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California Dreamin'

"I have seen purer liquors, better segars, finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirks and bowie knives, and prettier courtesans here in San Francisco than in any other place I have ever visited; and it is my unbiased opinion that California can and does furnish the best bad things that are available in America." - Hilton Helper

California, the state where fortunes are made and lost in a weekend, muscle-bound movie stars become governors, and box office takes carry as much weight as football scores. Lesser regions may affect to snub the Golden State, but with the largest GDP in the country and the eighth largest in the world, California doesn't care.

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  • November 2008

    • Vince Vaughn Is Livin' Large

      Esquire  |  Nov 11, 08 6:54 PM CST

      Vince Vaughn Is Livin' Large

      (Newser) - Vince Vaughn looks much like his on-screen persona in real life, except bigger. Much bigger, writes Chris Jones of Esquire . Though he's writing a script with longtime buddy Jon Favreau, co-starring with Reese Witherspoon in a holiday flick, and finishing a “fantastic” documentary about Belfast, his "great golden acreage" is just “too much to ignore” for Jones. He's “the biggest man in the room,” yet he's “afraid to give anyone a reason not to like him,” Jones observes. More »

    • Obama-Driven Minority Turnout Fueled Marriage Ban

      Sacramento Bee  |  Nov 11, 08 3:36 PM CST

      Obama-Driven Minority Turnout Fueled Marriage Ban

      (Newser) - Barack Obama's popularity among California's minorities helped pass the state's conservative-backed gay marriage ban, Dan Walters writes in the Sacramento Bee . Blacks and Latinos—94% of whom voted for Obama—turned out in record numbers, and the majority of them supported the ban. The proposition would probably have failed with a more traditional, and more white, makeup of state voters. More »

    • 5M to Take Part in LA Quake Drill

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 11, 08 10:52 AM CST

      5M to Take Part in LA Quake Drill

      (Newser) - Geologists are hoping a huge party will shake some earthquake awareness into jaded Angelenos, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Great Southern California ShakeOut—an earthquake drill followed by a huge rally—is scheduled for Thursday morning and 5 million people have signed up so far, putting the event on course to be the biggest earthquake-preparedness event in history. More »

    • Calif. Dems Urge State Court to Dump Gay Marriage Ban

      Los Angeles Times  |  Nov 11, 08 10:04 AM CST

      Calif. Dems Urge State Court to Dump Gay Marriage Ban

      (Newser) - Democratic legislators in California have filed a brief calling on the state Supreme Court to reject a ballot proposition that would ban gay marriage in the state, the Los Angeles Times reports. The measure, Proposition 8, passed by some 500,000 votes. The lawmakers argue that such sweeping change would require a full constitutional revision by the legislature. More »

    • Schwarzenegger Says Married Gays Will Stay Wed

      Los Angeles Times  |  Nov 10, 08 9:17 AM CST

      Schwarzenegger Says Married Gays Will Stay Wed

      (Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger gave his strongest support yet to gays and lesbians in California yesterday, saying that currently married same-sex couples would remain legally wed and that he hoped the courts would overturn Proposition 8. The ballot initiative, which amended California's constitution to define marriage as explicitly heterosexual, has left the status of 18,000 gay and lesbian couples' marriages in doubt. More »

    • Prop 8 Splits California's Gays, Blacks

      Los Angeles Times