SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | yesterday
The interim Lieutenant Governor won't be Richard Riordan, or Robert Hertzberg, or Laura Chick...or even Janice Hahn. It's state Sen. Abel Maldonado, Gov. Schwarzenegger's favorite Senate Republican. Maldonado is from...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Republican has crossed the aisle on some key votes and also aspires to being elected to the job next year, making his confirmation by the full Legislature less than certain. State Sen. Abel Maldonado, a moderate Republican from Santa Maria who has parted with his caucus on key votes at the request of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, has been chosen by Schwarzenegger to be the next lieutenant governor....
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger chided his wife when she was caught driving and using a cell phone. When it comes to complying with California traffic laws, the first couple are having a rough fall. First there were first lady Maria Shriver's cell phone faux pas. Then photographers snapped Shriver illegally parking her Escalade in a red zone. Now it appears the governor also needs a reminder about the...
LAist (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Photo by Caveman 92223 via Flickr Today in their regular meeting the LA City Council "will consider provisions to a proposed medical marijuana ordinance they have struggled with for two years," according to CBS2 . In a vote postponed from last week , the Council will discuss how to handle the city's many dispensaries. "Among the possibilities are capping the number of dispensaries and...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Before the economy went bust, California voters authorized multibillion-dollar charges on the state's infrastructure credit card. They approved generational investments in roads, schools and levees, as well as hospitals and stem-cell research. At the time, fiscal experts projected that California at most would have to spend roughly 6 percent of its annual budget on payments. But after an economic...
bizjournals (Free subscription) | yesterday
In an effort to deal with California's spiraling unemployment rate, Gov. Schwarzenegger and the state's two senators, Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, sent a letter Monday to President Obama urging funding of the state's high-speed rail project and improvements in its intercity rail service.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger named Senator Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria (Santa Barbara County) as his pick for lieutenant governor Monday, making the announcement on a late night show. Maldonado, a Latino and moderate Republican, gave the governor a crucial...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
For the second time in his political career, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger turned to talk show host Jay Leno to make a major announcement, this time nominating Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria (Santa Barbara County) as California's next lieutenant governor...
NC Media Watch (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Russ Steele In June 2006 the Legislature passed, and Governor Schwarzenegger signed AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which set the 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal into law in California. Justification for AB32 is based on...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
More grim news Wednesday for state workers: California's general fund faces a $21 billion deficit through the middle of 2011. The red ink could flow for years to come, according to a forecast by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office. The state's 200,000 or so workers, already taking a 15 percent pay hit from three furlough days per month, knew this was coming. What does the state's rotten financial...
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Photo by rappensuncle via Flickr A state water board's administrative error has basically left a polluting company off the hook. In what Heal the Bay president Mark Gold calls "one of the most polluted beaches in Santa Monica Bay"--that would be Paradise Cove in Malibu--a mobile park owned by the Kissel Company "has been one of the largest sources of fecal pollution to the beach."...
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Gov. Schwarzenegger in Milan, Italy today (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) He can't run for Governor again, and his Austrian birth means the Presidency is out of the question, but Arnold Schwarzenegger told reporters in Europe yesterday that he won't be vying for votes once his term is up in 2010, according to an Associated Press report . While traveling in Milan, the actor-turned-Governator said "I...
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli Billions taken healthcare and education, a 32 percent hike under consideration in the University system, the list could go on. The big question is, after this year, what more is there to cut? It's an especially important question considering a new projected deficit puts California almost back in the same spot when dealing with this year's budget. A report to be released today...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg is the acting governor. Ever since Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger departed on his latest foreign trip, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento has served as acting governor of California. Will he seize the moment? Normally, with the Big Cheese out of the state, the job of leading one of the world's largest economies falls to the state's lieutenant...
Aguanomics (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Read this interview (via DW) with State Senator Wolk (D-Davis). Here are some nice (?) quotations: She told The Record's editorial board Monday that, realistically, the efforts [water bills] were a waste. "It was awful, incredibly awful," Wolk said. "I've never seen anything like this." She said the legislation was written by Westlands Water District, which serves western Fresno...
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trymi | 03/25/2009
JE Design unveiled today its latest kit for the Porsche Cayenne dubbed the “Progressor”. We know this sounds like a movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger but it is not! The new kit consists in a front spoiler with integrated daytime running LEDs connected to a front lip, headlights masks, side skirts and a new rear apron with integrated air diffuser.
nadias | 02/26/2009
Neal H. Moritz and his Original Films are in final negotiations to develop and produce for Columbia Pictures a contemporary version of Total Recall , the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi action movie directed by Paul Verhoeven, says The Hollywood Reporter . more
123_123 | 01/26/2009
Hercules (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent to Earth where he finds true love and starts a promising career in the bodybuilder business. Click to Watch Online
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