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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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  • May 2008

    • Fall In, Boy! Wentz Weds Young Simpson

      OK!  |  May 17, 08 7:53 PM CDT

      Fall In, Boy! Wentz Weds Young Simpson

      (Newser) - Ashlee Simpson wed beau Pete Wentz in a sunset ceremony today before some 150 VIP guests, OK! reports. Nicole Ritchie, Joel Madden, and Scrubs star Donald Faison were among the onlookers in Encino, Calif. as Ashlee's sister Jessica handled maid of honor duties. More »

    • Wine Whiz Mondavi Dead at 94

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  May 16, 08 7:54 PM CDT

      Wine Whiz Mondavi Dead at 94

      (Newser) - California wine master Robert Mondavi died peacefully today in his Napa Valley home at age 94, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Disciples and critics alike have praised the vintner for elevating West Coast wine from jug juice to world-class vino. "His legacy and his vision for what California could do remains with us as guidepost and a source of aspiration," one winemaker said. More »

    • Calif. Gays May Have 6-Month Window

      Slate  |  May 16, 08 4:50 PM CDT

      Calif. Gays May Have 6-Month Window

      (Newser) - 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 »

    • Gay Marriage Foes Mobilize California Fight

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  May 16, 08 4:03 AM CDT

      Gay Marriage Foes Mobilize California Fight

      (Newser) - 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 »

    • Gays Jubilant Over Calif. Ruling

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  May 15, 08 5:10 PM CDT

      Gays Jubilant Over Calif. Ruling

      (Newser) - 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 »

    • Calif. Justices Strike Down Gay Marriage Ban

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 15, 08 12:42 PM CDT

      Calif. Justices Strike Down Gay Marriage Ban

      (Newser) - 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.