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In the news today:

• Enviro groups (including CLCV) weigh in on California's budget;
• Newly released Census data sliced and diced every which way;
• Actors from Mad Men record humorous video promoting high-speed rail;
• And much more.

Top of the Ticket

Sacramento Bee Capitol Alert 3/9/11
Environmental groups tell Democrats to hold firm
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/03/environmental-groups-pen-lette.html

CLCV Blog 3/9/11
Mad Men Actors on High-Speed Rail: "Most efficient, economical, best investment"
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/mad-men-actors-high-speed-rail-most-efficient-economical-best-investment

Contra Costa Times 3/9/11
Business leaders urge legislators to make a deal (quotes CLCV Board member Carl Guardino)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics-government/ci_17566920

Los Angeles Times 3/9/11
Loss of satellite is 'serious setback' for Earth climate research
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-climate-satellite-20110309,0,7951785.story

The Census

Multiple sources 3/9/11
Census may shift political power in California to minorities and the interior
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-0309-census-20110308,0,5794446.story
http://www.baycitizen.org/census-2010/story/central-valleys-clout-expected-climb/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703662804576189031330152462.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/us/09california.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/08/BAHE1I6QS6.DTL

The Bay Citizen 3/9/11
Census Snippets: California's Biggest Counties (Interactive Chart)
http://www.baycitizen.org/blogs/pulse-of-the-bay/census-snippets-californias-most/

Regional census coverage:
http://www.baycitizen.org/census-2010/story/what-census-tells-us-about-bay-area/
http://www.sbsun.com/breakingnews/ci_17566468
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/03/09/3460380/sacramento-region-grows-at-double.html
http://www.pe.com/localnews/politics/stories/PE_News_Local_D_politic09.25e16c2.html
http://www.pe.com/localnews/politics/stories/PE_News_Local_D_webcensus09.4b0f74.html

Los Angeles Times 3/9/11
Census data shed light on California's housing boom -- and bust
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/03/census-california-housing.html

Sacramento Bee 3/9/11
Walters: Census data will bring a big shift
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/03/09/3460134/dan-walters-census-data-will-bring.html

California Environmental News

Sacramento Bee 3/9/11
Valley congressman [McCarthy] rips high-speed rail plan
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/03/09/3460420/valley-congressman-rips-high-speed.html

California High-Speed Rail Blog 3/8/11
Cruickshank: Who Does Kevin McCarthy Represent?
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2011/03/who-does-kevin-mccarthy-represent

San Francisco Chronicle 3/9/11
PG&E faces fines, sanctions over pipeline records
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/09/MN671I6GC2.DTL

San Francisco Chronicle 3/9/11
Fewer great white sharks than scientists expected
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/09/MNBB1I6GV4.DTL

Oakland North 3/9/11
A proposed statewide ban on shark fins elicits disapproval in Oakland’s Chinatown
http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/03/09/a-proposed-statewide-ban-on-shark-fins-elicits-disapproval-in-oaklands-chinatown/

Los Angeles Times 3/9/11
In Redondo Beach, dead fish, perhaps millions of them, collect in King Harbor
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0309-dead-fish-20110309,0,2606300.story

NRDC blog 3/9/11
California's Renewable Portfolio Standard Clears Hurdles Moving Forward to Final Vote
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/pmiller/californias_renewable_portfoli.html

USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism blog 3/9/11
Could Farmers Field Reshape L.A.'s Thinking About Public Transit?
http://www.neontommy.com/news/2011/03/could-farmers-field-reshape-las-thinking-about-public-transit

National & International Environmental News

Washington Post 3/9/11
White House moving to repair troubled relationship with Cabinet
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/08/AR2011030805751.html

Slate.com 3/8/11
Off the rails: Why do conservatives hate trains so much?
http://www.slate.com/id/2287539/

San Francisco Chronicle (Green blog) 3/9/11
Climate change threatens Great Lakes
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/green/detail?entry_id=84644

Fast Lane (US DOT blog) 3/9/11
[DOT Secretary Ray LaHood's] message to the 2011 National Bike Summit: "We have work to do"
http://fastlane.dot.gov/2011/03/my-message-to-the-2011-national-bike-summit-the-process-is-just-beginning.html

State & Local Politics

Los Angeles Times 3/9/11
Incumbents hold edge in L.A. council races
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0309-la-city-election-20110309,0,3840086.story

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