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01/06/2009California's snowpack levels breed new water worries - USA Today

By Rich Pedroncelli, AP By William M. Welch, USA TODAY LOS ANGELES â?" Skiers are enjoying the early winter snows on California's mountains, but down closer ...

01/06/2009California gov vetoes Democrats' budget plan - Reuters

By Jim Christie SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Republican California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a budget plan pressed by Democrats who ...

01/06/2009National Briefing California: Nearing Candidacy, Perhaps - New York Times

By AP Meg Whitman, the former chief executive of eBay, has edged closer to a potential run for office in California, with a spokesman confirming that she ...

01/06/2009California Supreme Court says breakaway parish can't take national ... - Los Angeles Times

The California Supreme Court decided unanimously that the property of St. James Episcopal Church in Newport Beach is owned by the national church, ...

01/06/2009Another wave of legal arguments filed over California's Proposition 8 - San Jose Mercury News

By Howard Mintz Another wave of legal arguments hit the California Supreme Court on Monday in the battle over Proposition 8's ban on same-sex marriage. ...

01/06/2009California brown pelicans found frail and far from home - Los Angeles Times

By Louis Sahagun Wildlife rescuers from San Diego to San Francisco suddenly are facing a distressing biological mystery: Disoriented and bruised California ...

01/06/2009California Supreme Court to Hear Arena Search Case - New York Times

On Tuesday the California Supreme Court will hear the case that Mr. Sheehan brought over the search policy, which was instituted in stadiums across the ...

01/06/2009California bank suspends quarterly dividends - San Jose Mercury News

The parent company of a chain of Northern California banks says it's temporarily suspending paying quarterly dividends to shareholders because of the ...

01/06/2009Big payout for former University of California students - USA Today

The University of California has paid more than $33 million to some 35000 former students who claimed the state raised prices in 2003 despite a promise not ...

01/06/2009In California, it's the budget and the economy - Los Angeles Times

California has a long to-do list, featuring healthcare reform, repairing the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, continuing to lead the fight for a clean ...