Schwarzenegger to order furloughs, layoffs -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration is telling labor unions that it will order two-day-a-month unpaid furloughs for state employees beginning in February to help the state save cash amid its budget crisis. Dan Smith and Kevin Yamamura in the Sacramento Bee -- 12/19/08
Schwarzenegger to call another special session -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he would call the Legislature back into session to solve the state's fiscal crisis. Anthony York in Capitol Weekly Steve Wiegand in the Sacramento Bee GARANCE BURKE AP -- 12/19/08
State deficit - $1,000 for every Californian -- The state's demographers calculated that six months ago, California's population passed 38 million, which provides a benchmark for placing its whopping budget deficit in perspective. Dan Walters SacBee Capitol Alert -- 12/19/08
California posts 8.4% jobless rate, the third highest in U.S. -- The state lost 41,700 jobs in November. Its unemployment rate is at its highest level since 1994 and behind only Michigan and Rhode Island. Marc Lifsher in the Los Angeles Times MARCUS WOHLSEN AP -- 12/19/08
Obama names Solis as labor secretary -- President-elect Barack Obama is nominating California Rep. Hilda Solis to be labor secretary. Solis, who is a daughter of Mexican and Nicaraguan immigrants, has focused on immigration and the environment while serving in the House since 2001. ERICA WERNER and SAM HANANEL AP -- 12/19/08
Burglar hits Paris Hilton's home, takes $2 million in jewelry -- The incident occurred at 5 a.m. at Hilton's Hollywood Hills home on Clarendon Street. The burglar, or burglars, got into the house through an unlocked door, according to LAPD sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing. Richard Winton and Andrew Blankstein in the Los Angeles Times -- 12/19/08
Schwarzenegger says he won't back Democratic budget plan -- The governor says the $18-billion plan calling for higher taxes and spending cuts doesn't go as far as he'd like to stimulate the economy. The state may run out of money in early February. Jordan Rau and Patrick McGreevy in the Los Angeles Times Matthew Yi, Wyatt Buchanan in the San Francisco Chronicle Steve Wiegand and Kevin Yamamura in the Sacramento Bee Rick Orlov and Harrison Sheppard in the Los Angeles Daily News Mike Zapler in the San Jose Mercury BRIAN JOSEPH in the Orange County Register JUDY LIN AP Timm Herdt in the Ventura Star -- 12/19/08
Dan Walters: Veto threat chills Democratic budget gambit -- Democratic legislators attempted Thursday to take a big bite out of the state's budget deficit by passing a complex, $18 billion mélange of legally uncertain spending cuts and new taxes, but Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger quickly doused it with the icy water of a veto threat. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee -- 12/19/08
Governor makes relaxing labor laws budget priority -- Would elimination of the eight-hour workday law really boost the economy? Or are employers using the economic downturn as leverage to try to abolish worker protections that apply in good times and bad? Timm Herdt in the Ventura Star -- 12/19/08
California Supreme Court allows good Samaritans to be sued for nonmedical care -- The ruling stems from a case in which a woman pulled a crash victim from a car 'like a rag doll,' allegedly aggravating a vertebrae injury. Carol J. Williams in the Los Angeles Times Bob Egelko in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 12/19/08
Prop. 8 foe declines invitation to Obama inauguration -- A leader of the campaign to defeat Proposition 8 on Thursday declined an invitation to attend the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama. Aurelio Rojas in the Sacramento Bee -- 12/19/08
Governor's former cabinet secretary joins Farmers Insurance -- Dan Dunmoyer, a veteran Capitol staffer and insurance-industry representative who served as cabinet secretary and deputy chief of staff to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, has joined Farmers Insurance Groups as the head of the company's national legislative and regulatory programs. John Howard in Capitol Weekly -- 12/19/08
W. Mark Felt, Watergate source 'Deep Throat,' dies at 95 -- W. Mark Felt, the former FBI official who ended one of the country's most intriguing political mysteries when he identified himself as "Deep Throat" -- the nickname for the anonymous source who helped guide the Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into the Watergate scandal -- has died. He was 95. Johanna Neuman in the Los Angeles Times -- 12/19/08
Credit card changes will give consumers a break -- The rules from federal regulators represent a sweeping change. But the new limits on fees and rates don't start until 2010. Tiffany Hsu in the Los Angeles Times -- 12/19/08
The rush to refinance -- That's triggered a rush among homeowners to refinance - potentially putting thousands of dollars a year into many consumers' pockets, money that could find its way into the general economy. The lower rates are expected to continue, which could spur fence-sitters to buy homes next year. Carolyn Said in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 12/19/08
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