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There's a reason why California has become the most populous (and most popular?) state in the country. Actually, there are lots of reasons: California has more to offer in one package than any other state. From mountains to seacoast, deserts to lush forests, teeming cities to wilderness, California is a land of dizzying contrasts. It could take several lifetimes just to see all of it.
In fact, even within a single region of California, the contrasts are incredible. In Southern California, for instance, an hour's drive (if the freeways aren't too crowded) will take you from the bustle of downtown Los Angeles to the silence of the Mojave Desert. To get there, you start near sea level and pass through mountain ranges that rise above 11,000 feet. And on the way, you can listen to radio broadcasts in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Arabic, Korean, and Farsi. Other regions of the state are just as diverse in their own ways.
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Governor vetoes farmworkers overtime bill
Jul 29, 2010 7:00 am
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have made California's hourly agricultural employees the only farmworkers in the nation to receive overtime pay after 40 hours a week or e...
Bay Area bridge tolls take a toll on commuters
Jul 29, 2010 7:00 am
Since Bay Area bridges implemented new tolls three weeks ago, 30 percent fewer people are using the carpool lane and the commute is faster than it was this time last year. The traffic data were releas...
Gov orders more state furloughs
Jul 29, 2010 7:00 am
Citing an impending cash crisis, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered furloughs for 156,000 state employees Wednesday, a move union leaders called a thinly veiled attempt to pressure their members and t...
SFPD testing electric scooters for cops
Jul 29, 2010 7:00 am
Pedestrians walking down Mission Street Wednesday afternoon seemed startled to see two police officers whizzing up the street in what appeared to be white, combat-style Segway scooters. But no one was...
San Jose backs away from November ballpark vote
Jul 29, 2010 7:00 am
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed shelved a plan Wednesday for a November ballot measure that would have asked city voters to approve a downtown ballpark for the Oakland A's. In pursuing the ballot drive, Ree...
Suit over Prop. 14 abolishing party primaries
Jul 29, 2010 7:00 am
California's voter-approved law abolishing party primary elections was hit with its first lawsuit Thursday, a challenge to provisions that discard write-in votes in runoffs and limit candidates' right...
S.F. woman accused of bilking would-be tenants
Jul 29, 2010 7:00 am
A San Francisco woman has been arrested and charged with bilking would-be apartment renters of thousands of dollars apiece by accepting their deposits and then spinning a tale that they couldn't move ...
3 charged with Caltrans bribery scheme
Jul 29, 2010 7:00 am
Two Bay Area contractors were charged Thursday with bribing a Caltrans supervisor in Stockton to win state transportation contracts, federal prosecutors said. A federal grand jury in Sacramento indict...
Aug 26, 2009 7:00 am
Oakland: Jackson Street gets patched up a bit
Aug 26, 2009 7:00 am
What's working better: Four months ago, Chronicle Watch reported on Oakland's Jackson Street between Seventh and 10th streets. It was a stretch of pavement so strewn with crevices that Chronicle Watch...
News from the Orange County Register
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Local News from The Fresno Bee via Yahoo! News
Crash, stall slowing northbound Hwy 99 traffic
Jul 30, 2010 1:42 am
7:05 p.m.: The CHP is reporting that all lanes have reopened. Northbound traffic on Highway 99
Jul 29, 2010 4:02 pm
A man was a victim Wednesday night of a carjacking in Delano, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department said.
Cyclist hit on Herndon, in critical condition
Jul 29, 2010 5:35 am
A bicyclist was seriously injured Wednesday night when he was struck by a car as he attempted to cross Herndon Avenue at Marks Avenue, Fresno police said. Westbound Herndon remains closed while police...
Schwarzenegger vetoes farmworker overtime bill
Jul 29, 2010 12:45 am
SACRAMENTO Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have given more overtime pay to farmworkers, saying it would overturn long-standing rules and create "additional burde...
Sgt. Piercy's casket brought to Valley for funeral
Jul 28, 2010 9:57 pm
Services for Army Staff Sgt. Brian Piercy, who was killed in Afghanistan last week, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at Peoples Church in Fresno.
Fresno Perko's arsonist sentenced
Jul 28, 2010 9:45 pm
A former assistant manager of Perko's Cafe was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison -- and a hefty restitution -- for torching the northeast Fresno restaurant in February 2008.
Lawsuit, speed allegations hang over Greyhound
Jul 28, 2010 6:14 pm
Six bus passengers injured in last week's accident on Highway 99 filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Greyhound as another passenger charged that the bus driver was speeding just before the crash.
Winton woman held in home invasion
Jul 28, 2010 4:21 pm
A Winton woman has been booked on charges of home invasion in connection with alleged crimes against
Truck dumps burning trash on Fresno street
Jul 28, 2010 4:09 am
A recycling-truck driver was forced to dump a heap of flaming trash in a northwest Fresno neighborhood after he noticed the load was on fire.
Local News from Monterey County Weekly via Yahoo! News
Jul 29, 2010 7:10 am
The long-running sexual harassment lawsuit that turned Carmel-by-the-Sea into Monterey Countys own Peyton Place ended earlier this month with a payout of more than $600,000 to former city human resour...
Jul 29, 2010 7:10 am
Daycare isnt just for children. The organizers at Central Coast Visiting Nurse Association Adult Day Centers are hoping caregivers in Monterey will embrace that idea. Since the CCVNAs first adult dayc...
Jul 29, 2010 7:09 am
At first sight shoppers see a doggie in the window, complete with the waggly tail. That is, if they have 20/10 vision the collie is tiny enough to fit in a tablespoon. A second eagle-eye glance uncov...
[831] Asked at Beverly Fabrics on Fremont. : What is your weirdest hobby? - Monterey County Weekly
Jul 29, 2010 7:09 am
Follow-up: What is the most satisfying thing you do when no one is looking? CAROLYN SALUSKY | Barista/student | Monterey A: I like to play with knives. In particular I like to throw them at the wooden...
Jul 29, 2010 7:09 am
An article on the county building departments bulletin board is a source of both pride and pain for Tim McCormick and Karen Riley-Olms. The headline reads: State attorney general sues feds over solar ...
[cover] Solar Perplexus : The father of sun financing - Monterey County Weekly
Jul 29, 2010 7:09 am
MCBC staff has held several meetings with Cisco DeVries, who came up with the Property Assessed Clean Energy model when he was chief of staff to Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates. DeVries is now president of R...
[cover] Solar Perplexus : Been there, done that - Monterey County Weekly
Jul 29, 2010 7:09 am
Californias first Property Assessed Clean Energy program, BerkeleyFIRST, launched to great fanfare in 2008. But the pilot only produced solar panels on 13 roofs a let-down East Bay Express attributes...
Jul 29, 2010 7:09 am
I admit. Im a whole foods virgin. Ive never sprouted alfalfa seeds. Ive never made spelt flour pie crust. Yet, I find Robin Burnsides The Homesteaders Kitchen (Gibbs-Smith, August 2010) intriguing. Bu...
[features] Real Estate: By The Numbers - Monterey County Weekly
Jul 29, 2010 7:08 am
$4,525,000 Recent Sale 18 Touche Pass, Carmel Valley Built: 1986 Size: 6,466 square feet Features: 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, 3-car garage Amenities: Guest house, fireplace, view of Santa Lucia Mounta...
Jul 29, 2010 7:08 am
This has been a special year for reggae music: Jimmy Cliff became the second reggae musician after some guy named Bob Marley to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The honor gave deserv...
Local News from San Diego Union-Tribune via Yahoo! News
Bridge for students marks big gains
Jul 30, 2010 7:12 am
Gerardo Romo was changing out of his gym clothes when he heard a group of teenagers shuffling toward him. The high school freshman remembered feeling like a circus act.
Mayor vetoes public vote on City Hall
Jul 30, 2010 12:46 am
The $293.5 million project is now in limbo because the City Council would have to schedule a special session to override the mayors veto.
More grants verified, but $380,000 still outstanding
Jul 30, 2010 12:31 am
County auditors working to rectify years of incomplete paperwork for two grant programs verified $170,000 in public spending in the past month, but more than twice that has yet to be fully accounted f...
Governor: State budget can pass before term ends
Jul 29, 2010 8:31 pm
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger brought his message of budgetary crisis to a room full of San Diego powerhouses, as he put it this morning, and while the message was generally bleak he let in a ray of ...
Power back on temporarily for North County customers
Jul 29, 2010 8:19 pm
Customers will have power back for the evening, then have a temporary outage again Friday morning.
It's numbers game for new El Cajon Valley coach
Jul 29, 2010 7:46 pm
Prime. Rational. Decimal. Add, divide, multiply, subtract. Norman Whitehead, an algebra and geometry teacher, has a curriculum devoted to numbers. A profession based on numbers.
Ousted USDA employee Sherrod to sue blogger
Jul 29, 2010 6:01 pm
Former USDA official Shirley Sherrod said Thursday at a convention in San Diego that she plans to sue a conservative blogger for posting a video that caused some people to view her as racist.
Mission Hills evacuations over, gas leak halted
Jul 29, 2010 5:17 pm
Police have opened roads and let residents back to their homes on Fort Stockton Drive after contractors broke a 2-inch natural gas lline in the street, authorities said.
Harbor Police rescue woman who fell into bay
Jul 29, 2010 7:53 am
An officer held onto her in the water until a Harbor Police boat arrived.
BEST BETS: East County weekend
Jul 29, 2010 7:11 am
Top things to to this weekend in the East County and San Diego.
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