Political Beat
Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is postponing his movie comeback in the wake of the revelation that he had a child with a member of his household staff, according to a statement released today by his lawyer.
“Schwarzenegger is focusing on personal matters and is not willing to commit to any production schedules or timelines,” said the statement released by Patrick Knapp, his entertainment counsel.
A controversial proposal that, if approved, would ban male circumcision will appear on San Francisco’s November ballot, elections officials said Wednesday.
The Department of Elections certified just over 7,700 signatures gathered by proponents of the ban who aim to outlaw the practice of circumcising males 18 years or younger — even despite religious or cultural traditions.
Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, are to separate after 25 years of marriage, the couple announced today.
“After a great deal of thought, reflection, discussion and prayer, we came to this decision together,” the couple said in a statement released Monday afternoon. “At this time, we are living apart while we work on the future of our relationship.”
The full text of President Obama’s remarks on the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden by US forces on Sunday:
(5/1) — UPDATED 23:00 PDT — Osama bin Laden has been killed in a US special forces operation, President Barack Obama has announced.
The al-Qaeda leader was located and killed in a compound deep in Pakistan, the President said in an extraordinary live address from the White House late Sunday evening. The United States is in possession of bin Laden’s body, Obama said.
California Governor Jerry Brown has had surgery to remove a cancerous growth from his nose, according to the governor’s office.
A basal cell carcinoma was found on the right side of the governor’s nose and removed during an outpatient procedure Friday. The governor’s office says “some reconstructive surgery was required as a result of the procedure.”
With the economy and his 2012 reelection bid on his mind, President Barack Obama arrived at San Francisco International Airport on board Air Force One. He was whisked away to Facebook’s Palo Alto campus for an unprecedented hour-long town hall meeting hosted by the company’s CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and streamed online to Facebook users, and then went to San Francisco to attend two fundraising events for Democrats.
Here are snapshots of his stops in the Bay Area.
(4/20) — UPDATED 22:16 PDT — PALO ALTO, CA — President Barack Obama fielded questions from Facebook employees and online viewers during an unprecendented online town hall meeting at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto Wednesday afternoon.
On a 22-hour visit to the Bay Area, President Barack Obama fielded questions from Facebook employees and online viewers during an unprecendented online town hall meeting at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto Wednesday afternoon, then visited two San Francisco events expected to raise more than $3.9 million for Democratic campaign efforts.
These are the updates we put out during Obama’s visit.
The drums of war are sounding in Washington.
Fresh off nearly shutting down the federal government over the budget for this fiscal year, Republicans and Democrats are gearing up for the next round in what is expected to be a protracted battle over the nation’s fiscal future — a battle likely to be front and center in next year’s election.
