<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - california-department</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/california-department</link><description>Newsvine - california-department</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 10:55:07 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:27:53 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>California, Without Republicans To Obstruct, Creates Budget Surplus</title>
<description><![CDATA["In February Texas republican Governor Rick Perry made a trip to California. His supposed intent was to lure California businesses to Texas. The premise is that Texas is more business friendly than California. To be sure, Texas is a state that gives away over $19 Billion in taxpa&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Happily BLUE in Ohio]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Happily BLUE in Ohio]]></source><link>http://schwartzling.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/27/18527990-california-without-republicans-to-obstruct-creates-budget-surplus</link><guid>http://schwartzling.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/27/18527990-california-without-republicans-to-obstruct-creates-budget-surplus</guid><category>bill-clinton</category><category>california-department</category><category>jerry-brown</category><category>barrack-obama</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 10:53:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=schwartzlingB6B51BEF-7F21-72E3-AF21-7B03144AC27E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=schwartzlingB6B51BEF-7F21-72E3-AF21-7B03144AC27E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hispanics to soon outnumber whites in California</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hispanics to soon outnumber whites in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) &mdash; Hispanics will become the largest ethnic  group in the nation's most populous state early next year, the  California Department of Finance said Thursday, marking a big milestone  in a long-running d&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laffy Taffy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Laffy Taffy]]></source><link>http://tojoyamatodo.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16812392-hispanics-to-soon-outnumber-whites-in-california</link><guid>http://tojoyamatodo.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16812392-hispanics-to-soon-outnumber-whites-in-california</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>mexico</category><category>economy</category><category>health</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>religion</category><category>education</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>guns</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>republican</category><category>third-world</category><category>public-health</category><category>top-news</category><category>your-money</category><category>yahoo-news</category><category>la-raza</category><category>telemundo</category><category>california-department</category><category>in-the-united-states</category><category>jerry-browns</category><category>jobs-in-america</category><category>gutcheckamerica</category><category>electionsbusiness</category><pubDate>Sat, 2 Feb 2013 01:53:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tojoyamatodoA0DD393B-A4E2-289D-E616-E68BF02EAC13.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tojoyamatodoA0DD393B-A4E2-289D-E616-E68BF02EAC13.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hispanics to soon surpass whites in California</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hispanics will become the largest ethnic group in the nation's most populous state early next year, the California Department of Finance said Thursday, marking a big milestone in a long-running demographic shift that has already deeply altered the political balance of power, the economy and culture.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Juliet Williams]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Juliet Williams]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16793051-hispanics-to-soon-surpass-whites-in-california</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16793051-hispanics-to-soon-surpass-whites-in-california</guid><category>us</category><category>california</category><category>hispanic</category><category>us-news</category><category>california-department</category><category>plurality</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:18:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=62c79e28-634d-4291-b87a-2f7158248546.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=62c79e28-634d-4291-b87a-2f7158248546.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A mother walks with her children to the MacArthur Park Primary Center School in Los Angeles Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Within six months, California's Hispanic population will equal that of whites and soon after will surpass it, a milestone in the country's shifting demographics. Population projections to be released Thursday by the state Department of Finance show that Hispanics will become the dominant ethnic group in California for the first time since it gained statehood during the Gold Rush era. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=494f35ce-6a4f-475c-835a-cbd1c5c73216.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=494f35ce-6a4f-475c-835a-cbd1c5c73216.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;State Sen. Anthony Cannella, R-Ceres, discusses his support for a proposed joint resolution calling on the president and Congress to improve the nation's immigration system during a news conference, at the Capitol Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013.  State demographers predict that Hispanics will become the dominant ethnic group in California for the first time in 2014. The resolution, by Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Watsonville, second from left,  drew  bipartisan support from lawmakers including Assembly members Rocky Chavez, R-Carlsbad, left, Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles,  third from left, Assembly members Manuel Perez, D-Coachella, second from right, and Nora Campps,  D-San Jose, right.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=450d218a-889a-4d62-b85b-1ccbe4794970.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=450d218a-889a-4d62-b85b-1ccbe4794970.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Watsonville,  center, discusses his proposed joint resolution calling on the president and Congress to improve the nation's immigration system during a news conference, at the Capitol Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 231, 2013.  State demographers predict that  Hispanics will become the dominant ethnic group in California for the fist time in 2014.  Alejo was accompanied by, from left, Assembly members Rocky Chavez, R-Carlsbad,  Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, Katcho Achadjian, R-San Luis Obispo, Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, Sen. Anthony Cannella, R-Ceres, Assemblyman Manuel Perez, D-Coachella and Sen. Lou Correa, D-Anaheim, right. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Report: Top parks officials kept $20M hidden</title>
<description><![CDATA[Officials at the highest levels of the California Department of Parks and Recreation helped keep millions of dollars secret for more than a decade, the California attorney general's office said in a report released Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Juliet Williams]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Juliet Williams]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/04/16354094-report-top-parks-officials-kept-20m-hidden</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/04/16354094-report-top-parks-officials-kept-20m-hidden</guid><category>us</category><category>state</category><category>california</category><category>parks</category><category>us-news</category><category>state-parks</category><category>california-department</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Jan 2013 21:14:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Audit shows feds&amp;#39; immigration check system fails 12% of the time - Washington Times</title>
<description><![CDATA[One million ILLEGAL aliens who should have been deported per DHS are still in the U. S.
Something wrong with the system????&nbsp; Yeah - right.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fstwarrior]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fstwarrior]]></source><link>http://fstwarrior.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/18/15995024-audit-shows-feds-immigration-check-system-fails-12-of-the-time-washington-times</link><guid>http://fstwarrior.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/18/15995024-audit-shows-feds-immigration-check-system-fails-12-of-the-time-washington-times</guid><category>illegal</category><category>homeland-security-department</category><category>illegal-immigrants</category><category>us-news</category><category>ice</category><category>illegal-aliens</category><category>dhs</category><category>california-department</category><category>systematic-alien-verification</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:41:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fstwarriorB6A4EFD9-7A10-FFEE-7D55-5FE9C9BF63C5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fstwarriorB6A4EFD9-7A10-FFEE-7D55-5FE9C9BF63C5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Raw Deal - Jillian Kay Melchior </title>
<description><![CDATA[
JILLIAN KAY MELCHIOR: Bad science and contempt for the law are allowing the government to destroy a California oyster farm.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Medicine Show Communications]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Medicine Show Communications]]></source><link>http://medicine-show-communications.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15831154-raw-deal-jillian-kay-melchior</link><guid>http://medicine-show-communications.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15831154-raw-deal-jillian-kay-melchior</guid><category>national-park-service</category><category>us-news</category><category>national-academy</category><category>uc-davis</category><category>marin-county</category><category>park-service</category><category>california-department</category><category>drakes-bay-oyster-corsquo-s</category><category>advertisement-on-november</category><category>park-servicersquo-s</category><category>national-park-servicersquo-s</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:57:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=medicine-show-communicationsE8F5FAB4-F8C0-5255-373D-1E92E18CCA59.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=medicine-show-communicationsE8F5FAB4-F8C0-5255-373D-1E92E18CCA59.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Deadly California mushrooms came from backyard</title>
<description><![CDATA[A one-page complaint released by the California Department of Social Services said the department is investigating the deaths of two women at a small California eldercare home, but otherwise state officials have released few details of the case.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tracie Cone]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tracie Cone]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/13/15145272-deadly-california-mushrooms-came-from-backyard</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/13/15145272-deadly-california-mushrooms-came-from-backyard</guid><category>deaths</category><category>health</category><category>1st</category><category>mushroom</category><category>us-news</category><category>ld</category><category>writethru</category><category>social-services</category><category>california-department</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:48:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Frustrations mount over shoddy care for vets</title>
<description><![CDATA[Democratic Rep. Howard Waxman says the bureaucracy at the West L.A. Veterans Affairs center is impenetrable. His opponent says it's beyond the pale as veterans fight for funds, care and housing.
Bob Rosebrock and I sat under a tree on the West Los Angeles Department of Veterans &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Davis, Veterans-For-Change]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Davis, Veterans-For-Change]]></source><link>http://jdavis92840.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/26/14113261-frustrations-mount-over-shoddy-care-for-vets</link><guid>http://jdavis92840.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/26/14113261-frustrations-mount-over-shoddy-care-for-vets</guid><category>health</category><category>los-angeles-times</category><category>california-department</category><category>government-reform</category><category>veterans-home</category><category>democratic-waxman</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:51:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Who really made the film Innocence of Muslims?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Businessweek&nbsp;reports the actual filmmaker used a pseudonym because he fears for his life, according to another man who says he was a consultant on the movie. Steve Klein, a Southern California self-described Christian extremist, says he helped the filmmaker find actors for t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Joseph.]]></source><link>http://joseph-iluminou.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/13/13844527-who-really-made-the-film-innocence-of-muslims</link><guid>http://joseph-iluminou.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/13/13844527-who-really-made-the-film-innocence-of-muslims</guid><category>middle-east</category><category>muslim</category><category>religion</category><category>war</category><category>associated-press</category><category>christians</category><category>islam</category><category>filmmaker</category><category>crusades</category><category>california-department</category><category>sam-bacile</category><category>innocence-of-muslims-film</category><category>special-op-ed</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:20:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=joseph-iluminou4BF8578B-7269-0BF9-632B-4653B52E6925.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="96" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=joseph-iluminou4BF8578B-7269-0BF9-632B-4653B52E6925.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Computer problems trigger delays at CA DMV offices</title>
<description><![CDATA[The computer network at the California Department of Motor Vehicles went down for several hours Tuesday, triggering delays as clerks at field offices throughout the state processed driver's licenses and registrations by hand.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/14/13281724-computer-problems-trigger-delays-at-ca-dmv-offices</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/14/13281724-computer-problems-trigger-delays-at-ca-dmv-offices</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>outage</category><category>computer</category><category>us-news</category><category>dmv</category><category>california-department</category><category>motor-vehicles</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:59:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lawsuit filed in Calif. over Brockovich chemical</title>
<description><![CDATA[Environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the California Department of Public Health for failing to establish a safe drinking water standard for the cancer-causing chemical made famous in the film "Erin Brockovich."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gosia Wozniacka]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gosia Wozniacka]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/14/13279740-lawsuit-filed-in-calif-over-brockovich-chemical</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/14/13279740-lawsuit-filed-in-calif-over-brockovich-chemical</guid><category>us</category><category>water</category><category>california</category><category>toxic</category><category>us-news</category><category>public-health</category><category>california-department</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:09:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'Onion Field' killer dies in California prison</title>
<description><![CDATA[Gregory Powell, who was convicted of killing a Los Angeles police officer during an infamous kidnapping that inspired the true crime book and movie "The Onion Field," has died in prison at age 79, authorities said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Deutsch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Deutsch]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/13/13260330-onion-field-killer-dies-in-california-prison</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/13/13260330-onion-field-killer-dies-in-california-prison</guid><category>us</category><category>obit</category><category>powell</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>us-news</category><category>joseph-wambaugh</category><category>california-department</category><category>onion-field"</category><category>gregory-powell</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:47:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=801e8289-e8f1-4b70-a17c-e88f78bc5e21.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="382" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=801e8289-e8f1-4b70-a17c-e88f78bc5e21.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photo provided by California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows convicted killer Gregory Powell. Powell, who was convicted of killing a Los Angeles police officer during an infamous kidnapping in 1963 that inspired Joseph Wambaughs true-life crime novel The Onion Field, has died in a California prison. He was 79. (AP Photo/California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c569743a-c7fb-486b-a086-7ff35b369200.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="361" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c569743a-c7fb-486b-a086-7ff35b369200.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="109" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photo provided by California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows convicted killer Gregory Powell. Powell, who was convicted of killing a Los Angeles police officer during an infamous kidnapping in 1963 that inspired Joseph Wambaughís true-life crime novel ìThe Onion Field,î has died in a California prison. He was 79. (AP Photo/California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Man says he shot mama bear, tried to find home for cubs</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/08/12124890-man-says-he-shot-mama-bear-tried-to-find-home-for-cubs</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/08/12124890-man-says-he-shot-mama-bear-tried-to-find-home-for-cubs</guid><category>california</category><category>cubs</category><category>cage</category><category>california-department</category><category>wardens</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>cubs'</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Jun 2012 15:28:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why California Spent $205,000 To Move A $15 Shrubbery</title>
<description><![CDATA[
California is broke. The national debt continues to spiral out of control. So, it's perhaps a little bit of a surprise that the California Department of Transportation, along with some help from the federal government, spent $205,000 in 2010 to move a shrub that's available at &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Desertzonie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Desertzonie]]></source><link>http://desertjeeper49.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/16/11235797-why-california-spent-205000-to-move-a-15-shrubbery</link><guid>http://desertjeeper49.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/16/11235797-why-california-spent-205000-to-move-a-15-shrubbery</guid><category>endangered-species-act</category><category>home-garden</category><category>california-department</category><category>san-francisco-bays</category><category>mother-plant</category><category>california-native-plant-society</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:59:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=desertjeeper49C13944FA-C1FE-494B-5538-78C233FF43EC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=desertjeeper49C13944FA-C1FE-494B-5538-78C233FF43EC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How Sex Offender Registries Fail Us      - YouTube  </title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nebraska RXO Newsline]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nebraska RXO Newsline]]></source><link>http://nebraska-rxo-newsline.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/15/10698517-how-sex-offender-registries-fail-us-youtube</link><guid>http://nebraska-rxo-newsline.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/15/10698517-how-sex-offender-registries-fail-us-youtube</guid><category>us-news</category><category>california-department</category><category>salem-witch</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:49:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=nebraska-rso-newslineC9917B64-E079-6862-0DAF-E62EB4D80B48.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=nebraska-rso-newslineC9917B64-E079-6862-0DAF-E62EB4D80B48.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>5 states may intervene in Honda hybrid settlement</title>
<description><![CDATA[A judge on Tuesday granted California and four other states more time to consider objecting to a class-action settlement between Honda Motor Co. and car owners over inflated fuel-efficiency claims about the automaker's hybrid vehicles.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elliot Spagat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Elliot Spagat]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/14/10407244-5-states-may-intervene-in-honda-hybrid-settlement</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/14/10407244-5-states-may-intervene-in-honda-hybrid-settlement</guid><category>us</category><category>suit</category><category>honda</category><category>hybrid</category><category>us-news</category><category>california-department</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:57:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gov. Brown proposes big changes in CalWORKS </title>
<description><![CDATA[Gov. Brown proposes big changes in CalWORKS]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arieus]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Arieus]]></source><link>http://kissmygrits1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/16/10169451-gov-brown-proposes-big-changes-in-calworks</link><guid>http://kissmygrits1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/16/10169451-gov-brown-proposes-big-changes-in-calworks</guid><category>business</category><category>politics</category><category>us-news</category><category>california-department</category><category>jerry-brown</category><category>public-policy-institute</category><category>fresno-county</category><category>michael-weston</category><category>child-maintenance</category><category>previous-page-similar</category><category>editorial-fresno-county</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:56:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Correction: Bay Bridge-Safety Tests</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a story Nov. 14 about a California Department of Transportation employee accused of falsifying safety tests, The Associated Press, relying on information from Caltrans, reported erroneously that one of the falsified reports involved an overpass in San Bernardino. Caltrans says the overpass instead is in nearby Riverside.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/23/8982964-correction-bay-bridge-safety-tests</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/23/8982964-correction-bay-bridge-safety-tests</guid><category>us</category><category>bridge</category><category>bay</category><category>us-news</category><category>california-department</category><category>safety-tests</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:50:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Agency fires tech, says San Francisco bridge safe</title>
<description><![CDATA[The California Department of Transportation moved swiftly Monday to try to reassure the public that the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and other highway projects around the state are safe, announcing it had fired a technician responsible for seismic testing on the bridge after an investigation found he had falsified safety tests on other projects.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Juliet Williams]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Juliet Williams]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/14/8803378-agency-fires-tech-says-san-francisco-bridge-safe</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/14/8803378-agency-fires-tech-says-san-francisco-bridge-safe</guid><category>us</category><category>bridge</category><category>tests</category><category>us-news</category><category>san-francisco-oakland-bay-bridge</category><category>california-department</category><category>bay-bridge</category><category>safety-tests</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:15:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0d6ba986-fb7b-4510-8841-1f9da0c072c1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="242" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0d6ba986-fb7b-4510-8841-1f9da0c072c1.jpg" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2007 file photo, work continues on the new eastern span of the Oakland-San Francisco Bay bridge seen from Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. The California Department of Transportation on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 said it has fired a technician who falsified safety tests and was responsible for seismic testing to ensure the safety of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.  (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Stanford Hospital Patients' Private Data Was Posted Online</title>
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A medical privacy breach involving Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., led to the public posting of data for 20,000 emergency room patients, including names and diagnosis codes, on a commercial Web site for nearly a year, the hospital has confirmed.
Although medical security&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/08/7676829-stanford-hospital-patients-private-data-was-posted-online</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/08/7676829-stanford-hospital-patients-private-data-was-posted-online</guid><category>technology</category><category>security</category><category>human-services</category><category>public-health</category><category>u-s-news</category><category>medical-records</category><category>california-department</category><category>information-breech</category><category>diagnosis-stanford-hospital</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Sep 2011 23:21:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2885E1719-35E6-55A2-02C2-F6879F7BB5AF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2885E1719-35E6-55A2-02C2-F6879F7BB5AF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Trees strengthen levees in some case, study finds</title>
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For years, California flood control officials have pleaded with the U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[dcstone01]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[dcstone01]]></source><link>http://dcstone01.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/27/7498607-trees-strengthen-levees-in-some-case-study-finds</link><guid>http://dcstone01.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/27/7498607-trees-strengthen-levees-in-some-case-study-finds</guid><category>katrina</category><category>new-orleans</category><category>delta</category><category>levees</category><category>water</category><category>wildlife</category><category>hawks</category><category>trees</category><category>floods</category><category>us-news</category><category>rivers</category><category>salmon</category><category>arbor</category><category>water-resources</category><category>waterways</category><category>california-department</category><category>flood-risk</category><category>uprooting</category><category>us-army-corp-of-engineers</category><category>print-trees</category><category>flood-safety</category><category>riparian-habitat</category><pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:11:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Arson determined to be cause of San Diego Co fire</title>
<description><![CDATA[Investigators determined that arson caused a wildfire that has burned more than 21 square miles of grass, brush and timber in northeastern San Diego County, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/25/7159833-arson-determined-to-be-cause-of-san-diego-co-fire</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/25/7159833-arson-determined-to-be-cause-of-san-diego-co-fire</guid><category>us</category><category>wildfires</category><category>california</category><category>american-indian</category><category>us-news</category><category>san-diego-county</category><category>california-department</category><category>fire-protection</category><category>san-diego-county-indian</category><category>borrego-springs</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:08:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>CA lawmakers pass bill to teach LGBT history</title>
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A bill to require California public schools to teach the historical accomplishments of gay men and lesbians passed the state Legislature on Tuesday in what supporters call a first for the nation.
Governor Jerry Brown, a Democrat, has not said publicly whether he supports the bil&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/06/7024591-ca-lawmakers-pass-bill-to-teach-lgbt-history</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/06/7024591-ca-lawmakers-pass-bill-to-teach-lgbt-history</guid><category>education</category><category>curriculum</category><category>california-department</category><category>lgbt-community</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Jul 2011 10:27:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bridge Comes to San Francisco, With Made-in-China Label - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[This is the kind of BS that needs to stop.&nbsp; I don't blame California for saving themselves 400 million plus but do blame them&nbsp;since they&nbsp;have allowed the unions to put them out of business sending millions of jobs overseas.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rick-673281]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rick-673281]]></source><link>http://rmcanall.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/28/6964108-bridge-comes-to-san-francisco-with-made-in-china-label-nytimescom</link><guid>http://rmcanall.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/28/6964108-bridge-comes-to-san-francisco-with-made-in-china-label-nytimescom</guid><category>times</category><category>us-news</category><category>top-news</category><category>california-department</category><category>bay-bridge</category><category>obamabay-area</category><category>but-california</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:54:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fnws2Frmcanall2F6964090.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fnws2Frmcanall2F6964090.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FBI &amp;#8212; Child Molester Who Photographed His Sexual Assaults Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison</title>
<description><![CDATA["An El Monte man who sexually molested a 5-year-old child for at least a year and admitted taking pictures of the attacks – images that were discovered when he applied to be an officer with the California Highway Patrol – was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lets look at the facts]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lets look at the facts]]></source><link>http://letslookatthefacts.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/22/6921438-fbi-child-molester-who-photographed-his-sexual-assaults-sentenced-to-30-years-in-federal-prison</link><guid>http://letslookatthefacts.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/22/6921438-fbi-child-molester-who-photographed-his-sexual-assaults-sentenced-to-30-years-in-federal-prison</guid><category>california-highway-patrol</category><category>us-news</category><category>california-department</category><category>united-states-attorney8217-s</category><category>el-monte</category><category>wright-ii</category><category>los-angeles-county-department</category><category>safe-team</category><category>los-angeles-county-sheriff8217-s</category><category>assault-felony-enforcement</category><category>los-angeles8212-an</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:35:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>