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May 2008
- Calif. Gays May Have 6-Month Window
  
  newser | Slate | May 16, 08 4:50 PM CDT
  
  Despite its staying power in Massachusetts, gay marriage may not last long in California, Emily Bazelon writes for Slate. Unlike Massachusetts, where “a layered and intricate legislative process” gave voters time to get comfortable with the new law, Californians can overturn the landmark ruling on election day in November, by passing an initiative that's already on the ballot. More »
  
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  California • gay marriage • Massachusetts
- Ellen to Wed Girlfriend
  
  newser | People | May 16, 08 10:05 AM CDT
  
  Ellen DeGeneres and longtime girlfriend Portia de Rossi are getting hitched. The news—Ellen announced it while taping today's show—comes after the California Supreme Court cleared the path to same-sex marriages in the state. The couple began dating in 2004 while de Rossi starred in Fox’s "Arrested Development," People reports. More »
  
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  California • wedding • same-sex marriage • gossip • Ellen DeGeneres • Portia de Rossi
- Gay Marriage Foes Mobilize California Fight
  
  newser | San Francisco Chronicle | May 16, 08 4:03 AM CDT
  
  Organizations staunchly opposed to same-sex unions are already mobilizing to reinstate a ban on gay marriages that was struck down yesterday by California's Supreme Court, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . The coalition intends to hammer home the fact that four judges have "overturned the will" of millions of voters who approved the ban in a 2000 vote, said a spokeswoman for a conservative group in Sacramento. More »
  
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  California • gay marriage • gay rights • same-sex marriage • constitutional amendment • California Supreme Court • marriage rights
- Gays Jubilant Over Calif. Ruling
  
  newser | San Francisco Chronicle | May 15, 08 5:10 PM CDT
  
  California gays are ecstatic about the state's supreme court striking down a ban on same-sex marriage, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. “I'm feeling the joy all over,” one gay man, and father, said. In Fresno, a gay couple applied for a marriage license from a somewhat bewildered county clerk who wondered about the “exact language” of the decision, the Bee observed. More »
  
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  California • gay marriage • same-sex marriage • lesbians • ban • constitutional amendment • California Supreme Court • gays • verdict
- Calif. Justices Strike Down Gay Marriage Ban
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | May 15, 08 12:42 PM CDT
  
  The California Supreme Court legalized gay marriage today, calling state laws discriminatory, the Los Angeles Times reports. The moderately conservative body found that same-sex couple must be allowed to marry, in a case stemming from the 2004 San Francisco unions that the same judges intervened to stop. An initiative on the November ballot could yet void the ruling if passed by voters. More »
  
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  California • gay marriage
- Lucky Alaska First to Hit $4 Gas
  
  newser | Reuters | May 15, 08 11:03 AM CDT
  
  It's here. Alaska has the painful distinction of becoming the first state where gas is selling for an average of $4 a gallon, Reuters reports. The average for the rest of the US is hovering at $3.76, but Connecticut, California, New York, and Illinois could all join Alaska in the $4-a-gallon club after Memorial Day weekend. More »
  
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  California • gas prices • New York • Michigan • Illinois • Alaska • Hawaii • Connecticut • West Virginia • Labor Department • AAA • Memorial Day
- Serial Thieves Swipe $2.5M in JCPenney Gold
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | May 14, 08 11:17 AM CDT
  
  California police are hunting a gang of gold thieves raiding JCPenney stores across the state, the Los Angeles Times reports. The gang has struck 11 times in 18 months to grab $2.5 million in jewelry, and they've been getting busier as the price of gold continues to climb. Cops aren't sure why the brazen thieves keep hitting JCPenney stores but suspect one of the culprits is an insider. More »
  
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  California • theft • gold • jewelry • JCPenney • gold prices • thief
- More Is Less: High Gas Equals Quicker Drives in LA
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | May 12, 08 4:55 PM CDT
  
  Sure, gas prices are unreasonable and the economy is hurting, but, the Los Angeles Times reports, at least now the infamous traffic isn't so bad. Hard data shows that traffic may be thinning out along LA’s freeways; accidents and commute times are also falling. Talking with local drivers, the Times got plenty of anecdotal evidence to support the theory. More »
  
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  California • gas prices • Los Angeles • traffic
- Investment Firm Bails Out Neverland
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | May 12, 08 7:06 AM CDT
  
  An investment company has bailed out Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch and a foreclosure auction of the 2,500-acre California property—which once featured roaming wild animals and amusement park rides—has been canceled, reports the Los Angeles Times . The financially troubled pop star bought the Los Olivos ranch in 1988 for $28 million. Jackson, who moved to the Middle East after his acquittal on sex abuse charges, will now be able to keep the estate. More »
  
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  California • celebrity • foreclosure • auction • Michael Jackson • ranch • Neverland
- Broke California May Tax Beer, iTunes, Sex Toys
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | May 9, 08 2:43 PM CDT
  
  A $1.80 tax on every six-pack of beer. An iTunes sales tax. A 25% tax on sex toys and pornographic entertainment. These are just some of the more creative measures put forth by California's Democratic lawmakers to close a budget shortfall estimated at $20 billion, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »
  
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  California • Democrats • Republicans • taxes • beer • iTunes • iTunes Store • sex toys
- Malibu Calls On Ken Starr to Fight Paparazzi
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | May 9, 08 9:25 AM CDT
  
  Officials in Malibu are taking a new approach to taming paparazzi: enlisting the help of Kenneth Starr. The city’s mayor has asked the man who investigated Bill Clinton in the Monica Lewinsky case to bring together an anti-paparazzi think tank to draft laws seeking photographer-free “buffer zones” and perhaps a tax on pictures taken, reports the Los Angeles Times . More »
  
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  California • celebrity • paparazzi • Malibu • Kenneth Starr
- Calif. Bill Would Drive Pets Off Laps
  
  newser | San Jose Mercury News | May 7, 08 6:11 AM CDT
  
  California legislators are pushing a bill banning pets from drivers' laps after a national study ranked pets, along with cell phones, among the leading causes of road distractions and a cause of thousands of accidents. A bill before the state legislature will impose a fine for driving while holding dogs, cats, or other live animals, reports the San Jose Mercury News . More »
  
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  California • cell phones • accident • Arnold Schwarzenegger • pets
- Clinton Calif. Superdelegates May Flip if She Stays Behind
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | May 5, 08 2:04 PM CDT
  
  Two of five Hillary Clinton superdelegates who spoke at a California state event said they’d consider switching to Barack Obama if the frontrunner holds his lead through the next month. While not earth-shattering, the development should be wrenching for Clinton, the Los Angeles Times say, as it showcases concerns about drawing out the primary fight too long. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • California • superdelegates
April 2008
- 5.2 Quake Again Rattles West
  
  newser | CNN | Apr 30, 08 7:50 AM CDT
  
  The latest in a series of shakers to rattle the West was a 5.2 magnitude earthquake that struck a rural area 190 miles northwest of Sacramento last night. No injuries or damage were immediately reported. Quakes have recently rattled Los Angeles, Lake Tahoe, and Reno, where a swarm of hundreds of tremors building in strength the past six weeks are making scientists—and residents—jittery. More »
  
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  California • earthquake • Sacramento • Reno • Lake Tahoe
- 1,000 Flee Raging SoCal Wildfire
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Apr 27, 08 4:21 PM CDT
  
  Roughly 1,000 people abandoned 400 California homes today as firefighters battled a blaze in the Sierra Madre foothills, the Los Angeles Times reports. The fire spread through some 400 acres, and containment is not expected for days. Record-setting temperatures are to blame for the blaze marking an early start of the fire season. "This is not a lazy fire," a fire chief said. "This fire is burning with some energy." More »
  
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  California • wildfires • firefighters • California wildfires • evacuation • fire • global temperatures • temperatures
- Okla. Man Buys Santa Monica Ferris Wheel
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Apr 26, 08 9:19 AM CDT
  
  The Santa Monica Pier Ferris wheel has been sold on eBay for $132,400—to a first-time eBayer and the son of a former Oklahoma City mayor, the Los Angeles Times reports. Grant Humphreys, a 32-year-old real estate developer who'd never set eyes on the crowd-pleaser, placed the winning bid yesterday just before the close of the auction that drew six bidders. More »
  
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  California • eBay • Oklahoma City • amusement parks • Santa Monica
- No Prom for Young Idol David
  
  newser | TMZ | Apr 23, 08 11:31 AM CDT
  
  American Idol favorite David Archuleta, 17, must skip his high school prom this weekend in Utah to stay in the game, TMZ reports. The reality TV show's strict rules mean that every contestant is on lockdown, including Brooke White, who had to skip her sister's wedding earlier this month. More »
  
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  television • California • Utah • American Idol • David Archuleta
- Laptops May Help Sense Quakes
  
  newser | MIT Technology Review | Apr 22, 08 1:57 PM CDT
  
  Laptop computers are the key to a new earthquake-sensing project in California, the MIT Technology Review reports. Researchers are working to connect home and business computers in a network that could monitor activity and even provide early warning of big quakes. Motion detectors would report shaking to a central server, letting seismologists identify unusual movement concentrated in a particular area. More »
  
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  California • earthquake • laptop • computer network
- Matzo Shortage Plagues Passover in Calif.
  
  newser | San Francisco Chronicle | Apr 22, 08 1:38 PM CDT
  
  With Passover in full swing, Jews in the San Francisco area are enduring a shortage of matzo, the Chronicle reports. Most grocers were cleaned out Friday or Saturday, the first day of the observance, and with the holiday stretching to the weekend, the observant wonder how they'll manage without the staple food. More »
  
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  California • Jews • Judaism • holiday • Bay Area • Passover • matzo
- $4 Gas Driving San Franciscans From Cars
  
  newser | San Francisco Chronicle | Apr 18, 08 7:25 AM CDT
  
  The Bay Area is used to being on the cutting edge, but becoming the first to pay $4 for a gallon of gas is a milestone San Francisco could do without, the Chronicle reports. Prices are expected to nudge past the mark next week—but many Bay Area residents have already fled their cars to dodge ever-growing fuel costs. More »
  
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  California • gas prices • San Francisco • transit • commuting

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