California Senate votes to allow self-driving cars

SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California took a step toward becoming the second state in the nation to allow self-driven cars on its roads on Monday, as the state Senate unanimously agreed to allow autonomously driven vehicles such as those pioneered by Google. Google's self-driving cars have already crossed the Golden Gate Bridge and driven along the picturesque Pacific Coast Highway, according to the ...
http://news.yahoo.com/california-senate-votes-allow-self-driving-cars-223615540--sector.html

Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 15:36:15 -0700

California Pictures Inks Deal on the Sci-Fi Action Thriller "Scavengers" at the 2012 Cannes International Film Festival

CANNES, FRANCE-- - California Pictures announced today that it has sold distribution rights to the sci-fi action thriller, "SCAVENGERS," to Germany's Splendid Film GMBH. The deal -- which includes ...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/california-pictures-inks-deal-sci-054300588.html

Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 22:43:00 -0700

Has blazing a trail in solar energy cost California too much?

California leads the nation in solar power, but the proliferation of home installations has been fueled by electric rate incentives. A battle over how much longer they will be available is being waged. That ray of light you see peeking through all the clouds darkening California's future? That's the sun. More specifically, solar power, in which California is the hands-down national leader.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-fi-hiltzik-20120523,0,3364082.column?track=rss

Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 22:53:32 -0700

California Water Service Group's President & CEO Peter C. Nelson to Succeed Retiring Chair Robert W. Foy

SAN JOSE, CA-- - California Water Service Group today announced its Board of Directors' plan to combine the roles of Chairman and President & Chief Executive Officer and have President & Chief Executive ...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/california-water-groups-president-ceo-193000202.html

Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 12:30:00 -0700

California "Money-Grab" Causing Layoffs, States Petpro

LOS ANGELES, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- You'd think that California would be fostering small businesses, especially ones that clean the environment and enhance public safety. Instead, a group of California ...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/california-money-grab-causing-layoffs-110000248.html

Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 04:00:00 -0700

Mountain lion shot dead in California

Authorities in Santa Monica, California, fatally shot a mountain lion Tuesday, acting on public safety concerns after it tried to escape from an office building courtyard in the city.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/22/us/california-mountain-lion/index.html?eref=rss_us

Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 16:18:48 -0700

California Considers Bill to Require Permission to Collect, Analyze DNA

California is considering a proposed bill that would guard against surreptitious DNA testing by require authorities to obtain written permission from California citizens before collecting, analyzing, storing or sharing their genetic information.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/california-dna-bill/

Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 13:08:57 -0700

California college student goes missing in Yosemite

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Authorities combed California's Yosemite National Park on Monday for a 22-year-old college student who disappeared over the weekend after declining to join fellow students on a long back-country hike. John Paul Chaufan Field, a student at the University of California at Santa Cruz, was last seen on Saturday morning in the Hetch Hetchy area of the nearly 1,200-square-mile ...
http://news.yahoo.com/california-college-student-goes-missing-yosemite-210701321.html

Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 14:07:01 -0700

Record California school districts in "financial jeopardy"

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A record 188 school districts in California are in "financial jeopardy," the office of the state's top schools official said on Monday, just a week after Governor Jerry Brown warned of the potential for deep cuts in education spending. Another 61 local education agencies have been added since February by the state superintendent of public instruction's office to its ...
http://news.yahoo.com/record-california-school-districts-financial-jeopardy-213823872.html

Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 14:38:23 -0700

To Cut California's Budget Gap Cut One Sentence From State Whistleblower Law

Facing a firestorm of comment and criticism over revelations that California faces a $16 billion budget gap, California Governor Jerry Brown appealed to the public last week for ideas to cut the state's debt.  Here’s a painless way to find billions in cash: Create a program to encourage whistleblowers to report major cases of tax fraud.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikakelton/2012/05/21/to-cut-californias-budget-gap-cut-one-sentence-from-state-whistleblower-law/

Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 11:49:33 -0700