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... California residents have come face-to-face with an uncomfortable new reality: Large swaths of the state—by itself the fifth-largest economy in the world, and home to the globe’s most technologically advanced companies—may be subject to the sort of abrupt blackouts normally associated with underdeveloped countries. The state’s three big investor-owned utilities now have regulatory permission to cut off power to parts of their service territories during strong winds to reduce the risk of their electric lines causing wildfires, after at least 21 blazes linked to utility equipment killed more than 100 people and burned tens of thousands of homes in...

The Recall of Gov. Newsom is now in full swing. The info and forms on this web page are excellent. Print the form - 14 inch paper and follow directions. I re-printed 20 pages at Staples and half are already easily signed. It's Nip Newsom time. https://recallnewsom.us/

Eyewitness account: This video was shot minutes after a union advocate destroyed several petitions at a recall Jim Holperin Rally in Merill, WI. The event was moved to the court house grounds because the private location originally slated to host the event was threatened with arson. It should be noted that police were present when the protestor (sic) destroyed these recall petitions, but stated to us that there was nothing they could do about it. The female protestor (sic), who had a young child with her, approached the recall table pretending to be interested in signing the petition, then proceeded...

BATON ROUGE, La. - A Republican who says she has never worked on a political campaign filed documents Tuesday launching a drive to oust Gov. Kathleen Blanco, who was harshly criticized for her response to hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Kat Landry, who filed a recall petition with state elections officials, said Louisiana needs new leadership to recover from the storms' back-to-back blows. "What we have seen in the past few months is a lack of leadership, a lack of communication, a lack of understanding of how to get things done," Landry said. In Louisiana, getting a recall on the ballot...

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - A Venezuelan judge on Tuesday ordered the arrests of three dissident National Guard officers in connection with bomb attacks on Spanish and Colombian diplomatic offices in Caracas in February. State prosecutor Danilo Anderson said the judge gave the order after authorities produced evidence implicating Gen. Felipe Rodriguez and Lts. German Varela and Jose Colina in the Feb. 25 blasts that badly damaged a technical office of the Spanish mission and Colombia's consulate. Five people, including a 4-year-old girl, were injured in the blasts. "We are trying to locate these individuals," Anderson told reporters. The three were...

POLL: Almost half of voters in favor of governor's recall Robert Salladay, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau Thursday, June 12, 2003 ©2003 San Francisco Chronicle | Feedback URL: http://sfchronicle.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/06/12/MN202998.DTL Sacramento -- Nearly half of California voters want to see Gov. Gray Davis removed from office in a recall election, according to a public opinion survey released Wednesday, seven months after Davis was re-elected. The survey is more bad news for Davis but only a rough snapshot of a rapidly changing political situation. Recall organizers have until Sept. 2 to collect enough signatures to trigger a recall ballot in the winter or...

Candidates hear loud knock of opportunity RECALL: Electoral free-for-all could choose next governor Carla Marinucci and John Wildermuth, Chronicle Political Writers Thursday, June 12, 2003 Want to govern the world's sixth largest economy? Join the parade. Even though the statewide effort to recall Gov. Gray Davis hasn't yet gathered the required 900,000 valid signatures to qualify for the ballot, the buzz is on in California political circles. If it happens, the green flag will start the engines of a political demolition derby never before seen in the state. "It's the wild, wild West," said GOP consultant Sean Walsh. "If you're...

<p>Elk Grove, Sacramento County -- Mike Todd says there is something "viral" about the work collecting signatures to oust Gov. Gray Davis from office.</p> <p>It spreads and multiplies on Internet chat rooms and conservative talk radio, outside the sliding doors of Target and Wal-Mart, in strip mall parking lots and offices, until it becomes a force in itself.</p>