On Wednesday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger gave an ugly California State of the State Address. The address itself was not ugly; it's an ambitious agenda for his final year as Califonia governor. What is ugly is the reality of California's party-line politics and budget issues.

How can Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger expect California drivers to obey his hand held cell phone use while driving law if he can't even get his own wife to follow it. As recently as yesterday, Gov. Schwarzenegger's wife, Maria Shriver, was videotaped driving in Brentwood, California chatting away on her cell phone in one hand while driving with the other.

California governor, former actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is concerned about the migration of movie making and film industry to other U.S. states and has decided to take on this. Yesterday he announced that his government will give financial assistance to film and television shows (from Hollywood) that will be shot in California.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's new budget proposal to change California's sentencing guidelines would allow convicted criminals like Bernard Madoff to avoid going to prison according to Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to save the state $180 million by cutting short the prison sentences of undocumented immigrant inmates and handing them over to federal authorities for purposes of deportation.

Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger addressing the budget says we have no time to waste. We are not the Washington and we don't have our own money to print.

Calm winds early Wednesday had reduced the blazes in the San Bernardino area to mere smoke plumes earlier today, but the fires roared back with a vengeance as predicted 50MPH gusts took hold.

Based off of his “four-legged stool” blueprint, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an historic budget package to solve California’s $42 billion deficit that takes the necessary steps to reduce spending, bring in new revenue, improve our business climate and create jobs, and make government more efficient. Additionally, the Governor today used his line item veto authority to achieve nearly $1 billion more in General Fund (GF) savings for the state.

California has spearheaded efforts among the U.S. states to pass far-reaching laws on energy and the environment, sometimes bypassing the federal government. California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is urging state and provincial leaders around the world to follow that example. Mike O'Sullivan reports, a California conference brought pledges of support to fight climate change from regional officials in 19 countries.

As the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) approaches completion, researchers are preparing for the scientific grand challenges of providing limitless clean fusion-based energy, national security and understanding the science of the cosmos.

In a bid to show frustration with Legislature's lack of progress in reaching an agreement on the budget, the Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger said today that he will sign no more bills of any kind until the Legislature completes work on a state budget.