The Governor: Gov. makes it official: he's running for re-election + See Arnold Run: The Sequel + Gov. in San Diego Friday + Gov. wants more than $90 million to protect Calif. levees + Timing of Gov.'s Bid a Sign of Deep Woes + Please Don't Leave Me, Arnold! + Gov.Names Acting Lottery Director Melissa Meith + Gov. Signs Bans on School Junk Food + Gov. Convenes Action Summit on Health, Nutrition and Obesity + Minimum Wage Earners Frustrated in Attempt to Change Governor's Mind + Gov. to put his money down (SBee) Gov. , who's received a rash of criticism for trying to raise the $50 million he says he needs for his special election campaign, will soon contribute several million dollars of his own money to the cause + Props 78,79: Drug Makers Worried, Voters Confused + CalSTRS nominees selected Gov. on Thursday tapped a veteran school trustee and a Southern California businesswoman to round out the short-handed state teachers' retirement board
Dan Walters: Eminent domain bills are stalled - except one for casino tribe (SBee) The only eminent domain-related bill to reach Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's desk was a measure that allows the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians, which operates the Cache Creek Casino in Yolo County, to join a joint powers consortium with local governments and the University of California to manage the 17,300-acre Conaway Ranch.
Sen. Dunn to Run for State Controller
Angelides Denounces Bid to Buy PacifiCare
CalEPA unveils high-tech mobile terror threat lab
State has 10th W. Nile death (SBee) An 81-year-old woman from southeast Tulare County has become the 10th California resident to succumb to the West Nile virus, county health officials announced Thursday
Water Agencies Association pushes 12-step plan to keep state wet into future
Tests find high mercury levels in some store-bought fish
Indian tribes:
Frenso: Proposed
casino causes controversy +
3 could face banishment by fledgling Viejas court +
OP/ED: Amah Mutsun of Mission San Juan Bautista Tribe Recognition Process ‘Open
and Fair to All Parties’ +
Barstow survey
shows casino support +
Dan Walters: Eminent domain bills are stalled - except one for casino tribe +
Man shot outside casino
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California inmates living in "sensitive-needs" yards to avoid gang life
Calif. sex offender killed by alleged victim in Idaho
Sacramento & north: Sacramento: Victim's father testifies as retrial in slaying starts (SBee) Han Hyo Chung sat in the witness stand Thursday, blinking. A few yards away sat Mikhael Vlasov, the young man accused of killing Chung's daughter Cindy + Sex-assault suspect arrested (SBee) A 17-year-old girl was sexually assaulted Tuesday by a counselor at the Orangevale group home where she lived, according to authorities + Mother describes horror of seeing son shot dead (SBee) After a brief chase on Highway 50, the tension in the Honda Accord heightened as a white truck pulled alongside + Suspect arrested in Davis robbery spree (SBee) A Davis man suspected in a rash of violent robberies in the northern part of the city was arrested Wednesday after an anonymous person tipped off officers + 'Bag Lady' bank robber facing prison (SBee) Auburn: A San Jose woman nicknamed the "Bag Lady" by authorities faces a four-year prison sentence after pleading no contest Thursday to three bank robberies in Roseville and Rocklin + 'Overpayment' scam stings Chico woman + Butte's Most Wanted + Home burglaries plaguing Orland + Oroville has its second shooting in a week's time + Chico racial killer from 1979 has request for parole denied again
San Francisco, San Mateo: Suspect opens fire in bar, kills patron (SFC) A man with a gun entered the Geneva Pub in San Francisco just before closing time this morning, walked up to a patron and shot him dead + Coroner says 2 teens in freezer strangled (SFC) Two teenage girls found stacked in an outdoor freezer at their San Mateo home last month were strangled and smothered + New warrants for abuse suspects (SFEx) The District Attorney's Office on Thursday issued $1 million warrants for the arrest of Albert and Sandie Kong, who failed to appear in court for the second time this month on elder abuse and criminal neglect charges
Alameda: Quadruple West Oakland Shooting Claims One Life + Trail of stolen laptop winds through Web. Computer had data for UC Berkeley students, alumni (SFC) "There's nothing in the Police Department investigation that points to any type of identity theft or credit card theft."
Santa Clara: Santa Clara deputy shoots machete-wielding man + Five accused of Medicare fraud linked to Milpitas clinic (SJM) A federal grand jury Thursday indicted five Southern California health care providers on charges of fraudulently billing Medicare more than $1.1 million for medical tests and exams that were not performed by physicians or certified technologists -- or in some cases not performed at all + Man killed by cop had rod, not knife (SJM) The man who was shot dead by a police officer at a Campbell motel Sept. 7 was not wielding a knife, but a sharpening steel rod, an investigation has revealed
Contra Costa: Teen describes alleged gang killing (CCT) The day before Joey On turned 15, he saw a Latino man walk by bragging about his gang. On and his friends, who were members of a mostly Asian gang, decided they had to beat him up + Police called on to patrol POSCO (CCT) Police plan to patrol the parking lots, rest areas, offices and other parts of the USS-POSCO plant to help management investigate allegations of drug dealing and other substance abuse.
Marin: Burglary evidence in Novato case tossed (MIJ) Hundreds of suspected stolen goods can't be used as evidence in a burglary trial because a search warrant failed to include five key words, a judge ruled yesterday + DA challenges murder retrial (MIJ) The Marin County District Attorney's Office has asked for a delay in the retrial of a San Francisco man convicted in a 1997 murder, saying it plans to appeal an August ruling ordering a new trial
Sonoma: SR man arrested in fatal crash (SRPD) A 21-year-old Santa Rosa man suspected of causing a fatal accident while street racing was arrested Thursday + Diocese settles last suit on abuse (SRPD) Santa Rosa's Roman Catholic Diocese announced Thursday the settlement of the last sexual abuse lawsuit filed against it, agreeing to pay $750,000 to a man who said he was abused by a former Rohnert Park priest
Napa: Bronco's back in court + Con artist goes to jail for scams on vet, Vasser
Solano: English e-mail causes confusion + Police identify three suspects in beating of homeless man