It had been billed as the inaugural Pasadena Marathon, but the best-laid plans ... the race has been trumped by the massive Southern California fires.

The Tea Fire in Montecito and Santa Barbara which broke out at 6 p.m. last night has been devastating with more than 100 houses destroyed and one person dead. I was utterly shocked to see on the news tonight that the Episcopal Mt. Calvary Benedictine Monastery in Santa Barbara burned down last night although the brothers were able to get out most of the books, some of the art and the computers.

On Sunday, we will see the first Pasadena Marathon, and despite much of the attention in Southern California being focused on the Yorba Linda / Anaheim Hills fire, which originally started in Montecito, the race will go on.

According to reports from San Diego Union Tribune and KNX1070 the wildfire in Yorba Linda has already burned 18 buildings in Orange Conty. Yorba Linda Fire is now becoming the focus of the California wildfires that has caused much damage and resulted in State of Emergency in California.

California is working hard to keep homeowners in their homes. The Governor's task force on non-traditional home loans has partnered with Univision to host call-in shows to reach Spanish-speaking homeowners and educate them on how to reduce their foreclosure risk. And Californians can call the HOPE hotline anytime at 888-95-HOPE.

Governor Schwarzenegger toured a neighborhood damaged by the Tea Fire and was briefed on the status of the fire. The Governor today proclaimed a state of emergency in Los Angeles County as a result of the Sayre Fire which has already burned over 2,600 acres, damaged or destroyed over 165 homes and required mandatory evacuations and road closures.

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." The head of a voter registration group hired by the California Republican Party was arrested over the weekend for allegedly lying about his address in the state in order to appear to meet the legal requirement that all signature gatherers be eligible to vote in California.

On Wednesday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger began signing into law over 800 bills have sat on his desk while the California budget was negotiated. He had vowed to not sign anything until a budget was signed, and kept to his word. One of the first he signed: a bill banning text messaging while driving.

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.

Budget delays make the governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger to cut thousands of jobs, make hiring freeze and pay minimum wage to free up money to pay state's bill. California has no budget today. Schwarzenegger signed the executive order in front of cameras to make some extra cash available for the state until the budget is cut hopefully in the next few days.

A magnitude-5.4 earthquake shook Southern California at 11:42 a.m. today, report Cal Tech referring on Chino Hills earthquake.

California air regulators have approved the toughest rules in the United States to reduce harmful emissions from ocean-going ships using the state's ports.