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Wired News - 1 hour 0 minutes ago
Ah-nold discovers the Audi e-tron electric vehicle. Write the best caption, win a prize.
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Wired News - 1 hour 38 minutes ago
Sir Richard rolls out the vessel that will carry well-heeled tourists to sub-orbital space.
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FOX 11 Reno - Wed Dec 9, 2:35 pm ET
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday urged state lawmakers to get serious about education reforms California must make to compete for a share of $4.3 billion the Obama administration is offering to improve failing schools.
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Los Angeles Times - Tue Dec 8, 11:33 pm ET
The California Senate chief refuses to hold a hearing for Rachelle Chong, who had the backing of AT & T and Verizon, which benefited from her successful push to deregulate most land-line services. The leader of the state Senate on Tuesday rejected a controversial appointee of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger who had been bidding for a second term on the commission that regulates state utilities.
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KCRA 3 Sacramento - 2 hours 45 minutes ago
The outdoor state Capitol Christmas tree-lighting ceremony that was supposed to take place Thursday has been moved inside to the Rotunda because of a forecast of bad weather.
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MyMotherLode.com - Tue Dec 8, 9:51 am ET
"Hello, this is Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger with another California Report. This week our state Assembly has been debating education legislation that is crucial to the future of California schools.
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The Sacramento Bee - Wed Dec 9, 4:00 am ET
The state Senate will block confirmation of a Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointee to the Public Utilities Commission because Democratic leaders say she sides too often with the telecommunications industry, a spokesman for Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said Tuesday.
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Los Angeles Times - Wed Dec 9, 12:36 pm ET
The intergalactic entrepreneurs unveil the VSS Enterprise, the world's first commercial passenger spacecraft. Tests are expected to start early next year, and flights could begin in 2011.
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Channel 8 San Diego - 2 hours 4 minutes ago
A new government report shows California faces trillions of dollars in damages from climate change, if it does not start planning now. The state is teaming up with Google to map out where and when those changes might happen.
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redOrbit - Wed Dec 9, 10:06 am ET
Virgin Atlantic founder Richard Branson unveiled the new bullet-shaped commercial rocket plane that will give tourists the opportunity to take a ride into space and see the Earth while experiencing the thrill of weightlessness.The spacecraft, about the size of a large business jet with wide windows and seats for six, represents a costly gamble on a commercial space tourism industry.The British ...
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Ventura County Star - Wed Dec 9, 3:01 am ET
Ostensibly, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state legislators are working to qualify California for a big chunk of the $4.35 billion the Obama administration will hand out in grants to improve public education.The “Race to the Top” money, however, is merely a side issue. At best, California might get $700 million in one-time funds, scarcely 1 percent of what the state spends on its 6 million ...
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Oakley News - 10 minutes ago
Antioch City Council: P.O. Box 5007, Antioch, CA 94531. Bethel Island Municipal Advisory Council: P.O. Box 1388, Bethel Island, CA 94511. Bethel Island Municipal Improvement District: P.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 10:57 am ET
California's promise of an affordable higher education for its residents is being jeopardized by state budget cuts, the leaders of the state's college and university systems warned.
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Los Angeles Times - Tue Dec 8, 10:03 pm ET
The state would face numerous procedural hurdles in carrying out capital punishment as in Ohio, which put a murderer to death with single-drug lethal injection. An Ohio murderer put to death with the nation's first single-drug lethal injection died swiftly Tuesday, inaugurating an execution method some analysts consider more humane than the three-drug procedure used in California and 33 other ...
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The Kingsburg Recorder - 2 hours 14 minutes ago
Selma and the Community Food Bank are having another food giveaway Dec. 10 for families affected by the drought.