Biologists abuzz over bumblebees' decline, San Francisco Chronicle
S.F. State student tries to determine what draws species to certain parks.

SJSU's president supports football, San Jose Mercury-News
Interim leader says team vital to school.

CSUS abuzz over $165,000 remodeling, Sacramento Bee
Hard times notwithstanding, the new president says he needs a modernized office to do his job.

AmeriCorps budget cuts impact future teachers, Daily Breeze
Cal State Dominguez Hills will be forced to slash the number of inner-city tutors who earn college money.

Court to revisit Cal Poly lawsuit, San Luis Obispo Tribune
SLO store seeks to use university name on clothing.

Assembly OKs deal in marathon talks, Sacramento Bee
Final round of deal-making ends in Assembly's approval.

Gimmicks, tricks used to 'balance' the budget, San Francisco Chronicle
One-time savings, changes mean carry-over deficit of $7.9 billion.

Schools, health care dodge budget bullet, San Francisco Chronicle
It's a budget that every lawmaker claims to hate, but a few interest groups breathed easier Tuesday after the Assembly sent a final spending plan to Gov. Gray Davis.

$100 billion budget keeps state afloat, San Francisco Chronicle
ANALYSIS: Lawmakers fail to solve problem.

Locked-Up Assembly Passes Budget, Los Angeles Times
291/2-Hour Session Ends in 56-22 Vote; Davis Says He'll Sign Measure This Week

Painful All-Nighter for Legislators, Los Angeles Times
Many of the groggy lawmakers have little to do except try to catch a few winks as leaders work behind the scenes to capture votes.

Judge: UC must disclose investment performance, Oakland Tribune
University attorneys say information is a trade secret of private consultants.

Ex-staffer suspected of stealing from CSEA, Sacramento Bee
A union official says nearly $1 million was embezzled over a seven-year period.

The school that Lorén built, Christian Science Monitor
Native American children lag behind other minorities in academic achievement. One Rhode Island woman wants to change that.

Oracle Delays Attempt to Quash Poison Pill, Los Angeles Times
The software firm will wait for the outcome of an antitrust review of its bid for rival PeopleSoft.

Bring on the Problems? It Must Be Math Camp, New York Times
When Dr. Max Warshauer puts together his high-powered math camp for top high school students each summer, he selects several campers with perfect 1600 SAT's.

Senators Offer Alternatives to House Idea on Head Start, New York Times
Senate Democrats and a Republican are offering separate proposals for revising the federal Head Start program, neither of which adopts the most controversial change in the version the House passed last week: permitting eight states to take over the program.

Facing a Friday Deadline, U.S. Takes Steps to Ease Arrival of Foreign Students on Campuses, Chronicle of Higher Education
To ensure that legitimate foreign students can arrive in the United States on time for the fall term, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is taking extra measures this week to forestall potential problems with its database to track the students.

Editorial: The AmeriCorps Follies, Wall St. Journal
The House adjourned for its summer break Friday without approving a $100 million supplemental to expand AmeriCorps. Mark this down as a rare example of Congress refusing to be railroaded by a media spending campaign.

Peter Schrag: Race and gubernatorial recall: Can they be linked?, Sacramento Bee
As California speeds toward the Oct. 7 recall election, a voter initiative that's a major issue all its own has nearly vanished into the shadows: Will California's public agencies, state and local, be allowed to continue to collect and keep vital data by race and ethnicity?

Dan Walters: Winners and losers toted up as year's budget imbroglio ends, Sacramento Bee
There was a tinge of pride in Herb Wesson's voice Tuesday afternoon when he announced that a marathon, all-night session of the state Assembly to hammer out a final agreement on the overdue state budget had surpassed the infamous 1963 "lock-up" of Republicans by legendary Speaker Jesse Unruh.

Law profs challenge validity of recall rules, San Diego Union-Tribune
Shaun Martin and his wife, Sandy Rierson, don't consider themselves political activists, but there was something about California's recall electoral procedures that struck the San Diego law professors as "bizarre and unusual." The couple worked day and night to file a lawsuit last week questioning its constitutionality.

Globe agape at state's 'rabble-rousing', San Francisco Chronicle
The whole world is watching, and in some cases laughing, as California plunges into the uncharted waters of recall politics.

Part of recall law struck down, Long Beach Press-Telegram/AP
A judge struck down a portion of the state's recall law on Tuesday, saying voters will be allowed to cast a ballot for a potential successor to Gov. Gray Davis even if they don't vote on whether he should be recalled.