In three terms in the state Legislature, Fresno Democrat Juan Arambula has found there is little room for a moderate lawmaker who believes in finding workable compromises to the state's most difficult problems. He's been smacked down so many tim

Arnold Schwarzenegger's tenure as California governor could have been a landmark time for the Golden State. There were big problems, but they could have been big opportunities to fundamentally change the direction of California government. Schwarzene

You'd think that Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, would be pleased that his party controls the White House, giving him better access to the executive branch than he had when George W. Bush was president. But Costa seems frustrated that he can't get the

On Tuesday, California voters are primed to blow up a budget compromise that took Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state Legislature months to reach. But the public never believed the politicians had fixed the problem in February, and the polls show vot