Links:

*  Treasurer Bill Lockyer gave heavily to a candidate for Alameda County Board of Supervisors. The candidate? His wife, Nadia Lockyer. The race figures to be an action packed campaign, as former state Sen. Liz Figueroa is also in the race.

* More from Josh Richman: Sen Leland Yee is trying to make white pages opt-in, instead of opt-out. Those things kill a lot of trees for a product that has largely been replaced by the internet.

*  The Governor appointed the first female head of the California National Guard, Mary Knight.

*  Sen. Ashburn wants another round of homebuyer tax credits.