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Repairs begun on San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
OAKLAND, Calif. -; Repairs have begun on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, where dozens of broken anchor rods could delay completion of a new ...
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Tavis Smiley marks 10th year on PBS
In other words, he doesn't squander his opportunities on PBS' daily talk show "Tavis Smiley," which marks its 10th year this month, or on public radio's "The Tavis Smiley Show" and "Smiley & West," the latter a forum for commentary he shares with scholar and activist Cornel ...
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San Diego Gymnastics opens in Otay Ranch Town Center
The new addition is just one of the many creative ways Otay Ranch Town Center has come up with to keep traffic coming to the mall during a difficult time for the retail ...
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Health Insurance At Good Prices Coming To Calif. Exchange
Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, unveiled the plans and prices that will be offered by private insurers at a media briefing in Sacramento, Calif., ...
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Insurers Picked For California Health Exchange
In a key test of the federal health law's ability to draw competitive bids from health insurance companies, California has unveiled plans and prices that will be available next year to millions of residents shopping for individual coverage on its new insurance ...
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Some damage reported from 5.7 quake in N. Calif.
GREENVILLE, Calif. -- An earthquake in far northeastern California did not injure anyone but did cause moderate damage, including to a water tank that supplies hundreds of homes with drinking water, local authorities said Friday.Plumas County Sheriff Greg Hagwood said the magnitude-5.7 quake sent items tumbling from grocery store shelves and downed chimneys when it hit at 8:47 p.m. Thursday.The ...
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Les Miserables returns to Broadway Sacramento retooled
May 24--Andrew Varela admits there have been times during "Les Miserables" when he wondered, "Who Am I?" The veteran Broadway actor knows how easy it is to stumble into the wrong lyrics -- and the wrong ...
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Four days of beats loops and synths at Sacramento Electronic Music Festival
May 24--Clay Nutting and Adam Saake put in long hours at their bustling midtown restaurants LowBrau and the Golden Bear. Again they found the time and money to put on what Nutting calls their "passion project," the Sacramento Electronic Music Festival, a four-day celebration of beats, loops and synth ...
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How California Is Debunking The GOP’s Obamacare Talking Points
revealed insurance companies’ opening bids for the state’s Obamacare marketplace in 2014. The numbers are great for consumers — and terrible for right-wing fear mongering over the health law. Covered California, the agency tasked with constructing and maintaining the Golden State’s insurance marketplace, announced in ...
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Suspect Wears Spiderman Mask During Robbery
The suspect went to the AM-PM gas station at 201 Broadway in El Cajon around 1:30 a.m. and carried a semi-automatic handgun. The robber entered the store, then told the clerk to lie on the floor and began kicking him, according to ...
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Prius leads 2013 California car sales domestic brands make gains
The Toyota Prius hybrid was the bestselling vehicle in California during the first quarter of this year, narrowly outpacing Honda’s redesigned Accord ...
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Oakland ordered to return millions in redevelopment funds
OAKLAND -- State regulators have rejected Oakland's multi-million dollar accounting "gimmick" that helped balance its books two years ago, a move that severely cuts into the city's rainy day reserve.Faced with a $58 million deficit in 2011, Oakland sold eight properties -- most notably the shuttered Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center -- to its redevelopment agency.The ...
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Bay Area author on impact of dads CIA career
While growing up, Scott C. Johnson often wondered what his father did for a living. The family moved a lot. Keith Johnson was absent for extended periods, and there were whole areas of his life that seemed to be secret.Johnson was 14 when he learned the truth. His father took him aside and said, "Scotty, I'm a spy."For the younger Johnson, now 39, the admission had far-reaching ...
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California earthquake rattles thousands in area near San Francisco
An earthquake in far north-eastern was felt by thousands of people as far away as San Francisco and in two other states, but there have been no reports of injury or serious damage.The magnitude-5.7 quake broke dishes and shook mirrors when it struck at 8.47pm Thursday, officials said.It was centered near Greenville, about 25 miles south-west of Susanville in far north-eastern California, said ...
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Best Thing of the Day WikiLeaks Leaks Transcript of Hollywoods Doc on the Online Activists
leaked the transcript of the new documentary, "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," one night ahead of its worldwide release. The leaked transcript includes annotations that allege factual errors, misrepresentations and misguided framing in the film, directed by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney. An unnamed annotator disputes several over-arching conclusions drawn in ...
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US Czech slaying suspect killed relatives
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- An American man accused of killing his uncle, aunt and cousins in the Czech Republic was arrested after fleeing to the United ...
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Ex-Googler Ben Ling joins friend Keith Rabois at Khosla
Former Googler and active angel investor Ben Ling has joined Khosla Ventures. Khosla Ventures has landed another high profile Silicon Valley tech exec an angel investor with the addition of Ben Ling to the firm. Ling most recently Ben was chief operating officer at Badoo, the London-based social networking site that helps users meet new people in their area. Before that he was with Google, ...
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Photos Drew Barrymore lists in Montecito California for $7.5 million
A year after walking down the aisle in the garden of her Montecito-area home in California, Drew Barrymore has listed the property for US7.5M. Located on a secluded two acres, the property is a spacious 6,000-square-feet with six bedrooms. The property also boasts a library, a sun room and a two-story ...
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Dothan board weighs officers Facebook posts
DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) -- The Dothan Personnel Board expects to take a few weeks to decide what could be a landmark case involving the use of social media by ...
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Del Mar Racing Season Extended
"It brings tons of people to the area, and I mean that's what we really need is a second meet, I mean we have the best track in the country, in most people's eyes, and we only have 7 weeks of racing...So we're very excited," said Del Mar restaurant owner Mason ...
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Video Calif. pols push for law to make reckless pay rescue fees
CBS News' Carter Evans reports on a new push for a law that would saddle irresponsible victims -- instead of taxpayers -- with the bill for costly search-and-rescue ...
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East Bay school projects get $57 million in funding
the Contra Costa Times . The awards were part of $520 million in funds approved for projects at 92 districts around the state. The 15 East Bay projects, for construction and modernization, had local matching funds for much of the ...
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Google Facebook may battle for Waze
Bloomberg reports Waze is looking for bids of more than $1 billion for the company, but it may also stay independent and seek a new round of venture funding. Reports earlier this month said Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) was in talks for an acquisition in a deal worth as much as $1 billion. Apparently Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and other tech companies have also approached the ...
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Xbox found not to infringe Google patent
Bloomberg reports . The ruling ends a case that was filed in November 2010 and an upholds a March ruling. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) obtained the patent when it bought Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in a deal that closed last year. The case is part of a global patent war between Google and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Microsoft is seeking royalties on smart phones that use Google's Android ...
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Oakland Museum of California to reopen science wing after overhaul
The Oakland Museum of California on May 31 will reopen its natural sciences gallery, the final part of a six-year, $63 million overhaul of the ...
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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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