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San Diegos Cutest Critters
A recently-hatched Caribbean flamingo chick lets its mother know it's ready for a snack. This baby bird is one of seven Caribbean flamingo chicks hatched this year at the San Diego Zoo. The zoo has a total of 118 Caribbean flamingos. Zookeepers say flamingo chicks are the "size of a tennis ball with legs" when first ...
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Darden CEO Fights California Bill That Would Fine Medicaid-Dependent Companies
Clarence Otis, chief executive officer of Darden Restaurants Inc., speaks during the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York. (Jin Lee/Bloomberg via Getty ...
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Hollywood man used bribes from government job to furnish home feds say
Miami -Dade County government job to obtain more than $13,000 worth of bribes – including a new stove, refrigerator and air conditioning system for his home, federal authorities said Wednesday.George Brown, 50, was arrested Tuesday and is being held at ...
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Authorities say former professor accused of child sex crimes in Calif. may have more victims
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Federal investigators say a tip from a member of the public led to the arrest in Mexico of a former University of Southern California professor suspected of travelling abroad to engage in sex crimes with children. Bill Lewis, assistant director in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles field office, said Wednesday that a Mexican citizen saw a photograph of 64-year-old Walter ...
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Techies sound alarm over Yahoos email address giveaway
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San Francisco’s ‘Landlords From Hell’ Plead Guilty To Felonies
San Francisco landlords Nicole and Kip Macy pleaded guilty to residential burglary, stalking and attempted grand theft. They were dubbed by prosecutors as the ';landlords from hell.'; (San Francisco Police ...
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KPIX 5 Poll Finds Californians Supporting Marriage Rights For Same-Sex Couples
expected U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on California's Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban , a newly released KPIX-TV poll finds that only 35% of Californians feel the court should uphold the ban. The poll, conducted for KPIX 5 by the firm SurveyUSA, found that 48 reported that the Supreme Court should uphold the lower court ruling which would end Prop. 8, while 17 percent said they ...
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MLB San Francisco 4 San Diego 2
Madison Bumgarner struck out eight batters over seven solid innings and San Francisco overcame a late deficit Wednesday in its 4-2 win over San Diego. Bumgarner (7-4) handled the Padres on three hits, allowing a pair of runs while overcoming four walks. The left-hander notched a third win in three starts with the 111-pitch performance. Jake Dunning tossed a scoreless eighth ...
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Woody Harrelson launches tree-friendly paper brand
FILE - In this May 21, 2013 file photo, actor Woody Harrelson attends the "Now You See Me" premiere at AMC Lincoln Square in New York. The 51-year-old actor is the co-founder of Prairie Pulp & Paper Inc., which launched its brand of environmentally friendly paper Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, ...
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SF landlords from hell plead guilty to felonies
SAN FRANCISCO -- A couple that prosecutors dubbed the "landlords from hell" for going to scary lengths to drive tenants from a San Francisco apartment building have pleaded guilty to several felonies.Prosecutors said Wednesday that 37-year-old Nicole Macy and 38-year-old Kip Macy threatened to shoot tenants, changed locks, cleared apartments of belongings, and sawed holes in floors. ...
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Capuano activated for nightcap start
Email NEW YORK -- The Dodgers activated pitcher Chris Capuano to start the second game of Wednesday's doubleheader and made room by optioning outfielder Alex Castellanos to Triple-A Albuquerque. Castellanos started and went 0-for-2 in the first game of the twin bill, which Los Angeles lost, 6-4, to the Yankees. With the move, the Dodgers will carry 13 pitchers, having used four relievers ...
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Idaho man arrested on California fraud charges
KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) -- Authorities have arrested a man who three years ago moved to a swanky Idaho resort town on charges he helped dupe a Los Angeles physician out of more than $28 million in an offshore ...
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Suspected Calif. ex-prof. may have more victims
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A former University of Southern California professor who's accused of sex crimes involving two children likely has more victims, federal authorities said ...
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Bill seeks to reduce health care exchange secrecy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A state legislative committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would require California's health insurance exchange to make more contract information publicly available, even as advocates for open government urged lawmakers to go ...
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Family of Man Killed In Fiery I-8 Explosion Files Lawsuit
According to court documents, Border Patrol agents got a call around midnight that Martin was going the wrong way on I-8 near Pine Valley. Agents say he failed to yield so they deployed spike strips and were able to pull him ...
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Arizona wildfire threatens hundreds of homes California blaze wanes
PHOENIX/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An Arizona wildfire whipped up by strong winds threatened hundreds of homes on Wednesday, even as firefighters were gaining an edge on a California blaze raging near a pristine wilderness, authorities ...
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Hollywood Highland allegation She took picture of transients they stabbed her to death
HOLLYWOOD -- Three transients were in custody today in the stabbing death of a 23-year-old woman outside the Hollywood & Highland entertainment complex. The crime occurred about 8:10 p.m. Tuesday. Christina Calderon of Lynwood died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the Los Angeles Times reported. "The victim was with a friend walking in the area when they saw three men who were ...
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Former officer blasts Manhattan Beach Police Department as judge upholds firing
A former Manhattan Beach police officer fired from the force for his role in an off-duty, alcohol-related hit-and-run crash with two other officers lost his appeal to get his job back Wednesday, then blasted his former employer as the "Manhattan Beach Pretenders ...
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Immigrant advocates sue govt over detainers
LOS ANGELES -; Immigrant advocates have filed a lawsuit alleging that immigration agents are filing paperwork to keep arrestees in custody longer without investigating whether they're in the country ...
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Dog that killed 6-year-old Calif. boy euthanized
The dog's owner was a San Mateo police officer and the boy's uncle. He believed the boy's injuries were not serious and went to work before learning the boy ...
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LA teacher charged with killing wife
Prosecutors announced Wednesday that 46-year-old Michael Rodney Kane is charged with one count of murder, one count of first-degree burglary with a person present, one count of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of making criminal ...
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Stork missing from Safari Park
San Diego Zoo Safari Park officials are searching the North County today for an exotic bird that got caught in a wind gust and flew away Monday ...
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Woman stabbed killed on Hollywoods Walk of Fame
LOS ANGELES -- Police in Los Angeles say they've arrested three panhandlers in the fatal stabbing of a young woman who was taking photographs on Hollywood's star-lined "Walk of Fame."Police say they found the 23-year-old woman bleeding from multiple stab wounds near busy Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.Homicide detectives say the woman and ...
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Six business start-up lessons from a microbrewer in Vista San Diego County
Max Moran started his business, Indian Joe Brewing in Vista, northern San Diego County, in early 2013. He had prior business experience as an electrician yet learned the craft of brewing beer during a 17-year period when he found the time to work alongside a German brew ...
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Calif. Museum to Showcase Relics of Ten Commandments Silent Movie
A California museum has decided to showcase relics from the large set once used by Cecil B. DeMille to film his silent movie epic "The Ten ...
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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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