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Finally, an opportunity to fix roads
By DAN WALTERS
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Jerry Brown will be sworn in as California's attorney general in January, precisely 32 years after being inaugurated for the first of his two terms as governor.
Brown's return to Sacramento has many ironic aspects, not the least being what will also be happening in January: The state Transportation Commission will begin allocating tens of billions of bond and tax dollars to reverse the shameful deterioration of California's once-superb highway system that began when Brown, more or less on a whim, virtually stopped construction.
Climate change for stem cell work
By BERNADETTE TANSEY
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Politics has long reined in stem cell research, but Tuesday's election may have put the spurs to it, industry insiders say.
Stem cell research was a hot topic in the Nov.
Brown wants to expand GPS monitoring beyond tracking sex offenders
By CHIP JOHNSON
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Gunshots ring out in a neighborhood, and law enforcement's first move is to pull up a computer screen to see whether the sound came from areas equipped with electronic devices that track the source of gunfire.
Feinstein and Boxer poised for pivotal roles in U.S. policy
By CAROLYN LOCHHEAD
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
California Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer are charting a course change on everything from global warming to tough confirmation hearings for the incoming defense secretary as they catapult to power in the Senate.
Schwarzenegger's decisive U-turn
By PETER HECHT
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was in trouble. His 2005 special election initiatives had been routed. The movie star-turned-"governator" was suddenly just a political caricature and, worse, an incumbent vulnerable to defeat.
So at the start of 2006, Steve Schmidt, the governor's re-election strategist, says he demanded changes in the governor's political wardrobe.
Republican voters didn't show up at the polls
By JOHN WILDERMUTH
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
California's Republican voters stayed home in droves on election day, as preliminary figures show voter turnout falling well below the state average in some of the most reliably GOP parts of the state.
Gas prices may have bottomed
By DALE KASLER
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
The elections are over, and so is the nation's gas holiday. Whether the two are connected depends on one's perspective.
After plunging about $1 a gallon since late spring, gasoline prices have stabilized and are edging back up.
Election loser calls for outside probe of Nevada gov-elect
By JEFF GERMAN
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Saying the "credibility of the whole case is shot," Nevada's defeated Democratic gubernatorial candidate is calling for an independent investigation into allegations that GOP Gov.-elect Jim Gibbons assaulted a woman and tried to force himself on her sexually.
Congressman represents by remote control
By JIM BOREN
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
By every account, this was going to be the toughest re-election test of Rep. George Radanovich's 12 years in Congress. His opponent was well-funded, articulate and had some good ideas.
Special school for children with autism
By DAN MAJORS
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Jace Grudowski, 3, was having the time of his life in the multi-sensory room of The Children's Institute, his squeals of delight stealing attention from the open house that was being held to unveil two new classrooms.
