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Yard searched in case of woman missing since 1978
GLENDORA, Calif. -; Cold-case investigators have returned to a Southern California backyard where they are searching clues in the disappearance of a woman 35 years ...
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On the Trail to Good Health in Santa Barbara
Eric Larson quit smoking after 39 years and is back on the trail to good health. What a pleasure-and surprise-to recently run into my longtime friend Eric Larson hiking in the Santa Barbara foothills. I DIDN'T ask, "What are YOU doing here?" But Eric must have known I was wondering how he hiked nearly three miles up San Roque Trail to a scenic vista point, because shortly after we ...
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Super simple stock trading platform LOYAL3 gets $18M Series C
Stock-trading startup LOYAL3 this week raised an $18 million round of funding, led by Hyatt Hotels heiress Gigi Pritzker Pucker. Free stock trading platform LOYAL3 this week closed an $18 million Series C round of funding, led by a small group of investors that included early Facebook employee Chris Kelly. The San Francisco-based startup runs a stock-trading platform that allows people to buy ...
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The Galapagos are now just a click away Google photographs famous islands for Street View
In this May 2013 photo provided by Google, Daniel Orellana of the Charles Darwin Foundation collects seashore imagery with the Street View Trekker at the Los Humedales wetland area on Isabela island in the Galapagos. Few have laid eyes on many of the volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago that remain closed to tourists. But soon the curious will be able to explore these places that ...
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Hotel Accused of Requiring Natural Hair for New Hire
Voneva Denham says she was ready to work but claims she wasn't scheduled until she made her hair more a natural for her. NBC 7's Danya Bacchus has this exclusive ...
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California picks 13 health plans for state-run insurance market
Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, announces the health plans that were selected for 19 regions across the state as part of the federal healthcare ...
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Wibidata raises $15 million
WibiData, a maker of technology that uses data to make better computer applications, has raised a $15 million in a Series B round of funding led ...
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Visa Inc. hires JP Morgan Chases Ryan McInerney as president
Charlie Scharf . McInerney was CEO of consumer banking at JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), overseeing a network of 5,600 bank branches and some 75,000 employees. That unit had about $14 billion in revenue. He steps into a slightly reconfigured president's role that has been vacant a couple of months ...
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Imo.im raises $13.3 million from company cofounder
Mobile- and desktop-based messaging app imo.im raised $13.3 million this week to compete with bigger incumbents like WhatsApp. Palo Alto-based messaging app imo.im this week closed a $13.3 million round of funding, led by the companys cofounder (and early Google employee) Georges Harik. The messaging space is incredibly crowded right now, with big players like Santa Clara-based WhatsApp handling ...
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Covered California rates come in lower than expected
Individuals in the Sacramento area who shop for insurance coverage next year at Covered California will have four insurers to pick from: Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, Kaiser Permanente and Western Health Advantage, and the rates came in lower than expected. Individuals in the Sacramento area who shop for insurance coverage next year at Covered California the new state health ...
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Hollywood celebrities escape from California
American bloggers discuss the mass exodus of show business stars from California, where hundreds of expensive mansions were put up for sale at around the same time. Homes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charlie Sheen, Charlize Theron, Cher, Harrison Ford, Heidi Klum and other celebrities are up for grabs. What is hidden behind this escape from the American ...
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Kaiser Anthem Blue Shield and Health Net head list of Covered California plans for 2014
Covered California's Peter Lee. Kaiser Permanente, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, Health Net and nine smaller, regional health plans will participate in Covered California next year, the health benefit exchanged authorized by the Affordable Care Act. The smaller participants include the Bay Area's Alameda Alliance for Health, San Francisco-based Chinese Community Health ...
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Marissa Mayers startup shopping spree continues with PlayerScale acquisition
Marissa Mayer on Thursday purchased her 12th company as Yahoo's CEO, acquiring Belmont-based PlayerScale. Another day, another acquisition from Sunnyvale-based Yahoo. The Internet giant on Thursday announced it was buying Belmont-based gaming infrastructure startup PlayerScale. Terms of the deal were not released. Todays news comes just days after Marissa Mayers $1.1 billion acquisition of ...
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Gov. Brown keeps pressing climate change crusade
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -; Gov. Jerry Brown kept crusading Thursday for climate change, joining scientists who released a 20-page call to action on environmental problems such as pollution, extinctions and population ...
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Son arrested in attack on OC reserve sergeant
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. -; Authorities say an Orange County Sheriff's reserve sergeant found shot in the head and beaten was attacked by his 17-year-old ...
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Calif. profs assignment raises ethics questions
SAN FRANCISCO -; A San Francisco State University professor is drawing scrutiny for a class assignment that asked students to create a political campaign ...
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Salina resident accused of LA gang activity
SALINA, Kan. -; California authorities have arrested a 31-year-old Kansas resident who's accused of helping coordinate gang activities in Los ...
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3rd student in Vegas exotic bird death takes plea
LAS VEGAS -; A University of California, Berkeley, law school graduate has taken a plea deal in the beheading of an exotic bird last October at a Las Vegas Strip ...
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New Kings arena construction will spark Sacramento area economy UOP forecaster says
The planned construction of a new Kings arena in downtown Sacramento should provide a significant boost for the area's economy and job market, a University of the Pacific forecaster said today.Although the region's job growth will remain modest this year, the effect of arena construction should begin to be felt sometime next year, said UOP's Jeff Michael in his quarterly ...
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Standouts among Hollywoods many attempts to portray the conflict
(EDITORS: Monday is Memorial Day, when we honor the dead from America's wars. To mark the anniversary, Orange County Register Travel Editor Gary A. Warner, the newspaper's one-time military reporter, offers his updated list of the best World War II movies.) ___ From the Charlie Chaplin's classic "Great Dictator" released in 1940 to 2013's sadly mediocre ...
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Los Angeles’s mayoral election Who
Now do something about the congestion LOS ANGELES has a new mayor-elect. The question is whether anyone noticed. In a run-off on May 21st Eric Garcetti (pictured), a longtime city councilman, defeated his opponent, Wendy Greuel, by 54%-46%. The election followed an interminable campaign waged by two Democratic City Hall insiders, neither of whom strained to fight the widespread perception ...
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As fans look to win cash on Bucks on the Pond
of the hit MLB.com game show "Bucks on the Pond." "My mom called the station, but it was a Spanish station, and no one else called in, so I won the tickets," Cardoza explains. "I had lots of fun on the game show. I love being on TV." Cardoza majors in business at Modesto Junior College and this should go toward class credits, because she capitalized on the ...
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Woman stabbed at least a half-dozen times near Hayward BART station
HAYWARD -- A woman was in stable condition after being stabbed at least a half-dozen times during an early morning attack about four blocks south of the Hayward BART station.The victim was not seriously injured and police said that the incident was gang related.Officers responded about 3 a.m. Sunday to the intersection of Grand Avenue and Dean Street for a report of an assault with a deadly ...
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Man arrested in Los Angeles for posing as Disney family member stealing Disneyland passes
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - Authorities say a man has been arrested after claiming to be a member of the Walt Disney family and giving away invalid Disneyland passes. Los Angeles County sheriff's officials say the man called himself "Stephen Disney" and had a fake driver's license and tax forms that falsely claimed income from the Walt Disney Corp. The statement says he gave ...
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Bicyclist Run Over Killed By Garbage Truck In San Francisco
A mangled bicycle lies on the ground at the intersection of 16th St. and South Van Ness Ave. in San Francisco following a fatal crash with a garbage truck, May 23, 2013. ...
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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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