International Business News - California http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Hollywood stars Jane Fonda and Jack Nicholson are among the latest notable figures being inducted into the California Hall of Fame. Musicians Dave Brubeck and Quincy Jones, fitness guru Jack LaLanne, sculptor Robert Graham and chef Alice Waters will also be inducted at the Dec. 15 ceremony in Sacramento. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/187726-california-hall-of-fame.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/fonda-nicholson-to-join-california-hall-of-fame.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/fonda-nicholson-to-join-california-hall-of-fame.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:00:01 EST Releasing inmates early might be the best remaining option for ensuring that California prisoners receive adequate medical care, a federal judge said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/judge-leans-toward-early-release-of-calif-inmates.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:07:43 EST Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency Monday and called lawmakers into a special session to address California's $11.2 billion deficit. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081201/schwarzenegger-declares-fiscal-emergency-in-calif.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:58:37 EST California's day of reckoning has finally come for three decades of tough-on-crime policies that led to overcrowded prisons and unconstitutional conditions for inmates. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/186587-california-prisons.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081201/federal-judges-to-rule-on-calif-prison-crowding.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081201/federal-judges-to-rule-on-calif-prison-crowding.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:31:10 EST A mother and an armed suspect died after a shootout involving police at a local home Tuesday. Loan Kim Nguyen, 24, was fatally wounded in the incident, authorities said. The suspect, whose name has not been released, was found dead. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/2-dead-after-police-standoff-in-san-mateo.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:23:19 EST Weary residents ordered to evacuate during heavy overnight rains returned home Wednesday as the threat of mudslides and flash flooding in Southern California's wildfire burn areas eased on the eve of Thanksgiving. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/rains-bring-mudslide-fears-to-calif-burn-areas.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:41:34 EST California Democrats want to undo Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature tax cut to help fill part of the state's budget deficit. They proposed the action Tuesday during an overtime session but were expected to be defeated by Republicans later in the day. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/calif-dems-seek-fee-increase-to-plug-deficit-hole.htm Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:26:37 EST Southern Californians living near areas scarred by recent wildfires sandbagged around their homes and in some places were told to leave them Tuesday as a storm approaching from the Pacific brought a threat of floods and mudslides. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/rain-coming-some-urged-to-leave-calif-burn-areas.htm Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:33:56 EST California's unemployment rate jumped to 8.2 percent in October, the highest rate in 14 years, just as a state fund that pays unemployment benefits was about to run out of money. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/calif-unemployment-rate-rises-to-8-2-percent.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:46:25 EST The U.S. military says a group of Iraqi soldiers has donated $500 to help California wildfire victims. Iraqi Col. Abbas Fadhil at the Besmaya range complex south of Baghdad says his troops want to send a message to the American people with the donation that "we are a family." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/iraqi-troops-donate-money-to-us-wildfire-victims.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:10:15 EST Inmates with open, bleeding wounds routinely use communal showers and suicidal prisoners are sometimes kept for hours inside small cages, witnesses testified in a lawsuit over state prison crowding. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/guards-crowded-calif-prisons-neglect-ill-inmates.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:38:20 EST The number of new and resale homes sold in October and median prices, with annual percentage changes, in selected California counties: COUNTY Units Sold Percent Change Median Price Percent Change http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/california-home-sales-and-median-prices-in-october.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:49:38 EST Despite an increasingly uncertain economy, homebuyers in California kept snatching up foreclosed homes last month, dragging down the median home price by 34 percent from a year ago, a real estate tracking firm said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/california-median-home-price-drops-34-percent.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:47:41 EST Despite an increasingly uncertain economy, thousands of homebuyers around San Francisco Bay kept snatching up foreclosed homes last month, dragging down the median home price by 41 percent from a year ago, a real estate tracking firm said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/norcal-median-home-price-plummets-41-percent.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:58:21 EST California State University, the nation's largest four-year public university system, expects to cut enrollment by 10,000 students this fall due to funding cuts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/california-state-university-to-cut-enrollment.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:29:47 EST Attorneys for the state and inmates' rights groups clashed Tuesday at the opening of a high-stakes trial over whether California's jam-packed prisons have led to unconstitutionally poor medical and mental health care. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/trial-begins-over-california-prison-crowding.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:03:21 EST Lowering air pollution in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley would save more lives annually than ending all motor vehicle fatalities in the two regions, according to a new study. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/174041-california-air-pollution.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/study-calif-dirty-air-kills-more-than-car-crashes.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/study-calif-dirty-air-kills-more-than-car-crashes.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:13:13 EST California's budget deficit will grow to $28 billion through June 2010 unless lawmakers take bold action, possibly including a hike in the state income tax, the Legislature's nonpartisan analyst said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/analyst-california-faces-28-billion-deficit.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:33:26 EST California's budget deficit will grow to $28 billion through June 2010 unless lawmakers take bold action, possibly including a hike in the state income tax, the Legislature's nonpartisan analyst said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/analyst-california-faces-28-billion-deficit.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:46:25 EST A private prison company that has been lobbying the Schwarzenegger administration and is a campaign contributor to the California governor's causes has made a bid to operate an overhauled inmate medical system, a move that could conflict with court-ordered reforms, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/firm-bids-to-run-california-inmate-medical-system.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:01:14 EST