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AP Newsbreak Deal reached on Oregon wolves
GRANTS PASS, Ore. -; Conservation groups and cattle ranchers have agreed to a landmark settlement in a lawsuit that, for the past year and a half, has kept the state of Oregon from killing wolves that prey on ...
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Egg Drop wins turf debut at Hollywood Park
INGLEWOOD, Calif. -; Egg Drop was successful in her turf debut, winning the $57,842 feature by three-quarters of a length at Betfair Hollywood Park on ...
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The excellent poetry of Daniel McGinn-Los Angeles poetry examiners Friday pick
Daniel McGinn is a phenomenal poet. He writes from a whole other planet that strangely enough, shares our same moon. There simply cannot be any originality left when poeticizing upon, and with, the aide of our Luna. Yet, Daniel McGinn read from his new book, "1000 Black Umbrellas", lamenting in verse beneath the ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 24
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...
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Nearly two dozen East Bay schools get top marks
SACRAMENTO -- Nearly two dozen public schools in the East Bay ranked high compared with similar schools statewide, according to data released Friday by the state Department of Education, while 52 schools were ranked at the bottom of the list. The latest round of public school rankings are based on how well students performed on standardized tests they took more than a year ago. Schools are ...
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Steve King blames dirty wimp Ronald Reagan for Obamas eventual election
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said Thursday that President Obama would not be president if it weren't for the 1986 amnesty bill that Ronald Reagan signed into law. [...] In an effort to dissuade Republicans, King argued that the 1986 immigration bill that Reagan signed into law is estimated to have brought amnesty to three million illegal immigrants. He said conservative estimates show that, ...
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Some Bay Area Bridges Considered ‘Obsolete’ By Federal Standards
collapsed Thursday in Washington State was considered functionally obsolete by the federal government, a designation also carried by several Bay Area spans. Among the functionally obsolete spans is the Western Span of the Bay Bridge, which has earned the label due to its outdated design – which does not include shoulders for emergency parking. It does not necessarily mean the bridge is a ...
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California Bill To Reduce Plastic Junk Dies In Committee
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — A California bill that would have required manufacturers to figure out how to keep the most common plastic junk out of state waterways died in the state Assembly without a vote Friday. Assembly Bill 521 was before the chamber’s Appropriations Committee, and the panel failed to act on it, effectively killing the legislation for the session. It had previously ...
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Stone Temple Pilots Sue Ex-Frontman Scott Weiland
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Stone Temple Pilots accuse former frontman Scott Weiland of misusing the band’s name to further his solo career and want a judge to strip the rocker of his ability to use the group’s name or songs. A lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles accuses Weiland of being chronically late to concerts while the group was together and having his lawyer try to interfere ...
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Parolee indicted in theft of Gold Rush jewelry box
OAKLAND, Calif. -; A parolee was indicted by a federal grand jury in the theft of a valuable Gold Rush-era jewelry box from the Oakland Museum of California, authorities said ...
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Homeless rights bill stalls out
The measure, which would have allowed the homeless to rest in public and panhandle without facing criminal citations, was held up in the Assembly Appropriations ...
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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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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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