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Stults hopes to regain command against Nationals
Nationals right-hander Jordan Zimmermann became the Majors' first seven-game winner on Monday. Will he become the first eight-game winner on Saturday? We'll find out when the Nationals take on the Padres at Petco Park, a place Zimmermann is 1-0 with a minuscule 0.69 ERA in two career starts. Facing the Dodgers in his last start, Zimmermann (7-1, 1.69 ERA) allowed just two runs on ...
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As look to Milone in matchup with Royals Santana
With Brett Anderson sidelined for at least another month with a stress fracture in his right foot, one of the best offenses in baseball is in need of an ace. "We have people who can step in," manager Bob Melvin said. "I feel we have a deep organization." Tommy Milone may not have the win-loss record to show it, but he could certainly contribute in that role. Milone, who ...
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Growing Popularity Of Private Drones Concern California Privacy Groups
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) - No longer exclusively used by the military, drones are increasingly being used by groups and private individuals. As drones become even more popular, and with very few rules regarding their use, privacy experts are worried. With a homeowner’s permission, KPIX 5 launched our drone, and shot video from their backyard. While we didn’t get close to the fence ...
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Autism insurance mandate renewed by California State Senate
The original bill required that insurance companies cover Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy as a medical treatment for those diagnosed on the autism spectrum. The bill was signed in 2011 and the law went into effect last ...
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Lincecum looks to start new streak against Rockies
With Colorado starter Jeff Francis moving to the disabled list on Thursday with a left groin strain, the Rockies called up right-hander Tyler Chatwood to start Saturday's game against the Giants. In Chatwood's last outing on April 29, he threw six scoreless innings in a 12-2 victory over the Dodgers before he was sent down to Triple-A Colorado Springs to clear room for the return of ...
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Padres rally in ninth but fall in 10 to Nats
WSH@SD: Gyorko smashes solo homer to center in sixth SAN DIEGO -- Chad Tracy hit a pinch-hit home run in the 10th inning Friday to lead the Nationals to a 6-5 victory over the Padres before a crowd of 29,898 at Petco Park. Tracy's home run came off Padres closer Huston Street, who has allowed six home runs this season. Street (0-3) allowed two home runs all of last season. The ...
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Better This Time But Padres Still Lose
SAN DIEGO, CA - MAY 17: Burch Smith #26 of the San Diego Padres pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Petco Park on May 17, 2013 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty ...
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Navy pilot earns masters degree in engineering while in combat zone
The Navy lieutenant needed armed guards and an armored car to get to an exam site, in Kabul, Afghanistan. A deadly bomb attack also caused him to his miss classes — transmitted live via the Internet — but he ...
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Giants drop seesaw affair with Rockies
Posey's solo homer inches the Giants closer DENVER -- The first career grand slam Madison Bumgarner allowed was indeed unique, given its reverberations. Jordan Pacheco's bases-loaded drive off Bumgarner broke a fifth-inning tie that carried the Colorado Rockies to a 10-9 victory Friday night over the Giants. Not only did Pacheco slam the door on the Giants, but he also halted ...
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Giants Minor League coach Torres dies at 61
DENVER -- The Giants issued a statement Friday saying that Victor Torres, a batting coach and instructor in the club's player development department, died Wednesday in Florida at age 61. Torres spent five seasons between 2007 and last year as hitting coach for the Arizona Rookie League Giants. He also coached for one season, 2008, at the club's Double-A Connecticut affiliate. Torres ...
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Pair of late homers power As past Royals Shields
KC@OAK: Rosales belts a go-ahead solo homer to left OAKLAND -- Adam Rosales and Josh Donaldson each hit solo home runs as the Oakland Athletics surged late for a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night. Rosales led off the eighth with his second home run of the year, a shot that landed halfway up the staircase beyond the left-field fence. A's starter Jarrod Parker threw ...
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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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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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