Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and California's top finance officials reacted cautiously Friday to congressional approval of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout package.
California may need a $7 billion emergency loan from the Federal government for day-to-day operations and to pay teachers' salaries, nursing homes, law enforcement and every other State-funded service this month, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warned in a letter sent Thursday to the U.S. Treasury secretary.
California may need a $7 billion emergency loan from the federal government to pay for "teachers' salaries, nursing homes, law enforcement and every other state-funded service" this month, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warns.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited some of the lending practices advocates say contributed to the downturn in California's housing market.
California legislators were poised Friday to pass a compromise spending plan for the second time in a week to meet Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's demands for budget reform
The National Transportation Safety Board said a Metrolink train that slammed head-on into a freight train Friday did not apply its brakes, according to preliminary data from the investigation.
CNN's Campbell Brown spoke with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger about Tuesday's magnitude-5.4 earthquake that hit Los Angeles. She asked the Republican governor if his state was ready for the "Big One," and Schwarzenegger spoke about his state's infrastructure and what he wants to do to fix it.
California on Friday became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant food, following several cities and major fast-food chains in erasing the notorious artery-clogger from menus
President Bush will visit Northern California to get a first-hand look at the wildfires that have ravaged hundreds of square miles and strained the state's firefighting resources
A state watchdog commission has recommended that California phase out its antiquated juvenile prisons by 2011
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and California's top finance officials reacted cautiously Friday to congressional approval of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout package.
California may need a $7 billion emergency loan from the Federal government for day-to-day operations and to pay teachers' salaries, nursing homes, law enforcement and every other State-funded service this month, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warned in a letter sent Thursday to the U.S. Treasury secretary.
California may need a $7 billion emergency loan from the federal government to pay for "teachers' salaries, nursing homes, law enforcement and every other state-funded service" this month, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warns.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited some of the lending practices advocates say contributed to the downturn in California's housing market.
California legislators were poised Friday to pass a compromise spending plan for the second time in a week to meet Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's demands for budget reform
The National Transportation Safety Board said a Metrolink train that slammed head-on into a freight train Friday did not apply its brakes, according to preliminary data from the investigation.
CNN's Campbell Brown spoke with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger about Tuesday's magnitude-5.4 earthquake that hit Los Angeles. She asked the Republican governor if his state was ready for the "Big One," and Schwarzenegger spoke about his state's infrastructure and what he wants to do to fix it.
California on Friday became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant food, following several cities and major fast-food chains in erasing the notorious artery-clogger from menus
President Bush will visit Northern California to get a first-hand look at the wildfires that have ravaged hundreds of square miles and strained the state's firefighting resources
A state watchdog commission has recommended that California phase out its antiquated juvenile prisons by 2011
Firefighting officials said Friday that one person died when a wildfire swept through a rural area of Northern California, a rare human casualty among the hundreds of blazes that have tormented the state for weeks
A wildfire threatening thousands of homes in Southern California spread slowly through scenic canyonlands Saturday, straining resources as crews struggled to contain hundreds of other blazes around the state
Fire crews battle hundreds of lightning-caused wildfires across Northern California
Fire crews joined aircraft from neighboring states Tuesday to battle hundreds of lightning-caused wildfires across Northern California
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a statewide drought after two years of below-average rainfall, low snowmelt runoff and a court-ordered restriction on water transfers
California firefighters need more equipment and staff to handle wildfires that are increasingly a year-round problem, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday.
In disaster-ravaged California, regular Joes have long been the first responders. Now they finally have a cabinet seat, too
For Democrats, this has been an inspiring election -- and a devastating one. They have two strong candidates, who have thus far wrestled to a draw.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Thursday he is endorsing Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain.
California's governor talks about how his state can be an example for the U.S. and the rest of the world as green becomes the color of the century
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to sue the federal government over its decision not to allow a California plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, he announced Thursday.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is considering the early release of more than 20,000 low-risk prison inmates from the nation's largest prison system as a way to save money amid a worsening budget crisis
A boy playing with matches started a Southern California wildfire that scorched more than 38,000 acres, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday.
With the number of uncontained fires down to nine in Southern California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger turned his attention Saturday to what he called "the ugly side of human behavior" during and after the disaster.
Dozens of Defense Department personnel are actively engaged in fighting the wildfires raging in Southern California, Pentagon officials said Tuesday, and thousands more National Guard and active-duty military personnel are available to help.
More than a dozen uncontained wildfires raged Monday across Southern California, threatening thousands of structures and forcing people to flee homes from San Diego to Malibu to Lake Arrowhead.
Here are some facts from the broadcast that you might find interesting: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, on vetoing the California Dream Act, which would have allowed illegal alien college students to receive financial aid. To the Members of the California State Senate: I am returning Senate Bill 1 without my signature. At a time when segments of California public higher education, the University of California and the California State University, are raising fees on all students attending college in order to maintain the quality of education provided, it would not be prudent to place additional strain on the General Fund to accord the new benefit of providing state subsidized financial aid to students without lawful immigration status. Under existing law, undocumented students, who meet the required criteria, already qualify for the lower in-state tuition rate while attending California public colleges and universities. Therefore, I cannot sign this bill. Sincerely,
Lower winds Monday helped firefighters attack the Angora fire, which has burned 2,400 acres and destroyed at least 240 homes south of Lake Tahoe, state fire officials said.
The New York City Mayor and California's Governor are doing the things that gridlocked Washington won't
He's on a mission to save the planet. But first, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is trying to pump some sex appeal into environmentalists.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's private office is in a commercial building in Santa Monica, and it bulges with manly-man props from the movies. It's a long way, then - in every way - from Theodore Roosevel...
Call it Round 2 in the battle between Arnold and Rush, although this time the jabs were a little more gentle -- and were thrown head to head, on Limbaugh's radio show.
Rush Limbaugh likes to call himself "The Most Dangerous Man in America" because critics have long worried about how his powerful radio show shapes the political landscape.
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President Schwarzenegger -- how does that sound?
Californian Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger fractured his right leg Saturday while skiing in Idaho with his family, and will undergo surgery after Christmas, a statement from his office said.
Along with the battle for control of Congress, the 2006 midterm election also features some odd connections and quirky tidbits of trivia. Check out a few of the lesser-known facts from the November 7 races.
(CNN) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today called our current immigration system "bad policy" in a Wall Street Journal editorial.
During a tour of communities devastated by the rainstorms that hit California last week, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger stood atop a battered levee reinforced by stacks of sandbags and previewed his next crusade. He was preparing to ask the legislature to support a 10-year, $222 billion proposal to fortify eroding flood banks and other decrepit infrastructure. Surveying the swollen canal nearby, Schwarzenegger closed by saying, "I hope we can move forward with [the plan]. It's just the sandbags protecting us from a disaster here."
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his son, Patrick, received minor injuries Sunday afternoon in a motorcycle accident near their home, the governor's press secretary said in a written statement.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to stay the execution Monday of convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams, clearing the way for him to die by injection shortly after midnight.
When a Hollywood studio invests heavily in a movie that turns out to be a box-office flop, the polite euphemism is: "The film didn't find an audience". California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had a similar problem finding his audience in the state's special election yesterday. The former Hollywood star had backed four government reform propositions; by Wednesday morning it was clear that all four were voted down in a crushing rejection of the governor's program for change.
One is the brother of the president, a member of the nation's reigning Republican political dynasty; the other is a movie star who married into the nation's most enduring Democratic political dynasty. Between them, they govern two of the biggest states in the country. But while Florida's Jeb Bush and California's Arnold Schwarzenegger certainly have the highest profiles of any state leaders in the U.S., neither has been able to translate that celebrity into full-blown success. In fact, each has learned the hard way that star power doesn't help nearly as much after an election as before one.
Take on the mighty Terminator, and what happens? You bring him down and you win the political Play of the Week.
Democrats scored big in Tuesday's off-year elections, keeping their grip on the governorships of Virginia and New Jersey, while Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ballot proposals were soundly rejected in California.
It's the Hollywood Smackdown: Senator Bulworth takes on the Terminator.
His most famous line -- "Hasta la vista, baby"-- notwithstanding, Arnold Schwarzenegger seems to be speaking a different language from most of California's 2.5 million registered Hispanic voters.
Nobody can buy me," California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger boasted last week at Yahoo!'s headquarters in Silicon Valley.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's announcement last week that California will hold a special election this November may turn out to be the biggest political thriller of the year.
Raising the stakes in his feud with state Democrats, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has turned to the ballot process that brought him to power, calling for a November special election.
Could Arnold Schwarzenegger's honeymoon finally be coming to an end?
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is being put to the test on a number of fronts these days -- political trials that may be even tougher than the on-screen confrontations he was famous for in his movie-making days.
Ving Rhames may have picked up a lollipop and stepped into Telly Savalas' shoes for a new version of "Kojak," but he wasn't a fan of the TV show as a child.
Perhaps someone should have warned Arnold Schwarzenegger that nurses are no pushovers.
Faced with an $8 billion budget shortfall, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger tried to rally his state's congressional delegation Thursday to stand together to "get everything possible" for the state.
Faced with an $8 billion budget shortfall, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will visit the nation's capital Thursday, with a bipartisan group of state legislators in tow, to lobby for a larger piece of the federal pie for the Golden State.
Ventura County Sheriff Bob Brooks declared Thursday that the rescue mission has ended at the site of a mudslide that killed 10 people this week in the coastal community of La Conchita.
Firefighters said Wednesday they still have a chance to find survivors of the mudslide that killed at least 10 people in this coastal community earlier this week.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger pulled up in an SUV outside Mule Creek State Prison in the Sierra foothills.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER may have given up on competitive bodybuilding, but on a four-day trade mission to Tokyo earlier this month, the California governor displayed impressive marketing muscle. He l...
Naturally, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger supports an amendment allowing foreigners to be President.
NAME: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Republicans and Democrats are calling on some heavy hitters to help attract voters as the presidential campaigns enter the homestretch before the November 2 election.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is breaking from his party on an issue presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry is trying to turn into an election year wedge, endorsing a California ballot initiative to earmark state funds for embryonic stem cell research.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, an immigrant, Tuesday night addressed the Republican National Convention where he spoke of the greatness of America. Schwarzenegger, born in Austria, is a former actor and body builder. Here is a transcript of his remarks:
Describing his life as the embodiment of the American dream, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger hailed his adopted country as "the best hope of democracy" and praised President Bush as the man to lead it.
Posted: 11:42 p.m. ET From Thom Patterson, CNN.com
First lady Laura Bush and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ended the second night of the Republican convention Tuesday with a litany of anecdotes designed to highlight family issues and portray the party as a "people of compassion."
Fighting intensifies this morning in the holy Shiite Muslim city of Najaf, a major offensive designed to defeat insurgents loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
There is no more interesting tale of power--how to get it, how to leverage it, how to wield it--than the one unfolding now in Sacramento. Here, a deeply bronzed, well-chiseled creature of Hollywood...
A Bobblehead Doll of Arnold Schwarzenegger was just another slow-selling gag gift--until its makers got sued. Now the $19.99 doll, clad in a business suit and toting a rifle, is selling out, and co...
This week in The Inside Edge: A commission with a mission, a way to Washington for Gov. Schwarzenegger and a new political role for the Supreme Court.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he backs an effort to excuse a woman from returning to prison, after she's been out of jail for more than two years, to serve more time after a court ruled she had been released too early.
John Kerry may have swept the Democrats on Super Tuesday. But another politician swept both Democrats and Republicans on the same day: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Two ballot measures that are the cornerstone of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to fix the state's fiscal mess won approval Tuesday, in a major political triumph for the state's new Republican chief executive.
California voters were deciding the fate of a record borrowing plan known as Proposition 57, the standout issue on an otherwise lackluster ballot that will test the star power of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
March roars to life this week, much like a .... well, a lion.
A gay couple has filed suit challenging the denial of a request for a marriage license in Los Angeles County.
Arnold Schwarzenegger has faced important reviews before, but his performance delivering his first "State of the State" address Tuesday could prove the most critical in his new career as governor.
Two weeks before the recall election, California corporate leaders took an extraordinary step. On Sept. 22, 30 prominent CEOs--including Craig Barrett of Intel, Carly Fiorina of HP, and David Pottr...
As the media circus surrounding the California effort to recall Governor Gray Davis entered week six, it wasn't always easy to remember why the rest of us should care. But we should: The economic h...
HOLLYWOOD HAS BEEN SLOW to catch on to the computer age. Sure, last year the Macintosh PowerBook became a fashion accessory for producers and stars -- even though it isn't always a useful tool for ...
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