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Villaraigosa goes to bat for Obama

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who had backed Sen. Hillary Clinton before she withdrew from the Democratic primary race, is going on the road today to introduce Sen. Barack Obama to one of the largest Latino organizations. (Los Angeles Daily News)

http://www.dailynews.com/politics/ci_9812964

A stable foundation

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced Monday that he is directing staff to step up its efforts to identify and help retrofit so-called "soft-story" buildings that could collapse during the next significant earthquake to hit the region. (PolitickerCA)

http://politickerca.com/jeffmitchell/1408/newsom-rolls-out-effort-identify-and-retrofit-quake-vulnerable-buildings-city

Letting Sacramento back in

SACRAMENTO — Here's Sacramento's problem: It desperately needs more tax money to provide the services the public wants. But the public doesn't trust Sacramento to spend any new money wisely. (George Skelton, Los Angeles Times)

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/cal/la-me-cap7-2008jul07,0,7885164.column

San Diego looks to green technology

SAN DIEGO – San Diego is at the forefront of biotechnology and wireless innovations, but can it also become a leader in green technology?  (Helen Gao, The Union-Tribune)

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080708-9999-1m8green.html

California doctors could receive a paycut

WASHINGTON – Steven Polanksy, an obstetrician and gynecologist in Sacramento since 1977, says he can't afford a 10.6 percent pay cut from Congress.

At 62, he says, he's working 60 stressful hours a week, making a little more than $200,000 a year. He remembers better times, when he used to make a lot of money on surgeries, but he figures he gets only $900 from Medicare for a hysterectomy these days. (Rob Hotakainen, Sacramento Bee)

http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1066555.html

Joining the gubernatorial fray

SACRAMENTO - Former South Bay Republican congressman Tom Campbell - a fiscal conservative, social moderate and respected academic who twice before unsuccessfully sought statewide office, is eyeing a possible run in 2010 to replace Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. (Mike Zapler, San Jose Mercury News)

http://www.mercurynews.com/politics/ci_9815135?nclick_check=1

Californian politicos react to economic viewpoints

It's the summer of the headache-inducing gas prices, the scary home mortgage crisis and rising food costs - a world of hurt that has brought both the Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns this week to the same prime location on the campaign trail: "economy, economy, economy." (Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/07/MNNC11L48V.DTL

Small business owner stands up to city council

Deana Barron believes it's a matter of principle, and that to back down to the city of Modesto would be a huge defeat for anyone like her who owns a small business. (Jeff Jardine, The Modesto Bee)

http://www.modbee.com/local/story/353227.html

Cutting corners

A closer look at the Santa Cruz County Public Library System budget on Monday night netted some savings. (Keenan Weatherford, Santa Cruz Sentinel)

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_9815195

Vallejo youth need a leader

The adage that it takes a village to raise a child is still true, a long time Vallejo forensic counselor says, adding that Vallejo's young people desperately need more attention and guidance to keep them from turning to drugs and violence.  (Andrea Wolf, The Times-Herald)

http://www.timesheraldonline.com/news/ci_9808395

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