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Sacramento, California - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued the following statement in response to Cal-Tax's vote to support his compromise budget proposal: "It's clear that this is a difficult ...

California's state government is forming a 'water bank' to buy water for local water agencies at risk of shortages next year should a current drought persist, Gov.

The winning numbers drawn Saturday night in the California Lottery's "SuperLotto Plus" game were: 6, 7, 34, 35, 47.

State traffic safety officials announced Saturday that more than 19 in 20 people in vehicles are wearing seat belts, one of the highest rates in the nation.

California legislators are wrapping up work on most of their 2008 legislation Monday.

A super-sharp Earth-imaging satellite has been launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the Central California coast.

A Delta 2 rocket carrying the GeoEye-1 satellite lifted off at 11:50 a.m. Saturday. Video on the GeoEye Web site showed the satellite separating from the rocket moments later on its way to an eventual polar orbit.

The satellite makers say GeoEye-1 has the highest resolution of any commercial imaging system. It can collect images from orbit with enough detail to show home plate on a baseball diamond.

Potentially harmful chemicals found in consumer products would undergo a review that could lead to an outright ban under a bill that has been approved by California lawmakers.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued the statement below following the Department of Water Resources' Drought Summit held today in Sacramento.

There is a new man in charge at Pelican Bay State Prison, at least for now. On Saturday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation named Pelican Bay's chief deputy warden, Francisco Jacquez, ...

Blue Shield of California is going naked. The health insurance company is putting up nude statues across the state.

California's state government is forming a "water bank" to buy water for local water agencies at risk of shortages next year should a current drought persist, Gov.

Yet a crucial element of this year's budget debate remained conspicuously absent from much of this coverage - 'the proposal to slash public transit funding in 2008-09. Treating transit like an afterthought is ...

U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder has amended her order reversing a 10% reduction in Medi-Cal reimbursement rates for health care providers to require repayment only for services performed on or after Aug.

The California Department of Water Resources announced creation of the water bank at a statewide Drought Summit today.

Blue Shield of California wants to show the state how vulnerable people feel when they don't have health coverage -- by putting up naked statues.

A California state senator is seeking a legal opinion to determine whether the LPGA Tour's language requirement for players violates state or federal law.

California health insurers say legislation that would require them to spend at least 85% of premium revenue on health benefit expenses would not address the underlying causes of rising health care costs or ...

Embed: Font The Republican National Convention continues on schedule after it appeared as though Hurricane Gustav would have rained out the RNC schedule of events.

From the moment Arnold Schwarzenegger declared himself a candidate in the 2003 recall election that drove Gov.

Amid the sensationalized media coverage of the Storm and the Stork -- Gustav and Sarah Palin's daughter's pregnancy -- the Republican convention has gotten off to a faltering start.