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Irvine -- President Bush, aiming to shore up sagging support in a Republican bastion, came for a heart-to-heart talk on immigration Monday, acknowledging that some were puzzled by his choice of Orange County -- the heart of an area opposed to his immigration policies. "That's what a leader does," Bush told a crowd of 450 business leaders at the Hyatt Regency Irvine as he roamed the room with a microphone during an hourlong town hall-style meeting. The president, before a phalanx of signs decorated with flags and eagles proclaiming "Securing the American Dream," emphasized securing the borders, dealing with the...

Giving an Interview Future Minuteman Local Republicans Young Republicans Lots of Media Republicans Counter Protesters: Armenian Protesters: The Armenians Refuse to Stand with the Pro Illegal / Muslim Protests. They walked over to our side of the street. The bikers pointed to the flags on their jackets and said "We are American first." Muslim Protesters Walked over to our side of the street and tried to start a fight: But the Armenian Bikers stood up with the anti illegal protesters and held their ground. One Muslim Arrest The Armenians and the Anti Illegal protesters took turns chanting "Never Forget, Never...

IRVINE, Calif. - Several hundred demonstrators from both sides of the immigration issue protested outside President Bush's speech Monday at an Orange County hotel. With Congress returning from a two-week recess, the speech let Bush relaunch his proposal for a temporary guest worker program. It also gave a venue for protesters in a region where the immigration debate has become increasingly heated.

Apr 24, 6:11 PM (ET) By JENNIFER LOVEN (AP) President Bush makes remarks at a 'John Porter for Congress' luncheon in Las Vegas, Nev. Monday,... IRVINE, Calif. (AP) - President Bush had a blunt message Monday for fellow Republicans focusing only on get-tough immigration policies: He said sending all the nation's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants back to their home countries is not the answer. "Massive deportation of the people here is unrealistic - it's just not going to work," Bush said. "You know, you can hear people out there hollering it's going to work. It's not going to work."...

Bush Orders Probe Into Gas Price Cheating By NEDRA PICKLER ASSOCIATED PRESS ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) - President Bush is trying to calm Americans' outrage over soaring gas prices by ordering an investigation into whether the price of gasoline has been illegally manipulated, his spokesman said Monday. During the last few days, Bush asked his Energy and Justice departments to open inquiries into possible cheating in the gasoline markets, said White House press secretary Scott McClellan. Bush planned to announce the action Tuesday during a speech in Washington. Bush is under pressure to do something about gas prices that...

President Bush in Irvine today called for a rational, temporary guest worker program and said that attempting to deport as many as 12 million undocumented workers illegally in the United States was a policy that was not going to work. Bush capped a four-day trip to California with a visit to the Orange County Business Council, made up of 300 businesses, where he gave his most detailed comments on immigration since a bipartisan compromise in the Senate fell apart more than two weeks ago. Congress returned to Washington today from its holiday recess with immigration policy one of the key...

The President spent the weekend in California. On Saturday (Earth Day) he went for a bike ride and also visited California Fuel Cell Partnership in West Sacramento. On Sunday he visited Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, he went to church and had lunch there. Later on Sunday he visted former President Gerald Ford and former first lady Betty Ford visited at their home in Rancho Mirage Today the President spoke and took questions on comprehensive immigration reform at the Orange County Business Council at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Irvine, CA Later on the President made...

9:14 A.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Please be seated. (Applause.) Thanks for letting me come by. Tom, thanks for the invitation. What I thought I would do is share some thoughts with you on some issues that kind of like may be on the TV screen these days. (Laughter.) And then answer some of your questions. I'm interested to know what's on your mind.First, I've had a fabulous trip to your unbelievably beautiful state. It started off in northern California, Cisco; then I went to Stanford; then I went to Napa Valley; then I rode my bicycle on...

SAN JOSE -- As oil prices hit a record, drivers worried about $3-a-gallon gas and politicians feared the impact on elections, President Bush on Friday acknowledged the pain but seemed resigned to being able to do little about it. "I know the folks here are suffering at the gas pump," the president said while promoting his competitiveness initiative at the Silicon Valley headquarters of Internet networking company Cisco Systems Inc. "Rising gasoline prices is like taking a _ is like a tax, particularly on the working people and the small-business people." But to address the immediate problem, Bush offered only...

By Tabassum Zakaria IRVINE, California (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Monday he doubted a "massive deportation" of foreigners living illegally in the United States would solve the country's immigration woes, as he tried to revive prospects for an election-year agreement in the divided U.S. Congress. Senators returned to Washington on Monday from a two-week recess after Democrats and Republicans were unable to reach a compromise on what to do about an estimated 11.5 million to 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States. 

His speech started about 8 minutes ago. You can listen live at http://760kfmb.com/listen_live/

.Demonstrators protest outside Bush immigration speech in Irvine By GILLIAN FLACCUS The Associated PressIRVINESeveral hundred demonstrators from both sides of the immigration issue protested outside President Bush's speech Monday at an Orange County hotel. With Congress returning from a two-week recess, the speech let Bush relaunch his proposal for a temporary guest worker program. It also gave a venue for protesters in a region where the immigration debate has become increasingly heated.More than an hour before Bush arrived, protesters from the Minuteman Project the volunteer border patrol group whose co-founder ran for Congress in Orange County were chanting "Go back...

Toscana Country Club Indian Wells, California 6:05 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT: Please be seated. Thanks for coming. The lesson of the 1994 fundraiser is, I should have had a better chairman. (Laughter.) I want to thank you all for coming. I really appreciate your support for the Republican Party. We're the party that is the party of ideas, a party of optimism, and a party of people who know how to solve problems, which is exactly what we're doing. I, first, wish Laura were here. She's not, of course. About four people go through the photo-op line indicated that they...

Bush Visits Ailing Former President Ford 12 minutes ago President Bush paid a visit Sunday to the ailing former President Ford at his home in this resort town where Bush was spending the weekend. Ford and his wife, Betty, were waiting with smiles outside their low-slung stucco home, which overlooks a golf course, as Bush's limousine pulled into the circular driveway. Bush gave Mrs. Ford a kiss on the cheek and had a handshake for the Republican former president. Ford then linked his arm into Bush's and led him inside the home in a gated community near Palm Springs in...

US President George W. Bush has warned rising oil prices will mean a "tough summer" for US consumers as the high cost of gasoline (petrol) showed signs of becoming a big political issue. But even as more Americans expressed discontent over the price of filling up their gas tanks, Bush suggested there was little his government could do in the short term about the problem. "We're going to have a tough summer because people are beginning to drive now during tight supply," Bush said as he toured a California facility developing hydrogen-powered vehicles. "The American people have got to...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President Bush will spend much of his day with Marines and sailors, attending church and joining them for lunch at the base in Twentynine Palms, CA. Last night in Indian Wells, near Palm Springs, GWB helped pull in nearly $2 million for the RNC at the Toscana Country Club. Tomorrow, after a speech on immigration in Orange County, the President heads for Las Vegas and a fundraiser for Nevada Congressman Jon Porter. From the podium, the President mentioned dignitaries in attendance such as Dug Sundheim, California Republican Party chairman; Bruce McPherson, Secretary of State; Sen....

When President Bush arrives in Irvine on Monday morning to pitch his immigration reform plan, one of his party's best-known local standard-bearers will be maintaining a respectful — and politically careful — distance. Dana Rohrabacher, the nine-term Republican congressman from Huntington Beach, generally supports the president, but disagrees with his immigration policies. So Rohrabacher plans to sit out Bush's speech to the Orange County Business Council. "I don't want to be behind him looking glum and not applauding," Rohrabacher said. "So as not to be rude to the president — which I think is inexcusable — I think I'll just...

President Bush will land in a hotbed of the illegal-immigration debate Monday when he flies into Orange County, and he's likely to find a tough sell for his approach. Bush's call for a guest-worker program has riled many who say that the international borders must be secured before normalizing the status of any of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States. When Bush stands up at the Hyatt Regency Irvine to pitch his views on immigration to the Orange County Business Council, some will applaud his decision to talk here - if not what he's pushing. "I'd...

WEST SACRAMENTO — A bomb squad was called in Saturday, after a man dropped a knapsack in a crowd of protesters outside a building President Bush was touring. Authorities later said it appeared to be a "sophisticated hoax device." West Sacramento Deputy Police Chief Henry Serrano said the man dropped the knapsack in the middle of a street outside the California Fuel Cell Partnership, where Bush was giving an Earth Day talk on hydrogen fuel technology. The suspect then ran into the crowd of about 1,500 protesters. Police who caught him said he appeared intoxicated and refused to identify himself....

ST. HELENA, Calif. -- Unable to drive down high oil prices, President Bush is spending Earth Day promoting futuristic hydrogen fuel technology as a way to wean Americans from gas-guzzling vehicles. After a bike ride near his Napa Valley resort Saturday morning, Bush planned to visit the California Fuel Cell Partnership in West Sacramento for a tour and speech on his energy plan. The plan does not include any measures that would reduce gas prices in the short term, the White House acknowledges. But with Republicans worried that the increasing cost to drive could hurt them in the voting booth...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: For a change, a pleasant, even delightful and funny story from the Associated Press about President Bush. An AP reporter accompanied GWB on what the reporter described as a "lung-busting" mountain bike ride this morning in Northern California, and later filed this report (unfortunately no photos were up on Yahoo as of 1:00pm Pacific time): Bush Takes Muddy Bike Ride on Earth Day By SCOTT LINDLAW, Associated Press Writer LAS POSADAS STATE FOREST, Calif. - President Bush marked Earth Day with a lung-busting mountain bike ride high above Napa County wine country, dodging ruts that...

Bush marks Earth Day with focus on alternative fuels SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - President George W. Bush marked Earth Day on Saturday by highlighting technology that could reduce U.S. dependence on oil, while Democrats used a spike in gas prices to criticize White House energy policy. With oil prices hitting a record high this week and gas at the pump topping $3 a gallon in some places, Democrats hoping to win control of the U.S. Congress in November elections seized on the issue to make a populist argument against big oil companies and Republicans' ties to them. Critics are also...

Protesters force Bush to move Stanford meeting President Bush's visit to Stanford University's Hoover Institution was quickly moved to another location after more than 1,000 protesters converged around the Hoover tower. The White House said the protesters blocked the only road into the central areaof the campus where Hoover is located, which forced a meeting with several Hoover fellows to be moved to the campus home of former Secretary of State George Shultz, a Hoover fellow who organized the gathering. The motorcade instead traveled to the house, which is on the outer edge of campus. The change in plans delayed...

SCHWARZENEGGER SEEKS FUNDS FOR LEVEE FIXES, IMMIGRATION President Bush and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will meet briefly Friday in Silicon Valley, where the governor hopes to press for more federal funding to shore up California's aging levees and win reimbursement for incarceration of illegal immigrants. Schwarzenegger is expected to meet the president when he touches down in the Bay Area. The governor will ride with Bush in the presidential motorcade to Cisco Systems in San Jose, where they will appear together. There, Bush plans to discuss his American Competitiveness Initiative with a handful of Silicon Valley executives, including host Cisco CEO...

Today President Bush flew to the left coast to participate in a panel discussion on the American competitiveness Initiative at the Cisco Systems, Inc. headquarters building in San Jose, California, he was joined by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

President Bush is extending his weekend trip to California to speak Monday in Irvine on the volatile issue of immigration reform. Bush will speak to the Orange County Business Council between 8 and 9 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency Irvine, according to Myal Greene, spokesman for Rep. John Campbell, R-Irvine. The president has repeatedly said he favors a comprehensive approach to immigration reform, one that strengthens borders and includes a guest-worker program that matches "willing workers with jobs that Americans won't do." That position puts him at odds with many Republicans in Orange County, including Campbell, who plans to attend...

HIGH-TECH AGENDA TRUMPETED AS FIX TO NATION'S WOES The competitiveness plan that President Bush is touting today in San Jose was largely the brainchild of Silicon Valley leaders. So, when he talks to 250 high-tech leaders and workers at Cisco Systems this afternoon, it's more than a presidential visit -- it's recognition that Silicon Valley has gained more influence than ever in his administration. ``He cribbed from our innovation agenda,'' House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said in San Francisco this week, adding that Bush isn't putting enough money into basic education and is ignoring other key issues, such as investing...

.Apr 20, 2006 7:28 am US/PacificPresident Bush's California ItineraryPresident Bush begins his four-day visit to California today. Here is his schedule. FRIDAY (4/21)Visits Cisco Systems in San Jose and talks with Silicon Valley executives about the American Competitiveness Initiative. After this even is when Governor schwarzenegger says he'll make a direct appeal to the president for federal help to repair the state's levees. SATURDAY (4/22)Tours the California Fuel Cell Partnership in West Sacramento, speaks on advanced transportation technology. Attends a Republican National Committee fundraiser in Palm Springs. SUNDAY (4/23)Attends church service and has lunch with troops at Marine Corps Air...

President George W. Bush is likely to get a large welcome from the county's highly vocal anti-illegal immigration activists when he comes to Irvine on Monday morning to pitch his immigration plan.

Take that, Stanford. Two San Jose State students have been asked by the White House to represent budding Silicon Valley engineering talent and rub shoulders with President Bush on Friday when he visits Cisco Systems. College of Engineering Dean Belle Wei said she got a call Tuesday from a valley ``Republican heavyweight,'' asking for names. Wei said she thinks SJSU got the call because ``we have normal students, not Stanford students, privileged students.'' After all, Bush is in town to tout his plan for keeping American industry competitive in the computer age. Wei has tapped two of her top students,...

Dear Fellow Republicans, As you have probably heard, President Bush is coming to Napa County, very near to us! As you have also probably heard, there are going to be many counter demonstrators out to harass him. The Napa County Republican Party has organized a couple of rallies to show our opposition to his critics and to show our support for President Bush. We received the following message from The Napa County Republicans: Sonoma County Republican Party http://www.sonomagop.org/ President Bush is coming to Napa Valley this Friday evening! He will be staying at Meadowood Resort on Friday and leaving Saturday...

They've found reason to avoid each other in recent months, but President Bush is scheduled to meet Friday afternoon with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, officials with both administrations said. It won't be a long session -- just enough time for the governor to press his fellow Republican on such vital California issues as the state's fragile levee system and immigration, aides in both camps said Tuesday. Schwarzenegger will meet Bush at the airport in San Jose, then ride in the president's limousine for a joint appearance at Cisco Systems. Bush will pitch the American Competitiveness Initiative, which, if approved by Congress,...

<p>WASHINGTON -- President Bush heads to California next weekend where he will celebrate Earth Day on Saturday with a tour of the California Fuel Cell Partnership in West Sacramento.</p> <p>It will be the president's first visit to the Sacramento area since his 2000 election.</p>