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Il Piccolino brings back the long liquid luscious lunch to Los Angeles
long, late, lubricated lunch ? You know the ones. They kicked off at 1 in the afternoon or even 2 and lasted until, well, cocktail hour. It was an event usually orchestrated by a trusted restaurateur. No one at the table cared about the time or the ridiculous ...
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Seth MacFarlane wont return as 2014 Oscar host
MacFarlane said in his tweet Monday that Academy Awards producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are among the best in the business. Zadan and Meron produced this year's Oscar show, which earned higher ratings among coveted younger viewers, and will be returning for the 2014 ...
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Chargers Rookie Regrets Raiders Hat
"I get it fans!!!! Won't happen again!" -- Keenan Allen, Chargers rookie, posted that to Twitter Saturday after the unfortunate choice of hats he made when shooting a Vine ...
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Navy Dolphins Uncover Rare Torpedo
Did the idea of "Navy dolphins" confuse you? Then you should know there is an entire program dedicated to studying and training marine mammals, called the Navy Marine Mammal Program ...
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Center for Investigative Reporting to kill Bay Citizen California Watch brand names
Robert Rosenthal , follows CIR's acquisition of the remnants of the Bay Citizen last year. Starting May 29, Rosenthal said, the other names will disappear. Berkeley-based CIR launched California Watch four years ago and acquired the remnants of the Bay Citizen in March 2012. Today's announcement appears to mark the death knell of the Bay Citizen's original mission, when the late ...
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Buyers stand in line for Hayes Valley condos
Alan Mark has never seen anything like 300 Ivy St. On the first weekend the sales office opened the 63-unit project in Hayes Valley attracted 350 potential buyers, some of whom arrived two hours before the office opened at 11 a.m. The five-story residential condominium, developed by Pocket Development, has attracted over 2,200 potential buyers to its interest list in just 12 weeks. Those ...
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Police remove 17 bodies from Modesto Calif. funeral home
Seventeen bodies were removed from a Modesto, Calif., funeral home in a criminal and civil investigation of cremation delays, sheriff's deputies said. The business was identified as the McGuire Cremation and Funeral Service, the Los Angeles Times reported. The unusual move by the Stanislaus County, Calif., Sheriff's Department, at the request of the county coroner, came after the ...
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Value of California workers comp system rises
As the economy recovers and Californians head back to work, total direct written premium in the Golden State's workers' compensation market continues to rise. As the economy recovers and Californians head back to work, total direct written premium in the Golden State's workers' compensation market continues to rise. Workers' comp premium reached $9 billion last year, which ...
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Father of slain girl 10 unsure why home targeted
NORTH HIGHLANDS, Calif. -; A devastated father says he has no idea why gunmen targeted his Northern California home over the weekend, killing his 10-year-old daughter as she watched ...
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Key events involving Yahoo and its performance
FILE - In this April 18, 2011 file photo, the Yahoo logo is displayed outside of the offices in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, ...
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Gas prices stabilize in Sacramento jump nationwide
In a rare reversal of a long-standing trend, gas prices in the Sacramento area and throughout California remained stable last week while the rest of the nation saw a significant increase.The average retail price of gasoline in the area rose about a penny over the past week to $3.97 a gallon, according to today's report by national price tracker GasBuddy.com, which surveys 720 stations in ...
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Navigating Silicon Valley As A Woman Programmer
How To Be A 'Woman Programmer' ." Prominent women such as Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and Yahoo's Marissa Mayer are proving that women are finding their place at the table. But in an op-ed ...
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Report NPS hantavirus response followed policy
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommend that design changes to tent cabins and other lodging run by private concessionaires first be reviewed by National Park Service officials.The report released Monday by the Interior Department's Office of Inspector General found that park ...
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Calif. gov cites safety in possible bridge delay
The planned repair for broken seismic safety rods on the new span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge could cost between $5 million and $10 million, a state transportation official said ...
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Feature Young heroes become Hollywood box office hits China Economic Information Service
Feature: Young heroes become Hollywood box office hits by Yanting Wang LOS ANGELES, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The "Harry Potter" films generated 7.7 billion dollars in box office worldwide. "The Lord of the Rings" series made some 2.9 billion, and this year's Oscar Best Picture "Life of Pi" has taken in 608 million since last September. It looks like young heroes are ...
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Hollywood Notebook Smash a hit for Megan Hilty
May 20--It wasn't a shock when NBC announced there would be no third act for "Smash," canceling it after only two seasons. Once original episodes moved to Saturday, it was clear the end was near. If you want to see what will now be the series finale, it will air at 9 p.m. Saturday on KSEE (Channel 24.1). My favorite thing out of the two seasons was getting to see and hear Megan ...
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Organically fresh and healthy foods at Hollywood Farmers Market
produce that can be found during this season. White peaches, nectarines, strawberries and even cherries are just some of the many different fruits found at Hollywood Farmers' Market on ...
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Los Angeles goes after Vegas hospital for dumping 1500 patients
USA The city of Los Angeles is pursuing a criminal investigation of a psychiatric hospital in Las Vegas, which has allegedly put 1,500 patients on buses and sent them out of state over the past five years. About one third of these patients, some of which were homeless, were given one-way bus tickets to cities in California. About 200 of the 1,500 mentally ill patients were sent to Los Angeles ...
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Witness AEG spent $24 million on Jackson concerts
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An accounting executive for AEG Live LLC says the company spent $24 million producing Michael Jackson's ill-fated "This Is It" ...
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Colombia enters into game of attracting Hollywood business
Colombia is the latest country to vie for production work. Hollywood may migrate south for a while while Colombia becomes the next country to bid for Hollywood production by offering incentives for filming. According to a report by Variety, a new law in the country will allow foreign shoots for film and TV investing over $500,000 in the Colombia's economy can receive cash rebates of up to 40 ...
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Vista Equity Partners buys Websense for $1 billion
Vista Equity Partners agreed to buy San Diego cyber attack protection company Websense Inc. for about $1 billion. Austin-based Vista, led by CEO Robert Smith, closed a $3.5 billion acquisition fund a year ago this week. The 50-person firm has offices in Chicago and on California Street in San Francisco's financial district. In this deal, Vista will pay $24.75 in cash per share for Websense ...
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San Franciscos iconic Tadich Grill headed to D.C.
After 164 years of serving up seafood in San Francisco, the city's iconic Tadich Grill is opening a second location in Washington, D.C. The new 7,387-square-foot spot will open next year in the heart of D.C. at 1001 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, sandwiched between Capitol Hill and the White House. It'll have a similar menu to the restaurant in San Francisco in an effort to "introduce ...
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About The Bay 94-Year-Old Bay Area Journalist Defies Odds
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – A San Francisco newspaper reporter is still on the beat at an age when most of his colleagues are just plain beat, if alive at all. San Francisco Chronicle Science Editor David Perlman is 94 and chasing down stories 72 years after he first got into the business. He’s been at his current post for 6 decades – and counting. ';It’s being able to ...
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Southern California joins Northrop research group
The University of Southern California has joined Northrop Grumman's Cybersecurity Research Consortium to combat cyberthreats to the United States. The consortium was founded in 2009. Other members ...
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Canada pitches startups with lower taxes instant residency
Canada's new immigration-centric pitch to Silicon Valley's many foreign-born entrepreneurs. Canada is pitching Silicon Valley entrepreneurs on northern migration. The gist: Easier access to visas for foreign-born entrepreneurs, a growing base of engineering talent, R&D tax credits and lower corporate taxes. Low-tax U.S. states like Arizona, Nevada and Washington have pitched financial ...
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Hunter's Point redevelopment going forward
Hunter’s Point and the redevelopment project for the idle shipyard may or may not see a neglected part of the city transformed into a upward moving residential and commercial suburb, but the effort will be a long and costly process.
The Hunter’s Point project is an ambitious plan to redevelop a former naval shipyard and make it one of the premier residential and commercial areas of the city of San Francisco, it will cost a fortune at a time when housing prices are down and will throw up many hurdles for the company, Lennar Corporation, undertaking the project. Read more
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