The former governor is set to inaugurate an academic institute at USC, where bipartisan solutions on the environment, economy and political reform will be studied.SACRAMENTO — He's gone from movie star to governor and back again, and now Arnold Schwarzenegger has a message for politicians

, hoping to discern how receptive voters might be in a sluggish economy.

She hopes the tough economy, shifting public opinion and her savvy transition team will bolster her prison reform goals.Kamala Harris, the state's next attorney general, last week announced a transition leadership team that was a marvel in its political heft: two former secretaries of State —

The GOP gubernatorial candidate promises to cut spending and suggests that lower taxes and less regulation will spur business. But experts say the bleak economy is mostly due to the real estate crisis.When Meg Whitman says California is bleeding jobs, the Republican gubernatorial nominee