Burton criticizes governor's budget, promises to fight cuts
SACRAMENTO, 2:59 p.m. January 12 (AP)
Senate President Pro Tem John Burton promised Monday to fight the governor's new budget plan, arguing it provides a big tax break to car owners paid for by service cuts to the poor and disabled.
The San Francisco Democrat, who holds status as perhaps the Capitol's most influential lawmaker given his tenure and his party's majority hold on the Legislature, drew a bright line between himself and Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on what might be considered the first day of budget negotiations.
SANTA ANA, 5:20 p.m. January 12 (AP)
Suit against Irvine restaurant where woman allegedly found condom in soup 'resolved': Four women have "resolved" their lawsuit against an Irvine restaurant where one of them allegedly found a condom in her clam chowder, attorneys said Monday.
LOS ANGELES, 5:37 p.m. January 12 (AP)
Montebello woman receives death penalty for poisoning husband: A 35-year-old woman was sentenced to death Monday for poisoning her husband with a combination of antifreeze and an oleander plant.
LOS ANGELES, 5:46 p.m. January 12 (AP)
National strategy needed for gang violence, police chiefs say: Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton told a national conference on gang violence Monday that street gangs are the "emerging monster of crime in America."
SACRAMENTO, 4:58 p.m. January 12 (AP)
California files do-not-call suit against Florida telemarketer: California's attorney general filed a second lawsuit Monday accusing a telemarketer of violating the new federal "do not call" law.
BEVERLY HILLS, 2:47 p.m. January 12 (AP)
Michael Jackson supporters plan help on two fronts: Michael Jackson's closest advisers, including Nation of Islam leaders, attorneys, managers and accountants, came together Monday for a closed door meeting to review the pop superstar's business affairs. The meeting came just four days before Jackson was scheduled to be arraigned on child molestation charges.
WASHINGTON, 2:27 p.m. January 12 (AP)
Pledge of Allegiance case scheduled for March 24: The Supreme Court's most-watched case of the year will be argued March 24, when a California father tries to convince the justices that the regular morning public school salute to the American flag is unconstitutional because of the reference to God.
CALEXICO, 1:57 p.m. January 12 (AP)
Minor earthquake strikes Imperial County: A minor earthquake rattled southern Imperial County Monday, but there were no reports of damage or injury, officials said.
PINECREST, 1:42 p.m. January 12 (AP)
Crews locate four missing snowboarders: Four missing snowboarders were located Monday morning, officials said. The four male teenagers had apparently skied out of bounds on snowboards Sunday at the Dodge Ridge Ski Resort. They were reported missing about 5 p.m. by their parents, said Tuolumne County Sheriff's Sgt. Roger Dittberner.
WASHINGTON, 1:22 p.m. January 12 (AP)
GOP congressman aims to revise Endangered Species Act, bit by bit: The cowboy-hat-wearing cattle rancher who chairs the House committee in charge of environmental policy says he's given up trying to rewrite the Endangered Species Act in one fell swoop, and instead will take it on bit by bit.
LOS ANGELES, 7:18 a.m. January 12 (AP)
Owner of Sun Valley printing business suffers minor burns in fire: A fire early Monday morning gutted a Sun Valley printing business and injured its owner, officials said.
SACRAMENTO, 12:03 a.m. January 12 (AP)
Builders, environmentalists struggle again over brownfield sites: A key element of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign plank for new growth in older cities may be on the ropes, potentially leaving California farther behind national efforts to redevelop blighted industrial sites.
SAN FRANCISCO, 12:05 a.m. January 12 (AP)
Environmentalists, business fight over testing of whale sonar: Environmental groups and a New Hampshire company are locked in a legal battle over whether a newly developed sonar system will help whales avoid colliding with ships or drive the animals from their feeding grounds and separate calves from their mothers.
SACRAMENTO, January 12 (COPLEY NEWS SERVICE)
Tribes weighing strategy against gaming measure: As California's flush Indian tribes prepare to confront an initiative targeted for the November ballot that could break their monopoly on casino gambling, some within their ranks are urging restraint.
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