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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.

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...

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...

Firebombers Incorporated: The Future of Wildland Firefighting?

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- As global warming causes mega-fires to become the norm, as firefighting budgets are slashed, firefighting aircraft are grounded due to...

The Rose Parade is a Train Ride Away with Metrolink

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Metrolink is offering special service to the Tournament of Roses Parade on both the Antelope Valley and San Bernardino Lines on New Year's Day. Just take the train to Los Angeles Union Station and transfer for free with a valid Metrolink ticket onto the Metro Gold Line. The Gold Line will take you right to the parade route.

As Targeted Gene Therapy Comes of Age in Clinical Medicine, Epeius Biotechnologies Applauds Their Academic Contemporaries

SAN MARINO, Calif. -- Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation announced today their appreciation of the accomplishments of their contemporaries in 2007, a truly remarkable year in terms of biomedical research, scholarship, and gonzo journalism. It was a year in which a definitive meeting entitled "In Vivo Barriers to Gene Delivery" was held at the prestigious Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where Nobel laureate James Watson presides, or shall we say presided.

Free Download of ‘The Brass Swan Cosmology’ to End Soon

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The Brass Swan Cosmology, a seminal work of philosophical thought which has been available to the general public and academics worldwide for free download, will not be available for free download after December 31st, 2007, it was announced today by roguewolfinc.

Parents Will Pay For Better California Neighborhoods, But Can They Find Them?

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Parents are concerned that their children are not playing outside, and they are willing to pay a lot of extra money for a house in a better neighborhood. That's the conclusion of a new survey published on Playborhood.com, an online community for parents who want their children to play outside in their neighborhoods

Where on The Web is Everything for Free? How About FreeOverstock.com

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Start-up website FreeOverstock.com, owned by New Venture Company, claims to give away overstock merchandise for absolutely nothing. Sure, there's plenty of free stuff on the web. Free fonts, free screen savers, free music... many with a free virus attached. And it's a given that nobody gives away valuables like toasters, MP3 players, and jewelry.

Falling Home Prices Cause Homeowners to Focus on Cost Savings When Remodeling

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- While interest in remodeling remains high, the most recent survey of 5,000 U.S. homeowners by www.remodelestimates.com reveals that cost savings is now a key consideration as U.S. home prices continue to decline. The "Fall 2007 Remodelestimates.com Remodeling Sentiment Report," a semi-annual survey of 5,000 U.S. homeowners, shows a continuing trend among homeowners toward minimizing remodeling costs.

New Treatments for Kidney Cancer Offer Hope, but Create Difficult Choices for Cancer Patients

California Kidney Cancer FoundationSAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- California Kidney Cancer Foundation Executive Director, Dr. David Minor will present a review of treatments for metastatic kidney cancer as presented at the most recent American Society of Clinical Oncology Conference. The presentation will be from 3 to 5 PM on September 15, 2007 at California Pacific Medical Center, 2333 Buchanan Street, San Francisco.

Abbot Kinney Street Festival Goes Green – To Be Held Sept. 30, 2007

Abbot Kinney Street FestivalVENICE, Calif. -- The Abbot Kinney District Association (AKDA) announces the 23rd Annual Abbot Kinney Street Festival will take place on September 30, 2007 from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. The family-friendly festival, held between Main Street and Venice Boulevard on Abbot Kinney Boulevard, will feature over 300 arts and crafts vendors, a Youth and Family Court, three musical stages, a "Green Living Tent," three food courts and a beer garden. Admission is free.

2007 Rich Web Experience – Event for AJAX and Web 2.0 Coming to San Jose

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Big Sky Technology today announced the ultimate Ajax/Web event - The 2007 Rich Web Experience - to be held in San Jose, September 6-8, 2007. Big Sky Technology, the company behind the wildly successful "No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposium Series" (NFJS), is host of this year's Rich Web Experience which promises to be the most innovative Ajax/Web event ever held.

CRAZED + DAZED is Title and Description of New Album by DJ Insane and The G-Man

DJ Insane and The G-Man albumLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The full title of the new DJ Insane and The G-Man album (UPC 6-75604-10252-0) is "CRAZED + DAZED: An Experiment in Stimulating Psychotomimetic Manifestations Through the Use of Subliminal Bass Tones, Phase-Shifted Harmonics, Ultra Aural Distortion and the Relentless Application of Thump for the Rump." But you can just call it "Crazed."

Miss Teenage California Scholarship Pageant Announced for 2008

Miss Teenage CaliforniaSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Many of today's beauty pageants appear superficial and focus too much on outward appearance, but Danfranc Productions, a special event planning company, has been producing the Miss Teenage California Scholarship Pageant for 29 years with a focus on education. The 29th annual Miss Teenage California Scholarship Pageant is scheduled for April 18-20, 2008 in L.A.

2007 Hollywood Book Festival: 60’s Rock and Roll Icon Dee Dee Phelps (Dick and Dee Dee) to Read Excerpts from ‘Vinyl...

Dee Dee PhelpsLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- On Saturday, July 28th, at 10:30 a.m., Dee Dee Phelps, author of "Vinyl Highway" (ISBN: 978-1934321751), singing as Dick and Dee Dee will read on stage at the 2007 Hollywood Book Festival. The annual program celebrates books that deserve recognition from the film, television and multimedia communities.

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