Arnold Schwarzenegger

"The Last Stand": Arnold Does Arnold

Is Maria Shriver Reconsidering Her Divorce with Arnold Schwarzenegger?

​Media outlets (yep, including us) lapped up every piece of the sordid divorce between former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his ex-wife Maria Shriver with salacious enthusiasm. Just the same, reporters are curious about recent statements Shriver has made alluding to the fact that she might be hav ... More >>

Jerry Brown Rehires Official Who Protested State Building Privatization

That was a close call.​After he was quoted in The Snitch protesting a proposed sale of 24 government office buildings to private investors, Arnold Schwarzenegger fired Donald Casper from his job as a state buildings commissioner.Now that Governor Jerry Brown has scotched the Governator's mone ... More >>

Maria Shriver Files for Divorce

Nothing lasts forever​It comes as no surprise to anyone -- including Arnold Schwarzenegger himself -- that his wife Maria Shriver, the former first lady of California wants out of the marriage. Today, she reportedly filed for divorce from Schwarzenegger after 25 years of marital bliss, citing "irr ... More >>

Arnold Schwarzenegger Is as Unpopular as George W. Bush

Arnie is no longer a chick magnet​Apparently, voters find former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's out-of-wedlock love child even more unappealing than his inability to get the state budget passed on time. According to a new poll, Arnie's ratings have dipped to an all-time low. Roughly 75 percent of st ... More >>

Arnold Schwarzenegger Affair Might be Investigated by Attorney General

​California Attorney General Kamala Harris might be launching an investigation into whether former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger improperly used state resources to carry out his now-legendary extramarital dalliances, according to news organizations.Let's qualify that: This information is coming from ... More >>

Examiner Proves Sperminator and Babies Don't Mix

Would you want this thing on your doorstep?​Boys who grew up with Terminator action figures may have wanted to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger one day -- all  steroid-pumped with chick-magnet muscles. But according to the Examiner's creation a Schwarzenegger baby is a mom's worst nightmare -- ... More >>

Schwarzenegger Love Child One-Liners

Who's your daddy?​The revelation that our erstwhile governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, fathered a love child came as a shock. But not a surprise. After all, this is the man who, describing the joys of pumping iron, told a documentary film crew the following: It's as satisfying to me as, uh, coming i ... More >>

Pro-Marriage Group Wants Schwarzenegger and Shriver to Get Back Together

Commitment and perseverance?​Even if former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver are done with each other, a pro-marriage organization isn't done with them. The California Healthy Marriages Coalition, which receives $2.4 million annually in federal funding, is criticizing Schwarzenegger a ... More >>

Schwarzenegger and Shriver Split: What Will This Mean for the Governator Cartoon?

A bachelor?​Next year, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is supposed to release his much anticipated post-politics project, The Governator, a cartoon series based loosely on the actor turned politician's life. The animation is centered on the Governator, a washed-up politician who gets back into f ... More >>

Schwarzenegger Creating 'Governator' Cartoon Chracter

Schwarzenegger will use his alter-ego to take on the state's Democrats​Just when you thought you had seen every iteration of Arnold Schwarzenegger -- playboy, bodybuilder, Terminator, governor -- he comes up with one more: cartoon characterIn his free-time as the state's former chief executive, Sc ... More >>

Caretakers for Disabled Can't Afford Criminal Background Checks

Hop. Hop. Hop. And Then We'll Help You.​A policy that was designed to prevent fraud among caretakers is now undermining the ability of the disabled to obtain help bathing, cooking, shopping, and cleaning, according to the San Francisco administrator for the In Home Supportive Services program."It' ... More >>

Jerry Brown Abandons Schwarzenegger Plan to Sell State Buildings

Vanquished!​Gov. Jerry Brown today announced he is scrapping former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to sell a dozen state buildings, including San Francisco's PUC Building and Supreme Court Building.Schwarzenegger attempted to bulldoze the plan through last year before leaving office -- which ra ... More >>

Jerry Brown's Budget Solution Is To Starve Senior Citizens, Excluding Himself

Not On Our Dime​Most everyone would expect Governor Jerry Brown to take sharp measures to ensure that the state's books are balanced in the coming year.But cutting back on food for the elderly? That seems draconian. According to the Sacramento Bee, Brown wants to seriously trim grants for the low- ... More >>

Jerry Brown Should Get Rid of Schwarzenegger's Debt Deals

Not On Our Dime​Most everyone would expect Governor Jerry Brown to take sharp measures to ensure that the state's books are balanced in the coming year.But cutting back on food for the elderly? That seems draconian. According to the Sacramento Bee, Brown wants to seriously trim grants for the low- ... More >>

Why Is It a Secret Who's Buying California's Government Buildings?

Uh, that'd be us. And we're paying for it, too. ​The Bay Citizen this past weekend followed up on our series of scoops begun in February about Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's rotten deal to sell prize California government buildings for an upfront payment, and then lease them back at exorbitant cost. ... More >>

Schwarzenegger Dealt Setback In Bid to Rush $1.3 Billion Building Sale

Drag​Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's frantic bid to rush the $1.3 billion fire sale of 11 state buildings before he leaves office suffered a blow this afternoon. A state appeals court in San Jose announced it wouldn't hear arguments until Jan. 26 regarding whether the sale should be allowed. Schwarze ... More >>

The Machine Meets The Terminator

In which the Governator asks Brian Wilson to be on his Brain Trust​We noted earlier that even Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger -- who grew up in an era before baseball expanded past the Mississippi (and to Austria) -- is hip to "The Machine." Schwarzenegger is also our favorite political user of Twitpic ... More >>

California's Marijuana Laws Now Nation's Most Liberal

Your governor, in action​After Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger affixed his signature on a Sen. Mark Leno-authored bill yesterday, California's marijuana policy became the nation's most progressive, pot activists tell SF Weekly. While existing law calls for anyone busted with an ounce or less of pot to ... More >>

Albert Brown To Be Executed Just Three Hours Before Drugs Expire

Armin Kübelbeck​Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has delayed the lethal injection of Albert Brown to 9 p.m. Thursday night. That will give Schwarzenegger time to consider Brown's clemency case and let the appeals court weigh in. It's also just hours prior to when the prison's supply of the first of the ... More >>

Motorcycle Noise Bill on Governor's Desk

Would the T-101 have abided by a motorcycle noise reduction bill? ​California doesn't have a budget, but it may soon have quieter choppers. A bill aimed at cutting down the din of motorcycles passed out of the state Senate yesterday. If Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger -- who owns more than a few motorc ... More >>

Doyle Drive's costly pothole

Governor Schwarzenegger is willing to pour billions of public dollars into a schemeto benefit private investors.

Schwarzenegger Fires State Official Protesting $1.4 Billion Presidio Spending Scheme

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has dealt harshly with those opposing his cockamamie fiscal schemes...​For those wondering whether California is on its way to becoming Greece, witness an alarming pattern in which the governor comes up with ways to plunge the state even further into debt, then fires pub ... More >>

Burgeoning Legal Battle Over What an 'Appropriation' Is Could Mean Millions For San Francisco

The most unkindest cut of all?​A decade ago, Bill Clinton was roundly excoriated for answering a question from Paula Jones' lawyer with the memorable non-answer, "That depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." Clinton's perfidy led to eight years of President George W. Bush and Jones cashi ... More >>

Breaking: Governor Will Not Grant 'Cooling Off' Period to BART, Unions

http://world.nycsubway.orgNo cooling off period for you!A member of the BART board just told SF Weekly that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has let it be known that he will not grant the transit agency's unions a 60-day cooling off period if asked -- which could ratchet up the possibility of a pending st ... More >>

Ammiano: Schwarzenegger's Legacy 'In the Toilet'

There are worse things than having your legacy land 'in the toilet.' In Conan's realm, they didn't even have toilets.Reached a couple of minutes ago on the floor of the Assembly, Tom Ammiano said that Californians who woke up this morning and were shocked by the news that the budget stalemate has re ... More >>

Governor's Plan to Save Money By Killing Puppies and Kitties Shouldn't Lead to Spike In Euthanizations Here (For Now)

The governor has suggested saving money by speeding up the process of killing dogs and cats in shelters. You think voters might object? Look at this picture -- LOOK AT IT! You know you've sailed into truly surreal political waters when the governor of a modern state suggests -- seriously suggests -- ... More >>

Chronic City: New Poll Shows 52 Percent Nationwide Support Pot Legalization; Gov. Calls For Debate

About.comLately, new cracks appear in the facade of marijuana prohibition on an almost daily basis, and this week is certainly no exception.On Tuesday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, undoubtedly aware of recent polls that show a solid majority -- 56 percent -- of Californians supporting the legalizatio ... More >>

Leno: State Harvey Milk Day Entirely in Schwarzenegger's Hands

Learning about John Muir has hardly made the state's schoolchildren conservationists ... so how could curriculum on Harvey Milk turn them gay?Milk, on the whole, tends to suffer when left out -- but Sen. Mark Leno feels a year of exposure is just what his Milk bill needed. The San Francisco State Se ... More >>

November ballot measures promise eco-confusion

Learning about John Muir has hardly made the state's schoolchildren conservationists ... so how could curriculum on Harvey Milk turn them gay?Milk, on the whole, tends to suffer when left out -- but Sen. Mark Leno feels a year of exposure is just what his Milk bill needed. The San Francisco State Se ... More >>

Schwarzenegger Planning Hostile Takeover of Something

Learning about John Muir has hardly made the state's schoolchildren conservationists ... so how could curriculum on Harvey Milk turn them gay?Milk, on the whole, tends to suffer when left out -- but Sen. Mark Leno feels a year of exposure is just what his Milk bill needed. The San Francisco State Se ... More >>

Unhealthy Union

Could there be a secret deal with Arnold on health care that will inflate union rolls?

Long Live Jack Rebney

Could there be a secret deal with Arnold on health care that will inflate union rolls?

Pol Dancing

Could there be a secret deal with Arnold on health care that will inflate union rolls?

Muscle & Fitness for Office

Did a multimillion-dollar deal with bodybuilding magazines sour you on the Schwarzenegger? Take quiz, find out.

Requiem for a Pension Fund?

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger launches an attack on CalPERS. The giant pension fund's Democratic allies aren't taking it lying down

A Bridge Too Far

Is it your fault that the seismic retrofit of the Bay Bridge will be years late, billions over budget, and uglier than ever? Maybe.

Jackpot

How four tiny Indian tribes, with help from powerful gambling interests, are trying to transform the Bay Area into a slot machine Mecca

Terminator or Bloviator?

Social moderate? Republican firemouth? Who is Arnold, really?

Yes, These Pictures Really Are Republican Propaganda. We're Not Making This Up.

The Republican Party wants you to know it's left no child behind

What Would Jürgen Do?

A degraded character actor comes to Gov. Schwarzenegger's rescue

The New California Adventure

Schwarzenegger budget policies are turning small cities and rural counties into post-apocalypse theme parks

Democracy in Suburbia

The Economist asks: "Is California Back?" Contra Costa County wonders: "Were we gone?"

Learning to Compete

Executives involved in outsourcing U.S. jobs should also become involved in sponsoring CA schools

Pumping Irony

Gavin Newsom should look to Sacramento for political inspiration

The Migden Chronicles

One of the last standing Democrats writes the treatment for a flick in which a befuddled sci-fi hero helps California to a better future

Play Rotorecall

Have fun with democracy, before it has fun with you

Unintended Consequences

Right-wingers cooked up the Gray Davis recall only to see it hijacked by a political moderate named Arnold

Christ on a Crutch

Right-wingers cooked up the Gray Davis recall only to see it hijacked by a political moderate named Arnold

Dish

Right-wingers cooked up the Gray Davis recall only to see it hijacked by a political moderate named Arnold