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San Diego leaders urge funding for childhood education
SACRAMENTO -; San Diego County community leaders were in the Capitol Monday pressing lawmakers to spend more on early child care and preschool programs, saying the investment will pay off for the state in the long ...
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Jackson concert director worked without contract
LOS ANGELES -- Documents prepared by a concert promoter that were detailed in court on Monday indicated the company had budgeted $150,000 a month for a doctor to treat Michael Jackson as he prepared and delivered a series of comeback shows.However, Jackson died of an anesthetic overdose before he signed the agreement, and no payments were made to Dr. Conrad Murray by AEG Live LLC, testimony and ...
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Game blog Brewers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
and answer some of your questions during every Brewers game this season. Tonight, the Brewers return home to Miller Park after a horrendous 2-8 road trip to face the Los Angeles Dodgers. Yovani Gallardo (3-3, 4.50 ERA) is on the mound for Milwaukee vs. Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw (4-2, 1.40). Game time is 7:10 p.m. Fans can discuss the game among themselves by logging in ...
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Gas Prices Stable in Calif. Jump Nationally
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 ...
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Hansen congratulates Sacramento on keeping Kings
Investor Chris Hansen has congratulated Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson on his efforts to keep the Kings in California, while also vowing to keep up his pursuit of getting the NBA back to ...
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Under Mayer Boosting mobile buying companies
Yahoo Inc. lured Marissa Mayer from Google in July to become its fifth CEO in as many years. Her task: Help the Internet pioneer regain its stature after years in a financial funk. In her 10 months leading the company, she has overseen a redesign of Yahoo services and orchestrated several acquisitions, including a deal to buy online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 ...
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Chargers Sound Off on Addition of Dwight Freeney
was not at Chargers Park on Monday. But that doesn't mean the newest Charger wasn't on everyone's mind when the team reconvened to continue the OTA program. Photo ...
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Chargers Coach Fields Teo Questions
reportedly went to a Maxim promotional party in Los Angeles last week, where women featured on the list were in attendance. On Monday, the media was not granted access to Te’o. During a Q-and-A session that afternoon, new coach Mike McCoy was asked by reporters why Te’o will not face the press until the mini-camp from June ...
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Men Convicted of Abusing Autistic Man Set Free
A 50-year-old man, Michael Garritson, turned himself in to Escondido police in relation to a case where an autistic man was abused - which was caught on surveillance ...
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Oakland Couple in car shot today two Sunday homicides investigated
OAKLAND -- The names of two men killed in shootings that happened 14 hours apart Sunday in West and East Oakland were released by police Monday.A man fatally shot about 6:30 p.m. Sunday inside a house in the 2900 block of West Street in West Oakland was identified as Darvel McGillberry, 19, of Oakland. It was not clear if he lived in the house or in the area.A man fatally shot about 4:36 a.m. ...
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Piedmont Burglar confronts residents confines them to bedrooms
PIEDMONT -- Police are searching for a burglar who confronted two residents inside their home on St. James Drive, telling them to remain in bed and under the covers while he searched for valuables.The man, who pried a basement window to get inside the residence on May 16, made off with electronic items and a wallet containing credit cards and identification, police said. No one was hurt.The ...
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Video Calif. teen wins Intel Science Research competition
18 year old Eesha Kha-RAY from Saratoga, Calif., is one of the best young scientists in the world. She received the Young Scientist Award for her research in chemistry. Eesha: "My project, I developed a new supercapacitor, which is basically an energy storage device which can hold a lot of energy in a small amount of volume." Sharon Chin ...
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What produces a bigger economic boost America’s Cup or Super Bowl
What produces a bigger economic boost: sailing or football? The question takes on relevance in the Bay Area because San Francisco will host the America's Cup this July-September. And it appears likely that the NFL on Tuesday will pick Santa Clara to host Super Bowl L in 2016. It turns out that yacht racing may give the region more of an economic lift than football. The America's Cup ...
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Oakland City Council will vote on proposed Kiva microlending program
The Oakland City Council will vote Tuesday on a proposal to give the city's entrepreneurs more access to credit via a microlending program with help from nonprofit Kiva Microfunds. Barbara Parker, Oakland's city attorney, put this proposal before the council along with Libby Schaff, one of the city's council members. Oakland itself won't be lending any money, though. The proposal ...
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40-year-old San Francisco Network Ministries put to rest
A Christmas memorial for the poor and homeless. After more than 40 years, the San Francisco Network Ministries in the Tenderloin is disbanding. However, its many programs which include a number of services for the poor such as computer training, affordable housing and a safe house for women who have worked as prostitutes will live on. Some programs have already been spun off to other ...
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No. Calif. girl 5 dies in fatal rollover crash
Detective Nicole Abetkov says the single-vehicle crash occurred shortly after 8 a.m. Monday when the driver apparently lost control of the SUV as it overturned and came to rest past an ...
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Senate OKs regulations for medicinal marijuana
Federal prosecutors recently cracked down. They said the industry had become enormously profitable and made marijuana essentially available for recreational ...
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Doors Ray Manzarek dies at 74
FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, Ray Manzarek of The Doors performs at the Sunset Strip Music Festival launch party celebrating The Doors at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, Calif. Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, has died at 74. Publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says in a news release that Manzarek died Monday, May 20, 2013, at the RoMed Clinic in ...
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SD caregivers sentenced in abuse of autistic man
VISTA, Calif. -; Two caregivers convicted of abusing a severely autistic man in San Diego County have been each sentenced to one year in jail, but will get credit for time already ...
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Curiosity rover drills into second Martian rock
The space agency said Monday that Curiosity has bored a hole in a second rock and will transfer a pinch of powder to its onboard laboratories later this week for ...
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5 killed in crash in Ill. van coming from Calif.
This photo from video provided by KMOV-TV in St. Louis shows emergency personnel at the scene near Vandalia, Ill., Monday, May 20, 2013, where a van veered off a southern Illinois highway and overturned several times, killing five people and sending six others to hospitals, authorities said. Details about what caused the crash or who owned the white 2002 Dodge van, which had no decals or ...
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Judge rules workers at UC hospitals can strike
LOS ANGELES -- A judge has ruled that some workers at the five largest University of California medical centers can go on strike for two days starting Tuesday.Sacramento County Superior Court Judge David Brown denied the system's request Monday for a complete injunction against a strike by the union which represents 13,000 nursing assistants, scanning technicians, operating room assistants, ...
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Three Charged with Bank Robbery in Connection with 2012 Hoax Bomb Scenario in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES-Three Los Angeles men have been charged federally for their roles in a bank robbery that occurred in Los Angeles, California, on September 5, 2012, in which a bank employee was outfitted with a hoax explosive device, announced United States Attorney in Los Angeles, Andre Birotte, Jr.; FBI Assistant Director in Charge Bill Lewis; and Huntington Park Police Chief Jorge Cisneros. On ...
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Publicist Founding member of The Doors dies at 74
Publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says Manzarek died Monday at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family. Robinson-Fitzgerald says his manager, Tom Vitorino, confirmed Manzarek died around 3:30 p.m. EDT. He had bile duct ...
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Firefighters Rescue Trapped Window Washers
Aerial views show the workers were closer to the top of the building. Firefighters were able to rescue them using a hoist and both men have made it to the ground ...
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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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