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59 min ago | FOXReno

Treasurer Delays Financing Plans For San Quentin

State Treasurer Bill Lockyer has delayed plans for issuing bonds to pay for the expansion of death row at San Quentin State Prison.

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5 hrs ago | KTIV-TV Sioux City

Calif. requires TVs to be more energy-efficient

California regulators have adopted the nation's first energy-efficiency standards for televisions, a move that will eventually ban power-hungry sets from the state's store shelves.

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Related Topix: TV, Electronics, California

10 hrs ago | Fresno Bee

EDITORIAL: Legislature must abandon its hypocrisy on the state budget

Lawmakers must share in sacrifice before asking others to accept cuts. Published online on Saturday, Nov.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

NBC Bay Area

The Browning of California

One of the most common phrases in broadcast news this week was " Attorney General Jerry Brown says ...". In a single week, Brown went after lead-filled toys, those he said scammed African-American churches out of millions of dollars, and to top it off, Wells Fargo , who he says misreprentated an investment opportunity, which cost California ...

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KOLO-TV Reno

Ruling: Commission Can Cut Calif. Officials' Pay

Attorney General Jerry Brown has decided that an independent state pay commission can reduce the salaries of California elected officials during the middle of their terms in office.

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FirstCoastNews

California Requires TVs to be More Energy-Efficient in 2011

California on Wednesday became the first state to pass energy-efficiency standards for new TV sets, putting manufacturers on notice and positioning itself to start a national trend.

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Related Topix: TV, California, Electronics

Mochila

Protests as Univ. of Calif. approves fee hike

The governing board of the University of California approved a $2,500 student fee increase Thursday after two days of tense campus protests across the ...

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Related Topix: California, Video

Thu Nov 19, 2009

KGAN

Man who claimed disability spotted on TV show

California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show.

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KansasCity.com

University of Calif. approves big fee hikes

The governing board of the University of California approved a $2,500 student fee increase Thursday after two days of tense campus protests across the state.The 32 percent increase will push the cost of an undergraduate education at California's premier public schools to over $10,000 a year by next fall, about triple the cost of a decade ago.

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NPR

Calif. Officials Will Need To Confront Budget Shortfall

During a news conference, Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor says Calif. could be facing a nearly $21 billion budget defict over the near year and a half.

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Los Angeles Business

State budget gap projected to top $20 billion

Los Angeles Business from bizjournals - by Kathy Robertson of the Sacramento Business Journal California is facing a $20.7 billion deficit in the General Fund budget over the next 18 months, the Legislative Analyst's Office announced Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles Metro, California, Sacramento Metro, Sacramento, CA

Wed Nov 18, 2009

NewsTalk 1530 KFBK

California Facing $21 Billion Deficit

Listen to the report The state's Legislative Analyst says the state's financial condition is worse than when the governor and lawmakers patched together a budget for the balance of this fiscal year.

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Related Topix: California, US Governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Detroit Free Press

California nude beaches take cover

California is telling skinny-dippers to put some clothes on, and the message is sending a chill through lovers of sunning-in-the-buff across the country.

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Related Topix: California, US Military, US Marine Corps, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Chico Enterprise-Record

Forecast: California faces another massive deficit

California will face a nearly $21 billion budget gap over the next year and a half, extending a fiscal crisis that already has led to steep cuts to public schools, social services and health programs.

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Related Topix: California, US Governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger

The News Tribune

California targets TVs to lower electricity demand

In a Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009 photo, Doug Pongrazc checks out a large screen television while shopping at a Best Buy store in Elk Grove, Calif.

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Related Topix: TV, Electronics, California, Elk Grove, CA, Sacramento Metro

Los Angeles Times

California faces a projected deficit of $21 billion

Reporting from Sacramento - Less than four months after California leaders stitched together a patchwork budget, a projected deficit of nearly $21 billion already looms over Sacramento, according to a report to be released today by the chief budget analyst.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

WNDY-TV Indianapolis

Calif. milk ads filmed in New Zealand

The California Milk Advisory Board is planning new commercials touting California milk from California cows.

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KCBS

Governor Schwarzenegger Visits Troops in Iraq

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has wrapped up a two-day visit to California soldiers in Iraq.

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HendersonvilleNews.com

Former Cal player sentenced in fraud case

Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 9:03 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 9:03 a.m. A former University of California lineman who spent time in the Tennessee Titans' camp in 2001 has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for his role in a $5 million Ponzi scheme.

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Home - San Bernardino County Sun

Lack of legislative progress could cost schools money

While the Assembly takes a leisurely look at education reform, California may miss its chance to compete for a share of $4.35 billion in education stimulus funds.

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