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Thousands of off-road fans can see all of the latest off-road innovations, shop for new toys the whole family can use, enjoy incredible demos and take advantage of great show discounts at the first Ventura County Off-Road Expo, May 8-9 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura, Calif.
LOS ANGELES/Christian Newswire/ -- Christian documentary 1040, produced by Adventures.TV in conjunction with Arowana Films, is scheduled to premiere at the 2010 City of the Angels Film Festival (CAFF) on Friday, March 12th. The film will be screened at The Directors Guild of America (DGA) in Hollywo...
SACRAMENTO, CA— Senator Gloria Romero (D – East Los Angeles) and Senator Bob Dutton (R- Rancho Cucamonga) have introduced legislation to prevent elected officials from collecting unemployment benefits after they lose or leave their public seats.
The issue recently came to light after former...
San Francisco, CA— Mayor Gavin Newsom today announced a new partnership with HelloWallet to provide independent financial guidance to the city´s residents. Through this major initiative, San Francisco will become the first city in the nation to deploy this revolutionary online financial ...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Mayor Gavin Newsom today announced that the San Francisco Department of Public Health AIDS Office will be receiving $9.5 million in ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) funding over the next five years to renovate and expand the Department´s ability to provide HIV/...
SACRAMENTO – State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) reintroduced legislation that requires all energy providers to buy 33 percent of their energy from clean, renewable energy sources by 2020.
Senate Bill 722 provides a clear statutory directive for private and public utilities to reach 33 per...
WALNUT CREEK, CA – Congressman John Garamendi (D-Walnut Creek, CA) is pleased to report that the Department of Transportation announced nearly $84 million in transportation projects for California out of more than $600 million in projects nationwide.
"Once again, where local and state governments...
One weekend, gold trifecta ticket in Ventura, Calif. with Perlman, Isbin and Hancock, April 30-May 2
Ventura, Calif. is the only city on the planet to see all three legendary Grammy Award musicians in concert: Classical guitarist Sharon Isbin, violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman and jazz musician Herbie Hancock perform in concert back-to-back April 30-May 2 as part of the Ventura Music Festival´s 16th season.
When a strong willed woman defies an equally strong willed man, sparks fly, in both 1948 Baltimore and in Padua, Italy 300 years earlier.
Shopaholics will appreciate the 2010 Pasadena Showcase House of Design every bit as much as design aficionados! For one reason, over 30 vendors from throughout Southern California -- and beyond -- will participate....
Best of all, all monies raised will benefit the arts. To date, the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts committee has raised $17 million for musical arts organizations from the LA Phil to local high school band programs.
Convicts Using Cameras to Illicitly Exploit Californians Still Not Required to Register as Sex Offen
SACRAMENTO – Criminals convicted of using hidden cameras to invade the privacy of unsuspecting Californians for their own sexual gratification will still not be required to register as sex offenders, after a bill to place them on the state database was defeated today by Democrats on the Assembly Pub...
SACRAMENTO, CA - Assemblyman Jose Solorio's (D-Anaheim) call to California's Superintendent of Schools Jack O'Connell to release Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA) funds immediately apparently has paid off. Sources confirm that the allocated funds to California's lowest performing schools will ...
SAN FRANCISCO – Mayor Gavin Newsom was joined by President Obama´s Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra to launch a national Open311 API (Application Programming Interface) that will transform 311 Customer Service Centers into tools of even greater value. Open311 will allow software develope...
San Francisco, CA— Mayor Newsom joined Adventure Ecology founder and environmentalist David de Rothschild for the unveiling of the Plastiki, a pioneering 60ft catamaran made from approximately 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles that provide 68% of the boat´s buoyancy.
The Plastiki crew ...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Mayor Newsom announced that San Francisco has secured nearly $3 million in federal stimulus funds to offset the cost of residential and commercial energy and water efficiency projects. This new funding adds additional incentives to the GreenFinanceSF program, which will allow pr...
SACRAMENTO –State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) announced this week the introduction of Senate Bill 1475 which strengthens the state´s hands-free and anti-texting laws for motorists. The bill:
· Increases the fine for a first hands-free offense to $50, and to $100 for a subse...
By Lisa Girion, Los Angeles Times, February 22, 2010
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Health insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross said it was raising rates on thousands of individual policyholders in California because the cost of their medical care exce...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA The 2010 Mayor´s Art Award will be presented by Mayor Gavin Newsom to legendary musician Carlos Santana on Thursday, March 18, 2010, at a private event in the Green Room at the War Memorial Veterans Building hosted by the San Francisco Arts Commission.
"Carlos Santana is w...
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman John Garamendi (D-Walnut Creek), California´s first elected State Insurance Commissioner, is proud to announce that he is an original co-sponsor of a bill that he helped author to require the health insurance industry to follow the same anti-trust laws that almost ...
Sacramento — Instrumental in introducing legislation that helps create jobs in the 29th District, Senator Bob Huff (R – Diamond Bar) this week stood up on the Senate Floor to voice his support of a measure that will allow infrastructure projects throughout California to be started now, rather ...
San Francisco, CA— Mayor Newsom announced that the City and County of San Francisco has developed 1,679 units of permanent supportive housing for the chronically homeless within five years. The City is more than over the half way mark of 3000 units in 10 Years as called for in the Ten Year Pl...
SAN FRANCISCO – Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) joined California educators in calling on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Los Angeles) to protect school funding. Yee, who has consistently voted against all budget cuts to education, said Democrats should be as vigilant against cuts ...
Progressive group shows impact of Meg Whitman's state budget plans.
LOS ANGELES, CA -- As part of its ongoing public accountability work, the Courage Campaign today released a TV ad -- called "Meg's California" -- showing the impact of Meg Whitman's approach to the state budget crisis. Whitman,...
Called a "baroque gem" by reviewers, Musica Angelica will present Bach's St. John Passion at the composer wrote it for Good Friday services 400 years ago.
Those who love great choral music and are looking for a unique way to celebrate the start of Spring after a long winter need look no further than the Hollywood Master Chorale. The choral ensemble will present Faure's Requiem: Remembrance and Rebirth on Sunday, March 21 at 7 p.m. at Hollywood United Methodist Church in Hollywood, California.For more info, visit www.hollywoodmasterchorale.org
A musical based on the novel 7-1/2 Cents by Richard Bissell about labor troubles in a pajama factory, where worker demands for a seven-and-a-half cents raise go unheeded. In the middle of this ordeal, love blossoms between Babe, the grievance committee head, and Sid, the new factory superintendent.
Elizabeth House, the only shelter for homeless pregnant women and their children in Southern California's San Gabriel Valley, is seeking to raise money, after 16 years, for transitional housing for it's 'graduates.'
NAPOLI, ITALY - Frontiers Records is very proud to announce the signing of legendary rock band WHITESNAKE.
David Coverdale and band are gearing up for their latest endeavour. WHITESNAKE has already started composing new material that promises to deliver one of the finest chapters in WHITESN...
Marin County election could be tossed out Monday; Judge may call new election after hundreds of voters denied right to vote in election decided by only 15 votes.
SAN RAFAEL – Hundreds, and perhaps as many as 2,000, Marin County voters were not allowed to vote in a Novato election last November...
Broadway/L.A. announces the lineup for its 2010-2011 Season, a 7-Show package that includes WEST SIDE STORY, HAIR, ROCK OF AGES, BURN THE FLOOR and SHREK THE MUSICAL - all of which are recent Broadway hits making Southern California premieres at the Pantages Theatre. A sixth musical to be announced...
PASADENA, Calif. – Alliance Française de Pasadena is pleased to present Family Portrait: Wolf, Grandma and Other Accomplices, an exhibition of paintings by French artist Valérie Daval from March 5 through March 31 at 34 East Union Street in Pasadena.
An opening reception with the artist is s...
Another major women's group lines up for Hahn.
Los Angeles - The National Organization for Women (NOW) has voted to endorse Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn to become the first female lieutenant governor in California history. Hahn also previously was endorsed by the National Women's P...
Das Williams continues to gain traction and build broad support in Assembly Campaign.
SANTA BARBARA, CA – Local Santa Barbara City Councilmember Das Williams continues to build momentum in his campaign for the 35th Assembly District and is proud to announce that he has received the endorsement ...
In a direct challenge to bank evictions of tenants across the state, Tenants Together, California´s statewide organization for renters´ rights, is urging renters to contest foreclosure evictions. Pointing to a new ruling from an Alameda County Superior Court judge, Tenants Together argu...
Washington, D.C. – Once again, California holds the top spot with the nation´s strongest gun laws that help combat the illegal gun market, prevent the sale of guns without background checks and reduce risks to children, according to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. In the organizati...
LOS ANGELES – Local and National Democrats have announced the launch of the California Accountability Project; an initiative backed by the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) designed to ensure California´s voters have all the information they need to make an informed decision on Election D...
Says we need bold leadership in Sacramento today.
Los Angeles - Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan has announced her support of Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn in her bid for lieutenant governor.
"Janice Hahn is a courageous fighter for the working men and women of our state, protecting t...
A 33-year-old Long Beach man who operated a number of ventures that he used to solicit money with false claims of profitable investments in real estate has pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud charge.
Jon Weldon James pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon to the federal offense related to his Ponz...
The Verdi Chorus began in a restaurant over 25 years ago. Today it's participating in a prestigious festival that will undoubtedly receive worldwide attention.
Over the past year, several non-profit organizations and city agencies throughout Bakersfield have used PODS containers to raise funds and further their missions.
Top Headlines
Mar. 13--San Jose is in the red -- deep, deep in the red.
Mar. 12--SACRAMENTO -- With billion-dollar deficits and partisan spats sending faith in California's leaders to new lows, Democratic leaders on Thursday unveiled a wide-ranging set of constitutional changes they hope will shake Sacramento out of its longtime fugue.
Mar. 9--SACRAMENTO -- Rejecting a key piece of last month's push to trim California's deficit, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger late Monday vetoed a bill that called for more than $2 billion in spending reductions starting this summer.
Mar. 9--Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley officially filed papers today to become a candidate for the seat she was appointed to six months ago.
Mar. 6--Q Over the past year, I have used my U.S. passport as my form of ID at several businesses throughout California.
Mar. 4--Redondo Beach's budget struggles are expected to spill over into next fiscal year as the city deals with declining revenues, rising expenditures and deteriorating public buildings, City Manager Bill Workman said this week.
Mar. 3--OAKLAND -- City Council President Jane Brunner said Tuesday night all of Oakland's elected leaders should prepare to cut their office budgets by 15 percent within two weeks.
Mar. 3--Santa Clara County supervisors digested grim news Tuesday: a midyear review of the county's financial health that the budget director described as the worst in a quarter-century.
Mar. 3--Teachers, students and community members from across the South Bay will rally Thursday at different school sites as part of a statewide "Day of Action" to protest funding cuts to education.
Mar. 2--OAKLAND -- The director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs and other high-ranking federal officials were in Oakland on Monday to tour some of the city's federal stimulus projects.
El nuevo modelo para administrar los puertos en Limon zarpara, a pesar de que todavia se disputa la clave para lanzarlo al agua: el cambio en la junta directiva del sindicato de trabajadores de Japdeva (Sintrajap).El nuevo modelo para administrar los puertos en Limon zarpara, a pesar de que todavia se disputa la clave para lanzarlo al agua: el cambio en la junta directiva del sindicato de trabajadores de Japdeva (Sintrajap).
Feb. 26--Now, all Stanford has to play for is an NCAA tournament bid.
Feb. 25--Animal control officials in Los Angeles are stepping up pressure on dog owners to license their dogs as the city searches for more ways to offset its huge budget deficit.
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. _ Gays and lesbians should be allowed to adopt, but not marry.
Feb. 25--The Torrance Unified School District is considering whether to lay off 110 teachers and shorten the school year by five days to offset the district's $25 million budget deficit over the next two years.
Feb. 24--tseipel@mercurynews.com
Among the positions targeted for elimination:
Feb. 23--Q I purchased an item of clothing in the Sears Oakridge store using a $25 gift card.
Feb. 23--Regional and national elected officials on Monday called for swift progress in extending a light rail line closer to Los Angeles International Airport.
Feb. 22--After six months of delay, hand-wringing and public outcry, the San Jose City Council on Tuesday is expected to approve a pared-down, five-year budget for the city's struggling redevelopment agency.
An article Thursday about a state investigation that found no wrongdoing by two Rancho Palos Verdes elected officials incorrectly stated as fact that Councilman Doug Stern had used an e-mail address provided by Palos Verdes on the Net.
Feb. 19--WASHINGTON -- Sometimes pleading pays.
Feb. 18--John Nguyen learned an important lesson on Presidents Day: You can run, but you can't hide, from San Jose's park rangers.
Feb. 18--Stanford made official Wednesday what had been expected for weeks: That Ron Turner has joined the Cardinal football staff.
Feb. 18--In the epic battle over Darla and Joe Padgett's fence in Monte Sereno, few people have acted with any sense.
Feb. 18--More than two years after a complaint was filed against a pair of Rancho Palos Verdes city councilmen for accepting free Internet services during their re-election campaigns, state regulators have determined no law was violated.
Entertainment
Mar. 14--HBO's latest World War II epic, "The Pacific," arrives in the shadow of the network's much-admired 2001 WWII miniseries "Band of Brothers," and there will be inevitable comparisons.
Mar. 14--NEW HAVEN -- She's not whispering.
Mar. 14--In Jacques Audiard's prison drama "A Prophet," a 19-year-old French Muslim enters prison as a minor thug and stays alive by becoming smarter, tougher and more ruthless than the killers who surround him.
Mar. 14--The Broadway musical "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and plays about Dracula and Judas Iscariot headline the University of Wisconsin-
Mar. 14--BalletMet Columbus will explore wrath, avarice, sloth, pride, lust, envy and gluttony -- as well as love and death -- next season.
Mar. 14--In the realm of television, HBO's The Pacific is almost as big as its subject was in the realm of war, a spectacularly ambitious effort to tell the story of the largest theater of armed conflict in history.
The 21st annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York named ABC's "Brothers and Sisters" as best TV drama series and celebrated the Broadway revival of "Hair."
Mar. 14--Memory is a funny thing.
Mar. 14--Joshua Martinez sits in a booth at the RecordBar, discussing the logistics of an immense project.
Bob Mansfield's 50 years in the hairdressing business on its own would be enough to fill a life with stories, friendships and a lot of hard work.
Mar. 14--What do you do when you've created a solo show that becomes a stage sensation?
Mar. 14--One lucky country music act will get to perform at the Gallo Center for the Arts before award-winning singer/songwriter Phil Vassar takes the stage next month.
Mar. 14--With his TV series "Justified" set to debut Tuesday on FX and his movie "The Crazies" out in theaters, Timothy Olyphant can't remember the last time he has been so busy.
Mar. 14--A slew of famous people grew up in the small town of Massillon, Ohio -- famous athletes, actors, politicians and songwriters, to name a few.
LOS ANGELES, March 14 (UPI) -- "Alice in Wonderland" took the No.
Mar. 14--I hardly ever watch the Oscars.
Mar. 14--As parents, we are charged with the health and safety of our young.
Mar. 14--When actor Wil Love first visited the fictitious burg of Grover's Corners, the town showed him what he was good at.
Chris LeGrand had been told for years he looks like Mick Jagger, but he took it for granted.
In a movie world full of sex-comedy sharks, "She's Out of My League" is surprisingly gentle.
Actress/singer Vanessa Williams says it has been "seamless" juggling her starring roles in ABC's "Ugly Betty" and Broadway's "Sondheim on Sondheim."
Mar. 14--Decades after Motown Records put Detroit on the world's entertainment map, a little-noticed tax break could help usher in a new era of music-making in Michigan.
Mar. 14--Hollywood loves to adapt Elmore Leonard's writing for the screen.
Mar. 14--For Odessan Bill Myrick, the memories of his friend Elvis make it seem like he hasn't left the building after all.
Mar. 14--Graham Yost wears his admiration for novelist Elmore Leonard on his sleeve -- or very close to it.
Mar. 14--Of the more than 50 people who turned out Saturday to audition for the "Twin Ports Google Movie," few wanted to be the Cirrus executive.