First Take: Schwarzenegger wins in court. Jerry Brown’s inside-out campaign. LAPD apologizes to RFK’s family.

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Lawmakers raked in more than $929,000 in gifts last year, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger received the most by far -- $585,000 worth.

Schwarzenegger was handed a big legal victory Tuesday when an appeals court affirmed his right to make cuts via line-item veto.

State Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown is back, selling his ‘insider’s experience and outsider’s mind’ as he announces his candidacy for governor.

The Los Angeles Police Department has apologized to the family of Robert Kennedy over a homicide exhibit in Las Vegas.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will join the parade of officials to endorse Assemblywoman Karen Bass for Congress.

Treasurer Bill Lockyer will release the findings of a report to assess the effect of Toyota’s planned closure of the NUMMI auto manufacturing plant.

The state Senate will hear testimony about the future of a long-standing farmland protection plan.

Schwarzenegger will meet with education leaders in Sacramento before holding a news conference Wednesday evening.

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