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Lawsuit Holding OTL Tourney Hostage
FreePB.org's case against the city -- saying it's holding OTL hostage, unless FreePB gets a special event alcohol permit it failed to obtain from city ...
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California median housing price increases by most in 33 years
In May 2013, homes costing $500,000 or more accounted for 35.4 percent of sales in California, up from 24.6 percent a year ago. (Keith Birmingham/Staff Photographer) The median price of a previously owned house in California soared 31.9 percent in May, the largest year-over-year increase in more than three decades as sales of more expensive properties increased and inventory remained tight, a ...
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As many as 6 dead in S. California shootings gunman also killed
A gunman killed at least six people in Santa Monica, California, on Friday before he was shot dead by police at a library of a community college, Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks said. Seabrooks said a second individual she described as a "person of interest" had been taken into custody in connection with the violence, which unfolded a few miles from where President Barack Obama was ...
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Tennis great Gene Mako dies in Calif. at 97
Ezekiel Elliott went to last year's Class 3 state track meet focused on taking down Dapo Akinmoladun, the great hurdler from Kansas City ...
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As hit the road after Coliseum sewage flood
ARLINGTON -- Athletics manager Bob Melvin said the team was fortunate the sewage flood in both clubhouses at O.co Coliseum on Sunday occurred at the end of a six-game homestand. The Athletics and Mariners showered in the Raiders' locker room after the game as a result of backed up pipes during the game. The Athletics won't play in Oakland for another week when they start an eight-game ...
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Melvin stresses urgency as As face Rangers
Email ARLINGTON -- Things have changed since the last time the Athletics and Rangers met, but Athletics manager Bob Melvin stressed the same message during this four-game stretch at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington -- play with urgency. "It's always an important series, but you don't want to get too far ahead," Melvin said. "It's a long season, these things tend to ...
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Cespedes plays as DH for fourth straight game
Email ARLINGTON -- The Athletics hope to get Yoenis Cespedes back in the outfield soon. Athletics manager Bob Melvin wanted to put Cespedes in the outfield Monday, but he wants to see Cespedes run around before he makes the change. Melvin said the team had batting practice in the cages so Cespedes couldn't run around as much as he wanted. Cespedes was the designated hitter for a fourth ...
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Alleged Child Abductor Faces Federal Charges
filed charged against McLeod last week. They include child abduction, meeting with a minor to commit a sex offense, online enticement of a minor, contact with a minor to commit a felony and enticing a minor to produce child ...
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Family considers moving after shooting injures 11-year-old boy
A little blood is left on the mattress near the bullet hole in the wall at the Tran family home in West Oakland, Calif. on Monday, June 17, 2013. Bullets riddled the Tran family home early Sunday as a gun battle took place outside. Phuc Tran, 11, was hit in the arm while asleep in his bed. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News ...
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Gruesome photos from Californias Alphabet murders open trial
SAN RAFAEL, California (Reuters) - Opening arguments began on Monday in the death penalty trial of a retired photographer accused of killing four prostitutes with a California prosecutor showing jurors gruesome photographs of victims killed in the serial "Alphabet ...
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Serial murder suspect delivers opening remarks
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -; Serial murder suspect Joseph Naso delivered an hours-long personal history Monday replete with childhood photos, as he launched his defense, denied the decades-old slayings of four women and claimed he is not the "monster" prosecutors have made him out to ...
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Man convicted of killing estranged wife in 2011
SANTA ANA, Calif. -; An Orange County man has been convicted of shooting to death his estranged wife after following her from the preschool where she ...
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Don’t mess with San Diego’s iconic beach tournament
The lawsuit challenging next month's annual Over-The-Line Tournament on Fiesta Island is a spiteful maneuver by a group upset because its own request to allow alcohol at a beach event called the Leisure Olympics was ...
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On Hollywood’s menu Food truck or sit-down restaurant
The weekly food truck event attracts 1,800 to Young Circle every Monday night. But city leaders want to make sure they’re not taking business away from restaurants and ...
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CA man guilty of false report that led to shooting
A man working on the roof of a Philadelphia apartment building fell through into one of the units, where a girl watching TV was hit by ...
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California fire season very volatile
Fire officials in California are asking the public to work with them as they face one of the most significant fire seasons they've seen in many ...
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Streaming services sign Hollywood deals
Netflix and LoveFilm have both struck deals with big Hollywood studios as the online streaming services compete to snap up television and film ...
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Frank Luntz GOP Strategist Shows Off His Collectible-Filled California Home
shared photos of the home's interiors , we were surprised to say the least. For one thing, the political consultant has filled his rooms with collectibles and treasures from famous moments in history, entertainment and sports. Some of his most-prized possessions include a Winston Churchill statue and a billiard table once owned by Ulysses S. Grant. He explained that these items are ...
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Fired Manhattan Beach officers drank for 7 hours before crash coverup
Three Manhattan Beach police officers fired for their involvement in an off-duty hit-and-run collision three years ago spent at least seven hours drinking in a bar before driving and crashing just 220 feet later, court documents ...
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Armed Man On San Francisco Overpass Shuts Down Caltrain Service
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Police activity near Caltrain’s 22nd Street station in SanFrancisco has shut down Caltrain service Monday evening. Caltrain spokeswoman Christine Dunn said San Francisco police are working to apprehend an armed man on an overpass above the ...
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Netflix Cuts Original Programming Deal With Dreamworks
LOS GATOS (CBS / AP) — Netflix said Monday that it would offer new TV shows from DreamWorks Animation starting in 2014 in what the company described as its biggest transaction ever for original first-run content. Though financial details were not disclosed, Netflix Inc. said the agreement includes more than 300 hours of new TV episodes in a multi-year deal. Analysts estimated the contract ...
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911 caller pleads guilty to making a false report
PASADENA, Calif. -; A man who made a 911 call that ended with Pasadena police fatally shooting a college student has pleaded guilty to making a false ...
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The Hollywood Reporter Announces Nine Hires Five Promotions
has announced the promotion of five staffers and the addition of nine more to the expanding media company. May also marked a flagship month for the publication's website, THR.com, which received the highest traffic in its ...
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ATM skimming suspect arrested in California
A suspected ATM skimming ring that involved Romanians targeting bank machines across Florida has lead agents to another suspect, according to federal court documents.Nicu Calin, 43, was arrested in California on June 7, the same day he was scheduled to fly back to Romania, according to documents filed in the federal courthouse ...
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Wildfires to Increase Over California Nevada Utah and Arizona
AccuWeather.com reports weather favoring the spread of wildfires will increase over California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona Tuesday into Wednesday. A strong storm system moving onshore into the Northwest will work to kick up winds over the Southwest into the middle of the week. While winds will not be damaging in most cases, they will be strong enough to raise the risk of spreading existing fires ...
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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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