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Bryants 30-HR season with composite bat is epic
A USD graduate crunched numbers that suggest Bryant could have hit 49 home runs had he been using an aluminum bat rather than the toned-down composite bats introduced in 2011, his freshman ...
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Vote on pot shops could end lingering LA issue
LOS ANGELES -; Voters approved a law limiting the number of medical pot shops in Los Angeles after politicians failed for years to corral the blossoming ...
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Californians expected to reduce holiday weekend air travel
Californians planning to travel over the upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend will be watching their pennies and staying on the ground for the most part.Those were among the conclusions of AAA's annual Memorial Day holiday weekend travel forecast, released Wednesday.AAA projected that slightly more than 4 million Californians plan on traveling 50 miles or more over the three-day ...
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife News Release
) is reminding the public to be rattlesnake safe. All of California is snake country. Much like bats, rattlesnakes are often misunderstood. They play an important role in the ecosystem by keeping rodent populations under control. California has six venomous snakes, all of which are various species of rattlesnake. They are heavy-bodied, blunt-tailed with triangular-shaped heads. A rattle may ...
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Lennar joins housing rush into downtown Redwood City
The proposed 601 Main St. Downtown Redwood City is getting denser by the day. Lennar Multifamily Investors LLC has filed an application to build a 179-unit apartment project in Redwood City, the latest in a string of proposals that could bring nearly 1,200 housing units to the downtown. The project at 601 Main St. would consist of 179 for-rent housing units with two levels of underground parking ...
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Gigya grows after space grab
Gigya just grabbed more space for growth. The company is adding 6,000 square feet to its existing home at 2513 East Charleston Road in Mountain View, pumping the company's space up to 18,500 square feet. Just nine months ago, the company was sitting in 5,500 square feet at 1973 Landings Drive in Mountain View. Gigya is a social infrastructure provider -- essentially, it helps businesses ...
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Bolts Get Boost with Return of Vincent Brown
Campers learn from outstanding veteran college and high school coaches selected for their ability to coach and teach the game of football. The staff is complimented with Nick Hardwick & Vincent Brown will be on hand ...
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Garcetti ‘Los Angeless success is critical for Americas success’
Los Angeles voters, in a record low turnout, have picked a new mayor. Democrat Eric Garcetti, a former city councilman, won the race for mayor of the nation's second most populous city. NBC's Miguel Almaguer spoke with the ...
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Rare plant in danger from logging at Boy Scout camp in California
Biologist Andrea Edwards inspects the native and protected Dudley's lousewort flower growing along the trails at Camp Pico Blanco in Big Sur on May ...
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Giants force extras come up short against Nationals
WSH@SF: Posey's single ties the game in the eighth SAN FRANCISCO -- Ian Desmond's RBI single broke a 10th-inning tie and lifted the Nationals to a 2-1 victory against the Giants, who were denied a three-game series sweep. Bryce Harper began Washington's go-ahead rally against Giants reliever Jeremy Affeldt by doubling with one out in the 10th and the score tied at 1. After ...
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Milone As look to keep tormenting Astros
No team has given the Astros a ruder welcome to the American League than new divisional foe Oakland. The Astros will be looking for their first win against the Athletics in seven tries when they welcome the A's to Minute Maid Park on Friday for the opener a three-game series. The A's swept a pair of three-game sets, one each in Oakland and Houston, earlier this season. "We have ...
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WW II photo-documentarian Wayne Miller dies at 94
ORINDA, Calif. (AP) -- Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II and created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago, has died at age ...
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Teenager accused of killing two girls must face jury judge rules
OAKLAND -- Diantay Powell, 18, pleaded not guilty to killing two teenage girls during an adolescent lovers' quarrel last year, but two close friends and one acquaintance all said he did it, evidence presented during a preliminary hearing revealed.Based largely on that evidence, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jon Rolefson ruled that there was enough reason to believe Powell committed ...
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Union City third-grade teacher placed on unpaid leave after molestation charges
UNION CITY -- A third-grade teacher who faces dozens of child molestation charges for allegedly kissing and fondling female students has been placed on unpaid leave.Michael Howey, 47, who teaches at Alvarado Elementary School, was arrested May 1 in connection with the allegations and has been held on $750,000 bail at the Santa Rita Jail since his arrest. The move to freeze his pay came Tuesday ...
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Oakland Effect Two boys trying to avoid trouble in tough neighborhoods
I spent some time recently with a couple of young kids from the neighborhood. Joseph was 15, John was 18, both were African-American. (I'm going to keep their real names private for various safety considerations.) In different ways, these two boys are grappling with challenges that are both unique to their neighborhoods and their families but also common to many of us. Joseph was a relative ...
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Worship leader from Torrance faces new molestation charge
FACEBOOK A worship leader charged in December with molesting a 4-year-old girl four years ago in Torrance now faces more charges, police and prosecutors said. Jose Mendez Vazquez, 68, who worked at several South Bay churches specializing in Spanish-speaking Masses, was recently charged with molesting a 10-year-old girl about eight years ago, Torrance police Sgt. Robert Watt said. A distant ...
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Can you read Charles Darwins handwriting UC Berkeley wants you
University of California, Berkeley's entomology museum hopes to decipher and digitize some of the labels on collections of insects, some more than a century old, with the help of the public. Cal's Essig Museum of Entomology seeks volunteers with Internet access to sign up for the Calbug project, through which they'll be sent images of hand-written field notes that identify ...
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San Franciscos Crabtree Has Surgery on Torn Achilles
(Reuters) - San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree has had surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon but is not expected to miss the entire 2013-14 season, the National Football League (NFL) team said on Wednesday. Crabtree, San Francisco's leading receiver last season when they reached the Super Bowl before being beaten 34-31 by the Baltimore Ravens, injured his right ...
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Injured volunteer seeks payment from lost hiker
SANTA ANA, Calif. -; A volunteer searcher who broke his back while looking for a teenager who was lost in Orange County wilderness wants restitution if the teen is convicted on drug ...
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Ex-South Tahoe cop guilty of witness tampering
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. -; A former South Lake Tahoe police officer faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of witness tampering and ...
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Mont. man gets 3 years for guns in Calif. airport
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; A federal judge has sentenced a Montana man to three years in prison for trying to board a flight in Sacramento, Calif., with four loaded ...
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New rules to help keep mercury from landfills
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; New California rules will require the makers of new thermostats to do a better job of keeping old ones containing the neurotoxin mercury out of ...
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In Arias trial TV cameras never far behind
Convicted killer Jodi Arias speaks during an interview at the Maricopa County Estrella Jail on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Phoenix. Arias was convicted recently of killing her former boyfriend Travis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home back in 2008, made a plea in court on Tuesday for life in prison, instead of execution, saying she can contribute to society if allowed to live. (AP Photo/Ross ...
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State report Bell faces crisis after scandal
LOS ANGELES -; The modest Los Angeles suburb that became the poster child for municipal corruption when it was discovered three years ago that its municipal leaders had looted millions of dollars from its treasury remains deeply in debt and on the verge of financial crisis, according to a report released Wednesday by the state Controller's ...
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San Diegos LifeProof sold to OtterBox
LifeProof, a San Diego maker of waterproof cases for iPhones, iPads and other mobile devices, said today it has been acquired by larger rival OtterBox for an undisclosed ...
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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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