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Cain Garland clash in finale of eventful series
With an early tussle atop the National League West standings underway, the Rockies and Giants will meet once more Sunday after a wild finish to Saturday's game set up a rubber match at AT&T Park. The Rockies had claimed a shutout victory in the opener, and then Angel Pagan put a finishing flourish on the second game with a walk-off, inside-the-park homer in the 10th inning Saturday. ...
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Legendary Bay Area Talk-Show Host Gene Burns Dies At 72
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS) - Long-time Bay Area talk-show host Gene Burns has died. Burns was best known in San Francisco for his political and social commentary talk show, ';The Gene Burns ...
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Southern California wildfire threatens 4000 homes
A section of the Pacific Coast Highway is closed in California, the United States, May 3, 2013. The wind-driven wildfire forced the evacuation of a university campus and threatened some 4,000 homes in Southern California on Friday. (Xinhua/Yan ...
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Sacramento Police Investigating After Suspect Dies In Custody Bystander Records Encounter
video of the incident , provided to CBS13 by an anonymous bystander, has some questioning if Sacramento Police used an appropriate amount of force. (Watch above. Warning: graphic footage.) The video shows the suspect on the ground, surrounded by officers in a shopping ...
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Cannes Directors Hollywood Reporter Interview Creates Prostitution Backlash in France
French filmmaker Francois Ozon has been blasted by local politicians for telling THR, "it's a fantasy of many women to do prostitution" and "there is kind of a passivity that women are looking ...
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Rogers Signs Multi-Year Contract with Los Angeles Galaxy
Former U.S. soccer international Robbie Rogers has joined Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy, the team said on Saturday, making him the latest openly gay male athlete in an American professional team sport. Rogers, who came out in February on the same day he retired from the game, will be on the Galaxy's roster for Sunday's home match against the Seattle Sounders if his ...
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Bochy ejected from game in the 8th
SAN FRANCISCO -; Giants manager Bruce Bochy was ejected in the eighth inning of Saturday's game against the Rockies by home plate umpire Alfonso Marquez over a call made at third ...
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‘Machinal’ at Long Beach Playhouse new ‘Doc Martin’ collection on DVD
www.acornmedia.com ) is only too willing to feed my addiction. "Doc Martin Special Collection: Series 1-5 + The Movies," now available on DVD, is a 13-Disc set not only includes 38 episodes from the first five seasons, but two TV movies that inspired the series, plus an hour of behind-the-scenes segments. And speaking of charm, "A Fine Romance: Complete Collection" (newly ...
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Bochy gets tossed after disputed call at third
Email SAN FRANCISCO -- An umpire's call that dulled a Giants rally in the eighth inning resulted in manager Bruce Bochy's second ejection of the year in Saturday's game against the Colorado Rockies. With one out, Marco Scutaro at first base and the score tied, 4-4, Pablo Sandoval blooped a single to left-center field. Rockies left fielder Carlos Gonzalez grabbed the ball and ...
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Doubles down and that concerns Mattingly
Email LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers manager Don Mattingly is more concerned about his club's lack of doubles than its low number of home runs. The Dodgers are last in the Major Leagues with 61 doubles entering Saturday's action, and their 31 homers are the third fewest. "That is a problem," Mattingly said before Saturday's game against the Cardinals. "For me, RBI guys ...
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Dodgers wary of wearing down Punto
Email LOS ANGELES -- Nick Punto's production has kept him in the lineup, despite concerns from Dodgers manager Don Mattingly that the veteran utility man could wear down too early in the season. Punto has played more than 88 games in a season only once since 2009, when he appeared in 125 games with the Twins. He made his 26th start in 47 games on Saturday against the Cardinals, one of his ...
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Hairston could return to lineup on Sunday
Email LOS ANGELES -- Jerry Hairston could return to the Dodgers as early as Sunday, if all goes well with his rehab game on Saturday with Class A Rancho Cucamonga. Hairston played six innings at third base on Friday night with the Quakes, going 0-for-3. He was scheduled to play six innings in the outfield on Saturday, and the Dodgers could activate him from the disabled list before ...
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California’s New Problem Too Much Money
LOS ANGELES -- After years of grueling battles over state budget deficits and spending cuts, California has a new challenge on its hand: too much money. An unexpected surplus is fueling an argument over how the state should respond to its turn of good ...
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Multiple Brush Fires Burn in Lakeside
A Caltrans traffic camera captured smoke (top left corner) stemming from several small brush fires that sparked on both side of the SR-67 in ...
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Latest California earthquake affects different part of state
A magnitude 5.7 temblor on Thursday night was the largest earthquake to shake California since 2008 and has generated curiosity from ...
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Obviously wins American Handicap
INGLEWOOD, Calif. -; Obviously defeated Lucayan by 2 1/2 lengths to win the $150,250 American Handicap at Betfair Hollywood Park on Saturday, extending jockey Joe Talamo's roll in stakes races at the ...
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Coalinga dentist gets probation in death of son
A Coalinga dentist will be on probation for five years after pleading no contest to charges in connection with the death of his son who died in one of his dental chairs during tooth extraction ...
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Millions march against Monsanto in over 400 cities
LOS ANGELES -; Two million people marched in protest against seed giant Monsanto in hundreds of rallies across the U.S. and in over 50 other countries on ...
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Suspect claims slain doctor botched his surgery
ORANGE, Calif. -; A 75-year-old man accused of gunning down an Orange County doctor said in a jailhouse interview that he was angry about a botched surgery, but a family lawyer said the slain urologist never treated the ...
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Boat washes ashore carrying nearly a ton of drugs
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. -; Border protection officials say two men have been arrested after a boat packed with nearly a ton of drugs washed ashore in Manhattan ...
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Feds wont prosecute wind farm for condor deaths
MOJAVE, Calif. -; A Southern California wind farm has been assured by federal authorities that they won't prosecute if the company's whirring turbine blades kill any endangered California ...
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Show dogs stolen again from San Bernardino home
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -; A San Bernardino family says five of their prized bulldogs have been stolen, just months after two French bulldogs were taken from their ...
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Civil trial over Jacksons death focuses on AEG
A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live LLC, and what is expected at court in the week ...
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Long Beach Tenant Concerns Build With Lytles Exit
Port tenants in Long Beach on Friday urged the harbor commission to immediately begin the process of finding a replacement for Executive Director J. Christopher Lytle, who 24 hours earlier announced he was resigning to become executive director of the Port of ...
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Lowries foot continues to show improvement
Email HOUSTON -- Jed Lowrie's contused right foot improved enough overnight to make him potentially available off the bench for the A's middle game against his former team, the Astros, on Saturday evening. Lowrie took part in infield drills and batting practice before the contest, something he wasn't able to do Friday. "I think there's a much better chance he's ...
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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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