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Jerry Brown

From The U-T Polblog | City Attorney

Even as he's trying to convince the people of San Diego he's the right man for his own job, City Attorney Michael Aguirre is adopting a few extra constituencies. Um, 479 more, to be exact – that's the number of cities in...

Will California Restore Traditional Marriage

The November Vote May Determine the Fate of DOMA The Wall Street Journal's Political Diary reports today on the sudden surge in support for California's Proposition 8, which would restore the traditional definition of marriage:...

Illinois, federal regulators close Meridian Bank

Meridian Bank, a primary lender to Wood River travel firm YTB International, was closed today by the Illinois Department of Financial Professional Regulation-Division of Banking. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took the...

Local builders find few looking to buy new homes

By Jim Wasserman - jwasserman@sacbee.com Published 12:00 am PDT Friday, October 10, 2008 Story appeared in OUR REGION section, Page B1 Thanks to deep discounts on repossessed homes, the summer season's existing home sales have...

The Record, Stockton, Calif., Michael Fitzgerald column: Growth battle ends; who won?

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Oct. 10--Spinning the biggest 180 of the year, The Spanos Cos. this week abruptly ended its all-out assault against the General Plan settlement agreement. The giant developer's campaign to undo the...

State Sen. Saunders on board of company called a pyramid scheme

By CHARLIE WHITEHEAD 4:19 p.m., Thursday, October 9, 2008 Naples State Senator and Congressional candidate Burt Saunders is on the board of directors for an Internet company the California Attorney General is calling a pyramid...

Liz Jobey on the best new photography books

Continuing her series on the best new photography books, Liz Jobey looks at the careers of two American portraitists - Richard Avedon and Judith Joy Ross - whose subjects range from presidents to protesters

Finley: On the surface

No one is quite sure how the new Pro-Ride synthetic surface will affect this year's Breeders' Cup, but, 10 days into the Oak Tree meet, some answers are starting to emerge. It appears that Pro-Ride is a lot like its synthetic...

Supreme Court weighs case on public-land management

By Michael Doyle - mdoyle@mcclatchydc.com Published 12:00 am PDT Wednesday, October 8, 2008 Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A4 WASHINGTON – A well-seasoned Sequoia National Forest logging dispute comes to a boil...

State to get $5.6 million from drug maker Lilly

Published 12:00 am PDT Wednesday, October 8, 2008 Story appeared in BUSINESS section, Page B13 California will receive $5.6 million from Eli Lilly & Co., the largest part of a record $62 million settlement announced Tuesday by...

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