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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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  • June 2008

    • Jewish Museum in SF Unsettles

      New York Times  |  Jun 9, 08 7:52 AM CDT

      Jewish Museum in SF Unsettles

      (Newser) - Architect Daniel Libeskind won worldwide acclaim for his stark, unsettling Jewish Museum in the heart of Berlin. Now the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco has moved into a new Libeskind-designed building. But as a critic for the New York Times observes, the Bay Area institution shies away from the particularities of the Jewish experience. More »

    • Author Cracks Open Calif. Fortune Cookie Battle

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 8, 08 7:38 PM CDT

      Author Cracks Open Calif. Fortune Cookie Battle

      (Newser) - The fortune cookie caps any good Chinese meal in America, and Los Angeles and San Francisco both claim credit for it, Steve Harvey writes in the Los Angeles Times . Angelenos say an LA restaurateur invented the famed wafer in 1918, while their neighbors to the north insist an official gave them to supporters in 1907. Now, author Jennifer 8. Lee says bragging rights belong to the East. More »

    • Calif. County Cracks Down on Lax Pot Law

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jun 5, 08 10:57 AM CDT

      Calif. County Cracks Down on Lax Pot Law

      (Newser) - Voters in a northern California county have backed a measure tightening one of America's loosest pot laws, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. State law allows Californians to grow six marijuana plants each for medicinal use, but Mendocino County allowed its residents 25 plants each for any use. The county's residents will now have to make do with the standard six. More »

    • Calif. Marriage Ban May Elude GOP Grasp

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 4, 08 5:03 PM CDT

      Calif. Marriage Ban May Elude GOP Grasp

      (Newser) - The coming fight over gay marriage in California is going to be "nasty and divisive," and it might not prove to be the boon Republicans think it will, Tim Rutten writes in the Los Angeles Times . "Any time one group of Californians uses the ballot box as a tool to have another group declared less or different," he notes, "people take it personally and things get rough." More »

    • Calif. Court Won't Stop Parade to Altar

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jun 4, 08 2:24 PM CDT

      Calif. Court Won't Stop Parade to Altar

      (Newser) - The California Supreme Court shot down a request today to suspend its decision allowing same-sex marriages until after a November vote on a constitutional amendment that would overturn the May 15 ruling, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Couples can marry starting June 17, as scheduled. More »

    • Britney's Ex: Sex Tape Drew Death Threats

      Sun (UK)  |  Jun 4, 08 10:46 AM CDT