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MLB Colorado 10 San Francisco 9
Jordan Pacheco hit a grand slam homer and drove in five runs Friday, giving Colorado enough of a cushion to pull out a 10-9 win over San Francisco. Pacheco's home run came during a five-run fifth and he also drove in a run with a ground out in the second. Colorado took a 10-4 led through six innings and fought off a Giants' rally that ran out of steam ...
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Fishing boat sinks in freak storm off coast of Baja California
The U.S. Coast Guard said last month that the owner and crew of a chartered fishing boat involved in an accident in the Sea of Cortez two years ago were negligent. The accident, which took place in 2011, involved a group of 27 U.S. fishermen and 16 Mexican crew members who were on an annual boating excursion during the July ...
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Calif. fire crews gain edge on 2 blazes along I-5
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -; As firefighters took on a stubborn 3-day-old wildfire Friday in rough terrain north of Los Angeles, a second and more serious blaze broke out 30 miles away near Interstate 5, quickly surging to more than 500 acres, briefly threatening an elementary school and leading to the precautionary evacuation of nearly 20 ...
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Santa Barbara newsroom employees cut Teamster ties
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -; Newsroom employees at the Santa Barbara News-Press have voted to cut ties with the Teamsters, the union that has represented them through years of legal struggles with management over control of the ...
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San Bernardino man arrested for shooting apartment security officer www.privateofficer.com
A San Bernardino man suspected of shooting a security guard at an apartment complex Thursday has been arrested. Miles Wimbley, 26, was arrested at the Ascott Apartments at 1422 E. Ninth St. at 11:55 p.m. and booked into Central Detention Center in San Bernardino. Police said the guard was at the complex at 1:11 a.m. when an armed man approached, threatened him and pointed a gun at him. Another ...
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90-Year-Old Student Graduates from CSUSM
More than 2,700 students are set to graduate from California State University San Marcos this weekend, including a lifelong learner who, at 90 years old, will become the oldest graduate in CSUSM Cougars ...
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If Youre in Redlands Calif. on May 18 ...
James Fallows is based in Washington as a national correspondent for The Atlantic. He has worked for the magazine for nearly 30 years and in that time has also lived in Seattle, Berkeley, Austin, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, and Beijing. He was raised in Redlands, California, received his undergraduate degree in American history and literature from Harvard, and received a graduate degree in ...
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Los Angeles Poetry Examiners Friday Pick Suzanne Lummis knows the perfect man
UCLA Extension since 1991, and is the kind of educator any poet or writer would feel blessed to have been mentored in any capacity by Lummis in their formative literary education. Her own poetry never misses a beat as you will read in the following ...
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WorldFest in Los Angeles positively lights up the park
WorldFest . The one-day event returns to Woodley Park in Los Angeles this Sunday, offering attendees a hodgepodge of "entertainment, education and enlightenment". It's an occasion filled with experts, activists, and celebrities whose efforts are at the forefront of improving healthful living, as well as protecting the environment and animals rights. At this festival, positivity ...
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Sacramento Kings sale celebrated by city
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson announced to screaming throngs of Kings fans Friday that the deal to sell the NBA franchise to a group led by software tycoon Vivek Ranadive has been ...
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As add lefty Okajima to bullpen in place of Resop
OAKLAND -- Left-hander Hideki Okajima, a non-roster invitee this spring, was called up from Triple-A Sacramento, the A's announced Friday. The A's designated right-hander Chris Resop for assignment to make room for Okajima on the 40-man roster. Okajima was 0-1 with a 2.16 ERA and .193 opponents batting average in 14 games with the River Cats. He walked two and struck out 18 in 16 2/3 ...
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Young likely to return from DL on Saturday
Email OAKLAND -- Outfielder Chris Young went 1-for-1 with two walks in a rehab start with Triple-A Sacramento on Thursday night. He was lifted for a pinch-runner in the fifth inning after feeling some cramps. "We took him out to be proactive," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "If everything goes well today, we'll activate him tomorrow." Young was scheduled to do some ...
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Dodgers work around erratic Ryu until pen enters
LAD@ATL: Van Slyke launches a solo homer to center ATLANTA -- Justin Upton slugged a grand slam off reliever Paco Rodriguez and drove in five runs, as the Braves rallied to beat the Dodgers, 8-5, Friday night, despite a pair of homers from Scott Van Slyke. Upton's sixth-inning homer was the first allowed by Rodriguez since he was drafted out of the University of Florida last summer. ...
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Capuano hopes to build on last outing against Atlanta
A certain trend is becoming increasingly apparent in the early part of the season for Braves right-hander Kris Medlen: home runs. Medlen has already surrendered seven home runs in 49 2/3 innings this season after allowing only six in 138 innings pitched last season. It's a statistic that has caught Medlen's attention, especially after allowing a career-high three home runs in ...
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Calif. Attorney General Kamala Harris Meets With New Task Force On Guns
California Attorney General Kamala Harris speaks at a news conference on May 17, 2013 at the Los Angeles Civic Center in Los Angeles, California. Harris hosted a meeting of the state’s district attorneys to develop recommendations on reducing gun violence. (credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty ...
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Scandal At IRS Ripples in Bay Area
Long before President Barack Obama told Americans they had the right to be angry over the International Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups, those groups in the Tampa Bay area already ...
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State budget picture brightens
SACRAMENTO -; Democratics who control the state legislature were already eager to spend more money than was proposed in Gov. Jerry Brown's budget, which would grow by 5.5 ...
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Affeldt finds success at hitter-friendly Coors Field
Email DENVER -- Jeremy Affeldt has written a book, "To Stir a Movement," which not only provides autobiographical details but also explains his altruistic beliefs. Maybe his next book ought to be a how-to compendium on pitching at Coors Field. Among pitchers who have thrown at least 70 career innings at hitter-friendly Coors -- Affeldt has worked 70 1/3 -- he owns the lowest ERA, a ...
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Los Angeles Labor Leader Puts Focus on Immigrants
Maria Elena Durazo, head of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, at a rally on Tuesday to thwart a sale of The Los Angeles Times to conservative ...
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Compton firefighter from Torrance charged with arson
FACEBOOK A former Compton Fire Department deputy chief from Torrance pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he set a fire at his department's headquarters to cover up the theft of thousands of dollars worth of Motorola radios he sold over the Internet. Marcel Dione Melanson, 37, who was featured in the reality television show "First In," was arrested Wednesday at his home ...
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Castro Valley Man in critical condition after shooting by deputy near I-580
Alameda County Sheriffs officers investigate a late-night officer involved shooting on a westbound Interstate 580 onramp in Castro Valley on May 17, ...
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Klinsmann envisions Donovan return _ just not now
Back with the Los Angeles Galaxy following a four-month sabbatical, Donovan was bypassed for the American roster for three World Cup qualifiers next ...
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Capturing San Diego for posterity
The pictures Highsmith took while she was in San Diego this week won't go online until later this year. Her itinerary included the zoo, Balboa Park, the Hotel Del, Chicano Park, the Carlsbad flower fields and whatever else she could squeeze into 13-hour shooting ...
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Parole blocked for Calif. inmate in guards murder
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday blocked the parole of an inmate who is serving a life sentence for the execution-style killing of a prison guard 36 years ago during a series of armed ...
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Van Garderen leads Rogers in California
American Tejay van Garderen won the individual time trial at the Tour of California to extend his overall lead over Australian Michael ...
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California prison labor?
California has a famously large budget deficit, budget cuts are being made to a number of state programs and services, but what hasn’t been considered is the cost avoidance potential of the state’s over 40,000 minimum-security prisoner’s, many of whom are already saving the state money by providing labor in return for shorter sentences.
With California budget deficit expected to be somewhere between $12 billion or as high as $25 billion for 2010 alone, state legislators have been anxiously looking for ways to reduce state expenses, cutting budgets wherever possible, but already existing programs operated by the state may present an opportunity for cost-savings in the areas of construction, services and maintenance of buildings and amenities. Read more
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