Schwarzenegger To Play Cartoon Superhero
Arnold Schwarzenegger has been a bodybuilder, an actor, a politician and now he's set to become a cartoon superhero: 'The Governator'...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger has been a bodybuilder, an actor, a politician and now he's set to become a cartoon superhero: 'The Governator'...
Gov. Jerry Brown has declared an official end to California's drought as state water officials reported one of the wettest years of snow buildup in the Sierra Nevada.
Heavy snow and drenching rains have left California reservoirs at high levels. The Sierra Nevada snowpack was 159 percent of normal as of Friday.
Minuscule amounts of radiation from Japan's damaged nuclear plant continue to reach the West Coast, including California, but scientists say it poses no health risk.
In California, home to two seaside nuclear plants located close to earthquake fault lines, federal officials said four of the 11 stationary monitors were offline for repairs or maintenance last week.
California's unemployment rate has slipped lower for the second month in a row as the state added nearly 100,000 jobs in February. But the employment situation is still worse than the national average.
Only a slim majority of likely California voters now support a special election on tax extensions to close the state's budget deficit, according to a poll released Wednesday.
State education officials are reporting that about 30 percent of California students attend schools in 110 districts that are in serious financial trouble.
Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders began a new week of budget negotiations Monday with optimism, even as they admitted little progress on how to address the remainder of California's $26.6 billion shortfall.
Production problems with the manufacture of California's new high-tech driver's licenses have led to lengthy delays for tens of thousands of drivers waiting for new cards.
California Republicans meet in Sacramento this weekend at a time of high tension within the party.
The first radioactive fallout from Japan's crippled nuclear plant reached California early Friday, but the readings indicate levels far below those that could endanger people.
California emergency officials said they hope to complete a tsunami damage estimate as early as next week to submit to the federal government in an aid request for wave-battered harbors.
After suffering widespread losses at the polls in 2010, the California Republican Party is trying to regroup and stay relevant in a state that appears to be leaning less and less toward Republican ideology.
Wind patterns will bring a radioactive plume from the crippled Japanese nuclear reactors to the Aleutian Islands by Thursday and to the West Coast by Friday, according to projections.
The intensifying nuclear crisis in Japan is raising anxieties on both sides of the Pacific over the potential impacts of radiation exposure.
School districts in California have issued nearly 19,000 layoff notices so far to teachers amid uncertainty over the state budget, the California Teachers Association estimated Tuesday.
In the 'dog eat dog' world of politics, it's always good to dig for fresh ideas. So the governor's office is turning to a four-legged approach to help take a bite out of the budget crisis.
A tsunami rushed onto Northern California's coast Friday, destroying boat docks in Santa Cruz and Crescent City, and sending beach-area residents in Pacifica evacuating to higher ground. It also swept at least one man out to sea.
Data from the 2010 U.S. Census released Tuesday shows Latinos grew by 28 percent and Asians grew by 31 percent.
Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday that he has been unable to secure enough Republican votes to pass his plan for addressing California's $26.6 billion budget deficit.
An audit by the state controller's office has found that redevelopment agencies in California do not have a way to show how well they are fighting blight or creating jobs.
The state Employment Development Department on Friday reported that California's jobless rate was 12.4 percent in January. That was down slightly from 12.5 percent in December.
California sea otters have begun losing ground in their struggle to survive. Many are mysteriously falling victim to a ruthless killer: The great white shark.
