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Calif. man faces medical eval in grandpa killing
WILLITS, Calif. -; A Northern California man accused of torturing his 84-year-old grandfather by dragging him behind a pickup truck for nearly six miles is set to be evaluated by a second ...
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Report Most Calif beaches had clean water in 2012
LOS ANGELES -; Less winter runoff has allowed visitors to enjoy mostly clean water at California beaches, according to a report released ...
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Calif. beach water quality mostly good last summer
The organization Heal the Bay on Thursday released its annual beach report card, which rated the water quality of 445 beaches in California. Because of back-to-back dry winters in Southern California, there was less runoff polluting the ...
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James Hunter Six headlines Sacramento Music Festival
He's not trying to break your heart or revive the soul-and-R&B past. He just wants you to dance.That's the sentiment of 50-year-old British soul rocker James Hunter. He'll tell you as much, conveyed with urgency and a thick working-class British accent. In any conversation with Hunter about his music, you quickly learn that he doesn't care to dissect his ...
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The Record Stockton Calif. Tony Sauro column
May 23--When the Doors are mentioned, Jim Morrison's name immediately follows. Yet, Ray Manzarek's always-inventive keyboard adventures were an equally indelible aspect of the Los Angeles band's mysterious, striking and strangely spooky sound. While Morrison provided the vocal dramatics, sexual tension, tortured persona and most of the darkly poetic lyrics, Manzarek's ...
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California bill to establish task force to tackle metal thefts
State lawmakers want to crack down on the chronic problem of metal theft by setting up a task force to help local law enforcement and district attorneys catch and prosecute thieves. The California Farm Bureau Federation is sponsoring the bill to establish the panel as part of the Board of State and Community ...
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James Bryant voted to All-NBA first team
NEW YORK — LeBron James was a unanimous pick for the All-NBA team and Kobe Bryant earned his record-tying 11th first-team selection. James received all 119 votes for the first team from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the U.S. and Canada. Joining the league's MVP and Bryant on the first team Thursday were Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant, San Antonio center Tim ...
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Purported psychics arrested in Southern Calif.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say a Southern California couple arrested on felony grand theft charges purported to be psychics and promised at least one customer they could rid her of negative ...
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Toddler Recovering from SUV Stroller Crash
a terrible North County crash are speaking out about the accident. His mother, Allie Fomon said, "We've had some issue of him waking up at night or from naps, crying hysterically or screaming, which was behavior he never exhibited before. But overall I would say he is doing really well." Life for Allie and Brad Fomon changed forever on February 1, 2013. Their nanny, ...
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California professor considering mayoral runs asks students to create political campaign
SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco State University professor considering a run for Oakland mayor is drawing scrutiny for a class assignment that asked students to create a political campaign ad and gave them the option of developing it for him. Joe Tuman said he would use the ad if it were good, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Thursday. But ethics experts said any such use of the ...
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BBT sells Hollywood retail center at 33 loss
Branch Banking & Trust Co. sold the Carriage Hills shopping center in Hollywood at a 32.5 percent loss to its foreclosed mortgage. The bank (NYSE: BBT) seized the 27,022-square-foot shopping center at 6900 Stirling Road in early 2012 after foreclosing on a $3.26 million mortgage that belonged to M&Z Carriage Hills. The loan was originated by Colonial Bank, which later failed. BB&T ...
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Lyft gets $60 million from Andreessen Horowitz et al.
Zimride Inc., maker of the Lyft mobile device ride dispatching application that is earning private vehicle owners money and the ire of traditional taxi firms, has raised a $60 million Series C round of venture funding led ...
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Cloudscaling raises $10 million
Trinity Ventures , Juniper Networks and Seagate. Founded in 2006, San Francisco-based Cloudscaling was previously a cloud consulting company that pivoted solely into making software products in 2011. Cloudscaling's CEO ...
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Twitter links ads to TV programs
Taking advantage of the fact that large numbers of people love to tweet about television programs they are watching, Twitter Inc. is testing targeted ads linked to the TV ads its users likely see, the company said Thursday. Linking promoted tweets with TV content would give San Francisco-based Twitter a new way to tap into what remains the largest ad spending category -- television ...
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Ridesharing startup Lyft picks up a $60M round led by Andreesen Horowitz
Lyft is swimming in fresh cash, having raised a $60 million round of Series C funding, led by Andreesen Horowitz. Pink mustachioed ridesharing startup Lyft is cruising in the fast lane, having picked up a cool $60 million Series C, led by Palo Alto-based power investors Andreesen Horowitz. The San Francisco startup has now raised a total of $82.5 million in venture funding since 2009. It raised ...
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Sutter Health withdrew bid from Covered California
Sutter Health applied to offer coverage in the health benefit exchange via its new health maintenance organization plan, but recently withdrew its application. A big local name didnt make the list of health plans participating in Covered Californias new insurance marketplace next year: Sutter Health. Sutter did apply to offer coverage in the health benefit exchange via its new health maintenance ...
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APNewsBreak Driver in fatal Ill. van wreck IDd
ST. LOUIS -; Public records show a New Jersey man behind the wheel of a van that overturned on an Illinois freeway, killing five passengers, had his driving privileges suspended last year for administrative ...
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13 insurers to compete on Calif. health exchange
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; The state's largest health insurers, including Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield and Kaiser Permanente, will be among 13 plans competing for policies from millions of Californians who are expected to purchase coverage through the state's new health exchange, officials announced ...
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Yard searched in case of woman missing since 1978
GLENDORA, Calif. -; Cold-case investigators have returned to a Southern California backyard where they are searching clues in the disappearance of a woman 35 years ...
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On the Trail to Good Health in Santa Barbara
Eric Larson quit smoking after 39 years and is back on the trail to good health. What a pleasure-and surprise-to recently run into my longtime friend Eric Larson hiking in the Santa Barbara foothills. I DIDN'T ask, "What are YOU doing here?" But Eric must have known I was wondering how he hiked nearly three miles up San Roque Trail to a scenic vista point, because shortly after we ...
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Super simple stock trading platform LOYAL3 gets $18M Series C
Stock-trading startup LOYAL3 this week raised an $18 million round of funding, led by Hyatt Hotels heiress Gigi Pritzker Pucker. Free stock trading platform LOYAL3 this week closed an $18 million Series C round of funding, led by a small group of investors that included early Facebook employee Chris Kelly. The San Francisco-based startup runs a stock-trading platform that allows people to buy ...
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The Galapagos are now just a click away Google photographs famous islands for Street View
In this May 2013 photo provided by Google, Daniel Orellana of the Charles Darwin Foundation collects seashore imagery with the Street View Trekker at the Los Humedales wetland area on Isabela island in the Galapagos. Few have laid eyes on many of the volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago that remain closed to tourists. But soon the curious will be able to explore these places that ...
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Hotel Accused of Requiring Natural Hair for New Hire
Voneva Denham says she was ready to work but claims she wasn't scheduled until she made her hair more a natural for her. NBC 7's Danya Bacchus has this exclusive ...
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California picks 13 health plans for state-run insurance market
Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, announces the health plans that were selected for 19 regions across the state as part of the federal healthcare ...
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Wibidata raises $15 million
WibiData, a maker of technology that uses data to make better computer applications, has raised a $15 million in a Series B round of funding led ...
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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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