California In Focus

San Jose Mercury News: Schwarzenegger will speak at convention -- if California has a budget. In focus: ""I'm honored to do anything to help him win, but the state and the budget are most important," the governor said Wednesday at a press conference in Sacramento after convention officials announced their lineup of speakers."

Los Angeles Times: Lead wheel weights to be phased out in California by end of 2009. In focus: "Lead wheel weights, widely used to balance vehicle tires and considered a threat to drinking water, will be phased out in California by e end of next year under a court settlement approved today."

Reuters: Tunnels to bring water to parched California. In focus: "A massive mechanical mole surfaced on Wednesday from a nearly 5-year journey under mountains in the final stages of a $1.2 billion tunnel project that will supply extra water to drought-hit Southern California."

Associated Press: More farm deaths in heat despite Calif. crackdown. In focus: "An Associated Press investigation found that an understaffed labor agency fails to consistently hold farms and labor contractors accountable for heat deaths or ensure they pay for violations and improve conditions in one of the most brutal jobs in America."

San Francisco Chronicle: Bush plan would cut off contraception coverage at Catholic employers. In focus: "A proposed Bush administration regulation on contraception and abortion would block California's requirement that Catholic hospitals and charities provide birth-control coverage for thousands of female employees, state Attorney General Jerry Brown and family-planning advocates said Wednesday."

NPR's Morning Edition: Calif. Requires Hybrid Cars To Make Some Noise. In focus: "California's legislature has passed a bill to ensure that the vehicles make enough noise that they'll be heard by sight-impaired people crossing the street."

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