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Climate change Do governors actions match his rhetoric
MOUNTAIN VIEW -- The global threat of climate change must be addressed without delay lest we pass a tipping point after which the damage can't be undone, Gov. Jerry Brown told a sustainability technology summit Thursday."What's coming at us is what we ourselves are creating," he said, adding that if action against climate change "is just about like this five years from ...
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Berkeley names new schools chief after difficult search
BERKELEY -- The school board Wednesday night named Donald Evans as the new superintendent to oversee the district after a tumultuous search that took over a year.Evans was not at Wednesday night's meeting where board members unanimously approved his $229,500 salary because he was attending his last school board meeting as superintendent of the Hayward school district which he has overseen ...
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2-day worker walkout ends at UC hospitals
The strike formally ended at 4 a.m. after thousands of hospital pharmacists, nursing assistants, operating room assistants and other health care workers joined the walkout organized by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal ...
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View from the sidelines Why Aetna aint in Covered California exchange
Covered California health benefit exchange, and that met the requirements of the exchange, were "selected" to be in Covered California, according to its statement today and the ones they provided afterward. But what about the health plans that chose not to participate? It's not that they weren't "selected," at least in some notable cases, it's that they ...
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Campbell gobbles up Plum Organics
Campbell Soup Co. is acquiring Emeryville's Plum Organics, a maker of organic baby foods. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, the company said that with the addition of Plum Organics' products, Campbell's portfolio of kid-focused soups, beverages and snacks will have annual sales of more than $1 billion. Baby food is currently a $2 billion category in the United ...
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California awards $36 million for stem cell research leaders
California's stem cell agency has awarded $36 million from the Research Leadership Awards to attract six top stem cell scientists. The stem cell agency, called ...
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Why $1 billion doesnt mean what it used to in Hollywood
Four films from last year joined the billion-dollar club, including "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." What does that really mean in today's Hollywood? Hint: A lot less than it used ...
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Calif. Bill Would Prohibit Ticket-Buying Software
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Music and sports fans would have one less obstacle in buying tickets to popular events under a bill advancing through the California Legislature. Legislation by Democratic Assemblyman Richard Pan of Sacramento would prohibit the use of robotic ticket-buying software. Supporters of AB329 say scalpers use the software to bombard online box offices and then resell ...
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Homegrown talent An answer to Silicon Valleys STEM shortage Video
If youve heard it once, youve heard it a million times: Silicon Valley has a serious tech talent problem. Microsoft Corp,s can attest to that first hand. We have 6,000 job openings more than half of which are for high tech jobs that we cannot fill, said Sid Espinosa, Microsofts director of corporate citizenship at an event at the tech giants Mountain View campus on Thursday. We have to go ...
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St. Regis San Francisco on market for $140 million
Hoping to ride the profitable wave of recent hotel sales, the San Franciscos St. Regis just landed on the market for a whopping $140 million asking price. With 260 rooms, 46 suites and 15,000 square feet of meeting space, thats in the range of more than $530,000 per key. If the hotel snags a buyer at the suggested price which has been the trend lately it would be the biggest deal in recent ...
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Hungry Burger King now delivers in parts of Sacramento
Forget about going to the drive through lane, now some Sacramentans can get a Whopper delivered. Forget about going to the drive through lane, now Sacramentans can get a Whopper delivered. Sacramento was added today as a new market for Burger Kings BKDelivers program. As many as six Burger Kings in Sacramento are participating delivering food from the fast food giant to residents front ...
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The unanswered question after earnings Will HPs bets pay off
Hewlett-Packard is way up. Is its salvation at hand? Hewlett-Packard Co.'s earnings yesterday weren't great, but the stock price closed up more than 17 percent at $24.86 today. A deeper dive into the financials reveals the reason why: While revenue is slipping in basically every category besides printers, HP has slashed its expenditures, increased its cash flow, paid down debt, and has ...
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Pandora posts in-line 1Q loss upbeat sales
Internet radio company Pandora reported higher-than-expected revenue in the latest quarter, with losses in line with analysts' forecasts, as the number of subscribers who pay for ad-free listening rose above 2.5 million.The net loss in the three months ending April 30 grew to $28.6 million, or 16 cents per share, from a loss of $20.2 million, or 12 cents per share, a year ago.Excluding ...
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Moody Blues set San Diego return
The English band, which celebrates its 50th anniversary next year, is headed back to San Diego for an October concert at Humphreys. Tickets go on sale June ...
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Officers in Calif. police shooting called heroic
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -; Authorities are calling the four officers who fatally shot a suspect after he killed two Santa Cruz police detectives local ...
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3 held in SoCal gas station fuel theft
FONTANA, Calif. -; Three men have been arrested for investigation of stealing fuel from a Southern California gas station after an off-duty police officer grew suspicious of their ...
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Foreclosures drop in the Sacramento region
Foreclosures in the Sacramento region fell in March by more than half from the same month a year ago, CoreLogic reported today.In the four-county region, the rate of foreclosures among outstanding mortgages was 1.26 percent in March compared with 2.71 percent in March 2012, the Irvine-based real estate information service said.Foreclosure activity in the Sacramento area in March was lower than ...
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California car sales jump in the first quarter
California new-car sales jumped nearly 13 percent in the first quarter of this year, reaching the highest first-quarter total since 2008.The California New Car Dealers Association said vehicle sales hit 403,658 in the first quarter, a 12.6 percent improvement from a year earlier."The recession that hit California's new vehicle market so drastically is finally disappearing from our ...
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Driver in Ill. van wreck had license suspension
Emergency personnel gather at the scene near Vandalia, Ill., Monday, May 20,2 013, where a van veered off a southern Illinois highway and overturned several times, killing five people and sending six others to hospitals. Details about what caused the crash or who owned the white 2002 Dodge van, which had no decals or displayed markings, were not immediately ...
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Best places for rock climbing in Southern California Joshua Tree
Southern California has some of the most diverse geography on earth and offers locals and visitors tons of options for any adventure you seek. Joshua Tree National Park, nearly 800,000 acres of scenic beauty has been an early stomping ground for many rock climbers and hikers for over 5,000 years. These rock formations and crags are as famous for their quality as for the legends that have climbed ...
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Loyal3 raises $18 million to expand fee-free investing service
San Francisco-based Loyal3 raised $18 million to further its efforts to help customers invest in name-brand companies they like. San Francisco-based Loyal3 said Thursday that it raised $18 million to expand its service that lets clients invest as little as $10 a month in company's stock without paying a brokerage fees and commissions. The company's third round was led by investors ...
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Calif. dairymen hang whey value hopes on state Senate
CAROL RYAN DUMAS Capital PressIn an attempt to capture more of the whey value in their milk, California dairymen hope the state Senate will give them better results than the Assembly.Supporters say a bill aimed at reducing the price disparity California producers receive for their milk sold to cheese manufacturers and similar milk going into cheese vats in federal milk marketing orders is being ...
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Obamacare in California cheaper than predicted
Health insurers in California will charge an average of $304 a month for the cheapest silver-level plan in state-based exchanges next year, according to rates released Thursday by Covered California, which is implementing the Affordable Care Act there. But many residents will pay a lot less than that for ...
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San Diego Police Get $20K for AEDs
More than a dozen AED systems will be available to San Diego police officers in the field thanks to a grant from a local philanthropic ...
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Locals Owe $94M in Delinquent Property Taxes
More than 42,000 delinquency reminder notices will soon be mailed off to local taxpayers who failed to pay their first, second or both 2012-2013 secured property tax ...
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San Jose council approves potentially flawed housing development
A housing development in San Jose is becoming increasingly controversial as members of the public have accused the San Jose City Council of violating its own environmental policies with regards to residential developments in the city.
The contention revolved around a 15 acre housing project that will see 89 homes built at the edge of Guadalupe Creek in the south of the city. The site on which the development will take place is a largely underdeveloped area containing, among other things, an unsightly asphalt car park. Read more
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