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LOS ANGELES In celebrity-studded events this week, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger conspicuously advertised his moderate Republican credentials, signing Democratic bills to combat global warming and withdraw state investments from companies in war-torn Sudan. "Democrats and Republicans can work together," the governor told an audience in Malibu, trumpeting a central plank of his re-election drive. But a less-visible promotion was taking place, almost simultaneously. In a Republican-sponsored advertisement being distributed by telephone, Schwarzenegger is portrayed as tough and resolute on illegal immigration an issue with potent appeal among Republican conservatives. His Democratic opponent, Phil Angelides, is depicted as a softy. "It is...

BURBANK – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said yesterday he could not say how the state would respond if San Diego's troubled pension system forces California's second-largest city into bankruptcy, but suggested it would force his ill-fated move to overhaul public pension systems back on the public agenda. "Our state has billions and billions of dollars of unfunded pensions and liabilities and it is going to be very tough on the state when all of this comes out," the governor said yesterday. San Diego mayoral candidates Donna Frye and Jerry Sanders have suggested they would seek to put the city into bankruptcy...