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Swap Meet: Jerry Probes Celeb Sex & Drug Secrets



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Scoop of the week: Green with envy kudos to the Chron’s irrepressible Carla Marinucci for her blog disclosure that AG Jerry Brown has insinuated his office into an investigation of the role of prescription drugs in the Michael Jackson case. In revealing that General Jerry has waded into what the tabs like to call your… »

Still Gasping After Palin’s Wacko Step-Down Presser


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Calbuzz has seen a lot of weird stuff in politics before, but Sarah Palin’s mouth-breathing stream of semi-consciousnesses — with water fowl, no less — was right up there with the strangest of them.
After serving all of two and a half years as governor, Palin… »

Why Constitutional Convo Must Consider Prop 13


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By Mark Paul, Special to Calbuzz: If your goal is to make California governable again by restoring fiscal sanity and political accountability, there’s no way to avoid Prop 13. The 1978 Jarvis-Gann measure is not just a property tax limitation. It’s the hack that rewrote… »

Just In: Kennedy Whacks Davis, More on Gov Money


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Nasty Ringer from the Horseshoe: So Calbuzz is reading along Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal’s slobber job on Gov. Arnold’s COS Susan Kennedy and suddenly — KABOOM! —… »

Why the King of Pop Can’t Be Buried at Neverland


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By William Etling, Special to Calbuzz: The possibility of a Jackson museum put Santa Barbara County Supervisor Doreen Farr, elected on a slow-growth platform, on the political hot seat,… »

Grab Bag: Twitter Cash, New Rule, DiFi and Tony V


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Tweeting For Dollars: With the deadline for this quarter’s fundraising approaching fast (midnight tonight), Gavin Newsom, Jerry Brown and Steve Poizner all turned to their Twitter followers to raise… »

Calbuzz Face-Off: Drill Baby Drill, Yea or No Way?


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As the state’s budget battle drags on amid bitter debate over program cuts, there is equal acrimony over a revenue-raising proposal to allow drilling for oil in state waters… »

Yes: A Safe $1.8B Drilling Deal, Blessed by Enviros


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By Tom Sheehy, Special to Calbuzz: To re-cap: the product of an unprecedented agreement between an oil company and a coalition of environmental groups, the project would allow PXP… »

No: Arnold’s Plan is a Quick and Dirty Power Grab


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By Lt. Gov. John Garamendi, Special to Calbuzz: The science is clear; drilling for new oil now exposes our coast to the potential devastation caused by an oil spill… »

Does the Money Primary Matter in GOP Gov Race?


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Forty-nine weeks before California Republicans pick their candidate for governor, Tom Campbell is winning the Press Corps Primary, Steve Poizner leads the Attack Dog Primary and Meg Whitman is… »

Golden State Green Gurus Get Down


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By Matt Kettmann, Special to Calbuzz: More than 500 of California’s leading advocates of green just concluded the 8th annual Sustainability Conference, one of the most important environmental… »

Saturday Swap Meet: Jacko, Farrah & Ed, RIP


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That was the week that was: We’ll leave to more talented social commentators the task of weaving together the sad, always-happens-in-threes departures of Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael… »

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