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SAN FRANCISCO, CA, January 27, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At a Mass held just hours before the 10th annual West Coast Walk for Life, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone praised young pro-life activists, but asked them to “look around and notice those who are your elders here in this church.” “They are the first generation of pro-lifers,” said Cordileone. “It is no understatement to say to you, my beloved young people, that you are here because of them.” Standing in front of at least 3,500 pro-life activists at St. Mary's Cathedral, the Archbishop compared today's pro-life efforts to those of 40...

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the appointment of Peter Siggins as a justice in the First District Court of Appeal, Division Three. Siggins, 50, of Sacramento, served as legal affairs secretary to Governor Schwarzenegger from November 2003 to November 2005. From September to November 2005, he served as the Governor's interim chief of staff. Prior to that, he was chief deputy attorney general for legal affairs responsible for all the legal work of the Department of Justice from 1999 to 2003. In this position, Siggins oversaw more than 1,100 lawyers that handle all litigation brought in the name of the...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced at a press conference last week that he'd chosen one of his predecessors' top aides to run his staff, he did something else unusual for a California governor. He pulled a list from his pocket of all the senior aides he said had left his administration because they were burned out, no longer felt like spending so much time away from their families or simply desired to return to the private sector and make more money. Schwarzenegger's decision to replace outgoing Chief of Staff Pat Clarey with Susan Kennedy, a Democrat and...