Governor slams GOP legislators from area -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger teed off Saturday on several Republican lawmakers from the Inland area, claiming that they were "under the sheets" with state employee unions because they didn't support this month's legislation rolling back pensions for new workers. Jim Miller in the Riverside Press -- 10/17/10 State nursery falls under budget ax -- The agency running the nursery, Cal Fire, took a $3 million hit to its budget last year. So it decided to close the $600,000-a-year operation, run on 15 acres surrounded by forest in the Butte County town of Magalia, north of Sacramento. Suzanne Bohan in the Contra Costa Times -- 10/17/10
For the elderly, poverty level doesn't cut it -- UCLA study tells a much different story of what it costs California seniors to get by: twice as much as the federal government's estimate, which is based on 1950s spending patterns. Alexandra Zavis in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/17/10 Sacramento drawing up its own road map to recovery -- Top city managers are developing a recovery plan designed to jump-start Sacramento's defunct economic engine to get the city back up and running. Ryan Lillis in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/17/10
Nonprofit aims to engage children with science -- Iridescent, a science and discovery center near downtown Los Angeles, is staffed by volunteers, mostly USC engineering students. Scott Glover in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/17/10 Honorary college diplomas awarded to interned Japanese Americans -- The Compton Community College District honors dozens of students — most now in their 80s — whose studies were interrupted by their forcible relocation to camps during World War II. Ann M. Simmons in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/17/10
Bay Area's hospital costs rising to top in California, but superior care isn't guaranteed -- Soon after her colonoscopy, San Francisco resident Mary McClung received a bill from California Pacific Medical Center for $4,871. The amount fell within her high insurance deductible, leaving her responsible. Jordan Rau in the San Jose Mercury -- 10/17/10
Treasures in trouble as park funds sink further -- They were left to the people of California, gifts of natural beauty and magnificence to be passed through the generations. For California's 278 state parks, that heritage is becoming an iffy proposition. Marjie Lundstrom and Matt Weiser in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/17/10 Groups seek protection for Sierra's 3-toed woodpecker -- The black-backed woodpecker, a native of the Sierra Nevada, has just three toes, a yen for burned trees, and tremendous potential to shake up California logging rules. Matt Weiser in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/17/10 Taking a rare jay under their wing -- The island scrub jay is found only on rugged Santa Cruz Island. Biologists are vaccinating the bird against the West Nile virus, which could swiftly wipe out the species. Steve Chawkins in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/17/10
Casting a vote for chaos -- An analysis of voting in Bell and neighboring cities in southeast L.A. County with a largely Latino population reveals a pattern of turbulent elections, low voter turnout and charges of corruption. Jessica Garrison and Abby Sewell in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/17/10 Hiltzik: Disney should lead the way on acceptance of Muslim clothing and customs -- The company's dispute with two female workers over their request to wear the Islamic hijab could have been handled a lot better. Michael Hiltzik in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/17/10
President Obama: 'Fear and frustration' drive voters -- President Barack Obama said Americans' "fear and frustration" is to blame for an intense midterm election cycle that threatens to derail the Democratic agenda. CAROL E. LEE Politico -- 10/17/10 Obama says GOP accepts special-interest money while refusing to cooperate in government -- The president speaks at a rally for longtime political ally Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, who is locked in a tough campaign battle. Peter Nicholas in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/17/10
GOP cash flow threatens to swamp Dems -- It doesn't pay to be a Democratic incumbent in 2010. House and Senate Democrats — all the way up to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid — are being outraised by GOP rivals as the cash follows the momentum. ALEX ISENSTADT Politico -- 10/17/10 Wealthy Democratic donors wake up -- Wealthy Democratic donors are making a late entry into the midterm elections, hoping to build a firewall around a small group of vulnerable incumbents and protect the party’s majority in the House and Senate. JEANNE CUMMINGS Politico -- 10/17/10 |
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