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American Chemistry Council Supports California Coastal Clean Up

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Chemistry Council (ACC) commends Keep California Beautiful (KCB) and the California Coastal Commission for the work being done today to clean up our beaches and oceans as part of the Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Clean Up Day. To support the effort, ACC contributed collection bags to assist volunteers' efforts to help clean up California's beaches.

Non-Compete Clauses Thrown Out In California

drfuchs writes "If you signed an employment agreement in California, any non-compete clause in it is null & (void*), says the state Supreme Court of California (ruling PDF). Better still, the San Francisco Chronicle opines that the US Federal courts are likely to fall in line with the decision in the way they interpret California law. (Most other states still have non-compete laws on the books and it's not clear this ruling will affect them.) Turns out it wasn't a high-tech case at all, but a CPA who had worked for the accounting firm Arthur Anderson (now disgraced due to their complicity in the Enron case)."

Circuit City Declares 'Sales Tax Holiday' August 9-10 in Its California Stores; Extra Savings Will Help Back to School Shoppers Facing High Energy Bills

RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a move to help consumers stretch their dollars during the important back to school shopping season, Circuit City stores across California will invite shoppers to celebrate a "Sales Tax Holiday" August 9-10, 2008. During the weekend, Circuit City will absorb the cost of state and local sales taxes for all purchases made in all of its 95 California stores. The savings for shoppers, averaging eight percent, will be in addition to seasonal sales promotions already underway. "We've seen shoppers enjoy the savings during sales tax holidays in other states around the country and we want to offer that same opportunity to consumers in California," said John T. Harlow, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Circuit City Stores, Inc.

California appeals court decision on video game law

California recently joined the ranks of states who have had to reimburse the ESA after Judge Ronald Whyte ruled a 2005 video game law unconstitutional in August 2007. Is that where our tax dollars have been going these past few years? Aside from its own legal fees, the state of California had to pay the ESA $282,794 to make up for theirs.

Dual DVD Replication Service Using Hybrid Media made possible by California Disc Replication Company

Rancho Cucamonga, California (PRWEB) July 31, 2008 -- California-based CD Digital Card is your one-stop online resource for all of you DVD replication (http://www.cddigitalcard.com/services.htm) and media reproduction needs.

San Francisco's new California Academy of Sciences puts world under one roof

A composite 360 degree panoramic image outside of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco on Monday, September 15, 2008. It is the Smithsonian of the West, the oldest natural history museum west of the Mississippi River. A 150-year-old institution where Charles Darwin worked, and where generations of Bay Area school children went on field trips. On Sept. 27, the California Academy of Sciences will open a gleaming new $484 million home in Golden Gate Park. (Nhat V. Meyer/Mercury News)

Upcoming Lecture: Earthquakes in Southern California

A great earthquake is an inevitable part of California's future, and Californians are not ready for it. One of the most likely great earthquakes that could hit southern California is one on the southern San Andreas fault. That fault is so long that magnitude 7.8 earthquakes are common (the length of the fault determines the magnitude of the earthquake). The fault moves so fast that earthquakes happen on average every hundred years or less; the last was in 1857. This is the earthquake we all must be ready for.

Autobytel to Present at 2008 Southern California Investor Conference

IRVINE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/29/08 -- Autobytel Inc. (ABTL), a leading Internet automotive marketing services company, today announced that Jim Riesenbach, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present a company overview at the California Stock Report's 2008 Southern California Investor Conference at 9:30 a.m. PT on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at The Island Hotel in Newport Beach, CA.

eBay Success Story, Entrepreneur and Author of 'The Guru's Guide to eBay,' Expert Greg Kusch, to Host Seminar in Santa Monica, California August 23, 2008

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Santa Monica, California native Greg Kusch, the author of a new book "The Guru's Guide to eBay" (http://www.wewillsellanything.com), reveals his personal eBay secrets to success and insider's knowledge in Santa Monica, California on August 23, 2008. Kusch is accredited through eBay University, one of only 28 people in the world who is certified and trained by eBay. During the course of these seminars, attendees will learn from the master "The Basics of Selling on eBay" and "Beyond the Basics (How to Open a Business on eBay)" as well. These courses give new or inexperienced eBay users the tools they need to become successful eBay sellers and entrepreneurs.

Supramolecular Catalysis of Orthoformate Hydrolysis in Basic Solution: An Enzyme-Like Mechanism

Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, and Division of Chemical Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 94720-1460

Second-Generation Difluorinated Cyclooctynes for Copper-Free Click Chemistry

Departments of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, and The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720

Google Takes Stance Against Anti-Gay Marriage Ban in Calif.

Mountain View, Calif. - In a statement that notes the company "[does] not generally take a position on issues outside of our field, especially not social issues," Google (NASD: GOOG) has taken an official stance opposing California's Proposition 8, which would eliminate the California Supreme Court-sanctioned right of same-sex couples to get married in the state. "It is the chilling and discriminatory effect of the proposition on many of our employees that brings Google to publicly oppose Proposition 8," Google co-founder and president Sergey Brin wrote in a post on the company's official blog. "While we respect the strongly-held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument, we see this fundamentally as an issue of equality. We hope that California voters will vote no on Proposition 8 -- we should not eliminate anyone's fundame

California winemakers brace for grape shortage

California | Local National World Business Sports Campaign '08 Conventions Science Environment Opinion

California may get 'pay-as-you-drive' auto insurance

California | Local National World Business Sports Campaign '08 Conventions Science Environment Opinion

California sues to topple online pyramid scheme

California is suing YourTravelBiz.com (OTCBB: YTBLA) of Wood River, Ill., for operating a "gigantic pyramid scheme" that recruited tens of thousands of members with deceptive claims that members could earn huge sums of money through its online travel agencies.

California legislators back Google-Yahoo online ad deal

Eleven California state political leaders are urging US regulators not to interfere with a proposed online advertising tie-up between Google and Yahoo.

California legislators back Google-Yahoo online ad deal

Eleven California state political leaders are urging US regulators not to interfere with a proposed online advertising tie-up between Google and Yahoo.

California Sec. of State Wants Open Source E-Voting Systems

Lucas123 writes "California's Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, was among a group of e-voting experts at MIT yesterday who said the nation's electronic voting systems are still not secure and many run on faulty software. Among the suggestions offered to fix the problem: use open source software, stop delivering e-voting machines to polling places weeks in advance of an election, and keep a paper trail for auditing purposes. Bowen also believes that a ubiquitous Internet voting system could not work without the use of a national ID card system."

California Sues Brown Sues To Topple Online Pyramid Scheme

LOS ANGELES--California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced a lawsuit against YourTravelBiz.com for operating a "gigantic pyramid scheme" that recruited tens of thousands of members with deceptive claims that members could earn huge sums of money through its online travel agencies.

California legislators back Google-Yahoo online ad deal

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Eleven California state political leaders are urging US regulators not to interfere with a proposed online advertising tie-up between Google and Yahoo.

California legislators back Google-Yahoo online ad deal

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - Eleven California state political leaders are urging US regulators not to interfere with a proposed online advertising tie-up between Google and Yahoo.

California pension fund takes stakes in Japan's Kenwood, JVC

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- The California Public Employees' Retirement System has taken sizeable holdings in leading Japanese firms Toyo Tire & Rubber Co.

California Can't Perform Pay Cut Because of COBOL

beezzie writes "Last week, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered a pay cut, to minimum wage of $6.55/hr,, for 200,000 state workers because a state budget hadn't been approved yet. The state controller, who has opposed the pay cut on principle and legal grounds, now says the pay cut isn't even feasible because the state's payroll systems are so antiquated. He says it would take 6 months to go to minimum wage, and 9 months more to restore salaries once a budget is passed. The system is based on COBOL, according to the Sacramento Bee, and the state hasn't yet found the funds or resources, in 10 years of trying, to upgrade it." The article quotes a consultant on how hard it is to find COBOL programmers; he says you usually have to draw them out of retirement.

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