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Police Fifth marijuana grow found in Tracy three suspects remain at large
TRACY -- Investigators on Wednesday served a search warrant at a Tracy home, uncovering the fifth large-scale residential marijuana grow they've found in the last week, police said. Police found 381 marijuana plants, with a street value of $200,000, inside the home at 970 Cherry Street, along with equipment used to bypass the PG&E meter and rewire the residence, police said. The latest ...
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UPDATE 4-Actor James Gandolfini star of The Sopranos dies in Italy
Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:54pm EDT (Adds actor's planned attendance at Sicily film festival, more reaction) By Piya Sinha-Roy and Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, June 19 (Reuters) - James Gandolfini, the burly actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a conflicted New Jersey mob boss in the groundbreaking cable TV series "The Sopranos," died on Wednesday vacationing in Italy. He was ...
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Fund for Santa Barbara Supports Cooperative Development in Lompoc
The Fund for Santa Barbara awarded $7,000 to support the Lompoc Cooperative Development Project. The award was made to the California Center for Cooperative Development, who is partnering with local leaders on the ...
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Response to Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics Appeal Lifts Spirits
After an urgent announcement to the community two weeks ago about Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics' (SBNC) current financial challenges, members of the greater Santa Barbara Community are stepping up to ensure that healthcare for thousands of local uninsured/under-insured families ...
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Driver Dies in Collision with Brick Wall Pole
A 52-year-old Escondido man died in a car accident in Poway Wednesday after his vehicle struck a brick wall and then a metal pole, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department ...
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Settlement OKd for women hurt in Torrance during Dorner manhunt
The Los Angeles City Council signed off Wednesday on a $4.2 million payout for two newspaper carriers injured by city police officers who fired on their pickup in Torrance as they guarded a colleague's home during the manhunt for rogue ex-LAPD Officer Christopher ...
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Woman stabbed killed on Hollywoods Walk of Fame
Police in Los Angeles say they've arrested three panhandlers in the fatal stabbing of a young woman who was taking photographs on Hollywood's star-lined "Walk of Fame. "Police say they found the 23-year-old woman bleeding from multiple stab wounds near busy Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Patrols were beefed up and witnesses reported seeing armed officers on ...
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Time Warner Faces Suit After Taking Over Los Angeles Sports Market
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Young leads off again while Crisp Jaso rest
Email ARLINGTON -- Chris Young batted leadoff on Wednesday against the Rangers for the second time this season, starting in center field while Coco Crisp got a day off. John Jaso was also left out of the lineup, getting some rest before Thursday's series finale, a day game. Young's only start as the leadoff hitter came last Friday, against the Mariners, and he went 3-for-3 and came a ...
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As starters hitting their stride
Email ARLINGTON -- It's no coincidence that the A's season turned around at the same time the team's starting pitching did. A's starters have gone 17-5 with a 2.84 ERA in their last 31 games after going 14-21 with a 5.09 ERA in their first 42 contests. The A's are 23-8 during that 31-game stretch, going from 7 1/2 games behind the Rangers in the American League West to ...
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Cespedes still not 100 percent starts at DH again
Email ARLINGTON -- Yoenis Cespedes, who is nursing a tight left hamstring, has still not been cleared to play the field and started at designated hitter for the sixth straight game on Wednesday. Cespedes missed two games with the hamstring issue before returning to the lineup as the DH and has had just three hits in 20 at-bats in the five games since. He is hitting .232 with two home runs and ...
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Feds North Texas prostitution ring dismantled
PLANO, Texas (AP) -- A man is accused of operating nearly a dozen brothels that masqueraded as massage parlors in three North Texas counties as part of a multistate prostitution ring generating more than $1 million since ...
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Committee supports Browns nominee to head prisons
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A legislative committee recommended Wednesday that the Senate confirm Gov. Jerry Brown's choice to lead California's prison ...
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Assembly Walks Back Changes To Public Records Act
The state Legislature is reversing course on a move to make certain provisions of the California Public Records Act optional for local ...
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Toll Road Discussion Heats Up
The Board’s meeting on Wednesday began discussing the 5.5 mile portion of toll road, that’s proposed to go from Oso Parkway near Tesoro High School to Cow Camp Road near Ortega Highway in San Juan ...
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Downtown Sign District Issues Loom in Ad Firm’s Suit vs. City
A lawsuit over a fading, painted sign on a historic downtown building has now become political ammunition for critics of a proposed "arts and entertainment" ...
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Woman dumped in Pleasanton trash can was not killers first victim prosecutors say
PLEASANTON -- A Stockton man convicted of killing his 25-year-old girlfriend and stuffing her in a Pleasanton trash can was described Wednesday by one prosecutors as "the closest thing to a serial killer" he's seen in his career.Javier Sandoval, 35, pleaded guilty June 12 to the murder of 25-year-old Ana Flores-Pineda, who remained unidentified for close to five months after her ...
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James Gandolfinis Death Hollywood Remembers the Sopranos Star
"One hell of an actor," Albert Brooks wrote on Twitter, while Christina Applegate added, "I am so deeply saddened by the untimely passing of sweet James ...
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Ron Hasse named publisher president of Los Angeles News Group
Ron Hasse, president and publisher of the Los Angeles News Group. (null) Ronald C. Hasse has been named publisher and president of the Los Angeles News Group, company officials announced ...
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El Segundo burglar rides away with loot on skateboard
The crime occurred during the day Tuesday in the 500 block of Washington Street. A witness saw the teen leave the house's backyard between 8:30 and 9 a.m. and ride away on a skateboard, police ...
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Do we need nuclear power plants Yes Energy empowers California
Replacing SONGS (San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station) power is non-trivial. One way or another California will have electricity, but at what cost and how reliably? Since SONGS fabrication and building costs have been amortized long ago, ongoing operating costs are probably less than three cents per Kwh. Replacement power will cost consumers much more. For economical reasons alone, it would be ...
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Online vote to make one Sacramento business dream come true
Someone's downtown Sacramento business dream is on the verge of becoming a reality.Five business concepts have been chosen as finalists for the nonprofit Downtown Sacramento Foundation's inaugural "Calling All Dreamers" competition.Established in 2011, the foundation is a sister organization of the Downtown Sacramento Partnership. Through April and May, applications were ...
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SOMM - Opening Los Angeles FRIDAY June 21st at the Sundance Sunset Cinemas
wine director or consultant, has obtained a strong recognition in the modern culinary industry. It is a trend and status for top restaurants in Los Angeles to have 'certified' Sommeliers on board, such as Court of Master's Level II, Level III certifications or the ultimate level, Master Sommelier. So what are all these? If you are in the industry or if you just love wines, you ...
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True or False Ryan Mathews Runs for 1000 Yards
will rush for 1,000 yards this season. - Zach Graben Ricky Henne: False - No knock on Ryan, and I'm not putting it past him to reach it, but I think the running backs will split the load enough to limit Mathews from reaching the 1,000-yard plateau. I think he will come close but fall just short. Rather than repeating last year's disappointing season, I expect a version closer to ...
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Giants rally to back Bumgarners impressive outing
SD@SF: Blanco gives Giants a lead with two-run triple SAN FRANCISCO -- For a little while, it looked like Jesus Guzman would get the last laugh. The Padres first baseman -- and former Giant -- blasted a go-ahead home run for the second time in as many games in the seventh inning Wednesday, but the Giants rallied for three runs in the bottom half of the frame to win, 4-2. After 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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