Republican California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday spoke in favor of his plan to provide universal health care for all state residents, where he said some 6.7 million people live with no type of health insurance.
Pacific Gas & Electric, the major utility in Northern California, was to announce a commitment Wednesday to purchase 550 megawatts of solar power to be generated by troughlike arrays of mirrors in the Mojave Desert.
California has been one of the nation's largest markets for subprime mortgages in recent years, but with default at an all time high many lenders are suddenly facing bankruptcy.
