Arnold Schwarzenegger
As of this week, most Bay Area schools are back in session, and if you haven’t heard, they’re in for a rough year. Over the last two years the state has decimated public school funding — $17 billion cut so far. To quote a former governor, "It’s trickle down economics." If the state doesn’t have...
Kenneth Feinberg, the guy who controlled the compensation fund for the victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks, is taking over BP's $20-billion fund for Gulf oil spill compensation claims...
In Pakistan, militant groups are looking to take advantage of the misery created by the floods that...
The Environmental Protection agency will review a strawberry fumigant for its toxic effects on farm workers and people who live near agricultural fields. State legislators are also pushing to postpone introduction of the fumigant called methyl iodide, for one year so they...
California’s public school system has finally found itself at the top of a list. According to a new report, its academic standards are the highest in the country. But in less than two weeks, California’s State Board of Education will vote on whether or not to swap them out for new national...
On Monday, Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation marking February 6 as “Ronald Reagan Day.” On that day schools will teach about the former President and California governor.
Considering the beleaguered state of our public schools, we thought we’d come up with a few free resources that our...
The government has ordered BP to step up monitoring of its undersea well. The New York Times reports that government scientists talked late Sunday with BP about a seep and possible detection of methane. If oil, gas or both are escaping from the well up to the seafloor, the government may order BP...
As we all know, many of California’s current place names owe their origins to the Spanish explorers of the 1500s. And that’s also true of the name “California” itself. But “California” is not a Spanish word. KALW’s Steven Short traces the unexpected origin of our State name in this...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will visit Silicon Valley on Wednesday in the hopes of attracting capital as well as tech-savvy minds to his “New Silicon Valley” just outside of Moscow. The President will meet with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the CEO of Google and give a speech at...
Inside of a densely packed courtroom, U.S. District Court Justice Vaughn Walker asked plaintiff's Attorney Ted Olson:
“When is it right for the court to weigh in on a state’s voter approved law?”
Olson said, “It depends on what the state is trying to do.”
The gray-haired attorney focused his...
The Alameda Coast Guard was the first to pick up a distress signal early this morning from a teen sailor missing at sea, now known to be drifting dangerously in the Indian Ocean...
A small earthquake struck in San Leandro last night, not long after the Parkfield Earthquake Experiment released a new...
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