Obama Praises Passage Of California Health Reform Bills
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.
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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.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed seven major health care-reform bills, including legislation establishing an insurance exchange that will allow consumers to comparison-shop for coverage.
President Barack Obama has met at the White House with Sarah Shourd, the hiker recently freed by Iran, and with her mother and the mothers of the other two American hikers still held by the Iranians.
State park advocates hope to leverage one California passion—driving—to support another—the great outdoors—with a fee on vehicle registrations to fund a park system in danger of decline.
Nicky Diaz Santillan, the former housekeeper of California Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Meg Whitman, claimed in a press conference Wednesday that Whitman was aware of her status as an illegal immigrant and fired her when she asked for help.
A new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California finds the candidates for governor are virtually tied, while the incumbent Democrat has a slight lead in the U.S. Senate contest.
