Arnold Schwarzenegger News

SACRAMENTO - A monumental effort to remake California's water system - decades in the dreaming and months in the works - finally emerged from an exhausted Legislature early Wednesday morning, defying historically long odds and regional squabbles to become the signature accomplishment in a year mostly lamented for budget cuts.

The veteran actor was handed the Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment at the 2009 BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards in Los Angeles.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has surprised many in the city by beating a retreat to Hawai'i, where his wife and baby daughter were already on vacation, with no warning.

" Results from the latest Capitol Weekly/Probolsky Research California Poll were released today.

The governor and the Legislature put together a sweeping water package through old-school negotiations, trade-offs and rewards.

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Sitting in her office on 6th and Market street, Courtney Mulhern-Pearson shakes her head sadly as a Blue Angel screams by.

The choices seem endless as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ponders his pick to fill the now-vacant lieutenant governor's job.

Electric Vehicles International unveiled plans Wednesday to produce all-electric trucks and delivery vans, as well as a two-seat electric city car and plug-in hybrid car conversions, at its new Stockton assembly plant in coming months.

California lawmakers on Wednesday approved a series of bills that would vastly overhaul the state's troubled water system.

Lt. Gov. John Garamendi will be sworn in today as the new congressman from the 10th Congressional District after winning Tuesday's special election to replace Rep.

The package of legislation will affect how Californians will receive and use water and won immediate praise from Gov.

Maine's citizenry voted on Tuesday to repeal a law permitting same-sex marriage that was approved by state lawmakers and signed by the state's governor in May.

California 10th Congressional District -- Special Election to replace Ellen Tauscher.

Lawmakers kept haggling Tuesday in their effort to reach a compromise, as the California Legislature prepared to vote on a package of bills intended to alleviate the state's water woes.

Gov. Schwarzenegger's finance director is stepping down after four years, leaving the administration to fill a key vacancy as the state faces what is expected to be another multibillion dollar deficit.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger could be choosing his own lieutenant governor if a special congressional election goes as predicted on Tuesday.

Somaly Mam, a native of Cambodia was forced into sex slavery as a youth. After escaping she vowed to fight the practice and started Acting for Women in Distressing Circumstances, in 1996 with her French husband, Pierre.

Starting Sunday, cash-strapped California will dig deeper into the pocketbooks of wage earners -- holding back 10% more than it already does in state income taxes just as the biggest shopping season of the year kicks into gear.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget director is departing after nearly four years in one of the most influential posts in Sacramento.