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Visitors Get Behind-The-Scenes Look at Juvenile Hall
More than 3,000 people, namely parents, mentors and teens, made their way into the Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility on Saturday to get an inside look at what it’s really like to live in ...
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Cannes Hollywood Finds Global Business Partners at Festival
In her latest Film Files column, Sharon Swart visits Worldview Entertainment's bash and Gaumont's windy party, where WME agent Jerome Duboz says: "the market feels ...
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Is San Diego punching below its weight
Mark Cafferty heard the talk and nodded. He was born and raised in Boston, understands its history and its pride. The city sees itself as strong, and that's what it projects to the rest of the ...
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As activate Young from DL designate Barton
Email The A's reinstated outfielder Chris Young from the 15-day disabled list Saturday, making room for him on the roster by designating first baseman Daric Barton for assignment. Young, in his first season with the A's after six-plus seasons with Arizona, had sustained a strained left quad and was placed on the DL retroactive to April 30. Batting .172 with 10 of his first 15 hits ...
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When Bobby Ross saw the Rolling Stones and other San Diego sports hits
Mick Jagger, left, and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform on the kick-off of the band's "50 and Counting" tour at the Staples Center on Friday, May 3, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris ...
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Mumbai-born tycoon Vivek Ranadive buys NBA team Sacramento Kings
The five-month battle over Kings pitted Ranadive and his California group against Microsoft's Steve Ballmer and Valiant Capital Founder Chris Hansen. (AP ...
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DUI Checkpoints in East Village IB Net 12 Arrests
One checkpoint was conducted by the San Diego Police Department in downtown’s East Village area, in the 1400 block of G Street. From 11:05 p.m. Friday until 3 a.m. Saturday, a total of 2,028 vehicles that passed through the ...
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Child Donates 2 Feet of Hair
But why, after 11 years, did he decide to donate his curly mane? Turns out Larry was touched by a commercial for St. Jude’s Hospital that showed children without hair because of chemotherapy ...
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Police seek SoCal man who halted school bus
REDLANDS, Calif. -; Redlands police are looking for a man who pulled over a school bus, flashed a badge and told the driver he was a police ...
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Beckham captains PSG in last home game
Paris Saint Germain's midfielder David Beckham from England, send a kiss during a training session prior to his French League One soccer match against Brest, at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, Saturday, May 18, 2013. Paris Saint-Germain hopes to strike a deal with David Beckham in the next two weeks in which the former England captain will work with the French club after retirement, ...
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1 Injured Midway Hit and Run
According to police, at around 8:15 p.m. a man in his 40s was crossing the street in the 2700 block of Midway Drive and Rosecrans Street when he was struck by the driver of a 2004 ...
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Two small quakes rumble off California coast
Two shallow earthquakes -- one a magnitude 4.0 and the other a magnitude 3.3 -- struck early Saturday off the California coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The magnitude 4.0 temblor occurred at 6:46 a.m. PDT, 17 miles off the coast of Rio Dell in northern California at a depth of 11.8 miles. The magnitude 3.3 temblor was recorded 12 miles from ...
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17 bodies removed from Modesto funeral home
MODESTO, Calif. -; Officials say 17 bodies have been removed from a Modesto funeral home after complaints the home was taking too long to cremate the ...
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Calif. law takes effect on microstamping guns
LOS ANGELES -; A California law that requires all semi-automatic handguns to be equipped with technology that stamps its identifying information on bullet casings is now in effect after years of ...
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No damage after 2 quakes hit near Eureka
The U.S. Geological Survey says the first quake hit at 6:46 a.m. Saturday 34 miles southwest of Eureka. Then a second quake - with a magnitude of 3.9 - hit at 8:54 a.m. 29 miles southwest of Eureka. The USGS says it has received reports of shaking felt in Eureka and nearby Ferndale, but a Eureka police dispatcher says she did not feel either quake, and the department had not received any calls ...
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Locals Line Up at Lucky Lottery Stores
There were also long lines at the 7-Eleven on East Eighth Street in National City Friday night – another one of San Diego’s luckiest lottery ...
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This week in the War on Workers California hospital workers to strike
Workers at the University of California hospital system are planning a two-day strike to protest inadequate staffing levels, increased use of temp workers, and changes to their pension plan, though the university announced Friday that the California Public Employment Relations Board ...
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Authorities find $1M marijuana growing operation at Rancho Palos Verdes home
RANCHO PALOS VERDES - A Rancho Palos Verdes couple faced criminal charges today after deputies conducting a burglary investigation stumbled upon an alleged $1 million marijuana growing operation at their home. Deputies were investigating a report of a possible residential burglary in the 27800 block of Alaflora Drive around 2:30 p.m. Thursday when they noticed someone matching the description ...
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Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town
FREMONT, Calif. -; In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 ...
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San Francisco bacon restaurant forced to close over smell
Who complains about the smell of bacon? People in San Francisco, apparently. The owner of Bacon Bacon, an eatery that specialized in all things porcine, was forced ...
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Dwight Freeney Will Be a San Diego Charger
Disclaimer: This event listing is intended for informational purposes only and is not controlled or endorsed in any way by the San Diego ...
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Ex-Compton firefighter pleads not guilty to arson
Marcel Melanson pleaded not guilty Friday to arson and embezzlement. Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigators say the 15-year department veteran stole radios that were intended to be part of a communications upgrade, then set the headquarters on fire in December in an attempt to conceal the theft. His chief was suspicious, and after a five-month investigation Melanson was arrested ...
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Jury gets first glimpse of defense in Jackson case
(AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File). File - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, US singer Michael Jackson announces at a press conference that he is set to play ten live concerts at the London O2 Arena in July ...
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Calif. heavy metal singer accused of murder-for-hire was changed by steroids lawyer says
VISTA, Calif. - The lawyer for a California heavy metal singer accused of trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife says the singer's mind has been ravaged by steroid ...
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Autopsy confirms body found is that of missing California veteran
Autopsy results have confirmed the body found late Thursday afternoon in the brush near Modjeska Canyon is that of a missing California army veteran. The roommate of Maribel Ramos, who was reported missing by her family members May 3, has been arrested for her murder, police say. The 36-year-old Army sergeant was last seen at the Orange apartment she shared with the suspect on May 2, and ...
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Sacramento vulnerable to massive disaster
If a major earthquake were to occur tomorrow, Sacramento could potentially be devastated by massive flooding on-par with that seen in New Orleans during Katrina. The state’s major fresh water systems would be destroyed and 25 million would be without fresh water, while millions would lose their homes, but for all this, funding to upgrade the city’s levees is hard to come by.
When Hurricane Katrina barreled into US states along the Gulf Coast in 2005 it caused chaos and devastation in a part of the world considered among the most developed and stable. Read more
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