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SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - Warning that California's capital was unprepared to handle major flooding, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called on Thursday for more federal spending on Sacramento's levees. Schwarzenegger outlined his request for more than $92 million in federally funded projects in letters to Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California and Republican U.S. Rep. Richard Pombo. "Many parts of our Central Valley have significantly lower levels of flood protection than...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- A scientist from University of California, Berkeley confirmed Wednesday that a cluster of fossilized bones found in Silicon Valley are likely those of a mammoth that roamed the area between 10,000 and 40,000 years ago. Local officials uncovered on Tuesday what appear to be a massive pelvic bone, ribcage fragments and a tusk in the sandy banks of a canal adjacent to San Jose's Guadalupe River, which was recently dredged for flood protection. "It looks like there...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California lawmakers passed a bill on Wednesday that provides financing to complete a new span for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, clearing the way for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign it into law. Completion of the $6 billion project on one of California's most important conveyances will be financed with $630 million in state funds and $820 million from refinancing bonds previously issued for the bridge work. Funding also will come from a $1 toll increase...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California lawmakers passed a bill on Wednesday that provides financing to complete a new span for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, clearing the way for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign it into law. Completion of the $6 billion project on one of California's most important conveyances will be financed with $630 million in state funds and $820 million from refinancing bonds previously issued for the bridge work. Funding also will come from a $1 toll increase...
