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Principal Warns Parents Against Social Media Site
A local middle school principal is putting out a blunt warning to parents to be on the lookout for a social media website gaining popularity with students called ...
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California sees lower-than-expected prices for health insurance
California health officials on Thursday unveiled the likely rates that insurers will charge under the health-care law backed by President Barack Obama - and they are lower than expected, rebutting warnings by critics that many people will experience "rate shock" once the law is fully implemented. On average, a person who chooses a mid-level plan can expect to pay around $321 a month, ...
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Condi John Doerr Obama join virtual immigration march
The March for Innovation website urges immigration reform advocates to lobby policymakers. If you've been on Twitter this week, you may have seen the hashtag #iMarch. You may have also seen it on newly acquired Tumblr, Facebook or a host of other social media channels. On May 22 and 23, a group of immigration reform advocates spearheaded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg with backing ...
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Dodgers move pitching prospect Miller to outfield
LOS ANGELES -- Aaron Miller, the Dodgers' first-round sandwich pick in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft as a left-handed pitcher, has been moved from the mound to the outfield. Miller, 25, had been an outfielder at Baylor University until becoming a pitcher his sophomore season. He was taken 36th overall as a pitcher by the Dodgers as compensation for Atlanta's signing of free agent ...
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Woman Flips Stolen Car Hits Pedestrian
A woman driving a stolen car led police on a pursuit through Mountain View before striking a tree, flipping the vehicle and seriously injuring a pedestrian, San Diego Police Department officials ...
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Controlled SR-78 Burn Leads to Large Brush Fire
A controlled burn near Highway 78 and the S2 marker spread beyond the prescribed plan Thursday, leading to a large fire, Cal Fire officials ...
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Graystone joining housing rush in Castro
Icon: 18 units coming to Market Street Graystar is fueling up on Castro apartments. The South Carolina-based developer, which has 200,000 rental housing units under management, has filed an application to build 87 units at 2198 Market St., a former Shell gas station. The project is being designed by HellerManus. The project site consists of a triangular shaped lot with frontage on Market and ...
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5 Super Bowl lessons learned by past host cities
The roman numerals for Super Bowl XLVI are displayed at Monument Circle during the Electronic Arts Inc. Sports Madden Bowl XVIII in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2012. Indianapolis created Super Bowl Village to entice fans, and worked with the local companies to make sure business boomed. The efforts of the San Francisco Super Bowl Bid Committee and Santa Clara was rewarded May 21 when the NFL ...
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San Diego Christian College flying high
Alexander Closs, Blandy Castro, Bryanna Raue and Michael Visnovsky were part of a successful Diego Christian College Precision Flight Team that finished 17th of 29 teams in the 2013 Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference National Championship at Ohio State ...
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Port of Oakland names new executive director
Chris Lytle, Port of Oakland executive director The Port of Oakland has hired a new executive director, tapping Long Beachs executive port director. Chris Lytle will assume his position in Oakland in July. The Port which operates Oaklands airport, maritime port and real estate division had been without a permanent executive director since last November when Omar Benjamin retired amid a probe ...
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Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty retrial set
Jodi Arias stands as the jury enters the courtroom on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, ...
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Health reform plans pricing released in Calif.
President Barack Obama's health care overhaul made a big leap Thursday when California's health insurance exchange announced the plans and the prices that will be offered to those buying individual ...
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Art Laffers tax fix for California
Economist Arthur Laffer, known for advocating supply-side economics while advising former President Ronald Reagan, discusses Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's income tax plan with reporters, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Laffer, of Nashville, Tenn., also advised the Brownback administration and calls its tax plan "beautiful." (AP Photo/John ...
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Veterans for Peace of Santa Barbara Press Release
On Sunday , May 26th of Memorial Day weekend, Veterans for Peace of Santa Barbara will be setting up Arlington West at the foot of Stearns Wharf ...
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Silicon Valley Food Boomlet Gets Its First Big Acquisition
around $200,000 in 2008 , the first year of operation, but rose to $39 million in 2011. In 2012, gross sales rose to $93 million, although it is uncertain if Plum is profitable. It wasn't in 2011. Plum is currently the number 4 baby food brand in the U.S. The picture shows one of Plum's products. Campbell needs little introduction. The purveyor of fine alphabet soups pulled in $2.2 ...
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MOCA is free thursday nights downtown los angeles
-118.29011008143 The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA also has free admission from 5 - 8 p.m. on Thursdays, also courtesy of Wells Fargo. If two free museums in one night isn't enough, directly next to the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA is ...
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Tesoro expected to take over BP Los Angeles refinery June 1 - sources
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Independent refiner Tesoro Corp (TSO.N) is expected to take control of BP Plc's (BP.L) 240,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Los Angeles-area refinery in Carson, California, on June 1 as part of a $2.5-million purchase of the ...
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Torrance police seek men who shoplifted whisky
Surveillance photo of the suspects. (Submitted) Two men entered Albertsons at Torrance and Hawthorne boulevards in Torrance, took $414 worth of Johnnie Walker and Crown Royal whisky and left without paying. Anyone who can identify them should call ...
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Sobriety checkpoints in El Segundo Hermosa Beach
Police will conduct sobriety and driver's license checkpoints tonight at an undisclosed location in El Segundo, and from 9 p.m. Saturday to 3 a.m. Sunday in the eastbound lanes of Artesia Boulevard at Prospect Avenue in Hermosa ...
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Bill Would Protect California Reporters’ Phone Records
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — State agencies would be required to give journalists five days’ notice before they issue subpoenas to a third-party company for telephone records under legislation announced Thursday by a state senator. Democratic state Sen. Ted Lieu, of Torrance, said he would seek the measure to give greater protection for newsgathering operations. He acted after it was ...
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Obama Repeatedly Heckled By Bay Area Activist During Security Speech
Medea Benjamin, an activist from the organization called Code Pink, shouts at U.S. President Barack Obama while he speaks at the National Defense University May 23, 2013 in Washington, DC. Obama used the speech to outline and justify his administration’s counterterrorism policy, including increased cooperation with Congress on matters of national security, added transparency regarding the ...
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Sacramento doctor convicted of sexually abuse
http://bit.ly/189wOMK ) that a jury on Thursday convicted Dr. Scott Dodd Anderson of six counts of sexual abuse and acquitted him of two ...
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250-acre blaze burns in San Diego County
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says the blaze began at 12:20 p.m. Thursday north of State Route 79, east of the town of ...
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Assembly passes several election-related bills
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; Immigrants who are not U.S. citizens could serve as poll workers in California under one of several election-related bills that have passed the state ...
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Fugitive in LA attempted-murder case held in Colo.
LOS ANGELES -; A man who has been wanted in Los Angeles on attempted-murder charges for 13 years has been taken into custody in Colorado after being arrested for urinating in ...
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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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