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California and San Diego 2009

California 2009
12/22/2009 (3) Taliban attacks California Guard soldiers Tony Perry 12/22/2009 (3) State university fee hikes a test many families can't pass Carla Rivera 12/22/2009 (3) California's excessive borrowing needs a reality check George Skelton 12/22/2009 (3) Unemployment in California's down slightly Alana Semuels 12/11/2009 (3) Default notices rising in upper echelon an Francisco Bay Area communities Carolyn Said 12/11/2009 (3) Truce in California’s water wars? 12/11/2009 (3) State unemployment at 12%; even more underemployed Tim Rutten 12/11/2009 (3) Californians Mixed On Afghan War Strategy Rachael Myrow 12/11/2009 (3) Peter Thottam Assembly campaign launches new 2010 website 12/06/2009 (3) Surprse! Surprise! Children closest to heavily traveled roadways suffer more respiratory issues Kristopher Hanson 12/06/2009 (3) Abel Maldonado: Independent, formidable Robert Gammon 12/06/2009 (3) Once envy of 49 states, California now measure of failure. 12/06/2009 (3) College cuts hurt us Thomas D. Elias 12/06/2009 (3) Tuition increases at UC schools and brats at the gates Ruben Navarrette 12/06/2009 (3) Marijuana Sales in Humboldt County Mandalit del Barco 12/06/2009 (3) California Officials Target Big Marijuana Growers Mandalit del Barco 11/25/2009 (3) San Diego bidget cuts: Neighborhood libraries open fewer hours, messier beaches , 200 city workers get pink slips Craig Gustafson 11/25/2009 (3) State's debt burden climbs higher Kevin Yamamura 11/25/2009 (3) California's Water Crisis Bettina Boxall 11/25/2009 (3) California war `Hero' snared in ribbons of deception Tom Hennessey 11/25/2009 (3) For California GOP candidates, numbers are a problem Thomas Elias 11/25/2009 (3) San Francisco's urban roads rated worst in nation Ina Jaffe 11/25/2009 (3) Long-term structural changes needed in California budget making George Skelton 11/25/2009 (3) No money or leadership in California Cathleen Decker 11/18/2009 (3) California's projected deficit ? $21 Billion. Shane Goldmacher 11/18/2009 (3) Livermore nuclear lab needs environmental cleanup Ralph Vartabedian 11/18/2009 (3) California hospitals charge database Phillip Reese 11/18/2009 (3) Homes near Long Beach airport to be insulated for noise Robert Faturechi 11/18/2009 (3) The next Arnold? Dan Schnur 11/06/2009 (3) High school gang bang rape victim says violence 'always the wrong choice' Kevin Fagan, Henry K. Lee, 11/06/2009 (3) California Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Honored Horace Coleman 11/06/2009 (3) Cracks in the Future (the decline of higher education) Bob Herbert 11/06/2009 (3) Chandra Levy's killer gets life sentence 10/23/2009 (3) California alleges fraud against state's largest pension funds, sues State Street Bank and Trust Marc Lifsher 10/23/2009 (3) Whitman's cash ($19M to date) keeps her campaigtn alive 10/23/2009 (3) Undocumented Scholars Learn How To Pay for School Rosa Ramirez 10/23/2009 (3) .Conservative and liberal California U.S Representatives agree: No troop increase in Afghanistan Richard Simon 10/23/2009 (3) Unemployment in California goes up again Alana Semuels 10/14/2009 (3) A lecture for immigrants / For native-born, 10 lessons Ruben Navarrette 10/14/2009 (3) O.C. Fairgrounds to be sold Ellyn Pak 10/14/2009 (3) Not voting may hurt GOP's CEO candidates John Marelius 10/14/2009 (3) State tax overhaul plan causes fierce debate Daniel Weintraub 10/14/2009 (3) Californians not satisfied with state government Cathleen Decker 10/07/2009 (3) Sharp rise in Chinese arrests at U.S. border Sebastian Rotella 10/07/2009 (3) Meg Whitman's arrogance George Skelton 10/07/2009 (3) Local Marines to see duties expand in Afghanistan Jeanette Steele 10/07/2009 (3) 40 Years Later, Clash Between Black Panthers, Santa Ana P.D. Influences OC Life Gustavo Arellano, Gabriel San Roman 10/07/2009 (3) State Supreme Court leaves intact lower court's ruling that could leave cash-strapped California on hook for $3.6B 09/30/2009 (3) “We call this cancer alley” -- Eco-warriors in their own neighborhoods Margot Roosevelt 09/30/2009 (3) Meg Whitman: New voter; new Republican Dan Walters 09/30/2009 (3) Dalai Lama draws thousands to Long Beach David Medzerian 09/30/2009 (3) Boeing's C-17: The Air Fore has enough; no other buyers? Kristopher Hanson 09/21/2009 (3) Marijuana growers from Mexican operate boldly in California Peter Hecht 09/21/2009 (3) New post WWII record for California unemployment: 12.2 % in August: Alana Semuels 09/21/2009 (3) Wilmington struggling with slowdown at ports Ronald D. White 09/21/2009 (3) Federal charges dropped against Hmong leader Vang Pao / Charges dropped against Laotian hero Eric Bailey; My-Thuan Tran / Tracie Cone 09/08/2009 (3) The Ritual of Patriotism Horace Coleman 09/08/2009 (3) Why does Chapman University cost more than Yale, Caltech? Gary Robbins 09/08/2009 (3) Gunman in Calif. Jewish center attack says he's sorry / JCC shooter Furrow renounces past beliefs / Convicted murderer Furrow says mind full of sickness / Kevin Modesti, 08/31/2009 (3) Nevada's senseless war on California Ethan Rarick 08/31/2009 (3) State's Capitol dysfunction: Can it be fixed? Dan Walters 08/31/2009 (3) A state constitutional convention could cause problems Thomas D. Elias 08/31/2009 (3) Veterans groups urge VA speed up of disability claims and appeals Carol J. Williams 08/31/2009 (3) Governor, Legislature, under pressure to solve explosive prison problem George Skelton 08/31/2009 (3) Legislators attempt to create independent body on restoration, upgrade, Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. George Skelton 08/31/2009 (3) Los Angeles and Long Beach poorts use cutting-edge technology to reduce emissions and fuel consumption Ronald D. White 08/24/2009 (3) Find unemployment figures for your city 08/24/2009 (3) Long Beach unemployment (July 09) at 13.7% Kristopher Hanson 08/24/2009 (3) California unemployment now 11.9 percent Tom Abate 08/24/2009 (3) California unemployment hits post-World War II high Alana Semuels 08/24/2009 (3) Marijuana Growers Thrive In California Forests Jesse Mckinley 08/15/2009 (3) Prison officials had warning disturbance likely in Chino Carol J. Williams, Nicole Santa Cruz 08/15/2009 (3) Chino Has Troubled Past Solomon Moore 08/09/2009 (3) Put private money where our public cuts are Steve Lopez 08/09/2009 (3) Hostage house in Compton example of increasing dangers for illegal immigrants Hector Tobar 08/09/2009 (3) Immigrants who flocked to Inland Empire hard-hit by economic downturn Anna Gorman , Rich Connell 08/09/2009 (3) Chinese immigrants; 'Paper sons,' hidden pasts Lisa See 08/01/2009 (3) Pundits on the California budget 08/01/2009 (3) State budget finally signed Steve Wiegand 08/01/2009 (3) Governator signs budget; cuts $500 million Michael Rothfeld , Shane Goldmacher 08/01/2009 (3) Suits for wrongful deportation by ICE rise Tyche Hendricks 08/01/2009 (3) Latino jobless rate soars; unemployment rate higher than other ethnic groups Rich Connell 07/19/2009 (3) California and Texas can learn from each other 07/19/2009 (3) As state’s finances disintegrate, so does the California Dream The Economist 07/19/2009 (3) Promise and Peril in South LA Scott Gold 07/11/2009 (3) How to tell things are really bad: Tourism is L.A. County's No. 1 job generator Hugo Martín 07/11/2009 (3) Six things crippled California. Prop. 13 and term limits are two of them. Jerry Roberts, Phil Trounstine 07/11/2009 (3) Home reposessions soar as Sacramento real estate sales slump Jim Wasserman 07/11/2009 (3) Carly Fiorina seems to be prepping for senatorial race with Barbara Boxer Michael Finnegan 07/11/2009 (3) California's Governor race: the Campbell factor Thomas D. Elias 07/04/2009 (3) State's most conservative county (Modoc) gets more state taxpayer dollars per capita than all but one other CA county Kevin Fagan 07/04/2009 (3) California's death row will cost state $1 billion for next five years Tim Rutten 07/04/2009 (3) Rep. Henry Waxman: How Congress Really Works Tim Rutten 06/28/2009 (3) Governator says his way or the highway Michael Rothfeld, Evan Halper 06/28/2009 (3) Grape pickers' pay is $8 -$9 an hour, less than 40 years ago (adjusted for inflation) Mike Anton 06/28/2009 (3) Stars and Stripes flown upside down at LA VA Medical Center by vets group Bob Pool 06/28/2009 (3) California budget fights caused by lack of trust in legislature Thomas Elias 06/20/2009 (3) Why California's buy guns Steve Lopez 06/20/2009 (3) 11.5% unemployed in California; U.S. average 9.4% Tom Abate 06/20/2009 (3) Avoid an ugly California tax surprise Claudia Buck 06/20/2009 (3) Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury raising money for California libraries Jennifer Steinhauer 06/13/2009 (3) Voters angry; want legislatorsto solve the fiscal problem, now! George Skelton 06/13/2009 (3) "Reckoning Day" in California Editorial 06/13/2009 (3) Proposal for fiscal misery: Hurt in Brentwood and beyond Steve Lopez 06/08/2009 (3) Latina lawyer learned law at Harvard, wisdom in Compton Hector Tobar 06/08/2009 (3) New bill about agricultural workers Thomas D. Elias 06/08/2009 (3) Dump state programs (and learn why they're needed) Thomas Elias 06/08/2009 (3) California forests hold one answer to climate change Margot Roosevelt 06/01/2009 (3) California dairy farmers in desperate straits Jerry Hirsch 06/01/2009 (3) Deeper budget cuts hit schools and California's neediest Michael Rothfeld, Eric Bailey 05/26/2009 (3) In Compton, Killing of Star High School Football Player Eric Sondheimer and Martha Groves 05/23/2009 (3) "Education Mayor" Villaraigosa gets a failing grade Steve Lopez 05/23/2009 (3) L.A.-based Latino gang wages racist campaign against blacks 05/23/2009 (3) Solving latest budget crisis doesn't solve underlying disease Jim Sanders 05/23/2009 (3) Governator says he will not support hiking taxes Jim Sanders 05/23/2009 (3) State's Legislative Analyst says budget borrowing bad idea Jim Sanders, Steve Wiegand 05/16/2009 (3) Governor may release 38,000 prisoners if budget ballot measures fail Andy Furillo 05/16/2009 (3) The Governator and California's Budget Steve Wiegand 05/16/2009 (3) California's fiscal crisis about to hit home D.J. Waldie 05/16/2009 (3) SEC staff files civil fraud charges against Mozilo of Countrywide E. Scott Reckard and William Heisel 05/11/2009 (3) Soldiering on in Pasadena: Winter Soldier Southwest, Iraq and Afghanistan Horace Coleman 05/08/2009 (3) California Museum Exhibit about Agent Orange 05/08/2009 (3) California's highest city employee pension goes to indicted ex-official from Vernon: $500,000 a year Hector Becerra, Rich Connell 04/26/2009 (3) More state services , no tax increases, is`what California voters want Cathleen Decker 04/26/2009 (3) Moorpark HS (Ventura County) wins its 4th National Academic Decathlon championship Seema Mehta 04/26/2009 (3) Sen. Boxer, U.S. Reps. Richardson and Rohrabacher, fight to save Boeing's C-17 John Canalis 04/26/2009 (3) What Happened to the Anti-War Movement in Southern California? Matt Coker 04/26/2009 (3) Orange County to pay $4 million to settle jail-beating lawsuit Norberto Santana Jr. and Tony Saavedra 04/26/2009 (3) Orange County D.A. says 'code of silence' sank brutality case against deputy Adam Townsend and Salvador Hernandez 04/19/2009 (3) Daniel B. Wood California's drought raises rural-urban tensions 04/19/2009 (3) Glendale Galleria Bankrupt / Mall Operator Files Bankruptcy Sandra M. Jones / David S. Hilzenrath 04/19/2009 (3) Control Components Inc executives charged with bribery Nathan Olivarez-Giles / Jon Cassidy 04/19/2009 (3) Proposition 1A would create a spending cap and rainy day reserve George Skelton 04/12/2009 (3) Proposition 1C: Choose bad policy or deeper debt George Skelton 04/04/2009 (3) Los Angeles' crime rate down Joel Rubin, Andrew Blankstein 04/04/2009 (3) Middle-class recession victims Molly Hennessy-Fiske 04/04/2009 (3) California's possible unemployment insurance problem Dan Walters 04/04/2009 (3) Californa's job woes probably wein't be helped by stimulus plan Dan Walters 04/04/2009 (3) Homeless in Sacramento Marcos Breton 04/04/2009 (3) Mendota, CA has 41% unemployment Chris Collins 04/04/2009 (3) State Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth: Soft-spoken, hard-line George Skelton 03/29/2009 (3) California to Hike Taxes , Cut spending, Despite Federal Stimulus Funds Eric Bailey 03/29/2009 (3) Camp Pendleton Marines Take a New Approach to Suicide Prevention Tony Perry 03/29/2009 (3) Six California Banks Ordered by FDIC to Make Changes E. Scott Reckard 03/29/2009 (3) An Author Peers at Reagan Bob Thompson 03/29/2009 (3) Some California jobless don't qualify for aid Molly Hennessy-Fiske 03/22/2009 (3) Joblessness Becomes A Way Of Life In El Centro Mandalit del Barco 03/22/2009 (3) Long Beach jobless rate passes 12% Kristopher Hanson 03/22/2009 (3) Sacramento's tent city Maria L. La Ganga 03/15/2009 (3) California's new budget has $8 billion hole, says legislature's fiscal analyst Jim Sanders 03/15/2009 (3) Mock funeral procession remembers military in Iraq Annie Burris 03/15/2009 (3) Orange County and Planned Parenthood 03/15/2009 (3) Orange County supervisors suspend Planned Parenthood grant; cite abortions Jennifer Muir 03/09/2009 (3) Long Beach's jobless rate reaches nearly 12% Kristopher Hanson 03/03/2009 (3) State GOP readys its circular firing squad; won't pay to support tax backers Peter Hecht 03/03/2009 (3) Sen. Abel Maldonado pulls off a political coup Willie Brown 03/03/2009 (3) The traps of early prisoner release 03/03/2009 (3) California schools struggling Seema Mehta 02/22/2009 (3) California, Almost Broke, Nears Brink Jennifer Steinhauer 02/15/2009 (3) Parsons criticized for poor work in Iraq James Glanz 02/15/2009 (3) Investors 1, taxpayers 0 because of California's low credit rating Tom Petruno 02/15/2009 (3) Fisher House Foundation helps wounded California veterans 02/15/2009 (3) Requirement for two-thirds vote help California lawmakers wrangle about budget Daniel B. Wood 02/15/2009 (3) Going to college gets harder Gale Holland 02/08/2009 (3) California prisons: How to save billions. Thomas D. Elias 02/08/2009 (3) Juan Rafael Santos: In Memorium Leslie Radford 02/08/2009 (3) Ronald Reagan one of the top five presidents of 20th century? 02/08/2009 (3) The Passing of Juan Rafael Santos, Champion of Myriad Causes Emily Spence 02/02/2009 (3) California's outrageous budget delay 02/02/2009 (3) Law suit wants Yes on 8 campaign contributors hidden Tom Elias 02/02/2009 (3) Governator talks about waste but can't find much George Skelton 02/02/2009 (3) California unemployment rate jumps to 9.3% in December Marc Lifsher, Nathan Olivarez-Giles 01/25/2009 (3) Two jurors in Sherrif Carona's trial complained about intimidation Christine Hanley 01/24/2009 (3) Can Schwarzenegger learn from Obama's share-the-pain message? George Skelton 01/24/2009 (3) California budget cuts that are all wrong Thomas D. Elias 01/24/2009 (3) Ex-legislators and aides get cushy jobs thanks to the Governator Patrick McGreevy 01/24/2009 (3) Transcript: Rev. Rick Warren's inagural invocation Pastor Rick Warren 01/24/2009 (3) Review of Saddleback pastor Rick Warren's inagural invocation Lisa Miller 01/18/2009 (3) California's Republican kamikazes Peter Schrag 01/18/2009 (3) UC schools discuss admitting more non-Californians Larry Gordon 01/18/2009 (3) Anti-gang workers tempted into old lifestyle Andrew Blankstein, Richard Winton 01/18/2009 (3) Schwarzenegger's legacy Michael Rothfeld 01/18/2009 (3) California's education tax Dan Walters 01/11/2009 (3) Wealthiest Californians would be all right in Schwarzenegger's plan to cut services, hike taxes Michael Hiltzik 01/11/2009 (3) Obama "steals" Leon Panetta from California George Skelton 01/11/2009 (3) California's Fiscal Earthquake Kristin Kloberdanz 01/11/2009 (3) State law granting in-state tuition to illegal immigrants to be ruled on Anna Gorman 01/06/2009 (3) Treasury Department investigates City National Bank's bailout Ralph Vartabedian 01/06/2009 (3) Fighing California wildfires cost $1B+ Bettina Boxall

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