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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sued state Controller John Chiang on Monday after he refused to follow the governor's order to slash pay for thousands of state workers to federal minimum wage as a cash-saving measure during the budget impasse. Matthew Yi in the San Francisco Chronicle Kevin Yamamura in the Sacramento Bee Evan Halper and Patrick McGreevy in the Los Angeles Times Mike Zapler in the San Jose Mercury

Prop. 8 backers drop challenge on wording…The state's official description of Proposition 8 on the November ballot will remain as is, a statement that the measure would eliminate same-sex couples' right to marry in California. Bob Egelko in the San Francisco Chronicle. Does the wording on the ballot pamphlet ‘make a big difference’ for voters in California? How many people actually ‘read’ the small print of the mailer and ballot descriptive?

California's population is growing, it's aging and its ethnic diversity is increasing, and that means the state must invest more in education, infrastructure and services for the elderly or face a crisis in the not-too-distant future, according to analysts at the liberal California Budget Project and other demographic experts. Tyche Hendricks in the San Francisco Chronicle. Or we can tax the upper-class citizens ‘out of California’, and create an entire state of socialized members and resident.

A determined crowd of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's delegates - preparing to head to the Democratic Party's national convention in Denver - have begun gathering signatures to ensure her name is placed into nomination, insisting their effort won't take spotlight off presumed Democratic nominee Barack Obama. Carla Marinucci in the San Francisco Chronicle. This is not a good sign for Barack Obama.

Commuters no longer face the threat of a congestion-based toll on the Golden Gate Bridge, which could have pushed the cost of crossing the span to at least $7. But in its place, drivers parking at meters along the route to the bridge - including on Lombard Street and Van Ness Avenue - will face varying rates that rise during the busiest hours and are designed to increase turnover and push long-term parkers to lots and garages. Michael Cabanatuan in the San Francisco Chronicle

Researchers at UC Berkeley have invented a light-deflecting technique that could one day render objects invisible. Tom Abate in the San Francisco Chronicle. The arrival of The Invisible Man and Woman. “I was at church, I was just invisible to those attending that day.”