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Park leads Southern California to national title
Southern California's Annie Park chips to the seventh green during the NCAA Division 1 Women's Golf Championships at the University of Georgia Golf Course, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/David ...
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Top 10 coastal hikes in California and the Pacific Northwest
Highway 101, which runs along America's west coast from Washington state through Oregon to California, offers access to some of the country's most stunning hiking ...
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Bill would treat e-cigarettes like other tobacco
SACRAMENTO, CA (AP) - California would treat electronic cigarettes like any other tobacco product under a bill approved by the state Senate. Democratic Sen. Ellen Corbett of Hayward says some of the vapors emitted by the e-cigarettes may pose health risks. SB648 would impose the same limits that apply to other smokers regarding where the devices can be used under California's existing ...
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Saturdays police log Hawthorne Lawndale and Gardena
gardenapd.org/ . Residential burglary/stolen vehicle: 10 p.m. May 14 to 8:25 a.m. May 15, 13400 block of South Berendo Avenue. Keys, a maroon 2004 Toyota Sienna, a cellphone and a flashlight were reported stolen. Residential burglary: 10:40 a.m. May 14 to 8 a.m. May 15, 14900 block of South Denker Avenue. A screen was cut. Jewelry was reported stolen. Residential burglary: 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 ...
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Sidecar gets CPUC approval for ridesharing
Sunil Paul, CEO of Sidecar, got some good news this week, as the CPUC has reportedly allowed the ridesharing service to continue operations in the ...
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Group issues health report card for Southern California beaches
Southern California beaches had overall good water quality last year, with most receiving good to excellent ratings, an annual report by Heal the Bay said. The organization has been assessing water quality at more than 600 beaches on the U.S. west coast and issuing an annual report card since 1991. Each beach is assigned an A to F grade, with higher grades denoting less risk of becoming ill ...
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Police kill San Diego armed robbery suspect
SAN DIEGO -; An armed robbery suspect set off a dramatic manhunt Friday after he held up a San Diego gas station, fled in a stolen car, and held a woman hostage in a home before officers shot him to ...
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Canard to help with tornado relief in home state
LAKEWOOD, Colo. -; Motocross rider Trey Canard is setting up a booth at this weekend's race to help with relief efforts for the deadly Oklahoma ...
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Calif. plastic ocean debris bill dies in committee
SAN FRANCISCO - It's a common sight on the nation's beaches: among the sand, sea foam and gnarled kelp lay plastic bottles, bags and other garbage.Each year cleanup crews throughout the U.S. collect millions of pounds of plastic trash from beaches and coastal waterways, with the biggest numbers coming from California's 1,100-mile coastline.Once in the ocean, plastic takes ages to ...
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In Chris Lytle Long Beachs Loss Is Oaklands Gain
The shocking announcement that J. Christopher Lytle, executive director of the Port of Long Beach, will resign to become executive director at the Port of Oakland is a major loss for the nation's second largest container port and a huge victory for the Northern California ...
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Termites season swarms Tampa Bay area
TAMPA, Fla. - It started with wings, lots of broken off wings. After awhile, Michael Haddock broke down and called an exterminator. That's when he learned, inside the floor of his newly-rented south Tampa home, there are termites. "It was a nice little Saturday morning surprise that we had," Haddock said. Haddock will soon have to get his home tented, which is a sight pest control ...
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Tempura-battered tarantula on menu at California bug fest
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hungry? How about tempura-battered fried Tarantula for an appetizer? They're frozen then defrosted before bug chef David George Gordon cuts off the abdomen, singes off hairs with a lighter and dunks the remaining spider body into ...
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In tonights skies Supermoon rare planetary lineup
The holiday weekend and unofficial start of summer will kick off Friday night with some good skywatching: a closer-than-usual full moon, and rare a planetary cluster. Because it's within a day of lunar perigee - the moon's closest point to Earth for the month - the moon will be about 17,000 miles closer than average. That qualifies it as a "supermoon." Rising at 8:09 p.m. ...
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Food trends from the NRA
The NRA (calm down, I'm talking about the Nation's Restaurant Association) recently held its big show in Chicago, where more than 2,000 companies representing more than 900 product categories showed up to showcase what they've got cooking. During this conference, lots of ...
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Mid-Market mystery building ready for housing
Raintree Partners has cracked the code on Mid-Market's most mysterious building. The developer is converting the Wilson Building, the seven-story structure at 973 Market St., into 65 apartments. The building stands on a block of Market Street that is undergoing radical transformation, with a Gensler-designed Market Street Place under construction next door. But it turns out that the ...
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Robots rise sneak preview of 18 clever ones
Keller Rinaudo, co-founder and CEO of Romotive, which launched in August of 2011 and has raised $6.5 million, says his goal is big: to take robots out of the ivory tower and introduce them into people's homes ...
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Molester found slain in Corcoran prison cell
CORCORAN, Calif. -; Investigators at California State Prison-Corcoran are investigating as a homicide the death of an inmate who was a convicted child ...
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Nevada withdraws threat to leave Tahoe Compact
The Assembly voted 40-1 Friday to pass SB229. The bill was ushered through the Legislature after Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and California Gov. Jerry Brown announced an agreement to protect Lake Tahoe's delicate ecosystem while also considering the economy when making land use ...
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Mom boyfriend held after Palmdale boy 8 beaten
PALMDALE, Calif. -; A Palmdale couple has been arrested after the woman's 8-year-old son was beaten, burned and left in critical ...
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Court denies second hearing on Medi-Cal rate cut
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; A federal appeals court has denied a second request by California doctors, pharmacists and hospitals seeking to undo the state's 10 percent rate cut for treating the ...
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By The Numbers Netflix subscribers
This undated publicity photo released by Netflix shows Will Arnett, left, and Jason Bateman in a scene from "Arrested Development," premiering May 26, 2013 on Netflix. (AP Photo/Netflix, Michael ...
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Silicon Valley Scoops 49ers COO three big deals exclusive video Video
Big week for scoops and exclusives. Super Bowl L is coming to town! We measure our newsroom by how many exclusive stories we deliver. Thats a high bar that gets higher when a huge event like the Super Bowl lands in a newsrooms backyard. This week we told our readers what landing the Super Bowl in 2016 means to Silicon Valley faster and with greater breadth and depth than the competition. Our ...
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Mexican Mafia Member Sentenced in Racketeering Conspiracy
United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that Mexican Mafia member Salvador Nicola Colabella was sentenced today by United States District Judge Anthony J. Battaglia to serve 262 months in federal prison based on his August 9, 2012 plea to RICO conspiracy charges, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1962(d). Colabella has been in custody since his arrest on January 25, ...
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Sacramento Woman Indicted for Sex Trafficking a Minor
SACRAMENTO, CA-A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment on Thursday charging Shanntaye Ebony Hicks, 23, of Sacramento, with one count of sex trafficking of a minor and two counts of transportation of a minor, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to the indictment, between March 4, 2013 and March 23, 2013, Hicks maintained a minor female victim by means of ...
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Suspect Fatally Shot in SWAT Search
Officials said a search for a robbery suspect began around noon at multiple places throughout the neighborhood, including 7415 Gatewood Ln., 495 Meadowbrook, Woodbridge Way and Hightree Street. Officers looked for a car robbery suspect who they said was armed and ...
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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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