Latest California News
RSS-
Chargers CEO Team wont move to Los Angeles
San Diego Chargers president and CEO Dean Spanos said Tuesday that his team won’t move to Los Angeles and expressed a firm commitment to the ...
-
Venable finding power stroke at Petco Park
Email SAN DIEGO -- What's impressed manager Bud Black the most about Will Venable's recent power surge has been the pitches that the Padres' outfielder is hitting for home runs. Some have been high fastballs -- like the one to lead off the seventh inning on Monday -- others on breaking balls or changeups. "That's what I like," Black said. "The ability to hit ...
-
Quentin rests sore knee after awkward slide
Email SAN DIEGO -- Carlos Quentin is not in the lineup for Tuesday night's game against the Cardinals. He has a sore knee after sliding awkwardly into home plate Monday, scoring the tying run on a sixth-inning single by Chris Denorfia. Quentin missed time earlier this season with a knee injury and has played in 30 of the team's 44 games. He's off to a slow start this season, ...
More California News
RSS-
Melvin gives Crisp breather vs. Rangers
Email ARLINGTON -- There's no denying the impact of Coco Crisp on the A's lineup when healthy. That's why manager Bob Melvin wants to keep him that way. Melvin rested Crisp on Tuesday -- despite the outfielder entering the day 3-for-6 against Rangers starter Yu Darvish -- in an effort to keep the injury-plagued veteran off the disabled list. That's where Crisp was with a ...
-
Padres displaying dazzling infield defense
Email SAN DIEGO -- Every club in the big leagues emphasizes having solid infield defense, so the Padres being pleased with their glovework shouldn't come as much of a surprise. But in San Diego, the sparkling play around the diamond takes on a bit more significance. The Friars play their home games in Petco Park, where runs are scarce, and they do so with a pitching staff that tends to ...
-
Weeks Nakajima showing versatility in Minors
ARLINGTON -- Nearly every position player on the A's roster can handle more than one spot on the field, a trend that extends to the organization's Minor League affiliates. Notably, the A's are diversifying the skill sets of infielders Jemile Weeks and Hiro Nakajima at Triple-A Sacramento. Weeks, a natural second baseman whose status in the organization has quickly soured since ...
-
Former reliever Mecir to represent As at Draft
ARLINGTON -- Jim Mecir, a prominent member of the A's bullpen during the club's playoff run at the start of the decade, will represent the A's when they make the 24th overall pick at the First-Year Player Draft next month. Traded by Tampa Bay with Todd Belitz to the A's for Jesus Colome right before the Trade Deadline in 2000, the right-hander pitched in Oakland through the ...
-
Hanley among Dodgers progressing toward return
Email MILWAUKEE -- Manager Don Mattingly had generally positive news on most of the rehabbing Dodgers on Tuesday. Hanley Ramirez tested his hamstring running in the outfield, and Mattingly said the shortstop continues to make progress, although he is still probably two weeks away from playing. Josh Beckett was able to throw on flat ground without discomfort from a strained groin muscle, ...
-
Lasorda Hough to rep Dodgers at Draft
MILWAUKEE -- Hall of Famer Tom Lasorda and current senior advisor Charlie Hough will represent the Dodgers at MLB's 2013 Draft next month. It will be a comeback of sorts for the 85-year-old Lasorda, who was a late scratch last year when he suffered a mild heart attack at a pre-Draft function and was ordered by Commissioner Bud Selig to go to the hospital. He had a stent inserted into a ...
-
Superstar win a welcome sight for Mattingly
Email MILWAUKEE -- A.J. Ellis called Monday night a "superstar" win, Clayton Kershaw's three-hitter backed up by homers from Andre Ethier and Matt Kemp. Manager Don Mattingly called those home runs "nice to see for sure." Also, it was pretty rare for both sluggers in the same game. The previous time it happened was over a year ago -- April 14, 2012. It was ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
Sacramento Featured
-
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
News from around our Network
