SACRAMENTO - Senate Republicans on Wednesday night again refused to vote for a state budget that is now more than a month overdue - a move that raised the likelihood that the standoff will persist for several more weeks and potentially imperil the agenda of GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
A budget plan that [...]
[Read more...]SACRAMENTO - Senate Republicans on Wednesday night again refused to vote for a state budget that is now more than a month overdue - a move that raised the likelihood that the standoff will persist for several more weeks and potentially imperil the agenda of GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
A budget plan [...]
[Read more...]What happens when you marry pro football and presidential politics at the ballot box? The San Francisco 49ers may find out.
With time running out to file a ballot question for November, California’s presidential primary on Feb. 5 is emerging as the first opportunity for Santa Clara voters to decide whether the [...]
[Read more...]A recall of imported ginger widened to another Northern California grocery chain Tuesday, as health officials warned that fresh ginger sold by Mollie Stone’s stores in recent weeks may be tainted with a toxic pesticide.
The recall could expand to other retailers, said a state Department of Public Health spokeswoman.
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[Read more...]A Gilroy company’s recall of Chinese fresh ginger contaminated with a toxic pesticide is the latest scare involving imported ginger and other food products from China.
No illnesses were reported as of Monday, a day after California officials first issued a public warning to advise consumers against eating fresh Chinese ginger.
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[Read more...]SACRAMENTO - Voting machine vendors and election officials at a hearing Monday assailed Secretary of State Debra Bowen’s “top-to-bottom” review of electronic voting systems for failing to consider real-world responses to potential hacking and vote-rigging. Voting-rights activists, meanwhile, urged her to scrap all e-voting systems and return to paper ballots.
Bowen has [...]
[Read more...]SACRAMENTO - He’s graced the covers of Time and Newsweek this year. National political TV show hosts still clamor to interview him. His appearance at a Florida Republican Party fundraiser this month generated $1.6 million.
But back in his own state Capitol, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger can’t persuade a mere two senators in [...]
[Read more...]After 37 years as a leading Santa Clara County anti-poverty agency, Economic and Social Opportunities has shut down for good.
The non-profit filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition last week, meaning it would be liquidated once its remaining assets are distributed to creditors. But ESO effectively went out of business in April, [...]
[Read more...]Calling technology a key tool in the fight against global warming, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday toured a San Jose networking company that’s doing its part in the battle.
Echelon, which does 80 percent of its business outside the United States, makes devices that utilities, cities [...]
[Read more...]COMPANY PROFILE
Company: Echelon
Headquarters: San Jose
Employees: 300 worldwide, 200 in San Jose
Friday’s closing stock price: $19.31
What they do: Build energy-efficient networking devices.
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