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Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich issued the following statement on the Supreme Court ruling overturning the ban on same-sex marriage: “This is another decision where four members of the judiciary reject the will of the people who overwhelming voted in 2000 to ban same sex marriage.”

 

Sixty-one percent of California voters approved Proposition 22, which said that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid and recognized in California.

The California Supreme Court’s decision allowing same-sex marriage probably throws the politically volatile issue into November, when a proposed state (more…)

books.JPGCalifornia’s 670,000 public university students got a double-barreled blast of bad news Wednesday when the governing boards for both the University of California and the California State University systems took steps to raise tuition - for the (more…)

Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich issued the following on the release of the Governor’s May budget revision. “The state legislature should not balance its budget on the back of California taxpayers — it needs to cut its own bloated bureaucracy.  Any proposals to raise taxes should be dead on arrival.” 
 

Vote.JPGActing Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean Logan highlighted today a new ballot format and instructions to facilitate nonpartisan crossover voting in the June 3rd Statewide Primary Election. The revised crossover ballot eliminates the need for voters to mark an additional bubble (more…)

Fillmore and Santa Paula — As a first step to improve and enhance public safety — and as a result of a series of community meetings — the speed limit will be (more…)

California county leaders are bracing themselves for the Governor’s May 14 budget revision and proposal to trim an estimated budget deficit that could reach $20 billion. (more…)

ForeclosureSign.jpgRoger Abraham stands in his driveway, one hand holding the newspaper, the other sweeping across the homes on Brentwood’s Solitude Street. “This one,” he points, “this one, this one.” All empty. This farming community on the eastern edge of the Bay Area absorbed an outsize portion of the region’s growth during the prolonged housing and (more…)

Gov.jpgGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that California must increase tax incentives to movie and television studios as a way to keep them from moving their productions out of state. He said incentives being offered by other states are luring studios away and costing (more…)

So long, salmon. Steve Wilson is refitting his 51-foot troller to fish for the future. No longer will he cast for the conflicted symbol of Northwest abundance and bitterness. No more fishing (more…)

PeregrineFalcon.jpgCalifornia’s peregrine falcons, once driven to the edge of extinction by the pesticide DDT, now are contaminated with record-high levels of other toxic chemicals that may threaten them again. State scientists have found that peregrines in Long Beach, Los Angeles (more…)

California’s Megan’s Law website is being credited with helping to capture a registered sex offender who approached a 15-year-old girl near her Riverside home. (more…)

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