California approves Prop 99 to limit government home seizures -- Voters approved Proposition 99, one of two measures on the ballot intended to limit when government can force Californians to sell their homes for private development projects, like shopping malls, hotels and housing. AP -- 6/3/08

Ed McMahon May Lose Beverly Hills Home -- Ed McMahon, the longtime sidekick to television star Johnny Carson, faces the possible loss of his Beverly Hills home to a foreclosure action initiated by a unit of Countrywide Financial Corp. JAMES R. HAGERTY and GLENN R. SIMPSON in the Wall Street Journal -- 6/3/08

McClintock over Ose in 4th House seat -- State Sen. Tom McClintock has beaten former Congressman Doug Ose to claim the Republican nomination in Northern California's 4th Congressional District. With 52 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday, McClintock had 53 percent of the vote and Ose had 39 percent. ERICA WERNER AP -- 6/3/08

Sanders declares success; Francis not conceding -- Mayor Jerry Sanders declared victory in the San Diego mayor's race at 11:15 p.m. Tuesday. Matthew T. Hall San Diego Union-Trib weblog -- 6/3/08

California senator survives recall attempt -- Republican Sen. Jeff Denham easily survived a recall attempt Tuesday that lost much of its steam when the Senate's Democratic leader dropped his support less than a month before the election. STEVE LAWRENCE AP -- 6/3/08

Measure to curb marijuana growing in Mendocino approved -- Mendocino County voters have approved a measure to repeal a groundbreaking law that allowed residents to grow up to 25 marijuana plants for medical or recreational use. AP -- 6/3/08

Obama's first test: Handling Hillary -- arack Obama would like to remind you of something: He won and she didn’t. It’s about him now and not her. He has made history, and she is history. ROGER SIMON Politico -- 6/3/08

Next on Agenda Is Clinton’s Role -- Senator Barack Obama heads into the general election with obvious advantages: He is a Democratic candidate running in a sour atmosphere for Republicans, in a contest where voters are hungry for change and coming out of a campaign in which he filled arena after arena with supporters. ADAM NAGOURNEY in the New York Times -- 6/3/08

Obama seals nomination: 'This is our moment' -- Cheered by a roaring crowd, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois laid claim to the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night, taking a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the nation's first black president. Hillary Rodham Clinton maneuvered for the vice presidential spot on his fall ticket without conceding her own defeat. TOM RAUM and NEDRA PICKLER AP -- 6/3/08

Text of Obama's speech Tuesday -- Tonight, after 54 hard-fought contests, our primary season has finally come to an end. AP -- 6/3/08

Text of Clinton's speech Tuesday -- Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you all so much. Thank you, and thanks so much to South Dakota. You had the last word in this primary season, and it was worth the wait. AP -- 6/3/08

Analysis: McCain, Obama polar opposites -- Heartily sick of the status quo, Americans will choose between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama this fall, two men who campaign as bipartisan reformers yet are polar opposites on virtually everything else, from ideology and biography to appearance and experience. LIZ SIDOTI AP -- 6/3/08

McCain welcomes Obama with fresh criticism -- Republican John McCain welcomed Democrat Barack Obama to the fall campaign for the White House on Tuesday with a blistering attack on his judgment and a charge that he "voted to deny funds to the soldiers who have done a brilliant and brave job" in Iraq. LIBBY QUAID AP -- 6/3/08

Analysis: What does Hillary want? Respect and more -- What does Hillary want? The former first lady wants campaign donations to forgive her debt. And she will press her case for relevancy at the risk of widening the divide between Barack Obama's supporters and her older, whiter, working-class coalition. RON FOURNIER AP -- 6/3/08

AP tally: Obama seals Democratic nomination -- Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois sealed the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the nation's first black president. A vanquished Hillary Rodham Clinton maneuvered for the vice presidential spot on his fall ticket. TOM RAUM and NEDRA PICKLER AP -- 6/3/08

AP tally: Obama effectively clinches nomination -- Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, becoming the first black candidate to lead a major party into a campaign for the White House. Vanquished rival Hillary Rodham Clinton swiftly signaled an interest in joining the ticket as running mate. DAVID ESPO and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER AP -- 6/3/08

Obama Looks to Recruit Clinton’s Top Fund-Raisers -- As Senator Barack Obama edges closer to the Democratic presidential nomination, his campaign is gearing up to recruit many of Senator Hillary Clinton’s top fund-raisers, a move that could provide him with a huge infusion of cash if the two camps can get past the rancor of the primary season. CHRISTOPHER DREW and LESLIE WAYNE in the New York Times -- 6/3/08

Obama's moment also a major juncture in US history -- The principle that all men are created equal has never been more than a remote eventuality in the quest for the presidency. But with the Democratic nomination finally in Barack Obama's grasp, that ideal is no longer relegated to someday. Someday is now. ADAM GELLER AP -- 6/3/08

Clinton says she's open to being Obama's VP -- Hillary Rodham Clinton told colleagues Tuesday she would be consider joining Barack Obama as his running mate, and advisers said she was withholding a formal departure from the race partly to use her remaining leverage to press for a spot on the ticket. BETH FOUHY and DEVLIN BARRETT AP -- 6/3/08

Wolfson denies AP report -- Clinton aide Howard Wolfson is denying the Associated Press report that she will concede tonight and begin shutting down her campaign. Ben Smith Politico -- 6/3/08

Officials: Clinton will concede delegate race to Obama -- Hillary Rodham Clinton will concede Tuesday night that Barack Obama has the delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, campaign officials said, effectively ending her bid to be the nation's first female president. BETH FOUHY AP

What if California held its presidential primary today? -- Had state kept traditional primary date, residents may have had final word on Clinton-Obama race Steven Harmon in the Contra Costa Times -- 6/3/08

Poll: Governor's popularity wanes -- Only two in five voters approve of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's performance, and fewer than one in four think the state is heading in the right direction, according to a new Field Poll. Mike Zapler in the San Jose Mercury Bill Ainsworth in the San Diego Union-Trib -- 6/3/08 Link to the poll here.

Schwarzenegger talks budget reform in Oakland -- Perhaps the only forward motion to come out of the town-hall-style meeting at Oakland City Hall was the governor's promise, exacted by Mayor Ron Dellums, to extend the deployment of California Highway Patrol officers, which began in August to quell Oakland's street crime. Dellums seemed to catch the governor flat-footed, requesting the extension in front of a crowd even before giving the governor a microphone. Josh Richman in the Oakland Tribune -- 6/3/08

California legislators revive plans to expand healthcare insurance -- ore than a dozen proposals are moving through the Legislature. Some items were transplanted from a plan backed by Gov. Schwarzenegger last year. Jordan Rau in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/3/08

Voters cranky as economy sours -- As California voters go to the polls today in a low-turnout primary, those who bother to show up aren't likely to be happy. With a teetering economy and an unpopular war, only 17 percent of voters in a new state Field Poll believe the country is headed in the right direction, the most dour view in 16 years. Peter Hecht in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/3/08

Low turnout expected for primary -- California's first-ever divided primary could result in a record low turnout for today's election, officials said Monday, as voters decide several important contests in the Bay Area and across the state. John Wildermuth, Robert Selna in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/3/08

Video: Toughest TV attack ads of the year -- If the nastiest TV ads of the year are to be believed, California candidates for office are child molester-aiding, narcoleptic, greedy, self-serving politicians bent on helping illegal immigrants and not American troops abroad. Shane Goldmacher SacBee Capitol Alert -- 6/3/08

Measure to bar gay marriage qualifies for California ballot -- The proposal would amend the state Constitution to define marriage as a union "between a man and a woman" and undo last month's historic California Supreme Court ruling, which found that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was unconstitutional. Jack Leonard in the Los Angeles Times John Wildermuth in the San Francisco Chronicle Kevin Yamamura in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/3/08

Key element in workers' comp limits upheld -- In a ruling that could restrict the benefits available to injured workers in California, a state appeals court on Monday upheld numerical limits on state-funded treatments, a key component of the cost-cutting workers' compensation measures backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2003-04. Bob Egelko in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/3/08

Riverside County Sheriff's Assn. warns members and public to avoid Indian casino -- The reservation was the scene of two shootouts last month between Riverside County sheriff's deputies and several tribe members who used rifles against officers, their vehicles and a helicopter. Three tribal members died in those gun battles. David Kelly in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/3/08

Scores of layoffs in $6.5 billion San Fancisco budget -- Mayor Gavin Newsom unveiled a record $6.5 billion budget Monday that seeks to erase San Francisco's huge budget deficit by laying off scores of city workers, allowing hundreds of prisoners to complete their jail sentences at home and shuttering a homeless drop-in center in the gritty Tenderloin. Cecilia M. Vega in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/3/08

L.A. utility to vote on contracts with firms linked to exec -- The DWP must decide whether to grant work to three companies that were private-sector clients of Raman Raj, now the agency's chief operating officer. David Zahniser in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/3/08

San Francisco immune so far from struggling economy -- There may be plenty of disagreements about the budget Mayor Gavin Newsom announced on Monday. But there was one statement I totally agree with. "The reality outside our 47 1/2 square miles is very different from the reality within it," Newsom said. He's got that right. C.W. Nevius in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/3/08

Orange County County car allowances appear to violate state law -- County lawyers, state attorney general, are reviewing a law that appears to prohibit the perk. The author of the bill says that was not what he was trying to regulate. JENNIFER MUIR in the Orange County Register Matthew T. Hall San Diego Union-Trib weblog -- 6/3/08

Gates set to dump half his stake in Pacific Ethanol -- Bill Gates is on track to dump half his original stake in Sacramento's Pacific Ethanol Inc., reflecting growing investor dismay with the industry. Dale Kasler in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/3/08

40 years after RFK's death, questions linger -- The assassination was over in a few seconds. In the photograph of that moment, Bobby Kennedy, his eyes open and glazed, lies on his back on a hotel pantry floor, his head cradled by a busboy dressed starkly in white - a tableau that seems almost angelic were it not so brutal. Michael Taylor in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/3/08

Clinton campaign 'slowing down' -- She's still in the race with Barack Obama and apparently considering her next move, but her team shows signs of wrapping up. Peter Nicholas in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/3/08

McCain urges tougher Iran sanctions -- Speaking to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby, he calls for restricting Tehran's refined gasoline imports and reining in Central Bank operations. Julian E. Barnes in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/3/08

Campaign reporters have a nose for conflict -- real or imagined -- For discord-centric members of the media, it's not so easy to give up the last story line. JAMES RAINEY in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/3/08

Pelosi concentrates power in office -- Nancy Pelosi has delivered 68 floor speeches in the 16 months since she became speaker of the House — nearly as many as her predecessor, Dennis Hastert, delivered in his entire eight-year reign. JOHN BRESNAHAN Politico -- 6/3/08

Multiple college majors are latest weapon in tightening job market -- More students opt for two or even three specialties, which some experts say reflects a more interdisciplinary world. Others dismiss it as resume-building. Larry Gordon in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/3/08

Cal State Fullerton lecturer allowed to add to oath -- A Cal State Fullerton lecturer who lost her job because she objected to signing a loyalty oath was reappointed Monday to teach next fall in an agreement worked out between the university and a national civil rights group. Richard C. Paddock in the Los Angeles Times Bob Egelko in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/3/08

Ex-Locke High principal accuses L.A. district of illegally firing him -- Frank Wells' lawsuit says he lost his job because of comments he made supporting the transfer of the troubled campus to a charter school operator. Mitchell Landsberg in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/3/08

UC Davis chancellor to step down next year -- UC Davis Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef, the senior chancellor in the University of California system, will step down next June after 15 years to take a sabbatical and then return to teaching on the campus. Tanya Schevitz in the San Francisco Chronicle Laurel Rosenhall in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/3/08

SDSU given $10 million donation -- The wife of a former dean has donated $10 million toward San Diego State University's School of Accountancy. Sherry Saavedra in the San Diego Union-Trib -- 6/3/08

Transit use soars - budget heads the other way -- Public transit systems across the Bay Area also are dealing with a surge of new riders. The news comes as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposes taking hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked for BART, Muni, Caltrain and other agencies to help erase a $17.2 billion budget deficit. Rachel Gordon in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/3/08

Skyrocketing gasoline prices force changes -- More Americans are taking mass transit, working from home and curtailing vacation plans to cope. Ronald D. White and Tiffany Hsu in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/3/08

Analysts split on chances of $5-a-gallon gas -- But analysts are divided over whether regular gas, which already has passed the $4 a gallon milestone in California, is destined to touch $5 a gallon in the near future. It all depends on whether oil prices continue to inch higher, as they have for the past few years. Verne Kopytoff in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/3/08

G.M. Closing 4 Plants in Shift From Trucks Toward Cars -- Responding to a consumer shift to more fuel-efficient vehicles, General Motors said Tuesday that it would stop making pickup trucks and big S.U.V.s at four North American assembly plants and would consider selling its Hummer brand. BILL VLASIC in the New York Times -- 6/3/08

Weintraub: Building a better power plant -- with no emissions -- A Rancho Cordova company founded by a group of retired aerospace engineers has just received funding to build a small power plant that won't emit any of the gases that cause smog or are believed to lead to global warming. Daniel Weintraub in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/3/08

Feds reduce water to Valley farms -- Federal officials told hundreds of farmers in the Westlands Water District on Monday that they will get even less irrigation water -- just days after the district announced a rationing plan. Dennis Pollock in the Oakland Tribune -- 6/3/08

L.A. water department to vote on Villaraigosa's 'drought busters' plan -- The DWP commission will decide Tuesday on the mayor's proposal to crack down on water wasters. David Zahniser in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/3/08

Renewable-energy push puts all eyes on desert -- Speculators have filed applications to develop more than 1 million acres of desert in Southern California with solar, wind and geothermal power plants, setting up a classic clash over land use with environmentalists and off-road enthusiasts. Mike Lee in the San Diego Union-Trib -- 6/3/08

Renewable energy projects meet opposition from environmentalists -- A rush to build environmentally friendly renewable energy in the windy, sunny Inland region has stirred up some unlikely foes: environmentalists. They say the projects mean new transmission lines and towers across some of the very mountains and desert vistas people have fought to protect. JENNIFER BOWLES in the Riverside Press -- 6/3/08

Airborne toxins after Universal Studios fire within health limits -- Preliminary tests find levels of benzene and other contaminants six times or more above normal, though far below limits for serious health effects, an AQMD spokesman says. Janet Wilson in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/3/08

Of greenhouse gases and greenbacks -- Senate debate on a proposal to impose pollution regulations is likely to center on the financial stakes. Richard Simon in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/3/08

Heated arguments begin over climate change -- As senators began a raucous argument over climate change legislation Monday, even its sponsors admitted their chances of passing the Climate Security Act this year are, at best, a long shot. But both supporters and opponents of the Senate bill were so eager for the fight over the issue that lawmakers voted 74-14 to begin debate on the chamber floor. Zachary Coile in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/3/08

Walters: Tiny towns face big land fights -- California's most enduring political conflict is over how and where land will be developed for housing, commercial services, employment and public facilities to serve the state's ever-expanding population. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/3/08

Environmental huddle riles Modoc County locals -- Pasted into that mountainous northeastern corner of forestland and high desert where California rubs both Nevada and Oregon, Modoc County is a proudly rugged backwater that defines what's left of the frontier way. Kevin Fagan in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/3/08

Sacramento dry cleaner among those feeling oil price pinch -- In 26 years in the dry-cleaning business, Han Joo hasn't seen anything like this: In just a few months, prices for key supplies he needs to run Arnold Cleaners on Arden Way – from dry-cleaning fluid to plastic bags – have jumped as much as 50 percent. Jim Downing in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/3/08

Hospital juggernaut adding three properties -- Rapidly growing Prime Healthcare will soon own 12 facilities in Southern California. Daniel Costello in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/3/08

Pedestrian gawkers are making the Big Fix the biggest show in town -- The predicted traffic snarls haven't made an appearance along Interstate 5 in downtown Sacramento, but sidewalk backups have. Gina Kim in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/3/08

Carjackings a symptom of Oakland's problems -- Oakland can now claim to be the nation's King of Mayhem on public streets. The city's latest award is yet another dubious honor to bolster that claim: Oakland is among the nation's leaders in carjackings - with a rate more than four times higher than San Francisco over a two-year period, according to a report in Monday's Chronicle. Chip Johnson in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/3/08