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Sacramento, California - Governor Schwarzenegger today announced his Administration’s most recent actions against Merced Farm Labor Contractor, the Atwater-based employer of a 17-year-old farm worker who died of heat stroke in May.  The Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Occupational Safety & Health (DIR/Cal/OSHA) issued seven citations and assessed fines of $262,700 against the organization.  

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Bob Filner today backed the most comprehensive response yet to the American mortgage crisis. The American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act will help families keep their homes, aid local communities hit hard by the foreclosure crisis and strengthen the economy and financial markets. The bill was passed today in the House by a vote of 272 to 152.

Washington, DC - According to forecasters, Dolly has strengthen to become a Category 1 Hurricane and a hurricane warning is currently in effect from Rio San Fernando, Mexico to Port O’Connor, Texas. In preparation for the storm, the American Red Cross has shelters on standby in Texas and is working with local community partners to address additional shelter needs.

San Diego, California - Building upon the success of its BioBridge science education outreach program, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has this summer launched an enhanced initiative to further bring the excitement of scientific research directly into area high school classrooms. The new program has an interesting twist: participating UCSD doctoral students in research benefit as much as high school teachers and students.

Sacramento, California - Following the Fourth District Court of Appeal’s decision in Brinker Restaurant Corporation v. Superior Court of San Diego, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued the following statement: