<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - California</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/states/ca?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><description>California</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Calif. Island Targeting Wild Pigs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32726-2005May3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32726-2005May3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 3:01:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, Calif.  --  Norm Macdonald rises each morning with the sun, grabs his .223-caliber rifle and slips into the passenger seat of a tiny helicopter for another day of shooting pigs.]]></description><author> Gillian Flaccus</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Help!]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32901-2005May3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32901-2005May3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 3:01:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SANTA MARIA, Calif.<br>Whosoever  works for Michael Jackson, it seems, also <em>works</em> Michael Jackson.]]></description><author> Lib Copeland</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Bloggers and Money]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32725-2005May3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32725-2005May3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 3:01:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ You could almost hear the blogosphere sigh with relief earlier this spring when federal election officials indicated that they did not plan to crack down on bloggers who write about politics.]]></description><author> Brian Faler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[String of Freeway Shootings  In L.A. Area Has Left 4 Dead]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32766-2005May3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32766-2005May3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 3:01:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ LOS ANGELES, May 2  --  Four Southern California drivers have been shot to death and four more have been wounded  --  including two last weekend  --  in a seven-week epidemic of freeway violence that has stymied investigators and sent shivers through car-dependent Los Angeles.]]></description><author> Kimberly Edds</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wet Winter Doesn't Douse Water Wars]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30201-2005May2.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30201-2005May2.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 3:01:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ DENVER  --  After five years of consistent drought, the vast arid stretches of the American West finally had a winter of heavy precipitation in 2004-05. As the spring thaws begin, the federal Bureau of Reclamation says, the mountain snow pack that feeds the Colorado River is above average for the first time in years.]]></description><author> T.R. Reid</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Levy Family Still Hoping For Answers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28683-2005May1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28683-2005May1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 3:01:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Susan Levy is about to get back some of her daughter's belongings from police, small tokens from the young woman's life. But what she really wants are answers to a puzzle that police have yet to solve: Who killed Chandra Levy?]]></description><author> Petula Dvorak and Allan Lengel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Repair Teams Try to Calm 'Computer Rage']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28802-2005May1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28802-2005May1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 3:01:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NOVATO, Calif. -- The young woman at the other end of the phone wept to Kelly Chessen that the world was against her. She had been in a minor car accident. A thief had stolen some things from her house. And now this: The family's computer, which contained her husband's business files, was dead.]]></description><author> Ariana Eunjung Cha</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Madison, Wis., the King of Quirks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25664-2005Apr29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25664-2005Apr29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 3:01:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The  magazines and trade associations that rank cities for one thing or another constantly mention Madison, Wis. A visitors bureau handout lists 65 accolades from recent years, including "Best Places to Live in America" (Money magazine), "Best Walking Cities" (Prevention) and "Best College Sports Town" (Sports Illustrated).]]></description><author> Cindy Loose</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Plan Greeted With Caution]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27143-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27143-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 3:01:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Bush's embrace of Social Security benefit cuts that would hit 70 percent of future retirees received a wary reception from both parties yesterday as Congress prepared to move ahead with remedies for the retirement system's financial problems.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Local People Meters May Mean Sweeping Changes on TV]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21772-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21772-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 3:01:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It's the start of another television sweeps period when  local news stations reveal their more sensational side with reports on "Exploding Cell Phones!" "Deadly Drains!" "Violent Girls!" and "Cabbie Come-Ons!" as well as their more in-depth and polished reports.]]></description><author> John Maynard</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DeLay Woes Prompt Rush to Refile Forms]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16466-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16466-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 3:01:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Members of Congress are rushing to amend their travel and campaign records, fearing that the controversy over House Majority Leader Tom DeLay will trigger an ethics war that will bring greater scrutiny to their own travel and official activities.]]></description><author> Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justices to Review Loan Offsets]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16295-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16295-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 3:01:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will decide whether the federal government may force debtors who have been delinquent on their student loans for more than a decade to repay them by forfeiting Social Security benefits.]]></description><author> Charles Lane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[San Diego Mayor to Leave Office Amid Probes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16380-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16380-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 3:01:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ LOS ANGELES, April 25  --  Just months after emerging from a tumultuous reelection race, the mayor of San Diego announced Monday that he will step down this summer amid federal probes of the city's deficit-ridden pension system and calls for his removal.]]></description><author> Amy Argetsinger and Kimberly Edds</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheese, Please]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9472-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9472-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 3:01:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ "Just a second. I'll be right back." <br>My friend Lee Anne hopped out of the car and dashed into a Rite Aid in downtown San Francisco. I sat back in the passenger seat, enjoying the sunshine and the cloudless February sky.]]></description><author> Jane Black</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shtick Shift: Stand-Up's Edge No Longer Cuts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9491-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9491-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 3:01:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  LOS ANGELES  --  Like jazz, stand-up comedy is both an American invention and harder than it looks: A lone entertainer with nothing but a microphone stands before an audience and tries to make it laugh.]]></description><author> William Booth</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman Jailed in Wendy's Chili Case]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8481-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8481-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 3:01:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A woman who  said she bit into a severed human finger while spooning into fast-food chili at a San Jose Wendy's last month was arrested after investigators found inconsistencies in her story.]]></description><author> Amy Argetsinger</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fake Hospital Inspectors Probed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7680-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7680-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 3:01:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are looking into incidents in which people masquerading as unannounced inspectors were found poking around three hospitals in Boston, Detroit and Los Angeles.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Redskins:  The Team We Love to Hail]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2992-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2992-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 3:01:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  There's a very good reason the Washington Redskins' fight song begins "Hail to the Redskins."]]></description><author> Don Podesta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neverland Ex-Guard Testifies]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6234-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6234-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 3:01:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Former security guard at Neverland ranch testified at Jackson's child molestation trial Wednesday that a notice once was posted in a guard station saying Jackson's young accuser was not to be allowed to leave the estate.]]></description><author> Linda Deutsch</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victims' Champion Is Killed in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61492-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61492-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 3:01:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD, April 17  --  In a one-woman battle for the victims of war, 28-year-old Marla Ruzicka won over Congress and the U.S. military, persuading the United States to free a precedent-setting $20 million for civilians it injured by mistake in Afghanistan and Iraq.]]></description><author> Ellen Knickmeyer</author></item></channel></rss>