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As if in response to yesterdays blog about feeling the pressure, Gordon Brown will grace COP15 with his presence a day early, the Governator is already walking the halls, none of the parties negotiating the fine detail of the treaties had much sleep last night and are shipping in industrial strength coffee for this evening.
OAKLAND — Alameda County prosecutors delayed charges today against several people arrested Friday night on suspicion of vandalizing the campus home of UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is appointing his chief deputy finance director to lead his budget team through a $21 billion deficit next year. Schwarzenegger on Monday named Ana Matosantos (ma-toh-SAN'-tos) as director of California's Department of Finance. She... California - Arnold Schwarzenegger - Chief financial officer - Department of Finance Canada - Budget
USF professor David Batstone was stunned when he learned his favorite Bay Area restaurant, while serving-up excellent Indian food, was also involved in the dark world of human slavery.
Federal health officials are casting doubt on a last-gasp funding scheme by California to keep nearly 700,000 children from being yanked from a government health insurance program for the working poor.
Lawyers for four nonprofit groups will ask a state appeals court in San Francisco Tuesday to restore $318 million in social services and health care funding cut by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in July. The cuts were part of a total of $489 million in funding deletions made by Schwarzenegger on July 28 by using a line-item veto.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Lawyers for four nonprofit groups will ask a state appeals court in San Francisco Tuesday to restore $318 million in social services and health care funding cut by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in July.
Program passed by the Legislature in September to keep 700,000 children from losing healthcare coverage may not meet regulatory guidelines, federal health officials say. Federal health officials are casting doubt on a last-gasp funding scheme by California to keep nearly 700,000 children from being yanked from its government health insurance program for the working poor.
San Francisco firefighters, a potent political force in the city, could be forced to work more hours, and Muni drivers may have to negotiate their salaries instead of relying on a formula enmeshed in the city charter that makes them among the highest paid in...
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger urged Monday the US government to take the lead in the fight against climate change, as he prepares to head to Copenhagen for the UN summit.
City lawmakers voted this afternoon to legalize same-sex marriages, making the District of Columbia the fifth jurisdiction in the country to have its elected legislature pass such a measure.
On Dec. 8, 1985, an intentionally-set fire destroyed a small retail shop in the garment district in downtown Los Angeles. One person was killed, and Rosie Sanchez, a single mother of four, was charged and convicted of first-degree murder.
A major international agreement at Copenhagen would be great. But much of the progress against climate change must take place at a local level.
CalPERS is poised to impose a modest increase in the state's contribution to the big pension fund next year - an increase that's at least $1 billion short of what Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to pay.
About 300 Marines from the Camp Pendleton-based 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment were expected to return home last night after completing a seven-month deployment in Afghanistan.
Ana Matosantos , 34, will replace Genest before Schwarzenegger unveils his final spending plan in January, the governor announced today. Genest said in November he was leaving before the end of the calendar year.
