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Immigrant advocates sue govt over detainers
LOS ANGELES -; Immigrant advocates have filed a lawsuit alleging that immigration agents are filing paperwork to keep arrestees in custody longer without investigating whether they're in the country ...
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Dog that killed 6-year-old Calif. boy euthanized
The dog's owner was a San Mateo police officer and the boy's uncle. He believed the boy's injuries were not serious and went to work before learning the boy ...
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LA teacher charged with killing wife
Prosecutors announced Wednesday that 46-year-old Michael Rodney Kane is charged with one count of murder, one count of first-degree burglary with a person present, one count of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of making criminal ...
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Stork missing from Safari Park
San Diego Zoo Safari Park officials are searching the North County today for an exotic bird that got caught in a wind gust and flew away Monday ...
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Woman stabbed killed on Hollywoods Walk of Fame
LOS ANGELES -- Police in Los Angeles say they've arrested three panhandlers in the fatal stabbing of a young woman who was taking photographs on Hollywood's star-lined "Walk of Fame."Police say they found the 23-year-old woman bleeding from multiple stab wounds near busy Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.Homicide detectives say the woman and ...
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Six business start-up lessons from a microbrewer in Vista San Diego County
Max Moran started his business, Indian Joe Brewing in Vista, northern San Diego County, in early 2013. He had prior business experience as an electrician yet learned the craft of brewing beer during a 17-year period when he found the time to work alongside a German brew ...
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Calif. Museum to Showcase Relics of Ten Commandments Silent Movie
A California museum has decided to showcase relics from the large set once used by Cecil B. DeMille to film his silent movie epic "The Ten ...
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Rookies Receive Guidance from LA Clippers Vets
More Photos The rookies, however, stayed behind, getting in some additional work and training as they begin their professional lives. On Tuesday, they had the unique opportunity to meet with members from another professional sports team, the Los Angeles Clippers. Ronny Turiaf, DaJuan Summers, Ryan Hollins and Maalik Wayns travelled the 120 mile trek down I-5 to give life lessons to 26 Chargers ...
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Belt starting to heat up at the plate
Email SAN FRANCISCO -- Giants first baseman Brandon Belt is known for his fine defense but, in the absence of much of the lineup's clout lately, he has found his swing as well. Belt went 3-for-4 in Tuesday's 5-4 win and ripped a double off the right-field wall on a 2-0 fastball that scored the game-tying run. "I try to stay as relaxed as possible [in late-game situations] and ...
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Giants waiting for lineup to return to full strength
Email SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants could see their regular lineup in action, possibly as early as Monday when they begin a three-game series in Los Angeles. Manager Bruce Bochy announced that outfielder Angel Pagan, who has been out since May 25 with a strained left hamstring, will begin a rehab assignment Thursday with Single-A San Jose. He'll play five innings then and seven Friday. ...
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Benches clear in second inning of Wednesdays finale
Email SAN FRANCISCO -- The benches cleared in top of the second inning on Wednesday at AT&T Park after Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner threw a pitch behind Padres first baseman Jesus Guzman. Guzman took a couple steps toward the mound and also pointed the bat toward Bumgarner while also yelling in his direction. San Francisco catcher Buster Posey intervened, standing between Guzman and ...
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Bochy capitalizing on rosters defensive versatility
Email SAN FRANCISCO -- Joaquin Arias and Tony Abreu both found themselves in unfamiliar positions on Wednesday, with Arias starting at shortstop and earning just the seventh start in the No. 5 spot in his career, and Abreu starting at third base for the first time this season. "I've said this going into the season, a player like Arias is so valuable because you can put him ...
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Errors mar Mattinglys first game vs. Yanks
LAD@NYY: Hanley goes yard with two-run shot in eighth NEW YORK -- The Dodgers ruined manager Don Mattingly's emotional return to the Bronx, committing four errors while getting beat by the Yankees and former teammate Hiroki Kuroda, 6-4, in the first game of Wednesday's day-night doubleheader. Hanley Ramirez had four hits for the Dodgers, including a two-run homer, and Ichiro Suzuki ...
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LA Metro begins enforcing subway fares
Turnstiles will be locked at Union Station entrances to the Metro Red and Purple lines. Riders must have a so-called TAP card pre-loaded with at least the $1.50 basic fare to unlock the turnstiles to gain access. Locked gates will be phased in at other ...
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Bulgers ex-enforcer grilled about varying stories
Martorano insisted that he told prosecutors the truth about the role of Bulger and his partner, Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi, in various killings, but Brennan suggested that Martorano was a chronic liar who fabricated or exaggerated Bulger's involvement so he could get a reduced sentence for his own ...
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Cage-fight Rep scrambles to stop California from imposing its egg laws on other states
Should California tell farmers throughout the country how to run their farms? Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, says no. "It's exactly what our founding fathers wanted to avoid," King said. But the rural-state lawmaker is concerned over California's strict laws on egg producers and other farmers as a result of Proposition 2, a ballot initiative passed by voters in 2008. The law ...
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Los Angeles school system to purchase iPad for each student
Los Angeles' school system, the second largest in the United States, is ordering iPads for all its students, handing Apple a major success in its quest to make the tablet computer a replacement for textbooks. The Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday approved the purchase of $30 million worth of iPads as the first part of a multi-year commitment. It found that the iPad was the least ...
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Lost Hollywood Rare Pictures of Jane Fonda Marilyn Monroe Set for Auction
agreed. After their first session together in 1953, she sent Greene two dozen roses and a note saying his pictures were the most beautiful of her she had ever seen. Over the next four years she would pose for him more than 50 times. Greene's skill lay in his unfussy approach (he used to say, "If you can't light it with one light, then you can't light it") and ability to ...
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Judge may expand Calif. prison mental health case
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; Attorneys who represent California inmates are asking a federal judge to expand the court's oversight of prison mental health care to include the Department of State ...
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Santa Barbara Business Beat
Westmont College received the excellence in service award at the annual South Coast Business and Technology Awards June 13 at Fess Parker's Doubletree Resort & Hotel. Sonos was named company of the year, Joanne Funari was executive of the year while Barbara Rosenbaum was given the entrepreneur of the year award and Larry Barels received the Pioneer Award. More than 700 people honored ...
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As wildfires rage feds cut funding on prevention
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place.A combination of government austerity and the ballooning cost of battling the ruinous fires has taken a bite out of federal efforts to remove the dead trees and flammable underbrush that clog Western ...
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Gyorko continues making progress toward return
Email SAN FRANCISCO -- Rookie second baseman Jedd Gyorko has spent the last two days here walking around the clubhouse, conducting an audible countdown as to when he can come off the disabled list. "Six days," Gyorko muttered several times on Tuesday. Gyorko, on the disabled list with a right groin strain, is eligible to come off the disabled list on June 25. Gyorko has been with the ...
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New Colo. wildfire prompts evacuations of homes
Bob and Barbara Schmidt dashed to their home on a dirt road in a heavily wooded area northeast of Colorado Springs as smoke from what would become the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history filled the ...
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Gun Owner Arrested in Boys Death
A man whose gun was used in the fatal shooting of a 10-year-old boy is speaking out about the tragic accident that happened while the boy and a friend were playing with the weapon. NBC 7's Danya Bacchus ...
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Pitbull Sizzles Ke$ha Fizzles at Hollywood Bowl Concert Review
embarking on a summer tour together may seem like a strange pairing until you remember that the pop artists share a record label – and thus marketing dollars. Another potential benefit of sharing a bill in giant outdoor amphitheaters like the Hollywood Bowl is the cross-pollination of fans, ensuring that each section of the Ke$ha-Pitbull Venn diagram is holding a ticket. But Tuesday ...
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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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