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Warren says he wasn’t Prop. 8 leader -- In a wide-ranging interview on TV’s “Meet the Press” this morning, Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren said people mischaracterized his role in last year’s Proposition 8, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman in California. Dena Bunis in the Orange County Register -- 11/29/09 Effort to recall assemblyman may not be dead after all -- While the effort to recall Assemblyman Anthony Adams, R-Hesperia, was pronounced dead by Secretary of State Debra Bowen on Nov. 20, recall advocates have launched an effort they hope will land the issue on the ballot anyway. MARTIN WISCKOL in the Orange County Register -- 11/29/09 Water package: Sealing the deal -- Just before midnight, he saw it falling apart. Months of delicate negotiations and hardball confrontations; of meticulously drafted legislation that was torn up as soon as the ink was dry, only to be rewritten; of interminable hours in closed-door meetings and impromptu hallway huddles. Steve Wiegand in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/29/09 Maldonado's nomination makes both parties squirm -- Democrats and Republicans have reasons to oppose his elevation to lieutenant governor. But such opposition is politically perilous. Cathleen Decker in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/29/09 Walters: California debt may be half a trillion dollars -- Just days before Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislators finalized a water package, including an $11.1 billion bond issue, state Treasurer Bill Lockyer warned them not to do it. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/29/09 Political gunfighter Clint Reilly comes out of retirement to run Repair California -- To the delight of many and the horror of others, the former big dog of San Francisco politics is back on the block. Jeff Mitchell in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/29/09 Leavenworth: Jerry Brown 'the anointed' needs a real race -- If California's Democratic Party had a motto right now, it would probably be, "No drama." Stuart Leavenworth in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/29/09 Poizner campaign issues wacky response when consultant jumps to rival Meg Whitman -- Politics as usual: Leaked memos ... and bad hair. Mike Zapler, Howard Mintz, Denis C. Theriault and Tracy Seipel in the San Jose Mercury -- 11/29/09 Will Fiorina's Sarah Palin gambit backfire? -- Carly Fiorina's new career as a candidate for U.S. Senate is producing some interesting moments, most recently at a round table with conservative writers last week in Washington. Mike Zapler, Howard Mintz, Denis C. Theriault and Tracy Seipel in the San Jose Mercury -- 11/29/09 California statehouse staffer is a superstar of his own -- Kip Lipper, who is as renowned inside the Capitol as he is anonymous outside, is responsible for some of the nation's most groundbreaking environmental laws over the last 30 years. Eric Bailey in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/29/09 Willie Brown: Sign of good times: Big bashes are back -- Here's an economic indicator you won't see on the business pages - the big parties are back. Willie Brown in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 11/29/09 Richmond casino fight turns to Washington, D.C. -- Some of the loudest East Bay voices against a major Indian casino-resort on the Richmond waterfront are fast turning mute. John Simerman in the Contra Costa Times -- 11/29/09 Jessica’s Law too vague to enforce? -- More than 70 percent of registered sex offenders in San Diego County are violating a state law by living too close to schools and parks. Denise Zapata and Kevin Crowe in the San Diego Union-Trib -- 11/29/09
Chino prison expansion may help economy, hinder services, officials say -- Major expansion of adult prison operations in the Chino Valley may provide a slight boost to the economy and to city coffers, but it may also affect some municipal services, officials said. Neil Nisperos in the San Bernardino Sun -- 11/29/09 Fresno city pensions fuel fiscal problems -- One retired Fresno city fire captain receives an annual pension of more than $190,000 -- more than twice a typical captain's salary. Another receives nearly $180,000 a year. George Hostetter in the Fresno Bee -- 11/29/09 Film industry gets spotlight in L.A. City Council race -- Christine Essel and Paul Krekorian each want to be seen as the one who would keep more Hollywood productions from leaving the state. The runoff election is Dec. 8. Maeve Reston in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/29/09 Falling rents aid homeowners in mortgage trouble -- Southern Californians facing the loss of their homes are finding refuge in rentals. At larger apartment complexes, monthly rents have declined an average of 4.9% in the last year. Alejandro Lazo in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/29/09 New Buying Power, Despite the Economy -- Paying jobs have been scarce these days for Jeff Horwitz, a building contractor from Campbell, but last weekend he went on a Christmas shopping spree. RICHARD C. PADDOCK in the New York Times -- 11/29/09 Monthly furloughs mean longer lines and 'legal triage' at Stanislaus County courthouse -- Nearly two years into her divorce proceedings, Lori Mattingly hit a wall. Or rather, the locked doors of the Stanislaus County Superior Courthouse. Merrill Balassone in the Modesto Bee -- 11/29/09
Budget cuts hit broad swath of Cal State -- The effects are rippling through the university system, touching students, teachers and administrators alike. Carla Rivera in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/29/09 State aiming to push forward with grant plan -- State lawmakers are moving forward with a plan to become eligible for hundreds of millions in federal education grants, but they're doing so over the objections of many local teachers unions and school officials who say the state is rushing to make complex, systemwide changes before January. James Rufus Koren in the San Bernardino Sun -- 11/29/09 Lopez: Retired Los Angeles teacher keeps at it, for free -- The district balked at first, but now Bruce Kravets is back in the classroom at Palms Middle School doing what he loves. Steve Lopez in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/29/09 College gossip Web sites anonymously take aim at students -- The kinds of comments that used to be scrawled inside a bathroom stall are now posted for the world to read on Web sites encouraging college students to talk trash about their classmates. Laurel Rosenhall in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/29/09 School debate winner faces a three-peat challenge -- Santee Education Complex has been among the winners in two U.N. Foundation Global Debates. But changing rules, some debaters' graduation and trouble attracting replacements puts third title at risk. Amina Khan in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/29/09 San Francisco's school of last resort -- With a convicted bank robber and a former methamphetamine user in charge, John Muir Charter School on Treasure Island is not your typical public school. Jill Tucker in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 11/29/09
Sacramento area emerges as epicenter for 'zero-energy' construction -- Zero energy buildings – defined as residential or commercial buildings that produce as much energy as they use over the course of a year – appear to be the wave of the future. And the Sacramento area has emerged as an epicenter for the zero energy push. Leora Broydo Vestel in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/29/09 Recycling sites face shutdown amid budget raids -- Californians who recycle cans and bottles for cash could soon face dramatically fewer redemption options because container take-back centers statewide are closing by the dozens. Michael Gardner, Mike Lee in the San Diego Union-Trib -- 11/29/09 Valley animal shelters overwhelmed -- For thousands of Valley pets, the recession is a death sentence. Marc Benjamin in the Fresno Bee -- 11/29/09 Solar panels raise preservation issues -- Preserving historic buildings has been a top priority for several Orange County cities, such as San Clemente and Orange, but as boosting sustainable practices slides into the mainstream, tension between protecting the past and saving the future has grown. BRITTANY LEVINE in the Orange County Register -- 11/29/09
Sacramento man's health ordeal puts face on uninsured -- Tony Andrade struggles for the words to bear the news, heart pounding and hands clammy as he grips his cell phone. Mom, don't freak out or anything, he begins. It's cancer. Bobby Caina Calvan in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/29/09 Rural need is great, but docs are too few -- If you really want to know what it's like to be a rural doctor, clear your mind of all that "Northern Exposure" stuff. That's just TV. The reality is more like the big city than you might think. Sam McManis in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/29/09 County likely to sign off on King-Harbor Hospital plan -- After winning a key endorsement from the University of California system, Los Angeles County leaders are expected to give final approval this week for a plan to reopen Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital in Willowbrook. Melissa Evans in the Torrance Daily Breeze -- 11/29/09 COBRA coverage subsidy ends soon for many -- When Paul Carroll lost his job in January, he and his wife, Kate, had a difficult, expensive choice: Do they keep their health insurance through his former employer, even though it would mean bearing the full cost of the coverage? Bobby Caina Calvan and Anna Tong in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/29/09
Cell phone tool could help illegal immigrants -- Similar to the way hungry drivers can find a restaurant through the global positioning system devices in their cars and cell phones, illegal immigrants soon may be able to plot their ways across the treacherous border between the United States and Mexico. EDWARD SIFUENTES in the North County Times -- 11/29/09
Northern California ecoterroist suspect sentenced in China -- An American man wanted for ecoterrorism attacks in the western United States has been sentenced to three years in a Chinese prison for making illegal drugs. The group he belonged to has been linked to crimes committed in the Sacramento area. The item is in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/29/09 Lazarus: Insured but not covered -- Every driver in California is supposed to have uninsured-motorist coverage. But if you're in an accident and the other driver flees, you could be left holding the bag. David Lazarus in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/29/09
White House Intruders Want Money for Their Tale -- As White House officials fended off new questions about how a fame-seeking couple finessed their way into the president’s glittering state dinner last week, the aspiring reality-TV stars themselves began trying to sell their story for hundreds of thousands of dollars. EDMUND L. ANDREWS and BRIAN STELTER in the New York Times -- 11/29/09 White House crasher enjoyed the social life at UC Davis, professors recall -- A Virginia winery owner who made national headlines when he and his wife crashed a White House state dinner exhibited a love for campus social life during his college days in the Sacramento area. Cathy Locke in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/29/09
Tea parties emerge as revenue stream -- Tapping into the deep reservoir of anger on the right at President Barack Obama and Congress has turned out to be a financial boon to a diverse collection of tea party-affiliated political groups and candidates soliciting donations and raising money from the sale of T-shirts, books and paraphernalia. KENNETH P. VOGEL Politico -- 11/29/09
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