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PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: For a change, a pleasant, even delightful and funny story from the Associated Press about President Bush. An AP reporter accompanied GWB on what the reporter described as a "lung-busting" mountain bike ride this morning in Northern California, and later filed this report (unfortunately no photos were up on Yahoo as of 1:00pm Pacific time): Bush Takes Muddy Bike Ride on Earth Day By SCOTT LINDLAW, Associated Press Writer LAS POSADAS STATE FOREST, Calif. - President Bush marked Earth Day with a lung-busting mountain bike ride high above Napa County wine country, dodging ruts that...

Bush marks Earth Day with focus on alternative fuels SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - President George W. Bush marked Earth Day on Saturday by highlighting technology that could reduce U.S. dependence on oil, while Democrats used a spike in gas prices to criticize White House energy policy. With oil prices hitting a record high this week and gas at the pump topping $3 a gallon in some places, Democrats hoping to win control of the U.S. Congress in November elections seized on the issue to make a populist argument against big oil companies and Republicans' ties to them. Critics are also...

Protesters force Bush to move Stanford meeting President Bush's visit to Stanford University's Hoover Institution was quickly moved to another location after more than 1,000 protesters converged around the Hoover tower. The White House said the protesters blocked the only road into the central areaof the campus where Hoover is located, which forced a meeting with several Hoover fellows to be moved to the campus home of former Secretary of State George Shultz, a Hoover fellow who organized the gathering. The motorcade instead traveled to the house, which is on the outer edge of campus. The change in plans delayed...

SCHWARZENEGGER SEEKS FUNDS FOR LEVEE FIXES, IMMIGRATION President Bush and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will meet briefly Friday in Silicon Valley, where the governor hopes to press for more federal funding to shore up California's aging levees and win reimbursement for incarceration of illegal immigrants. Schwarzenegger is expected to meet the president when he touches down in the Bay Area. The governor will ride with Bush in the presidential motorcade to Cisco Systems in San Jose, where they will appear together. There, Bush plans to discuss his American Competitiveness Initiative with a handful of Silicon Valley executives, including host Cisco CEO...

Today President Bush flew to the left coast to participate in a panel discussion on the American competitiveness Initiative at the Cisco Systems, Inc. headquarters building in San Jose, California, he was joined by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

President Bush is extending his weekend trip to California to speak Monday in Irvine on the volatile issue of immigration reform. Bush will speak to the Orange County Business Council between 8 and 9 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency Irvine, according to Myal Greene, spokesman for Rep. John Campbell, R-Irvine. The president has repeatedly said he favors a comprehensive approach to immigration reform, one that strengthens borders and includes a guest-worker program that matches "willing workers with jobs that Americans won't do." That position puts him at odds with many Republicans in Orange County, including Campbell, who plans to attend...

HIGH-TECH AGENDA TRUMPETED AS FIX TO NATION'S WOES The competitiveness plan that President Bush is touting today in San Jose was largely the brainchild of Silicon Valley leaders. So, when he talks to 250 high-tech leaders and workers at Cisco Systems this afternoon, it's more than a presidential visit -- it's recognition that Silicon Valley has gained more influence than ever in his administration. ``He cribbed from our innovation agenda,'' House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said in San Francisco this week, adding that Bush isn't putting enough money into basic education and is ignoring other key issues, such as investing...

.Apr 20, 2006 7:28 am US/PacificPresident Bush's California ItineraryPresident Bush begins his four-day visit to California today. Here is his schedule. FRIDAY (4/21)Visits Cisco Systems in San Jose and talks with Silicon Valley executives about the American Competitiveness Initiative. After this even is when Governor schwarzenegger says he'll make a direct appeal to the president for federal help to repair the state's levees. SATURDAY (4/22)Tours the California Fuel Cell Partnership in West Sacramento, speaks on advanced transportation technology. Attends a Republican National Committee fundraiser in Palm Springs. SUNDAY (4/23)Attends church service and has lunch with troops at Marine Corps Air...

President George W. Bush is likely to get a large welcome from the county's highly vocal anti-illegal immigration activists when he comes to Irvine on Monday morning to pitch his immigration plan.

Take that, Stanford. Two San Jose State students have been asked by the White House to represent budding Silicon Valley engineering talent and rub shoulders with President Bush on Friday when he visits Cisco Systems. College of Engineering Dean Belle Wei said she got a call Tuesday from a valley ``Republican heavyweight,'' asking for names. Wei said she thinks SJSU got the call because ``we have normal students, not Stanford students, privileged students.'' After all, Bush is in town to tout his plan for keeping American industry competitive in the computer age. Wei has tapped two of her top students,...

Dear Fellow Republicans, As you have probably heard, President Bush is coming to Napa County, very near to us! As you have also probably heard, there are going to be many counter demonstrators out to harass him. The Napa County Republican Party has organized a couple of rallies to show our opposition to his critics and to show our support for President Bush. We received the following message from The Napa County Republicans: Sonoma County Republican Party http://www.sonomagop.org/ President Bush is coming to Napa Valley this Friday evening! He will be staying at Meadowood Resort on Friday and leaving Saturday...

They've found reason to avoid each other in recent months, but President Bush is scheduled to meet Friday afternoon with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, officials with both administrations said. It won't be a long session -- just enough time for the governor to press his fellow Republican on such vital California issues as the state's fragile levee system and immigration, aides in both camps said Tuesday. Schwarzenegger will meet Bush at the airport in San Jose, then ride in the president's limousine for a joint appearance at Cisco Systems. Bush will pitch the American Competitiveness Initiative, which, if approved by Congress,...

<p>WASHINGTON -- President Bush heads to California next weekend where he will celebrate Earth Day on Saturday with a tour of the California Fuel Cell Partnership in West Sacramento.</p> <p>It will be the president's first visit to the Sacramento area since his 2000 election.</p>