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New car sales jump 13 in California
California new car sales jumped nearly 13 percent in the first quarter of this year, reaching the highest first-quarter total since 2008.The California New Car Dealers Association said vehicle sales hit 403,658 in the first quarter, a 12.6 percent improvement from a year earlier.The association said the sales increase in California surpassed the improvement on the national level. Dale ...
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Can This Man Bring Silicon Valley To Yangon
Nay Aung is the founder of Oway, a tech startup in Yangon, Myanmar. He used Taste Cafe as his unofficial office when he started his company -- in part because it was one of the few places in Myanmar with a stable Internet ...
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Summer travel forecast Better but no blowout
NEW YORK -- The forecast for summer travel, 2013: Partly sunny.Airlines, hotels and campgrounds are commanding higher rates and seeing more customers than a few summers ago, and luxury hotels are selling out. Local businessmen and state officials are optimistic.But for a travel industry still stinging from the Great Recession, the best it can likely hope for is another summer of steady, but ...
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Lytle to Leave Top Long Beach Post for Oakland
J. Christopher Lytle, executive director of the Port of Long Beach, will leave in mid-July to take the same post at the Port of Oakland.Lytle joined the port, the nation's second-largest, in 2006 as a managing director, was promoted to deputy executive director and chief operating officer in 2008 and became executive director in November 2011 after the retirement of longtime port chief ...
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Health Plans Picked for Calif. Insurance Market
After weeks of negotiations, California said it has selected 13 health plans for a new state-run insurance marketplace where as many as 5 million people will shop for coverage next ...
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Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics Issues Urgent Appeal
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics (SBNC), which for 40 years has provided essential medical and dental care to patients, regardless of their ability to pay, is facing a financial emergency which could force the organization to close its ...
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Brewers team up on beer to help military families
RICHMOND, Va. — Craft breweries from around the country are teaming up to raise money for military families by selling a beer aged on baseball bats. The Hops for Heroes project began in 2011 as a collaboration between Center of the Universe Brewing Co. in suburban Richmond and Fremont Brewing Co. in Seattle. This year, the list also includes breweries in Florida, Pennsylvania, Missouri, ...
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5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Northern California- Powerful earthquake rocks Russias Far East
GREENVILLE, Calif. – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit Northern California Thursday night that was widely felt across the region, but there were no reports of serious damage. The temblor struck at 8:47 p.m. and was centered near Greenville, about 25 miles southwest of Susanville in far northeastern California, said Rafael Abreu, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National ...
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DU Pioneers mens basketball team gains California high-schooler Dorian Butler
Dorian Butler, a 6-foot-6 forward from John W. North High School in Riverside, Calif., will play for the University of Denver men's basketball team, DU coach Joe Scott announced Thursday. Butler helped his team to a 31-4 record and a Southern Section Division 2AA championship last season. "Dorian is a skillful, strong forward who we are excited to have joining our team," Scott ...
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M5.7 quake hits Northern California
The quake was occurred at around 8:47 p.m. local time (0347 GMT Friday). The epicenter was 11 km northwest of Greenville, some 240 km northeast of California's capital city Sacramento. People in Sacramento Twitted that they felt the ...
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UPDATE 2-Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes Northern California
Fri May 24, 2013 2:45am EDT (Adds comments from local resident) May 23 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Northern California on Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter of the quake was 6 miles (11 km) northwest of the town of Greenville, and near the smaller community of Canyondam, the USGS said. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Allen Shephard, a ...
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5.7-magnitude quake shakes Northern California no injuries reported
GREENVILLE, Calif. - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit Northern California on Thursday night that was widely felt across the region, but there were no reports of serious damage. The temblor struck at 8:47 p.m. and was centred near Greenville, about 40 kilometres southwest of Susanville in far northeastern California, said Rafael Abreu, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National ...
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Coronado Bay Bridge Recently Inspected for Safety
bridge collapsed along the Skagit River in Washington State Thursday evening, plunging two cars into the water below and prompting the emergency rescues of three people from the water. The incident could very well propel the topic of bridge safety into the national ...
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Steve King Ronald Reagans Amnesty Act Decision Brought About Barack Obamas Election
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) took a stroll down memory lane on Thursday, pointing a finger at a former president for helping Barack Obama get elected. The Hill notes ...
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Museum of Californias natural science wing reopens
The yellow-bellied marmot is poised in its diorama, backed by sweeping vistas of the high Sierra. Rustic twig chairs sit on the porch of a mock Curry Village cabin, ready for real-life rocking. A brand-new ancient redwood grove stretches to the ceiling just steps from a sea lion in full roar on a sandy shore, not far from replica Lake Merritt light poles, artfully dribbled with an epoxy-clay ...
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Chez Panisse to reopen with $2500-per-person dinner
BERKELEY -- One of the Bay Area's most famous restaurants is set to reopen June 21, nearly four months after a fire destroyed parts of the building.Chez Panisse, the renowned eatery founded by Alice Waters, an icon of the California cuisine movement, will open its kitchen once again with a celebration on the day of Summer Solstice. The event will double as a fundraiser for new education ...
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Moderate earthquake rattles Northern California
A moderate earthquake shook a remotely populated area in the Sierras in Northern California late Thursday. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake was 5.7 on the Richter scale. That is severe enough to be felt across a wide area and to do considerable damage to poorly designed buildings but unlikely to cause major casualties. The quake at 8:47 p.m. was reported to be centered about 7 ...
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NHL Los Angeles 3 San Jose 0
Jonathan Quick made 24 saves in the Kings' 3-0 defeat of the San Jose Sharks Thursday, giving Los Angeles a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference semifinal series. Quick's seventh career playoff shutout brought the Kings their 13th consecutive home win. The Sharks had beaten the Kings in back-to-back games in San Jose. Los Angeles aims to finish the series with a Game 6 win in San Jose ...
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5.7 magnitude earthquake shakes Northern California
A preliminary 5.7 earthquake struck in Northern California on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The epicenter of the quake was centered 6 miles west northwest of Greenville, and 26 miles southwest of Susanville.Initial reports said the quake, which struck at 8:47 p.m., was a magnitude 5.9. A 5.7 magnitude quake is considered moderate, but has the potential to cause considerable ...
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Sheriff Beaten Bakersfield mans death accidental
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) -- The sheriff of Kern County said Thursday that baton blows from his deputies did not kill a Bakersfield man who died this month after a beating that was captured on ...
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Former Jeannette hospital attracts Calif. buyer
Jeannette District Memorial Hospital to house part of its expansive business operations and employ up to 200 people, according to Westmoreland County and city ...
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5.7 Earthquake rocks Northern California
The earthquake hit a mostly sparsely populated region, and no reports of damage or injury were immediately reported. The area is approximately 150 miles northeast of Sacramento. This is the largest quake to hit the state since the December 14, 2012 quake off of Catalina Island. This is the latest in a long history of seismic activity in the Golden State. Residents are constantly reminded of the ...
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Man Sentenced for Loaded Gun at Sacramento International Airport www.privateofficer.com
--United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller sentenced Harold E. Waller, 46, of Circle, Montana, today to three years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for attempting to board an aircraft with a concealed, dangerous weapon, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court documents, in March 2012, Waller drove from Montana to ...
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1 Killed Others Injured in Encinitas Crash
One person was killed and several others were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Encinitas Thursday night, sheriff's department officials ...
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Bay Bridge bolt maker says report exonerates it from blame
A broken anchor rod rises up next to still-tensioned rods on a shear key on the new Bay Bridge Friday afternoon May 3, 2013. Caltrans showed off the rods and some of the techniques they are using to monitor and test other installed anchor rods as they design a fix for the compromised hardware. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News ...
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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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