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Still not 100 percent Cespedes remains at DH
Email ARLINGTON -- A's manager Bob Melvin said Tuesday that Yoenis Cespedes' legs "aren't quite 100 percent." Cespedes was slotted in the designated-hitter position for the fifth straight game. He entered the night 3-for-17 since returning to the lineup after experiencing tightness in his left hamstring. "The more he attacks it, especially in the heat, sometimes ...
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Jasos odd play kick-starts As big inning
Email ARLINGTON -- John Jaso felt he was safe on a strange play in the fourth that started a six-run inning on Monday. Yoenis Cespedes hit a ground ball to third that bounced off the Rangers' Adrian Beltre. Shortstop Elvis Andrus fielded the ball and threw to Beltre as Jaso took off from second to third. Despite two tag attempts by Beltre, third-base umpire Jordan Baker called Jaso safe. ...
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Donaldson not focusing on rough stretch at plate
Email ARLINGTON -- Josh Donaldson feels he's been hitting the ball hard despite the lack of results lately. Donaldson, who entered Tuesday in the midst of a 6-for-41 slump, was hitting sixth in the A's lineup against the Rangers. During the rough stretch, he has seen his batting average drop from .332 to .303. Two of those hits came on Sunday against the Mariners. He went 0-for-3 with ...
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Kemp reports improvement with hamstring
Email NEW YORK -- After aggressive running drills on the warning track on Tuesday afternoon before the series opener with the Yankees was postponed by rain, outfielder Matt Kemp reported that his strained right hamstring is improved and that he might try to run the bases on Wednesday. Kemp, out since May 30, needs to be able to run the bases before the Dodgers send him on a Minor League rehab ...
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Schumaker awaiting word on appeal
Email NEW YORK -- Now that the Dodgers are in New York, Skip Schumaker's appeal of a two-game suspension should be resolved, right? "Haven't heard a word," said Schumaker. "Not on [Monday's] off-day, either." Schumaker was handed a two-game suspension by MLB for "aggressive actions" in the benches-clearing incident after Arizona's Ian Kennedy ...
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County Votes to Streamline Adoption Process
Although the measure passed Tuesday, it will be months before new any new policies are put into place. The Chief Administrative Officer has four months to research ways to streamline the process and create a ...
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Visitors Upset About Grass at Fort Rosecrans
But the dying grass has some visitors upset. Veterans and their families said they think this is a troubling sight, and they want the problem fixed now. Visitors said it's a sign of disrespect to the men and women who served our country and helped defend our ...
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Reward fund swells to $30000 in slaying of Emeryville man last week
OAKLAND -- As the reward for information leading to Emeryville resident Aya Nakano's killer grew to more than $30,000 Tuesday, friends and family said goodbye to a young man with an intense love for basketball and a passion for Motown and soul music.Nakano, 22, who was gunned down last week after an unknown driver rear-ended him, was remembered as a guy who loved to tease and poke fun at ...
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Fruitvale Station private screening to be held in Oakland
(L-R) MICHAEL JAMES, MICHAEL B. JORDAN, TRESTIN GEORGE, THOMAS WRIGHT, KEVIN DURAND and ALEJANDRA NOLASCO star in FRUITVALE STATION The Weinstein Company. All Rights ...
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Award-Winning Journalist Michael Hastings Dies
Michael Hastings of BuzzFeed and Rolling Stone attends the Guardian’s ';Post-Truth Politics & The Media’s Role'; reception and discussion at The LongView Gallery on May 1, 2012, in Washington, DC. (credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for The ...
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Workers firefighter injured in SF hospital fire
SAN FRANCISCO -; Seven construction workers and a firefighter sustained minor injuries after a fire broke out at on the seventh floor of a San Francisco General Hospital building under ...
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Obamacare and California — little hope
The Legislature last weekend endorsed a major part of the state's role in implementing President Obama's health care reform law, opting to expand Medicaid to 1.4 million poor Californians. The only hope now -- slimmer than slim -- is that Gov. Jerry Brown will miraculously see the light and reverse the state's participation in this disaster-in-waiting known as ...
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Statuesque San Diego County
San Diego is home to some wonderful examples of public art. Above, "Magic Carpet Ride" by artist Matthew Antichevich goes through odd transformations, as you'll see in the next slide.Did we forget your ...
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Aetna Leaving Californias Individual Health Insurance Market
Aetna Inc. said it would stop selling individual health insurance policies in California next month, and nearly 50,000 existing policyholders will have to find new coverage by January. The company's announcement Monday comes a month after it opted not to participate in California's new state-run insurance market for consumers, a key component of the new federal healthcare law. ...
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Opener in Bronx a wash twin bill on Wednesday
NEW YORK -- Manager Don Mattingly had just told the media that his Dodgers were healthier than they've been in a while when Tuesday night's game was rained out, to be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader on Wednesday. Now, can his Dodgers survive a second night off in New York unscathed? The team needs to report to Yankee Stadium in the morning, with Hyun-Jin Ryu scheduled to ...
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National Briefing | West California Plastic Bags On Way Out
The Los Angeles City Council gave initial approval Tuesday to an ordinance banning stores from providing customers single-use plastic bags. It would also require stores to charge 10 cents each for paper bags. The ordinance, which requires a final vote next week, would take effect next year, starting with large stores and then expanding to small stores. Los Angeles County and cities including San ...
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Actor Edward Furlong charged with assaulting girlfriend
Actor Edward Furlong, who appeared in "Terminator 2," "Judgment Day" and "American History X," was charged Tuesday with assaulting his girlfriend and threatening her if she called police, the Los Angeles District Attorney's office reported. Furlong, 35, was arraigned at the Los Angeles Superior Court, Airport Branch, and pleaded not guilty, said Deputy ...
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Miss. AG Hood say hell subpoena Google on drugs
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi’s attorney general says he still considers Google’s responses on its efforts to prevent illegal sales of online drugs insufficient and says he’s sending subpoenas for company documents to further his investigation. Jim Hood urged fellow attorneys general from other states to do the same at a meeting in Boston ...
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Hollywood May Put The Squeeze On Parking Spaces
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Couple guilty in murder of mother of 2-month-old
PLANADA, Calif. -; A California couple is facing prison time after juries convicted them of luring an acquaintance to their home and strangling her to kidnap her 2-month-old ...
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Police Couple bought gun for man accused in spree
PORTLAND, Ore. -; A married Oregon couple faces charges after authorities say they bought a gun for two people accused of a three-state killing spree face and then helped them avoid ...
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LA mayor hints again at future run for governor
The Democratic mayor - who leaves office July 1 - told KPCC-FM Tuesday that he wants to run for governor and at some point "fully" expects he ...
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Psychologist attacked by inmate at LA prison
LOS ANGELES -; A contract psychologist is recovering from injuries she suffered in an attack by an inmate at the state prison in Los Angeles ...
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Pareja Thomas suspended for 1 game
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. -; Colorado Rapids coach Oscar Pareja and defender Hendry Thomas have been suspended one game by MLS for their actions against San Jose last ...
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Hollywood considers shrinking parking spaces
Hollywood’s parking spaces could be getting shorter.As work continues on the side streets connecting A1A to the Broadwalk, dozens of parking spots are being lost.To make up for them, the Hollywood City Commission is considering reducing the size requirements to squeeze as many into the available space as possible. Instead of a parallel parking space 8 1/2 wide by 18 feet long, the new ...
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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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