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Now, as one of the fastest-growing states in the union, especially with an influx of new residents from neighboring California, views from the Battle Born State could be changing ... Both are life members of the National Rifle Association, and despite the fact that they came to Nevada from California 30 years apart, it appears they came for same reasons: fresh air, good weather and guns ... Brown spent 40 years on the other side of the state line in California's Nevada County before moving to... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Nevada voters play crucial role Oct 26, 2008
"What you are seeing is the second installment - California being the first - of the impact of the changing Latino vote, the empowering of a changing demographic," said Antonio Gonzalez, president of the William C. Velasquez Institute, a nonpartisan group concerned with public policy and Latino issues ... Though polls show Obama leading and volunteers from California are pouring into the overflowing campaign offices, Democrats like Xiomara Rodriquez said they still aren't celebrating, because in... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
McCain sows doubts on Obama in campaign end game Oct 26, 2008
"If Barack Obama were running to succeed a Democratic president with the numbers we've had, we'd see the McCain campaign in places like New York state and California.". To maneuver a win, McCain's strategists have keyed in on the tale of "Joe the plumber," which they say gave McCain a credible economic argument against Obama. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Small Town, Big Options Oct 26, 2008
Today's visitors pass not only rows of artichokes, Brussels sprouts and other produce, but swaths of land scribbled with crayon hues in spring: blooms from local flower fields supply nurseries all over Northern California. Checking in: Of the three lodgings in town, only Pescadero Creek Inn offers more than one room for rent. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Thumbs up, thumbs down Oct 25, 2008
Thumbs down to the state of California, which still hasn't distributed $800 million that was put on hold during the record- setting budget impasse that ended nearly a month ago. Although Valley school districts didn't report having to make any cuts as a result, it has been more difficult for Fresno County's Office of Education, which provides support to local schools and runs special education programs. (Fresno Bee)
Schwarzenegger visits state's Capitol Hill Dems Oct 25, 2008
(02-28) 04:00 PDT Washington -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 3 1/2 years into his tenure in Sacramento, pressed anew Tuesday for California to get what he calls its fair share of federal money -- and found a warm reception from the state's newly empowered Democrats in Congress ... "We are eager to work with the governor under the leadership of the first Californian to be speaker," added Rep ... The governor also met with California's two Democratic senators, Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein,... (Yahoo News -- Arnold Schwarzenegger)
Depressed astronauts might get computerized solace Oct 25, 2008
The new program is a compelling idea, and it's important step to improve quality of life in space, said Al Harrison, a psychologist at the University of California at Davis who has studied psychology in space flight and worked with NASA.. But Harrison added that because of the absolute need for privacy, it will be hard to determine how many astronauts actually use the program and whether it works. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
TECH CHRONICLES Oct 25, 2008
Apple Inc. is donating $100,000 to fight Proposition 8, which seeks to end same-sex marriage in California by amending the Constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman ... "Apple was among the first California companies to offer equal rights and benefits to our employees' same-sex partners, and we strongly believe that a person's fundamental rights - including the right to marry - should not be affected by their sexual orientation," the company said Friday in a statement on its... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Smith rides two winners at the Breeders' Cup Oct 25, 2008
She developed rapidly, winning both races in New York before heading to California. "The whole Breeders' Cup thing happened very fast," Brown said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
SoCal animal hoarding suspect arrested Oct 25, 2008
A woman sought for allegedly hoarding scores of animals in squalid homes throughout Southern California was arrested after a bail bondsman tracked her to a cat-filled hotel room. More News. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
The Sipping News: Taverna Aventine opens Oct 25, 2008
There is also a selection of California and Italian wines, as well as artisanal beer. Executive chef Dave Faro's California-Italian menu at lunch includes local calamari with olive-lemon vinaigrette ($9), a salad of roasted baby beets with wild arugula ($8), and a milk-braised pork shoulder sandwich with fontina cheese and pickled zucchini ($10). (San Francisco Chronicle)
Greenspan's laissez-faire market never was Oct 25, 2008
Extremely rare on the West Coast, this small bird with a lovely pumpkin-caramel breast and distinctive stripes on its head is usually found in the East, making only rare California appearances (only 86 up to 1997). But there it was, looking for caterpillars and spiders in one of our autumn-leafed shrubs. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
VISTA: Dog works his charm in special ed classroom Oct 25, 2008
HotJobs Local Search. Fairfax, a 2-year-old Labrador/ golden retriever mix facility canine, takes a treat offered by students in Robin Hooper's class at Hannalei Elementary School in Vista. (North County Times)
Firefighters gain ground in Malibu: Conditions help tame wind, fire Oct 25, 2008
The wind subsided Sunday to more typical 25-mph breezes, said California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman Daniel Berlant ... The Southern California blaze had some eerie connections with Northern California ... Fire crews from throughout California helped fight the blaze, including a 22-person team from stations in San Ramon Valley, Orinda, Moraga, Rodeo and Hercules. (Yahoo News -- Wildfires & Forest Fires)
GOP open seats boost Democrats House chances Oct 25, 2008
Another 13 in Alabama, California, Louisiana, Maryland, Ramstad's in Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico, Ohio and Wyoming are toss-ups that could go either way on Election Day. By contrast, just two of Democrats' six open seats are considered competitive, and only one of them, in Alabama, is considered a toss-up. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Hawaii's Caffeine Coast Oct 25, 2008
Our last stop was at the smallest and newest farm on our list, , where friendly California transplants Al and Donna Woolley grow coffee on three acres shaded by monkeypod trees (and visited by wild turkeys). 2. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Success After Sorrow Oct 24, 2008
Phoebe Snow's success comes after great sorrow. Article:Phoebe Snow's success comes after great sorrow:/c/a/2008/10/22/DD8313LCQJ.DTL Article:Phoebe Snow's success comes after great sorrow:/c/a/2008/10/22/DD8313LCQJ.DTL. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Starving cattle amid high prices for feed in Neb. Oct 24, 2008
They showed alleged abuse of livestock in slaughterhouses and sale barns, including a video from early this year of crippled and sick cows at a California slaughterhouse being shoved with forklifts. In the Red Willow County case where 111 cattle were found starved to death, an investigator who went to the ranch described a grim, surreal scene. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
San Francisco weighs takeover of electrical system Oct 24, 2008
The ballot measure also would require the city's Public Utilities Commission to study ways to reach its clean energy goals, including a transition to a municipal utility similar to those run by about 40 other California cities, including Los Angeles and Sacramento ... Under current state law, investor-owned utilities are required to generate 20 percent of their electricity from renewables by 2010, but PGits counterparts in Southern California are expected to miss that target by at least three... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Major AT&T Price Hike Oct 24, 2008 Early voters turning out in record numbers Oct 24, 2008 Chertoff to pursue changes in hiring rules Oct 24, 2008 $2 billion plan for Candlestick, Hunters Point Oct 24, 2008 Pricey new duds aren't helping Palin in polls Oct 24, 2008 Mismatch play: Regal Olympic to face rumpled Lincoln Oct 24, 2008 $1.75 for our children's health Oct 24, 2008 Measure to tell parents of abortion holds lead Oct 24, 2008 Ballots with incorrect postage to be delivered Oct 24, 2008 California Democrats push bills to fight spread of autism Oct 24, 2008 Rocket fuel found in milk in California Oct 24, 2008 Not A Controversial Guy Oct 23, 2008 Guv approves earlier presidential primary Oct 23, 2008 Selected recent California newspaper editorials Oct 23, 2008 Suspect Also Accused Of Taping Neighbors Oct 23, 2008 Guv Wants Fed Help Oct 23, 2008 Pixar University: Thinking Outside The Mouse Oct 23, 2008 Unraveling Autism: What's Next in Treatment and How Do We Best Train Practitioners to Provide It? Oct 23, 2008 Former JFK, LBJ aide remembers years in Washington Oct 23, 2008 Mountain survivor recalls bug diet on Wash. slope Oct 23, 2008 Sam Maloof's work known for its practicality Oct 23, 2008 So long, mystery meat: Top chefs come to Cal cafeteria Oct 23, 2008 Oakley Hall celebrated by friends, family Oct 23, 2008 Voters split in many ways on gay marriage ban Oct 23, 2008 Signs credit market is beginning to mend Oct 23, 2008 Melamine taint - old problem has new urgency Oct 23, 2008 Davis calls energy crisis over Oct 23, 2008 Affable, emotional TV host turned viewers on to late-night talk Oct 23, 2008 Margin shrinks in defeat of gay marriage ban Oct 23, 2008 'California Presidential': political trinkets Oct 23, 2008 Brownsberger: Bleak budget Oct 23, 2008 Volunteers Go Into the Wild Oct 23, 2008 Pepperdine professor's advocacy for Proposition 8 stirs controversy (410) Oct 23, 2008 Powder-laced letters sent to banks in 9 cities Oct 22, 2008 Target to pay $1.7 million for overcharging customers at registers Oct 22, 2008 Deal on raises for UC patient care workers Oct 22, 2008 Candidates don't talk about immigration Oct 22, 2008 Intense meteor shower could illuminate Bay Area skies early Jan. 4 Oct 22, 2008 Governor considers special session on deficit Oct 22, 2008 California Democrats push bills to fight spread of autism Oct 22, 2008 GOP raises specter of Dems in total control Oct 21, 2008 Study finds LA police stop more blacks than whites Oct 21, 2008 Bay Economy Called Strong Oct 21, 2008 UC Berkeley study: Green efforts boost economy Oct 21, 2008 A poochy palliative for troubled times Oct 21, 2008 New way of life needed to run high-speed rail Oct 21, 2008 Kidnapped Las Vegas boy home, safe Oct 21, 2008 Powell put country before politics Oct 21, 2008 Some experts call school time-out rooms 'abuse' Oct 21, 2008 Does The Bradley Effect Still Apply? Oct 21, 2008 Palin, McCain Disagree On Same-Sex Nuptials Oct 21, 2008 Rocket fuel found in milk in California Oct 21, 2008 Complex brain imaging is making waves in court Oct 20, 2008 Drug-related ties to boy's abduction Oct 20, 2008 French Garden at its best when it's simple Oct 20, 2008 Pristine PG&E areas in Shasta to go public Oct 20, 2008 State yet to make $800 million in stalled school payments Oct 20, 2008 Teens' abuse of cough medications soaring Oct 20, 2008 'I'm not a rich man, but I've given you an honest name' (423) Oct 20, 2008 Schwarzenegger visits state's Capitol Hill Dems Oct 19, 2008 Motorcyclist killed in Oakland hills crash Oct 19, 2008 How to bounce back from unemployment Oct 19, 2008 ON THE RECORD: Tim Finchem PGA Tour commissioner Oct 19, 2008 Here We Go Again Oct 19, 2008 Governor's panel warns delta must be fixed Oct 19, 2008
But fearing consumer rate shock, the California Public Utilities Commission capped the increases last month for an additional two years before allowing market pricing to start in 2011 ... Verizon, which operates mostly in Southern California, has not announced how much, if at all, its rates will go up in the coming year ... "We still believe we have a strong obligation to service rural and underserved Californians.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Breeders' cup at Santa Anita Local trio now duo for racing's big show Oct 24, 2008
(10-23) 19:42 PDT -- Northern California lost one of its three representatives in the Breeders' Cup today and Saturday at Santa Anita when Indyanne was scratched Thursday from the $1 Million Filly Sprint because of a slight fever and cough ... Co-owned by Hollendorfer, George Todaro and Tom and Nancy Clark of Rancho San Miguel, Hystericalady has won 11 of 22 starts, and her $2,340,556 in earnings are the most ever for a Northern California horse. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
California law allows voting during the 29 days leading up to an election. Cynthia Cornejo, deputy registrar of voters for Alameda County, said 1,600 people have already taken advantage of the law at her office, a big jump from previous years. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
The proposal has been stymied for months by a U.S. district judge in California who blocked the rule after several groups sued. Chertoff said his agency has addressed the judge's concerns with some additions to the proposal, including providing an analysis of the economic costs of the rule. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
The plan comes as public and private financing for housing development in California is shaky ... Esmael Adibi, director of the Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University in Southern California, said it's likely that it will be difficult for both private firms and government entities to raise money for projects in the next two to three years. (San Francisco Chronicle)
"The American people (in the MSNBC/WSJ poll) are showing that they believe that she doesn't have a command of domestic or foreign policy issues. She has not spoken out about the issues that matter in this campaign to women. "And now, people feel the hot babe is not going to be able to fix things," she said. Even California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sounded unsure Wednesday that Palin is ready to fix things, even though he's about to campaign for McCain in Ohio. On Wednesday, CNN's Campbell... (San Francisco Chronicle)
The event that brings these two teams together is the Northern California Golf Association Team Match Championship, at Poppy Hills. The original field of 106 12-man teams is now two. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Proposition 3 authorizes $980 million for California's 13 regional children's hospitals ... 75 a year for each Californian for the next 30 years ... I am a member of that uncultivated class, an ordinary boy from the suburbs upon whom for no good reason the University of California bestowed an education, opinions on great questions and a perceived right to address any problem of my choosing. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
A California proposition calling for parental notification before an abortion can be performed on a minor is holding on to a slight edge among voters, although a large number of those surveyed say they haven't made up their mind, according to a new poll ... The poll by the Public Policy Institute of California found that 46 percent of voters favor Proposition 4, while 44 percent say they will vote no. Ten percent said they were unsure of how they will vote ... "While Californians are... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Election blogs throughout California have hummed with questions from voters worried that a lack of proper postage is going to keep their voice from being heard on Nov. 4 ... The California secretary of state's office operates a toll-free voter hot line to answer election-related questions at 800-345-8683. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Capitol and California ... Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, looks on as Assemblywoman Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, speaks about the eight-bill package on autism in California ... "Virtually everyone in California knows a family member, friend, co-worker or neighbor struggling with challenges surrounding autism and its related problems," Sen. (Yahoo News -- Autism)
CLARIFICATION: This story's headline misstated the contaminant recently found in California's milk supply ... A toxic chemical in rocket fuel has been detected in California's milk supply, although environmentalists and toxicologists disagree over whether the levels are high enough to pose a health threat to infants and young children ... Tests by the California Department of Food and Agriculture found perchlorate, a rocket fuel component widely used by the defense industry, in 32 samples of... (Yahoo News -- Food Safety)
Adams' decision to leave his native New England for California, after studying music at Harvard, might be unremarkable if not for the surge of artistic freedom it helped engender. After years of feeling constrained by the modernist orthodoxies of his training, he eventually found his way to a highly personal voice that combined the rhythmic vitality of Minimalism with the expressive urgency of Bruckner and Sibelius. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
(03-15) 10:56 PDT Sacramento -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed a bill to move California's presidential primary from June to February, a measure he argued would make the Golden State more relevant in presidential campaigns ... "Moving our presidential primary election from June to February means California will have the influence it deserves when t comes to choosing America's next presidential candidates," he said in a bill signing ceremony at the Stanford Mansion ... A June primary has... (Yahoo News -- Arnold Schwarzenegger)
And California is among the many states with experience of what happens when states tamper with payments to doctors ... The intensity of the presidential election has taken much of the focus off California's financial problems, but the state budget deficit hasn't gone away and is getting worse ... We would love to see retailers have a robust holiday season and Californians going back to work. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
A Northern California man already charged with stalking and raping a woman is now accused of secretly videotaping his neighbors having sex. More News. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
A day after urging congressional leaders to consider a new jolt for the ailing economy, the Republican governor said Washington needs to "put money into the housing market." California has been devastated by the mortgage crisis, with thousands of foreclosures and median home prices falling sharply ... Schwarzenegger's appeal for urgent federal help comes at a time when foreclosures have ravaged the California market, jobless rates are climbing and Sacramento contends with an ongoing budget... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Jessi Hempel is a student at the University of California at Berkeley School of Journalism. Special Education Teachers Needed. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
WHEN: Friday, October 24, 2008 5:15 p.m. - 7 p.m. WHERE: The Chicago School of Professional Psychology Los Angeles Campus 617 W. 7th Street Los Angeles, California WHO: Moderator: Rachel S. F. Tarbox, Ph ... D., BCBA California State University (Fresno) Director, Graduate Department of Applied Behavior Analysis Clinical Director, Central California Autism Center Patrick Friman, Ph ... D., BCBA California State University (Stanislaus) Professor, Department of Psychology and Child Development... (PR Newswire)
Clair Engle, a California Republican who had twice undergone brain surgery, was carried into the Senate chamber on a stretcher and cast a key vote that helped ensure the bill's passage. The worst day: President Kennedy's assassination in Dallas, Nov. 22, 1963. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
He said he has climbed Mount Hood in Oregon and Mount Shasta in California, two of the Cascade Range's most daunting peaks. But it was his hike on the lesser-known Mount Adams that brought unforgettable challenges. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
In the pantheon of American woodworking, Californians Sam Maloof and James Krenov are regarded with special esteem ... California's Fathers Of Woodworking ... Relocated piece by piece and reassembled by the state of California a few miles down the road when its original site was a casualty of the Foothill Freeway extension, it now sits on a 6-acre site and operates as a living museum under the protection of the National Register of Historic Places. (San Francisco Chronicle)
"I never had anything authentic until I came to Berkeley. Now naan and dal (Indian flatbread and lentils) is my comfort food. It's the California equivalent of mashed potatoes and gravy.". Today, students and faculty on the university meal plan can enjoy, every day, a regional Indian meal devised by Manhattan star chef Suvir Saran, Vietnamese pho and noodle salads from recipes developed by Sacramento restaurateur Mai Pham, and vegetarian dishes conceived by best-selling Bay Area cookbook author... (San Francisco Chronicle)
And for four decades he was at the center of a dynamic California writing community by virtue of two literary institutions that he helped to develop: the writing program of UC Irvine, where he was director for 20 years, and the Squaw Valley Community of Writers, which he co-founded with Blair Fuller in 1969. His gifts for writing, teaching and friendship, as well as tennis and a certain sartorial distinction (dubbed "wonderful rumplement"), were touched on in remarks delivered by colleagues and... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Nearly 100 people gathered in a deserted parking lot under a gray Central Valley sky, ready to knock on doors and tell perfect strangers why they should vote to ban same-sex marriage in California ... Stockton is only 90 miles east of San Francisco, but the Central Valley is worlds apart from coastal California, and the tight ballot battle over same-sex marriage highlights the distinction ... 8 losing statewide, only 37 percent of likely voters in California's voter-rich coastal counties were... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Conditions "are better than they were a week ago," said Christopher Browne, a money manager with the investment firm California Investment Trust Fund Group. "We're not there yet, but it's a return to something a little bit more normal.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Her newest book, "Pet Food Politics" (University of California Press, 2008), is about the 2007 pet food recall. She is also the author of "Food Politics," "Safe Food" and "What to Eat." E-mail her at , and read her previous columns at sfgate. (San Francisco Chronicle)
More than two years after the last blackouts hit California, Davis noted in a press release that the state had survived a hot summer with heavy electricity demand this year, and "the lights didn't even flicker. I'm pleased to declare California's energy emergency over.'' Those involved in continuing energy issues had mostly tongue-in-cheek responses to the news. "I guess I'll turn my Christmas lights on this year,'' said Jan Smutny- Jones, executive director of the Independent Energy Producers... (Yahoo News -- Utility Industry Deregulation)
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A majority of California voters oppose Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that would ban same-sex marriage in the state, but a new statewide poll shows that the gap has narrowed in the past month ... 8 is losing with 44 percent in favor to 52 percent opposed among likely voters in the survey by the Public Policy Institute of California, opponents of the measure had a cushion of 14 percentage points, 41 to 55 percent, in a poll by the same group last month ... The poll also shows Democrat Barack... (San Francisco Chronicle)
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Yet, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 21 other states are experiencing midyear shortfalls, many much greater, with New York at 10 percent and California at 22 percent of revenues. Massachusetts also has relatively strong financial reserves. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Sheryl Watson, a spokeswoman for the California State Parks, estimated that of the more than 15,000 volunteers who contributed almost a million hours of service in 2007, a decent percentage were people who had recently retired, and the number appears to be steadily increasing. Although she said the state did not track volunteers by age, Ms. Watson, who works at state park headquarters in Sacramento, said she had heard of retirees who had waited years to become eligible to train as docents. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
"The controversy prompted Pepperdine to issue a press release emphasizing the university's neutrality on the initiative, as well as to publish a statement on its Web site and send out an e-mail to California alumni."We requested to have the Pepperdine name removed from the ad and the Yes on 8 Campaign accommodated the request for only a couple of days," Derloshon said. "When a second ad came out, a small, very small disclaimer was inserted along with the Pepperdine name that said title for... (Malibu Times, CA)
Fifteen campuses in the California State University system will get solar power under a deal announced Tuesday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ... The CSU campuses receiving solar panels are Bakersfield, Channel Islands, Chico, Fullerton, Humboldt, Los Angeles, Monterey Bay, Palm Desert, Pomona, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Francisco, San Marcos and Stanislaus, as well as the California Maritime Academy in Vallejo. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
7 million civil penalty for overcharging California customers through electronic cash register scanners that rang up too-high prices, the Sonoma County district attorney's office said today. Images. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
The union representing patient-care workers for the University of California has reached a tentative agreement with UC to raise wages for 11,500 employees, officials said Monday. More Bay Area News. (San Francisco Chronicle)
and AIG; but have kept mum on the conniving suits that ran Howard Industries in Mississippi or Micro Solutions Enterprises in California, high-tech firms that were raided by the feds this year for employing nearly a thousand illegal immigrants ... Several months ago, both McCain and Obama addressed the National Council of La Raza's annual conference in California, where both men vowed to make sweeping changes to U.S. immigration policy that would increase the flows ... Mark Cromer is a senior... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
A little-known meteor shower, caused by fragments from a comet that exploded more than 500 years ago, will soon flash across the predawn skies over California, a comet expert predicts. More News. (Yahoo News -- Meteors and Asteroids)
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will likely call a special legislative session in November to solve California's ongoing budget woes caused by continuing economic challenges and deteriorating revenues, his spokesman said Tuesday ... "We don't want to wait until the new year to fix some of the problems that we can fix now," he said during a news conference in Southern California to announce a deal between the California State University system and SunEdison, a Maryland firm, to install solar panels on... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Capitol and California ... Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, looks on as Assemblywoman Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, speaks about the eight-bill package on autism in California ... "Virtually everyone in California knows a family member, friend, co-worker or neighbor struggling with challenges surrounding autism and its related problems," Sen. (Yahoo News -- Autism)
Bruce Cain, director of the University of California Washington Center, said he doubts whether the McCain effort would shift many votes. "The whole argument is a little too indirect and sophisticated to lure more than a few voters. Most undecided voters vote with their feelings, not with a rational calculation like this. This seems like insider logic," he said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Ayres' report, published Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, analyzed the Los Angeles Police Department's own accounts of 810,000 pedestrian and motor vehicle stops in the year from July 2003 to June 2004. Even after researchers controlled for demographics and neighborhood crime rates, they found significantly higher stop rates for black and Latino residents. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
8 million residents of Marin, San Mateo and San Francisco counties still live in California's strongest economic region and should suffer less from the housing bust than the rest of California, says a forecast being issued Tuesday. "Things will be rough here, but not nearly as rough as the Inland Empire (in Southern California) or in Contra Costa County," said Chris Thornberg with Beacon Economics ... The 113-page report calls the three-county metropolitan area "the strongest economy in the... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Rather than cost money, California's plans to fight global warming and improve energy efficiency will boost household incomes by $48 billion and create as many as 403,000 jobs in the next 12 years, according to a UC Berkeley economic study released Monday ... Those efforts saved Californians $56 billion between 1972 and 2006 and created about 1 ... "We find that even with very modest targets for energy efficiency improvements, California can continue its legacy of sustained job growth.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
With some exceptions, the Bay Area, and California in general, is a good place to be a dog ... California State Parks and Beaches, v. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Building a high-speed rail system would change the way Californians travel. But for high-speed rail to work - as it does in Europe and Asia - Californians will have to change the way they live, and the state will have to change the way it grows ... 95 billion in bonds to help start construction of a high-speed rail network that would send electric trains between Northern and Southern California at up to 220 mph. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Tinnemeyer was scheduled to appear today in Southern California before a federal magistrate in Riverside ... Gastelum, who is in his mid-30s, is believed to be in Las Vegas or Southern California, police said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Increasing the availability and accessibility of drug treatment for the youth of California is a smart move that voters should support ... If the voters of California decide to take away the right of gays and lesbians to marry who they love, the institution and my marriage will be cheapened. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Loeffler said the couple home-schooled Isabel until he took a new job and the family moved last year to California. Isabel, now 12, has shown signs of progress and is back in public school, he said. (USA Today -- News)
The Bradley effect is an idea based on former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley's unsuccessful race for governor of California in 1982. Though a Field Poll showed the African American candidate ahead of his opponent, George Deukmejian, by as much as seven points in the week before the election, Bradley lost the race. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Biden, meanwhile, said during an appearance Monday on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" that if he lived in California he would vote against a ballot measure that seeks to ban gay marriage. DeGeneres, who is gay and newly wed to actress Portia de Rossi, has urged Californians to reject Proposition 8. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
CLARIFICATION: This story's headline misstated the contaminant recently found in California's milk supply ... A toxic chemical in rocket fuel has been detected in California's milk supply, although environmentalists and toxicologists disagree over whether the levels are high enough to pose a health threat to infants and young children ... Tests by the California Department of Food and Agriculture found perchlorate, a rocket fuel component widely used by the defense industry, in 32 samples of... (Yahoo News -- Food Safety)
He is creating a database of scan appearances in California courts. Neuroscience has served as evidence in courts abroad. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
The Mexican man, identified as Jesus Gastelum, is in his mid-30s and believed to be in Las Vegas or Southern California, police said at a news conference ... Tinnemeyer was arrested late Friday in the California city of Riverside ... Authorities had issued an Amber Alert that triggered a public search for the boy and flashed the photo on billboards and highway signs throughout Nevada and California. (San Francisco Chronicle)
In keeping with the theme of the restaurant, the French Garden's wine list features a mix of California and French wines, in the most popular varietals - Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Cabernet, Rhone, Zinfandel and Meritage, along with Champagne and sparklers. The price range is good by today's standards, from $21 to $152, with most of the 100 or so selections in the $35-$65 range. (San Francisco Chronicle)
A person doesn't have to search for that in this 7,596-acre haven for wildlife known as McArthur Swamp in the rugged Cascade Mountains of Northern California ... The deal includes green forests, rolling oak savannahs, many sources of the state's drinking water and some of the best fly-fishing rivers and streams in 22 counties across California from Mount Shasta in the north to the Carrizo Plain in the south ... The amount of land going into public hands is shy of the largest open space... (San Francisco Chronicle)
SACRAMENTO -- California schools still are waiting for $800 million in state payments put on hold during the record-long state budget impasse that ended three weeks ago. The money -- most of it for "categorical" programs such as special education -- could not be sent immediately because formulas had to be updated to reflect the new state spending plan, said Hilary McLean, spokeswoman for state schools Superintendent Jack O'Connell. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
In the teenage subculture of DXM abuse, the most common drug of choice is Coricidin HBP Cough tablets, which was implicated in two-thirds of the 1,382 calls to the California Poison Control System reviewed in the study ... They've dubbed the hallucinatory experience "skittling'' or "robo-tripping" -- an allusion to another common cough medicine, Robitussin, that contains dextromethorphan. "Many teenagers already know about it, but their parents may not know about it,'' said Ilene Anderson, a... (Yahoo News -- Substance Use)
Connecting You to Your Community Lodi, California ... California's Department of Industrial Relations opened an investigation Friday morning, a process that typically takes two to three months but can last up to six months. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
(02-28) 04:00 PDT Washington -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 3 1/2 years into his tenure in Sacramento, pressed anew Tuesday for California to get what he calls its fair share of federal money -- and found a warm reception from the state's newly empowered Democrats in Congress ... "We are eager to work with the governor under the leadership of the first Californian to be speaker," added Rep ... The governor also met with California's two Democratic senators, Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein,... (Yahoo News -- Arnold Schwarzenegger)
(10-18) 16:51 PDT OAKLAND -- A motorcyclist died today in an accident just east of Oakland that didn't appear to involve any other vehicles, according to the California Highway Patrol. More Bay Area News. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
With California's unemployment rate at a 12-year high of 7 ... California's unemployment rate of 7 ... 5 percent from the year before, according to the California Employment Development Department. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Q: Both the PGA and the USGA seem to have taken an increased interest in California as a marketplace for golf lately ... A: California is huge. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
1986 ALDS: at Boston 8, California 1. 1986 WS: at N.Y. 8, Boston 5. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
A task force appointed by the governor warns that California must amend its laws and build new dams, canals and desalination plants or face economic and ecological disaster ... The California Delta Ecosystem and Water Council would replace CalFed ... According to Tim Quinn, executive director of a group that represents more than 450 water agencies in California, the council would be "the most powerful bureaucracy in the state of California.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
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