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Valerie Gotten

Valerie Gotten
Valerie G has been an editor with California Newswire for several years, is a gifted theremin player, can quote copious lines from 'Red Dwarf' and also knows where her towel is. Oddly, she does not drive, nor does she take the bus. She identifies as both human and democrat.

$49.6 Million in Recovery Funding Awarded to Advance Local State Energy Efficiency Programs

SACRAMENTO /California Newswire/ -- California today received $49.6 million to advance local energy efficiency programs under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Energy...

Gov. Schwarzenegger Announces Low Interest Federal Loans Available for Residents, Business Owners Affected by Station Fire

SACRAMENTO /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has declared Los Angeles County a disaster area...

Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Executive Order to Advance State’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard to 33 Percent by 2020

SACRAMENTO /California Newswire/ -- Advancing California’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the state’s renewable energy, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed an...

California Leads Nation with Over $2 Billion in Federal Obligations for Highway Transportation Recovery Act Funding

SACRAMENTO /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced that over $2 billion in Recovery Act funding has now been federally obligated to 620...

Gov. Schwarzenegger Appoints Nancy Ayers to Ventura County Superior Court

SACRAMENTO /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the appointment of Nancy L. Ayers to a judgeship in the Ventura County Superior Court. Ayers,...

Gov. Schwarzenegger Announces Nation’s Largest State-Sponsored Green Jobs Training Program

SACRAMENTO /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today toured the Los Angeles Trade Technical College where he announced the creation of the Clean Energy...

Gov. Schwarzenegger Applies for $1.1 Billion in Recovery Funds

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today submitted 42 applications for $1.1 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) funding...

Governor Schwarzenegger Launches MyIdea4CA Web Site

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today launched www.MyIdea4CA.com, a Web site for Twitter users to share their ideas for moving California...

Second Annual Freestyle Employee Exhibition of Fine-art Photography

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- The Gallery at the Creative Center for Photography Proudly Presents..."FREESTYLE EXPOSED... THE TRADITION CONTINUES!" For over six decades, Freestyle...

Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Legislation Giving Law Enforcement Additional Resources to Monitor and Prosecute Sex Offenders

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- This past Thursday, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the signing of two bills that will give law enforcement officials additional...

Gov. Schwarzenegger Announces Fish and Game Commission Appointment

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the following appointment: Donald Benninghoven, 76, of Santa Barbara, has been appointed to the...

Gov. Schwarzenegger Announces Education Assistance for California National Guard Members

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the California National Guard Education Assistance Program (CNGEAP), a new program he made sure...

Gov. Schwarzenegger Congratulates Sara Granda on California Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Her to Take California Bar Exam

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today issued the following statement congratulating Sara Granda on the California Supreme Court ruling which will...

Governor Schwarzenegger Issues Statement Following State Bar’s Refusal to Seat Sara Granda

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued the following statement on the State Bar’s refusal to seat Sara Granda, a 29-year-old law...

Gov. Schwarzenegger Issues Statement on Passage of No Tax Increase Budget Revision

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today issued the following statement after the Assembly and Senate passed a revision to California’s 2009-10...

Governor Schwarzenegger Issues Statement Regarding the Death of U.S. Forest Service Firefighter

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today released the following statement regarding the death of U.S. Forest Service Firefighter Thomas Marovich of...

Governor Schwarzenegger Offers Rewards for Information in Two Unsolved Murder Cases

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today offered rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction in a California court of...

Gov. Schwarzenegger Appoints Jerome Horton to California Board of Equalization

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the appointment of Jerome Horton to represent the 4th District for the California Board...

Governor Schwarzenegger Appoints Eight to Los Angeles County Superior Court

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the appointments of Stephanie M. Bowick, Henry J. Hall, Ralph C. Hofer, Renee F....

Governor Schwarzenegger Appoints Debra Harris to San Bernardino County Superior Court

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the appointment of Debra Harris to a judgeship in the San Bernardino County Superior...

Governor Schwarzenegger Appoints Two to Orange County Superior Court

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the appointments of Deborah J. Chuang and Walter P. Schwarm to judgeships in the...

Governor Schwarzenegger Applauds Decision to Reject Workers’ Compensation Rate Increase

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday applauded Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner’s decision to reject the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s request...

Art Book Combines Chaos, God and Sex with Digital Imaging – ‘Fractopia’ by Christopher L. Simmons

TORRANCE, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Christopher Simmons' "Fractopia" (ISBN: 978-0-9710555-0-6, hardcover - limited edition, Neotrope Press), collects the best of Simmons' abstract images created...

Dr. Michael Sundine Joins Board of Renaissance Surgical Arts at Newport Harbor

COSTA MESA, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Renaissance Surgical Arts at Newport Harbor, a new cutting edge outpatient surgical facility located within the Pacific Medical...

Gov. Schwarzenegger Applauds EPA Decision Granting California Authority to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today issued the following statement after U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted California a waiver to...

Gov. Schwarzenegger Announces California Green Jobs Corp Funding Recipients

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday announced the recipients of nearly $10 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act)...

CA Boom Design Show 2009 Discount Tickets Now on Sale

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- West Coast's Largest Design & Architecture Show, Beverly Hills, June 26-28: CA Boom Show Tickets went on sale...

Governor Schwarzenegger Offers Rewards for Information in Three Unsolved Murder Cases

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday offered rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction in a California court...

Neotrope Press Announces Publication of ‘Fractopia’ – a Fractal Art Book by Christopher Simmons

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Neotrope(R) Press announced today the publication of the limited edition of "Fractopia" (ISBN: 978-0-9710555-0-6, hardcover), by digital artist...

New Mystery Novel by Homa Pourasgari Examines Women’s Oppression in Saudi Arabia

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Linbrook Press announces a new novel, "The Dawn of Saudi" (ISBN: 978-0977-978-014), authored by Homa Pourasgari, scheduled to...

California Residents by the Thousands Are Getting Better Sleep Thanks to SleepBook.com

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Sit 'n Sleep, the sponsor of the recently-launched website SleepBook.com, announces an impressive level of user engagement for...

TeleManagement Technologies and 4TelecomHelp Partner for WinBill Solution

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- TeleManagement Technologies, Inc. (TTI) has added 4TelcomHelp as a strategic partner to market, distribute and provide service solutions...

Song Collaboration has a Unique Twist at Golosio Music Publishing

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Golosio Music Publishing (www.golosio.com) is just a few months old but it has discovered a new way to...

Loyalty Lab, Inc. Introduces Free Trial of Loyalty and CRM Products for Consumer Brands

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Loyalty Lab, Inc., the leader in on-demand loyalty and CRM for consumer brands, today announced the launch of...

CA Boom Design Show Descends on Southern California in June with Best of Modern Design and Architecture

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- The CA Boom Design Show (www.caboomshow.com) is North America's only multi-discipline non-traditional design trade fair exhibition combining the...

Authernative, Inc. Granted U.S. Patent on Communication Session Encryption and Authentication

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Authernative, Inc., the leading developer of innovative user authentication and identity management technologies, announced today that the United...

10th Annual FlagMag Flag Football World Cup Comes to San Diego

SAN DIEGO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Excited about baseball season, but still longing for your football fix? Mark your calendar for May 2nd and...

Californians Facing Tax Filing Deadline Encouraged to Make Charitable Contribution on State Tax Form

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- As Californians face the annual April 15th tax filing deadline, it is important for taxpayers to remember how...

Surviving Uncertainty: Timely Guide to Navigating These Challenging Times

PALO ALTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- A new e-book, available free from No Map. No Guide. No Limits.™, offers entertaining storytelling, thought-provoking ideas, and...

FBI Certifies SecuGen’s SDA04 OEM Fingerprint Sensor Module as FIPS 201/PIV Compliant

SANTA CLARA -- SecuGen is pleased to announce that the SDA04, an advanced single finger capture device, has been certified by the FBI as...

Germany’s Pintexx Software Launches exxHelp Doc Maker

LUDWIGSBURG, Germany -- Pintexx, a software company based in Ludwigsburg Germany is happy to announce the release of their new web-based help authoring system,...

Colorado’s Maxx Business Solutions Announces Rebranding and Business Opportunity

LONE TREE, Colo. -- Maxx Business Solutions, has completed a rebranding campaign aimed at highlighting their unique approach to the credit card processing industry....

New England’s Van Millwork Adds Hardwood Flooring to Product Offerings

NEEDHAM, Mass. -- Van Millwork, New England's leading millwork supplier and interior specialist, announced today that they will now be offering a wide variety...

Rimadesio Boston Introduces Abacus Closet System

BOSTON, Mass. -- Rimadesio, the Italian manufacturer of luxury glass and aluminum passage doors, wall panels, and closet/shelving units, introduces Abacus, a dramatic and...

Busy Professionals Can Save Thousands with a Virtual Assistant

MT. VERNON, Ill. -- Time and money: two resources busy professionals work hard to gain more of. The Office Next Door opened its virtual...

Auditel’s Telecom Training for Government Will Stretch Tax Dollars

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Auditel Inc. today announced that it has been awarded by General Services Administration (GSA) schedule of Telecommunication Audit & Financial Training...

Paradigm Multimedia Technology Changes the Rules for Health Care TV Systems

EUGENE, Ore. -- ProTune Technology, patented by Paradigm Multimedia, provides new ways to design and enhance in-room entertainment systems in health care facilities. This...

PreViser Corporation Appoints Director of Medical Technology to Expand Further into Medicine

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. -- PreViser Corporation, a leader in oral health risk assessment and management, announced that Dr. Randy R. Nolf, DDS has been...

Alabama Foothills Community Partnership Fund Established in Collaboration with the Community Foundation of Calhoun County

ANNISTON, Ala. -- The Foothills Community Partnership (FCP) officially presented a charitable contribution of $500,000 to the Community Foundation of Calhoun County at a...

Ayurvedic Organic Jeans: Custom Clothing Company Makes Garments That May Have Medicinal Benefits

MUMBAI, India -- Make Your Own Jeans (MakeYourOwnJeans.com), a company with global presence, specializes in making customized jeans to meet personal needs. They have...

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