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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Lawmaker cancels Vegas fundraiser after report
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; A California state senator has canceled a Las Vegas fundraiser after a newspaper reported that the host of the party could benefit from pending ...
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Felon pleads not guilty in photographer killing
OAKLAND, Calif. -; A 10-time felon charged in the shooting death of a former Oakland Tribune freelance photographer who was hit by a stray bullet has pleaded not guilty to murder and other ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 21
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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Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against BP Agent
For family members of Valeria Monique Alvarado, the heartache and anger are unbearable after she was killed by a border patrol officer in plain clothes. They have since hired an attorney to represent them in seeking whether the officer used excessive ...
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Driver Involved in Fatal Crash Arrested CHP
Timothy Barnette, the teenager behind the wheel of a Land Rover involved in a fatal crash eastbound on SR-56 east of Black Mountain Road Thursday, is under investigation according to the CHP. NBC 7's Nicole Gonzales ...
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Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland fined $142970 for safety violations
State regulators have fined Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland $142,970 for not properly isolating nearly two dozen patients suspected of having tuberculosis.The hospital failed to put the patients in appropriately ventilated rooms to prevent the disease from spreading to other patients and hospital employees, Cal-OSHA said.As it turned out, none of these patients tested positive for ...
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Schwarzenegger And Shriver Are Not Getting A Divorce Just Yet
Arnold Schwarzenegger and his ex-wife Maria Shriver were on track to be divorced after it came to light that Schwarzenegger had fathered a child with a member of his household staff. That divorce may notwbe on hold for a pretty weird ...
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NFL notebook San Francisco lands 50th Super Bowl
San Francisco beat out South Florida, which was stymied in its bid to stage an 11th Super Bowl when the Florida Legislature did not support financing to renovate Sun Life ...
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San Francisco’s Political Leaders Ecstatic About Hosting Super Bowl L
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)-- The rotunda at San Francisco's City Hall was packed full of Warriors fans on Tuesday when Mayor Ed Lee was passed a note and a big smile broke out on his face. The city's political and civic leaders were gathered for a Warrior's Day celebration, but it was the news about another sport that Lee was reacting to. You didn't have to be a mind reader to ...
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Feds take over Calif. high-risk insurance program
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; About 17,000 Californians with serious medical problems will be moved from a state-run stopgap health insurance program to a federal plan starting in ...
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Robert Scoble is watching you watching him looking through Google Glass Video
Robert Scoble of Rackspace talks about how he uses Google Glass every day, and what he'd like to see in the future. Robert Scoble sports Google Glass at New York Internet Week. Silicon Valley tech evangelist Robert Scoble is really good about sharing his toys. The prolific tech blogger and startup liaison for Rackspace (NYSE: RAX), the San Antonio cloud services company, spent at least half ...
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3 plead guilty to cross-border kidnapping plan
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Federal prosecutors say three men have pleaded guilty in San Diego to planning to abduct three people who owed money for drugs. They intended to bring the captives to Tijuana, ...
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Fremont Officers fatally shoot dog after it attacks police say
FREMONT -- Officers shot and killed a dog Monday after the animal attacked them at a Fremont home, police said.The officers were not injured and the breed of the dog was not known, police said.Officers were called at 8:10 p.m. to the 48200 block of Sawleaf Street for a report of a vicious dog, said police spokeswoman Geneva Bosques.A 911 caller told dispatchers that four dogs were loose and had ...
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Developer tweaks Margaritaville contract with Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD— City Hall has a slightly new deal with the Margaritaville developer and will hold a meeting this week to clue in the public. Residents can ask questions about the proposed changes at 6 p.m. Thursday in the city commission ...
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Wanna vote for your favorite wine blog Here’s how
Thirty finalists (some in multiple categories) in the 7th Annual Wine Blog Awards were announced Tuesday, including top wine business blog finalists The Gray Report, The Wine Curmudgeon, The Academic Wino, Horsemaster of Wine, and Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog. The Wine Blog Awards will be presented at the 2013 Wine Bloggers Conference in Penticton, British Columbia, on June 8. To cast a ...
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Gaps annual meeting overshadowed by Bangladesh safety accord
Gap Inc. got an earful Tuesday during its annual shareholder meeting about not living up to its reputation as a socially responsible company. The San Francisco retailer (NYSE: GPS) received over 20,000 calls and plenty of hate mail from disgruntled customers around the world who are angry over its failure to sign onto an international agreement calling for building safety in Bangladesh, where ...
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Arias asks jury for life term deliberations begin
View Photo Associated Press/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool - Jodi Arias points to her family as a reason for the jury to give her a life in prison sentence instead of the death penalty on Tuesday, May ...
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High School State Swimming Championships CIF San Diego 1
SAN DIEGO, California, May 21. THANKS to a trio of talented seniors and a solid swimming team, the Torrey Pines Falcons earned their fourth consecutive girls title at the CIF San Diego High School Swimming and Diving Championships. The Carlsbad Lancers claimed the boys team title. The swimming portion of the competition took place May 16 and 18 at Granite Hills High School; the diving events ...
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Point Mugu park reopening many areas after fire
CALABASAS, Calif. -; Many areas of sprawling Point Mugu State Park that have been off-limits since this month's big wildfire on the outskirts of Camarillo and Thousand Oaks will reopen in time for the Memorial Day ...
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GOP seeks win in Central Valley state Senate race
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; Republicans are trying to win what has been a Democratic state Senate seat in one of two special legislative primary elections ...
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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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