Breaking News-December, 2009

Budget dominates new session
Thursday, December 31st, 2009

By JOHN SEILER What a difference three years makes. In January 2007, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was fresh off his resounding election victory over Phil Angelides, basking in an aura of “postpartisan” triumphalism. The governor even proposed a universal health care system. “We have to aim ...

The Capitol’s worst-kept secret
Thursday, December 31st, 2009

By KATY GRIMES Last August, state Sen. Pat Wiggins, D-Santa Rosa, announced that she would not seek re-election in 2010 – shortly after announcing that she would run for re-election. Her announcement occurred soon after she made an inappropriate comment at a hearing to discuss global warmin...