Top of the morning’s news
- The Legislature approved the newly-unveiled budget package last night, giving the state a spending plan before the start of the fiscal year July 1 and, perhaps not coincidentally, ensuring that lawmakers once gain will receive their pay. Chronicle; LA Times; Contra Costa Times
- Biz Stone announced he’s stepping down as Twitter’s creative director to team up with Twitter co-founder Evan Williams to revive Obvious, the company that originally incubated Twitter. PaidContent
- ABC News has paid at least $215,000 for Casey Anthony scoops in connection with the Florida murder case and trial. Poynter
- CNN named Jessica Yellin chief White House correspondent to replace the departing Ed Henry. TV Newser
- It didn’t take long for Attorney General Kamala Harris, the courts, and the UC and Cal State systems to come out swinging against the newly-passed budget that Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic lawmakers unveiled. Chronicle Politics Blog
- Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would have made it easier for farmworkers to organize. LA Times
- The Warriors bought the Dakota Wizards developmental league basketball franchise and will consider moving it from Bismarck, North Dakota, to Northern California after the 2011-12 season. Chronicle
- Yesterday’s rains marked a Bay Area weather milestone: For the first time since 1849, June has been wetter than January. Chronicle
- District attorney George Gascon called on Congress to pass a federal ban on assault rifles. The Bay Citizen
- A diesel spill, possibly from someone having poured the fuel into a storm drain, spread over a 5-acre span of Oakland’s Lake Merritt Tuesday afternoon. The Bay Citizen
- A man with a loaded gun was arrested at the Sacramento airport. AP
- The Muni board awarded a contract to dig the tunnel for the Central Subway to run from the South of Market area to Chinatown, the entire cost of which when built is expected to top $1.6 billion. The Bay Citizen
- Details have begun to emerge on how Mayor Jean Quan and the city council plan to deal with Oakland’s projected $58 million budget deficit. Oakland Tribune
- San Francisco’s cultural affairs director, Luis Cancel, is on the hot seat after complaints about his treatment of staff—and his telecommuting from a second home in Rio de Janeiro. Chronicle
- Century Theaters announced it plans to build a 16-screen movie theater to anchor a new Fremont entertainment district. Oakland Tribune
- As the competition heats up to land a second campus of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, two of the contenders—Alameda and Richmond—have launched advertising campaigns. Contra Costa Times
- A developer has shelved its plans for housing at 1401 California Street at the foot of Nob Hill and now plans to replace the Cala Foods store there with a Trader Joe’s. SF Business Times
