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SF officials upset over anti-Israel bus ads
SAN FRANCISCO -; Several San Francisco supervisors want the city transit agency to donate revenue from an anti-Israel bus ad campaign to the city's Human Rights Commission after the agency did the same for an ad campaign that targeted ...
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Calif. sends rescue workers to Okla. tornado site
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; California is sending six specially trained urban search-and-rescue workers to Oklahoma to assist recovery efforts after Monday's ...
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Sparks hire Bridget Pettis as assistant coach
Pettis spent 12 years in the league as a player, assistant coach and director of basketball operations for the Phoenix Mercury and Indiana Fever. She retired from her front-office job with the Mercury in ...
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Lawyer No background check done on Jackson doctor
LOS ANGELES -; AEG Live LLC did not conduct any background checks or supervise the doctor who was later convicted of killing Michael Jackson, a corporate attorney testified Tuesday in a lawsuit claiming the concert promoter was negligent in hiring the ...
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Judge promises more openness in Chandra Levy case
FILE - This 2001 file photo provided by the Washington Police Department shows the missing poster of Chandra Ann Levy, of Modesto, Calif. A judge promised more openness Tuesday after months of closed post-trial proceedings in the case of murdered Washington intern Chandra Levy, disclosing for the first time the reason a key prosecution witness could be discredited (AP Photo/Washington Police ...
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5000 Friends of Santa Barbara View on Facebook
The Facebook page is incredibly active with additional comments, likes and custom content; so, if you’re not, be sure to follow the County’s fastest-growing social media page by clicking the like button below. And, to the person who ...
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Californias third carbon auction raises $280 million
California's third carbon-allowance auction raised more than $280 million as polluters bid for the right to emit greenhouse gases, state officials said today.The California Air Resources Board released results of its third carbon auction, which was held last Thursday.Carbon credits that let polluters emit greenhouse gases this year sold for $14 a ton. Allowances for 2016 sold for the ...
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Utah Gov. Herbert rails against federal land management
HELENA -- About a half-dozen tea party activists have gathered outside the federal building in Helena to protest IRS scrutiny of conservative ...
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Chargers Release Kevin Haslam
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Boy Injured by Trash Truck to Get Millions Attorney
The leg of Luke Acuna was amputated after a trash truck struck him in November. Now, he hopes to return home, and with the help of doctors, a mentor, friends and family, Luke hopes to play sports once again. NBC 7 reporter Steven Luke interviewed Luke, his father Anthony, his mentor Travis Ricks and his doctor Andrew ...
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Oakland Thieves break into television news van near Jack London Square
OAKLAND -- A television news van was broken into Tuesday afternoon near Jack London Square, according to police.It was not known what was taken in the theft, which occurred about 12:30 p.m. and targeted a KGO-TV van parked near Second and Clay streets. Four suspects were seen fleeing the area in a green Jaguar, according to police.Check back for more ...
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California couple get prison for keeping niece as sex slave
A Southern California couple are headed to prison after pleading guilty to keeping a young niece in the United States illegally as a sex slave. Inez Martinez Garcia, 44, was sentenced Monday to a 20-year prison term. Her husband, Marcial Garcia Hernandez, 45, was given a 23-years-to-life sentence. Both pleaded guilty to multiple counts of abuse. Prosecutors said the couple coerced a relative ...
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Study Californias credit rating improves
The Golden State's credit rating improved this year, according to the 2013 State Credit Quality Report. California moved from 44 to 41 in Conning's annual credit rankings, which evaluated states on employment growth, home price appreciation and number of foreclosures. A new private study is giving California some credit. The Golden States credit rating improved this year, according to ...
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California Strawberry Commission awards scholarhip money to 46 Oxnard students
Fatima Lopez (left) leans in as her mother Graciela Reyna gives her older sister, Noemi Lopez, a student at Oxnard High School, a kiss for the $400 she has been given on Monday night for her education at California Strawberry Scholarship Program’s awards ...
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California winery says it makes wine containing no sulphites. Really
Let me break it to you bluntly. You cannot have wine without sulphites. Widely maligned as a source of headaches and respiratory ailments, the sulphur compounds are, it's true, intentionally added by most producers at various stages of the wine-making process to keep spoilage micro-organisms in check and help shield wine against the ravages of ...
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Calif. to post raw campaign filings online daily
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; The Secretary of State's Office has agreed to change the way it presents campaign finance data online after initially rejecting a request from a coalition of good-government groups, research organizations and ...
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Sacramento area home prices rising fastest in nation
Sacramento metro-area home values rose a nation-leading 3.4 percent from March to April, Seattle-based data tracker Zillow said today.Zillow put the Sacramento area's median home value at $252,900 last month, with the monthly percentage surge topping the 30 largest U.S. metro areas tracked by Zillow.That was up 9.7 percent from the most recent quarter and a whopping 25.4 percent year over ...
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Oakland airport vying for international airlines
Oakland International Airport could soon land some big international carriers. According to industry sources, the city is in talks with a number of European airlines and close to inking deals with carriers out of Germany, Scandinavia and possibly the U.K. If the deals are sealed, one or two more international flights could be coming and going three to five times daily out of Oakland. Oakland ...
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San Francisco and Houston awarded 2016 and 2017 Super Bowls
CSN: The Super Bowl's golden anniversary will be held in the Golden State. The new stadium, which opens in 2014, in Santa Clara will host Super Bowl L two years later, the NFL announced ...
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Californias Fast-Growing Job Creator Latino Businesses
At some point this summer, the largest population group in California will quietly shift from white to Hispanic, the first time since California became a state in 1850. By 2020, Hispanics will represent almost 41 percent of the population, with nearly 2 million more Hispanics than whites - and topping 1 million Hispanics in five counties, according to new projections by the California ...
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Top five affordable summer day camps in Los Angeles
Los Angeles is filled with fantastic summer camps, and many that focus on specialized areas such as art, music, science, sports or acting. But summer is also about swinging from rope vines, or paddling a canoe or sitting around a ...
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Xi Obama to meet in California
Obama in California next month on his way back from a trip to Latin America and the Caribbean. Analysts said the arrangements for their meeting, which is informal but will be held over two days, show that relations between the two countries are mature. The China-US summit, the first since Xi took office in March, will be held at Sunnylands, on the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Estate, on June 7 ...
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UPDATE 2-California carbon permits sell for record high price
Tue May 21, 2013 4:22pm EDT (Adds details on market, quotes from consultant and broker) By Rory Carroll SAN FRANCISCO May 21 (Reuters) - California's largest greenhouse gas-emitting businesses paid $14 per metric tonne (1.1 tons) for the right to release carbon this year, a record-high price that narrowly beat market expectations, the state said on Tuesday. The state sold all of the more ...
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Vogelsong Casilla down Pill Rosario up
Email SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants performed roster maintenance in the wake of Ryan Vogelsong's fractured throwing hand, placing Vogelsong and reliever Santiago Casilla on the disabled list Tuesday. First baseman Brett Pill and right-hander Sandy Rosario were recalled from Triple-A Fresno to fill the roster openings. The moves trimmed the pitching staff to 12. The Giants may opt to add ...
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Vote for Oceansides Official Tree
The trees are separated into two categories: Native/naturalized nominated and ornamental. The tree with the most votes in each category will be planted as part of a special Arbor Day celebration in a City of Oceanside ...
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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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