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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Ventura County Star Stories: State</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/news/state/</link><atom:link href="http://venturacountystar.com/news/news/state/" type="application/rss+xml" rel="self"></atom:link><description>Ventura County Star Stories: State</description><language>en-us</language><category>news/state</category><item><title>Mondavi helped put Napa Valley on the map
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/17/robert-mondavi-1913-2008-california-vintner-was/</link><description><![CDATA[ BERKELEY — Robert Mondavi, the pioneering vintner who put California wine country on the map, is dead at 94.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/17/robert-mondavi-1913-2008-california-vintner-was/</guid><category>news/state</category></item><item><title>Back to the Beach
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/17/no-headline---na4vstatewildart17st-fc/</link><description><![CDATA[ San Jose Beach Reopens  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/17/no-headline---na4vstatewildart17st-fc/</guid><category>news/state</category></item><item><title>Newsom victorious in ruling
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/17/newsom-victorious-in-ruling/</link><description><![CDATA[ SAN FRANCISCO — Hours before the California Supreme Court issued its decision on gay marriage, Mayor Gavin Newsom heard rumblings that the justices would uphold the state's ban.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/17/newsom-victorious-in-ruling/</guid><category>news/state</category></item><item><title>State Democrats to select final delegates
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/17/state-democrats-to-select-final-delegates/</link><description><![CDATA[ SACRAMENTO — California Democrats on Sunday will name their final 134 delegates, rounding out the country's largest contingent to the party's national convention this summer.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/17/state-democrats-to-select-final-delegates/</guid><category>elections/national</category></item><item><title>2 indicted over UCLA cadaver program issues
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/17/2-indicted-over-ucla-cadaver-program-issues/</link><description><![CDATA[ LOS ANGELES — The former head of UCLA's cadaver program and a businessman were indicted Friday on eight felony counts involving black market sales of donated human body parts in a scheme that allegedly cheated the university out of more than $1 million.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/17/2-indicted-over-ucla-cadaver-program-issues/</guid><category>news/state</category></item><item><title>State Briefs: May 17
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/17/no-headline---na4vstatebriefs17st-fc/</link><description><![CDATA[   ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/17/no-headline---na4vstatebriefs17st-fc/</guid><category>news/state</category></item><item><title>Gay marriage ban lifted
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/16/gay-marriage-ban-lifted/</link><description><![CDATA[The moment California's highest court ruled Thursday morning that same-sex couples have the right to marry, Connie Baer let loose with a yell she'd been holding back for nearly three decades.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/16/gay-marriage-ban-lifted/</guid><category>news/county-news</category></item><item><title>Woman is indicted in MySpace suicide; lawyer plans challenge
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/16/woman-is-indicted-in-myspace-suicide-lawyer/</link><description><![CDATA[  A Missouri woman was indicted Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/16/woman-is-indicted-in-myspace-suicide-lawyer/</guid><category>news/crime</category></item><item><title>State Briefs: May 16
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/16/no-headline---na4vstatebriefs16st-fc/</link><description><![CDATA[ The state Senate rejected legislation Thursday that would require the state to sell the site of the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and adjoining Los Angeles Sports Arena.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/16/no-headline---na4vstatebriefs16st-fc/</guid><category>news/state</category></item><item><title>Monday is deadline to register to vote
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/16/monday-deadline-register-vote/</link><description><![CDATA[Monday is the last day to register to vote in the June 3 primary election.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/16/monday-deadline-register-vote/</guid><category>elections/national</category></item><item><title>Private investigator guilty in Hollywood wiretap plot
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/16/private-investigator-guilty-in-hollywood-wiretap/</link><description><![CDATA[ Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano was convicted Thursday on federal racketeering charges for digging up dirt for well-heeled clients such as Chris Rock and Michael Ovitz to use in lawsuits, divorces and business disputes targeting rich and famous rivals.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/16/private-investigator-guilty-in-hollywood-wiretap/</guid><category>news/crime</category></item><item><title>Sewage weighed as water source
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/16/sewage-weighed-as-water-source/</link><description><![CDATA[ Faced with persistent drought and the threat of tighter water supplies, Los Angeles plans to begin using heavily cleansed sewage to increase drinking water supplies, joining a growing number of cities considering similar measures.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/16/sewage-weighed-as-water-source/</guid><category>news/state</category></item><item><title>Schwarzenegger's budget plan Borrowing from lottery proposed  
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/15/schwarzeneggers-budget-plan-borrowing-from-in-as/</link><description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO — Saying a worsening budget deficit requires the state to do something more than just cut spending, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed Wednesday to revamp the California Lottery and sell the rights to the future revenues those changes would generate.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/15/schwarzeneggers-budget-plan-borrowing-from-in-as/</guid><category>news/local-news</category></item><item><title>State Briefs: May 15
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/15/no-headline---na4vstatebriefs15st-fc/</link><description><![CDATA[   ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/15/no-headline---na4vstatebriefs15st-fc/</guid><category>news/state</category></item><item><title>The cost of a college diploma is going up 
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/15/the-cost-of-a-college-diploma-is-going-up-uc-csu/</link><description><![CDATA[ BERKELEY — The cost of a four-year college education went up again in California on Wednesday, as leaders of the University of California and California State University systems approved their sixth round of student fee hikes in seven years.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/15/the-cost-of-a-college-diploma-is-going-up-uc-csu/</guid><category>education/college</category></item><item><title>Investigators look into deaths of thousands of protected birds
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/15/investigators-look-into-deaths-of-thousands-of/</link><description><![CDATA[ FRESNO — Federal investigators said Wednesday they were looking into claims that up to 3,000 eggs and hatchlings of a protected migratory bird were crushed under harvesting machines in one of the largest bird kills in recent California history.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/15/investigators-look-into-deaths-of-thousands-of/</guid><category>news/state</category></item><item><title>Advanced math is easy as 1-2-3 for young scholar
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/15/advanced-math-is-easy-as-1--for-young-scholar/</link><description><![CDATA[ DOWNEY — With the end of another school year approaching, college sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin is cramming for final exams in classes such as advanced mathematics, foreign languages and music.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/15/advanced-math-is-easy-as-1--for-young-scholar/</guid><category>news/state</category></item><item><title>New plan is called worse for the poor
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/15/new-plan-is-called-worse-for-the-poor/</link><description><![CDATA[The poor are taking an unfair hit in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's latest budget proposal, social service officials said Wednesday as they predicted that homelessness, child abuse and untreated illnesses would grow.

  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/15/new-plan-is-called-worse-for-the-poor/</guid><category>news/state</category></item><item><title>Governor wants to borrow against state lottery funds 
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/14/governor-wants-to-borrow-against-state-lottery/</link><description><![CDATA[ Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will propose today borrowing against future state lottery revenue to help close a $15.2 billion budget deficit in the next fiscal year.  ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/14/governor-wants-to-borrow-against-state-lottery/</guid><category>news/state</category></item><item><title>L.A. Democrat first black woman to lead Assembly
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/14/la-democrat-first-black-woman-to-lead-assembly/</link><description><![CDATA[ Los Angeles Democrat Karen Bass was sworn in Tuesday as speaker of the California Assembly, the first black woman to lead either house of the state Legislature.  ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/14/la-democrat-first-black-woman-to-lead-assembly/</guid><category>news/state</category></item></channel></rss>