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After seven years in the California governor's mansion, Arnold Schwarzenegger is returning to his old day job: acting.

California Governor Jerry Brown will declare a state of fiscal emergency on Thursday for the state's government to press lawmakers to tackle its $25.4 billion budget gap, according to a spokesman.

The rivals for California governor continue their attacks on each other and stick to their talking points without offering details on how they would fix the troubled state.Reporting from San Rafael, Calif.

As a new poll showed Democrat Jerry Brown with a five-point lead over Republican Meg Whitman in the race for governor, KGO radio's Ronn Owen announced that a debate between the two candidates Meg Whitman has been canceled.

Sparks fly at a Spanish-language debate between the candidates for California governor. Whitman says Brown was behind ex-housekeeper's emergence.

With polls showing a tight race and a large block of undecided voters still in play, the state’s economy and its deep financial problems dominated the debate between Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers ended talks Thursday night without reaching a deal on how to close California's $19 billion deficit, breaking a state record for the longest budget impasse.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman gave her campaign another $15 million Tuesday.

A new CNN/Time/Opinion Research survey in California finds Meg Whitman (R) leading Jerry Brown (D) among registered voters in the race for governor, 48% to 46%.

Said pollster Keating Holland: "The gender gap means that women usually vote Democratic, but female voters are evenly divided between Brown and Whitman. That may be due to some women choosing a female candidate over a male, depriving Brown of the traditional level of support from that key group."

Democrat Jerry Brown Tuesday will end his silence on the airwaves. Kicking off its long-awaited TV ad campaign on Labor Day, Brown's gubernatorial campaign unveiled a 30-second spot depicting the former governor as a frugal yet visionary leader who helped create 1.9 million jobs when he was governor in the late 70s and early 80s.