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Thus, when I heard the governator opine that life in the state capitol in Sacramento would make the world’s greatest reality TV show, I was not surprised. But believe it or not, Arnie is the most normal guy in town...
...while the governor may be your average hyper-driven American with 22-inch biceps and a ridiculous accent, the rest of Sacramento is firmly rooted in the Bizarro World. The Hollywood-ready wackiness does not come from the Mr. Universe-turned-governor. Instead, it is provided by the legislature, the bureaucrats, and the generally bizarre attitude of California’s two-hours-from-anywhere (including the ocean) center of government...
...June 5 on suspicion of being linked to al-Qaeda. (They have pleaded not guilty.) Hamid was also on the TSA's no-fly list and could not return to the U.S., where the FBI was waiting to question him. But it turned out that an FBI agent in Sacramento had placed his name on the list. His name was removed, and he was allowed to fly--into the hands of waiting FBI agents. --By Brian Bennett, Sally B. Donnelly and Amanda Ripley
...California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger boasted last week at Yahoo!'s headquarters in Silicon Valley. Just two days later, the wealthy Republican--who campaigned on his self-proclaimed independence from special interests, and forgoes his $175,000 state salary--was trying hard to prove it after the Sacramento Bee reported that he had accepted a mondo free-lance gig from a muscle-magazine publisher. According to documents filed with the SEC, just days before taking office in 2003, Schwarzenegger signed a five-year consulting deal, worth at least $1 million annually, with a subsidiary of American Media Inc., publisher of Muscle...
...buoyed by a series of Pulitzer-prizewinning editorials in the Sacramento Bee, two new books and technical studies commissioned by the Oakland, Calif., office of Environmental Defense, the Restore Hetch Hetchy campaign is stirring up more interest than anyone expected. This week the California Resources Agency is host to a daylong workshop on the Hetch Hetchy question that promises to look broadly at what is known about the costs--and the benefits--of pulling the dam down...