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Mattingly unwilling to name permanent closer
Email MILWAUKEE -- Before Tuesday night's game, Don Mattingly was asked who his closer was. "I don't know," the Dodgers manager said. "We'll see." So, there you have it. The bullpen-wide slump that cost the Dodgers a sweep in Atlanta has the manager as uncertain about the late innings as the fans. "I know who I want to use. But I don't know if I ...
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Details emerge in slaying of two teenage Oakland girls last year
OAKLAND -- The slaughter of two teenage girls near Brookdale Park last November was sparked by an adolescent relationship squabble, a witness testified in court Tuesday.Raquel Gerstel, 15, and Bobbie Sartain, 16, were gunned down in the early morning hours of Nov. 25 after a teenager they were hanging out with announced that he had another woman coming to meet them, a 16-year-old witness ...
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Family of California woman killed by U.S. Border Patrol files suit
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The family of a San Diego woman killed in an encounter with the U.S. Border Patrol filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday alleging a plainclothes agent used excessive force when he opened fire on the woman as she tried to flee in a ...
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Biden says Jewish leaders in Hollywood social media drove changing attitudes on gay marriage
WASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden is praising Jewish leaders for helping change American attitudes about gay marriage and other issues. Biden says culture and arts change people's attitudes. He cites social media and the old NBC TV series "Will and Grace" as examples of what helped changed attitudes on gay marriage. Biden says, quote, "Think - behind of all that, I bet ...
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San Diego Jazz Fest conundrum
But this event has no relation to the sadly long-defunct San Diego Jazz Festival, which -- between 1979 and 1987 -- brought such uncompromising American music giants as Art Blakey, Betty Carter, Lionel Hampton, the Art Ensemble of Chicago and dozens more to ...
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25-year-old charged in shooting of 2 officers
VISALIA, Calif. -; A 25-year-old man is facing the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison after being charged in the shooting of two Visalia police officers last week, Tulare County prosecutors ...
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Man found dead from apparent fall at UCLA
LOS ANGELES -; Officials at the University of California, Los Angeles say a man was found dead on campus after an apparent fall from a ...
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San Diego schools sit out suit
San Diego schools have yet to join a whistle-blower lawsuit in Los Angeles claiming that Office Depot overcharged thousands of governments for supplies purchased through a nonprofit co-op that negotiated purchasing ...
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Cal Guard protests furloughs
Federal furloughs affecting California National Guard employees could slow response to wildfires and other emergencies this summer, the state's military department warned the Pentagon ...
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Lawyer Teen used murder kit on girls parents
LOS ANGELES -; Prosecutors say a teenager accused of murdering his girlfriend's parents was equipped with a "murder kit" to kill the Compton ...
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Exclusive Interview with Max Starks
More Photos Chargers.com: How does it feel to be a San Diego Charger? Starks: It feels pretty awesome! I think it's a great opportunity. I love the city of San Diego, so hopefully it will be a welcomed change and I look forward to helping the Chargers build toward a Championship. Chargers.com: You were in high demand. Why did you choose to sign here? Starks: There was a great opportunity in ...
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San Elijo Parents Upset over School District Plans
One of the county's best school districts, San Marcos Unified, is building more schools to make room for thousands of new students. But parents in one neighborhood aren't happy with the district's proposed ...
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UPDATE 1-Healthcare workers strike at five California public hospitals
Tue May 21, 2013 9:23pm EDT (Adds quotes, details of strike, contract dispute) By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO May 21 (Reuters) - Thousands of healthcare workers walked off the job at the University of California's five medical centers on Tuesday, delaying emergency care, surgeries, diagnostic procedures and other medical treatment throughout the state. The union representing nearly 13,000 ...
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Man posing as officer allegedly sexually assaults woman at El Segundo hotel
Surveillance photo of unidentified second suspect. police badge, said he was conducting a prostitution sting and handcuffed her, Bermudez said. The second man stayed briefly, took some property and left. Stepp allegedly then sexually assaulted the woman, removed the handcuffs, took cash and other property from her purse and left. The woman called police, who quickly identified Stepp as a ...
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Holocaust prisoners book to be returned to Poland
SANTA ROSA, Calif. -; A Northern California woman is returning a book of poems and drawings written and drawn by Polish prisoners at a World War II concentration camp to ...
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Lawmaker cancels Vegas fundraiser after report
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; A California state senator has canceled a Las Vegas fundraiser after a newspaper reported that the host of the party could benefit from pending ...
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Felon pleads not guilty in photographer killing
OAKLAND, Calif. -; A 10-time felon charged in the shooting death of a former Oakland Tribune freelance photographer who was hit by a stray bullet has pleaded not guilty to murder and other ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 21
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...
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Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against BP Agent
For family members of Valeria Monique Alvarado, the heartache and anger are unbearable after she was killed by a border patrol officer in plain clothes. They have since hired an attorney to represent them in seeking whether the officer used excessive ...
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Driver Involved in Fatal Crash Arrested CHP
Timothy Barnette, the teenager behind the wheel of a Land Rover involved in a fatal crash eastbound on SR-56 east of Black Mountain Road Thursday, is under investigation according to the CHP. NBC 7's Nicole Gonzales ...
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Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland fined $142970 for safety violations
State regulators have fined Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland $142,970 for not properly isolating nearly two dozen patients suspected of having tuberculosis.The hospital failed to put the patients in appropriately ventilated rooms to prevent the disease from spreading to other patients and hospital employees, Cal-OSHA said.As it turned out, none of these patients tested positive for ...
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Schwarzenegger And Shriver Are Not Getting A Divorce Just Yet
Arnold Schwarzenegger and his ex-wife Maria Shriver were on track to be divorced after it came to light that Schwarzenegger had fathered a child with a member of his household staff. That divorce may notwbe on hold for a pretty weird ...
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NFL notebook San Francisco lands 50th Super Bowl
San Francisco beat out South Florida, which was stymied in its bid to stage an 11th Super Bowl when the Florida Legislature did not support financing to renovate Sun Life ...
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San Francisco’s Political Leaders Ecstatic About Hosting Super Bowl L
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)-- The rotunda at San Francisco's City Hall was packed full of Warriors fans on Tuesday when Mayor Ed Lee was passed a note and a big smile broke out on his face. The city's political and civic leaders were gathered for a Warrior's Day celebration, but it was the news about another sport that Lee was reacting to. You didn't have to be a mind reader to ...
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Feds take over Calif. high-risk insurance program
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; About 17,000 Californians with serious medical problems will be moved from a state-run stopgap health insurance program to a federal plan starting in ...
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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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