Schwarzenegger gets OK to furlough state workers A judge rules that the governor's two-day-a-month furlough plan passes legal muster. Meanwhile, numbers crunchers in Washington say California is slated to receive enough money from a federal stimulus package to slice the state deficit almost in half.
California's snowpack levels are well below normal for this time of year. And after two dry winters, unless significant rain and snow falls in the next two months, summer water rationing in Silicon Valley and across the state appears likely.
Tesla Motor's plans to build a 500-worker auto assembly plant in San Jose appear to be dead. But a company spokeswoman said Tesla still may relocate its corporate headquarters and research facilities to San Jose from San Carlos.
Prosecutors charged the 41-year-old San Jose financier with securities fraud in December, but it's unclear to which charges he will plead guilty. Sentencing will follow later.
From a Santa Clara animal shelter to Hollywood My Life as a Dog: Once I was a suburban dog living in the cold northern reaches of Canada. Now I'm a movie star and I live in Hollywood, basking in the warm glow of fame.
Kawakami: It keeps coming back to Cable Maybe eventually, Al Davis will publicly concede that Tom Cable is his best head-coaching option for the 2009 season. But first, Al has to concede it to himself -- at this moment, he can do no better, and probably can do much worse.
Ausra scales back plans to build huge solar plants The Palo Alto company says it has responded to the financial crisis by downsizing its goals and now plans to make smaller energy-generation plants and to sell its technology and equipment to utilities and other companies.
Editorial: Stimulus package has promise but needs fine tuning When the Senate takes up the bill, it should remove any remaining pork and focus on whether the bill puts enough money into infrastructure, alternative energy and aid to states to spur economic growth and create new jobs as quickly as possible.
Stars without Avery are playing like, uh, the Stars HEARD THIS ONE?A very good moveHockey fans all over were cheering the Dallas Stars for drop-kicking Sean Avery out the door after his remarks about his former girlfriends.
Springsteen promises high-energy halftime show TAMPA, Fla.—Anybody who thinks it's tough playing the halftime show at the Super Bowl with 150 million people watching should try serenading Barack Obama with the majestic granite visage of Abraham Lincoln staring over your shoulder. Full Story
