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3 hrs ago | NBC Bay Area

CSU Applicants Up Despite Mandatory Enrollment Cuts

The California State University system is seeing a record increase in applications this fall, just as budget cuts are forcing the system to reduce its student body by 40,000 over a two-year period, the CSU Chancellor Charles Reed said.

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7 hrs ago | KJCT

Jerry Brown again? Some Calif. Dems express unease

Attorney General Jerry Brown has relied on a stealth fundraising campaign and his near universal name recognition to wipe out the field seven months ahead of California's Democratic primary for governor.

6 comments

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Loretta Sanchez, Democrat, Dianne Feinstein, US Senate, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

12 hrs ago | WNEM-TV Saginaw

Arrest Warrant Dropped For Quaids In Hotel Case

An arrest warrant has been dropped for actor Randy Quaid and his wife after they were accused of stiffing a California hotel on a $10,000 bill.

1 comment

Related Topix: Entertainment

16 hrs ago | KTLA-TV Los Angeles

Trump to Miss California Carrie Prejean: You're Fired

Miss California Carrie Prejean has been stripped of her crown. Donald Trump, who runs the competition, says the decision was based, not on Prejean's political views, but because she violated her contract.

2 comments

Related Topix: Wedding, Gay/Lesbian, Malibu, CA, Entertainment

21 hrs ago | My58.com

3 Abducted Children Found Safe

Whittier police said three children were abducted by their father and found safe Monday.

1 comment

Related Topix: Whittier, CA, Los Angeles County, CA

Mon Nov 09, 2009

KCBS

Governor Signs Water Bond

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a far-reaching water bond passed last week by the California Legislature intended to restore the ailing estuary at the heart of the state's water system.

2 comments

Related Topix: California Government, US Governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger

KCBS

Berkeley Students Break Sushi World Record

It was the roll of a lifetime. Hundreds of amateur sushi chefs at the University of California, Berkeley got their hands fishy Sunday as they assembled a 330-foot California roll.

1 comment

Related Topix: Life, Sushi, Japanese Cuisine, UC Berkeley

ABC7 Chicago

Trucker dies as big-rig plummets off SF bridge

A trucker died Monday after his big-rig plummeted 200 feet from a new section of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge that has seen more than 42 crashes since it opened, authorities said.

1 comment

Related Topix: California Government

Boston.com

Iran accuses 3 detained Americans of espionage

A senior Iranian prosecutor accused three Americans detained on the border with Iraq of espionage on Monday, the first signal that Tehran intends to put them on trial.

49 comments

Related Topix: Iran, World News, Middle East, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Prison, UC Berkeley

KSWB-TV San Diego

California falls short in examining deaths of children

A new law aimed at exposing child deaths to public scrutiny has given Californians their most complete view yet of the toll of abuse and neglect but falls short of legislators' intent and leaves many fatalities uncounted, according to interviews and The Times' review of previously confidential records.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles Metro, Los Angeles County, CA, Alameda County, CA

The Item

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When he was growing up, Kenneth Tucker dreamed of flying airplanes. Years later, his daughter, Wanda Tucker Goodwin, had dreams of becoming a writer.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, US Army, Camp Blanding

Sun Nov 08, 2009

News Max

Calif. Dems Angry Brown is Sole Choice for Gov.

California Attorney General Jerry Brown is by far the most popular candidate for governor in next year's election, but most voters in his party are unhappy that he is the only major Democrat running, according to a new poll on Sunday.

8 comments

Related Topix: Barbara Boxer, US Politics, US News, US Senate, California Government, Democrat, 2008 Presidential Election, University of Southern California

Pasadena Star-News

Thomas Elias: Voters should make California bluer

EVEN though no Republican candidate for president or the U.S. Senate has carried California since 1988, it's still not entirely impossible for a Republican to be elected governor next year.

11 comments

Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Barbara Boxer, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Illegal Immigration

PR-inside.com

Douglas 'touched' by film honor from Schwarzenegger

Kirk Douglas was stunned to be presented with a top movie award by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday night - because he coached the muscleman on his first ever film.

1 comment

Related Topix: The Villain, Western, Comedy Movies, Kirk Douglas, California Government, US Governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Western morning News

Two Spot Gobi with James Robinson, third from left, play the NoHo Arts Centre, Los Angeles

CHILL winds and blustery showers may be ushering in the British winter, but James Robinson and fellow members of alternative funky soul popsters Two Spot Gobi have their memories of a glorious Californian summer to keep them warm.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Life, Food, Avocado, California Government

KSRO-AM Santa Rosa

Sea lions killed, but Columbia salmon toll rises

Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River.

2 comments

Sat Nov 07, 2009

McClatchy DC

Doubt cast on stimulus' impact on California jobs

Up to one-fourth of the 110,000 jobs reported as saved by federal stimulus money in California probably never were in danger, according to a review of the statistics by the Sacramento Bee.

2 comments

Related Topix: California Government, Texas Government, Texas

The Ashland Daily Tidings

Cat fight breaks out over declawing animals in California

The law of unintended consequences has seldom been more clearly illustrated than by the cat fight unfolding from San Francisco to Los Angeles.

10 comments

Related Topix: Los Angeles, CA, Beverly Hills, CA, Santa Monica, CA

SF Sentinel

California Voters Don't Want Same-Sex Marriage Back on the Ballot - Los Angeles Times/Usc Poll

A small majority of California voters supports the right of gay couples to marry, but a much larger portion of voters opposes efforts to place the issue back on the ballot next year, a new Los Angeles Times/USC poll has found.

32 comments

Related Topix: Wedding, California Government, US News, Gay/Lesbian

Newswise

Kidney Function Decline Increases Risk of Heart Failure and Premature ...

Declining kidney function is linked to a higher risk of heart failure, heart attack, peripheral arterial disease, and early death in individuals with or without kidney disease, according to a pair of studies appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology .

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Related Topix: UC San Francisco

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