Saturday, June 21, 2008
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		SFChron: Big Leap In State Unemployment Rate
		
 - SJMerc: Silicon Valley jobless rate rises even as more workers are on payrolls
 - OakTrib: California's unemployment rate rises to 6.8 percent
 - OakTrib: Peninsula adds jobs while economy slides
 - CCTimes: Losses signal possible job recession
 - ModBee: Jobless rate climbs in May
 - VentStar: Market for jobs soften in county
 - LADN: Jobless rate in state is up to 6.8%
 - SDUT: S.D. jobless at 5-year high
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		ChicST: Novak: Crumbling Crist
		
 - MiamiHer: Crist's road show gets panned in California
 - WPTV: Columnist criticizes, GOP honcho defends Crist
 - LAT: Charlie Crist gets panned in Orange County
 - FR: O.C. Register's Mickadeit Pans Florida's Crist
 
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		FresBee: Parra says she'll stay a Democrat, for now
		
 - BakCal: Parra blasts back, says she's staying a Democrat
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		StockRec: Brown puts pressure on Stockton
		
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		SacBee: Bush rejects demand for papers in state air dispute
		
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		SFChron: Scorching Friday
		
 - SFChron: California Swelters In Heat Wave
 - SFChron: Forest Service to beef up firefighting ranks
 - SJMerc: Location of cooling centers
 - SJMerc: Tabling fire by the numbers
 - SJMerc: Coast inferno: Scorching heat fuels fire's fast spread from Highway 1
 - OakTrib: Fast-moving wildfire east of Highway 1 in Santa Cruz County burns homes
 - StockRec: Spanos donates $25,000 for aid
 - StockRec: Stanislaus National Forest campfire restrictions start
 - ModBee: Area feels the heat from a dry spring
 - FresBee: The heat is on
 - SCSent: Thousands of homes evacuated; South County blaze 50 percent contained
 - SLOTrib: At 111, San Luis Obispo flirts with record temperature
 - VentStar: Ojai's 110 degrees is county's hottest
 - LAT: Southern California sizzles in triple-digit heat
 - LAT: Firefighters gain ground on blaze
 - LADN: Closed city pools keep some in the Valley hot
 - SBSun: Area replete with heat
 - RivPE: Triple-digit temperatures expected to hang on through weekend
 - OCReg: Temperatures to soar into 90s for third day
 - SDUT: Heat records broken already
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		SDUT: Ag chief lists reasons for rising food prices
		
 - SDUT: School lunch prices rise
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		SFChron: This Summer's Going Nowhere
		
 - SFChron: Fuel costs may raise mass transit fares
 - SJMerc: Free transit service brings ridership to record highs
 - SJMerc: Gas prices fall by fractions of a penny
 - SJMerc: Gas prices take a breather
 - OakTrib: Free BART smashes record
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		SFChron: 'Man And Woman' Gone From Marriage Law
		
 - SJMerc: Groups seek to block gay-marriage initiative
 - SJMerc: In lieu of wedding gifts, gay couples asking for political donations
 - LAT: Gay weddings are not quite a piece of cake
 - LAT: Employees told they must perform same-sex marriages or they'll be reassigned
 - OCReg: No letup in demand for same-sex marriage licenses
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		SJMerc: Delta water plan will cost billions
		
 - CCTimes: New vision out for Delta
 - LADN: Changes on tap for water
 - RivPE: Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District board member suggests scrapping hydroelectric project
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		SacBee: Chief of prison guards union defends hiring of parolee
		
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		LADN: Border governors worried
		
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		SacBee: California cuisine follows state's delegation to Capitol Hill
		
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		SacBee: Would plan raise rich people's burden?
		
 - SFChron: McCain defends NAFTA, gets applause on a visit to Canada
 - LAT: McCain, Obama each surpass $21 million in May fundraising
 - LAT: Asking John McCain 'The Question'
 - LADN: Republican Hagel as Obama veep?
 - SBSun: Latino activists plan `Viva Obama Clubs' to aid candidacy
 - NYTimes: Ready to Attack Obama, if Some Money Arrives
 
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The Golden Pen
		SDUT: Msg NOT!, no mercy, no excuses
		
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		SacBee: Different year, same yammering about California's budget deficit
		
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		OCReg: Will Solorio put the union above public again?
		
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		SacBee: Millions to guard incapacitated inmates? Crazy
		
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		SDUT: McCain is anything but clear on immigration
		
 - SacBee: Sacramento County's struggle to close $123.7 million budget gap leaves workforce mostly untouched
 - SacBee: Ridership is up, but RT faces budget cuts
 - SacBee: With bond funds approved, Sacramento railyard design to begin
 - SacBee: City of Sacramento loses track of thousands of water meters
 - SacBee: W. Sac to donate land for Indian center
 - SJMerc: Vote OKs tightening marijuana use policy
 - OakTrib: Caltrans supports proposal to eliminate school routes from public bus lines
 - OakTrib: Tree sitter comes down voluntarily; at least seven remain in oaks
 - OakTrib: Tensions high with Edgerly under fire
 - OakTrib: County Board of Supervisors approve new budget
 - OakTrib: Energy commissioner recommends denial of Eastshore plant
 - OakTrib: Newark builds case for fifth-grade sex education
 - CCTimes: First Lady names San Ramon a Preserve America community
 - StockRec: Budget plan calls for layoffs
 - StockRec: Calaveras loses appeal on jail funds
 - StockRec: Jury blasts transit district
 - ModBee: Stanislaus loses out on state grant funds
 - FresBee: Saint Agnes suspends open-heart surgeries
 - FresBee: Fresno Co. approves controversial $1.7b budget
 - FresBee: Emergency vehicles get help
 - FresBee: Central Unified bond measure may not be over
 - SCSent: County agency jumps in driver's seat for new highway project
 - SLOTrib: Power restored along coast
 - SLOTrib: City councilman wants voters' say on Wal-Mart
 - SLOTrib: Grizzly Youth Academy: At-risk teens earn diplomas
 - VentStar: Moorpark approves shopping cart amendment
 - VentStar: Proposed budget for Oxnard is down slightly
 - VentStar: Foreclosures considered for shelters
 - VentStar: Assessments will offset what state takes, board says
 - VentStar: City votes to raise business fee
 - VentStar: Jurors visit La Conchita before trial on mudslide
 - LAT: L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is getting in plenty of travel
 - LAT: Graduation rates declining in L.A. Unified despite higher enrollment, study finds
 - LAT: Low ridership drives Megabus out of business in L.A.
 - LAT: State panel OKs bond funds for improvements in Staples Center area
 - LAT: Federal officials to audit staffing levels of air traffic controllers at LAX
 - LADN: Leaner city budget OK'd in Palmdale
 - SBSun: Meat worker may do a year
 - RivPE: Chino slaughterhouse worker accepts plea deal
 - RivPE: Search warrants focused on Inland GOP donor, court documents show
 - RivPE: Agency rules Riverside, Colton raw cement piles to be enclosed
 - RivPE: Democrats: Mayor needs to apologize
 - LAT: Carona told sheriff's employee to deny they had sex, prosecutors allege
 - OCReg: Prosecutors want to admit witness-tampering allegations against Carona
 - OCReg: New sheriff has new style
 - SDUT: Sand-tax backers in Encinitas may try again
 
