GOP Spending $2 Million In California Senate Race
Republicans moved up a $2 million investment in California's U.S. Senate race after recent polls showed Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer opening up a lead over GOP rival Carly Fiorina.
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Republicans moved up a $2 million investment in California's U.S. Senate race after recent polls showed Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer opening up a lead over GOP rival Carly Fiorina.
It was a two out of three decision for Gov. Schwarzenegger, after the California Supreme Court on Monday upheld his order to furlough state workers. KCBS' Doug Sovern is on the Campaign Watch, where he reports it was a major victory for part of the governor's budgeting plans.
California Democrats cling to narrow leads in three high-profile state-wide races as early voting begins, according to the latest exclusive SurveyUSA polling for CBS 5. The poll also found puffed up support for Proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman and Democratic rival Jerry Brown traded barbs over immigration policy and Whitman's illegal immigrant housekeeper during a heated debate that was aimed at California's growing Latino population.
The debate between GOP gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown heated up Saturday after Whitman blamed Brown for the controversy over her former illegal immigrant housekeeper. Brown fired back, saying Whitman was trying to evade responsibility.
Possessing up to an ounce of marijuana in California is now no more serious than getting a speeding ticket.
President Barack Obama on Friday congratulated California leaders for passing legislation that will prepare the nation's most populous state for federal health care reform.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders said they struck a comprehensive agreement after an intensive five-hour meeting Friday night, signaling an end to California's record-long budget stalemate after 93 days.
CNN fired news anchor Rick Sanchez on Friday, a day after he called Jon Stewart a bigot in a radio show interview where he also questioned whether Jews should be considered a minority.
Saturday's Central Valley showdown between CA's gubernatorial hopefuls was expected to be overshadows by a scandal that, as KCBS' Doug Sovern reports from the Campaign Watch, has dogged the Whitman campaign.
Outside Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office hangs a clock of sorts. But instead of telling time, it shows how many days the state has been without a budget and calculates a running tab of how much that's costing taxpayers.
Domestic workers held a rally Friday calling for greater legal protection of employees who work in other people's homes.
Not only were the ballot boxes being prepped, but campaign managers were keenly aware of the looming start of early voting as well.
The attorney for Meg Whitman's former housekeeper released a copy Thursday of a purported 2003 letter that she says shows the Republican gubernatorial candidate knew all along that the maid might be an illegal immigrant.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders met after a two-day hiatus Thursday in an attempt to break the state's budget impasse but failed to reach agreement on closing the $19 billion deficit.
