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Vogelsong Casilla down Pill Rosario up
Email SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants performed roster maintenance in the wake of Ryan Vogelsong's fractured throwing hand, placing Vogelsong and reliever Santiago Casilla on the disabled list Tuesday. First baseman Brett Pill and right-hander Sandy Rosario were recalled from Triple-A Fresno to fill the roster openings. The moves trimmed the pitching staff to 12. The Giants may opt to add ...
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Vote for Oceansides Official Tree
The trees are separated into two categories: Native/naturalized nominated and ornamental. The tree with the most votes in each category will be planted as part of a special Arbor Day celebration in a City of Oceanside ...
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Hollywood Docket Digital Music Class Action Aereokiller Settlement Snoop Lion Lawsuit
Snoop Lion is sued by a Lebanese businessman. A New York federal judge has declined to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit against, as he puts it, "the whole of the digital music ...
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Marathon L.A. Mayors Race Comes to a Close With Unprecedented Hollywood Support
Tobey Maguire, Magic Johnson Enlisted for Wendy Greuel Campaign Fundraiser The entertainment industry traditionally disdains local politics, preferring to devote its high-wattage star endorsements and generous campaign contributions to national candidates and causes. Both Greuel and Garcetti, however, have deep, long-standing ties to Hollywood. She worked as a high-level executive at DreamWorks ...
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Healthcare workers strike at five California public hospitals
By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO | Tue May 21, 2013 3:28pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO May 21 (Reuters) - Thousands of healthcare workers walked off the job at the University of California's five medical centers on Tuesday, delaying surgeries, diagnostic procedures, treatments and emergency care throughout the state. The union representing nearly 13,000 vocational nurses, respiratory therapists ...
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Wednesday police log Beach Cities
El Segundo Attempted robbery: 7:21 a.m. May 16, 2300 block of Utah Avenue. Someone brandished a gun and attempted to rob the victims. Brandishing a knife: 11:15 a.m. May 17, 1900 block of Hughes Way. Someone brandished a knife and destroyed a box display. Burglary/petty theft: Police took a report May 15 from the 200 block of West Mariposa Avenue. Access was gained into a locked office. Money ...
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Inglewood police search for man who made vague threats against schoolchildren
Frank Edward Edmonds, 40 Police in Inglewood are searching for a man with an extensive criminal history who made vague threats to harm schoolchildren, but cannot be found following his release from a mental health institution. Frank Edward Edmonds, 40, who might be living in Inglewood, is charged on a warrant seeking his arrest on suspicion of resisting arrest through use of force or violence ...
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Bay Areas touchdown Super Bowl 2016
The NFL awarded the Bay Area Super Bowl L in 2016, the first time since 1985 that the game will be played in the region. Here's a good synopsis ...
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Goodwill hunting HP Oracle Cisco Google have $90 billion
Hewlett-Packard Co.'s headquarters on Hannover Street, where there's $31 billion worth. The computer and printer giant (NYSE: HPQ) recorded $31,031,000,000 worth of goodwill on its balance sheet as of Jan. 31, putting it at the top of a list of big Bay Area businesses that have grown by acquisitions. Goodwill, in accounting terms, is the extra money one company pays to buy another ...
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Woodruff-Sawyer names Chad Follmer as health practice leader
Chad Follmer as its health care practice leader. He had been managing director of health care and life science practice leader for the western region of Woodruff-Sawyer rival Marsh, one of the nation's largest insurance brokerages. In fact, as of May 21, his LinkedIn profile still has him at Marsh. The announcement came days ...
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San Francisco Appeals Court Strikes Down Arizona Abortion Ban
Pro-life and pro-choice activists argue in front of the US Supreme Court during the March for Life on January 25, 2013 in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty ...
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Newsles secret Names make news and get funding
Newsle co-founders Jonah Varon, left, and Axel Hansen, right, dropped out of Harvard to launch their news discovery startup in the Bay Area. Shown with them is full-stack engineer Chris Pol. Axel Hansen and Jonah Varon are building a startup based on who you know and who you want to know more about. The 22-year-olds landed $1.65 million in funding for Newsle this week from Advance Publications, ...
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Super Bowl cash impact Will Silicon Valley really win out
One report suggested Indianapolis saw its GDP gain $277.9 million as a result of hosting a Super Bowl. Academics say economic impact estimates are hard to pin down. Bay Area businesses looking for clues as to whether hosting the Super Bowl in 2016 will create a windfall should take economic estimates with a grain of salt. A 2006 study by economic professors Robert Baade and Victor Matheson said ...
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Lawyer revises testimony on This Is It contract
LOS ANGELES -; A corporate lawyer for concert giant AEG Live LLC on Tuesday revised his testimony and said the tour director of Michael Jackson's ill-fated "This Is It" concerts had a signed ...
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What will the well-dressed pup wear at the beach
Designer John Bartlett in New York is offering a hoodie (with his signature three-legged dog icon) and a beach tank for dogs, plus leashes and collars. He sets aside 10 percent of all the money he raises to his rescue fund for shelter dogs and ...
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San Diegos Cubic to train foreign military
Cubic Simulation Systems division, based in Orlando, Fla., uses digital video projectors, high-definition screens and game-based computer graphics for marksmanship and other ...
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Why Dont We Pay Attention To Los Angeles Mayoral Elections
may have suggested at one point that going west might be a good idea, but he probably wouldn't be happy to see what's going on with Los Angeles as of late. The Dodgers are in last place in the National League West, the Angels are hovering near the bottom of the American League West, and the Lakers' appearance in the playoffs was brutally short. ...
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California pre-existing condition plan transitioning to federal program
In a move to manage costs nationwide, thousands of people enrolled in Californias Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan will transition to the federal government's plan on July 1. Beginning next year, health plans have to insure all takers, regardless of health condition, so the program will no longer be needed. In a move to manage costs nationwide, thousands of people enrolled in ...
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The NRAs Amazing Hypocrisy About Hollywood Gun Violence
press conference after the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, last December, Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association blamed mass murders on everyone from legislators who pass gun control laws to the makers of videogames-everyone except gun manufacturers and sellers, ...
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Drew Barrymore Lists Stunning Montecito California Home She Married At Last Year
Drew Barrymore via Getty Images. First comes love, then come marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage...and "for sale" signs in the front yard. After a year that included a wedding and welcoming a new baby ...
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Coming up IBM Ventures Deborah Magid
Deborah Magid of IBM Venture Capital will be working with 10 founders at an SVForum breakfast next week in Palo Alto. Deborah Magid, director of software strategy for IBM Venture Capital Group, is meeting with a small group of founders next week in an ongoing series of breakfasts hosted by SVForum. There is only room for 10 people at this event which is set up to give entrepreneurs feedback on ...
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California Police Beat Man Nearly To Death For Asking To Read His Ticket
Olegs Kozacenko after the police assault. (Credit: NBC Bay Area) A Berkeley truck driver is suing the California High Patrol for a brutal assault that brought him to the brink of death — provoked, according to a report by the local NBC affiliate, only by the man’s request to read the ticket he was being given before he signed it. On September 2nd, 2011, Russian immigrant Olegs ...
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Man charged in death of CSU Fullerton student
On Friday, police confirmed that a body found in a remote area of Modjeska Canyon is that of 36-year-old Maribel Ramos, a student at California State University, Fullerton, and an Army ...
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Utah Gov. Herbert rails against US Land management
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says his state does a better job than federal managers and has a bigger stake than the bureaucrats in protecting the natural resources and rugged beauty that drives Utah's outdoor recreation and tourism ...
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The Hollywood Reporter Nominated for 27 SoCal Journalism Awards
Matthew Belloni and Stephen Galloway have been nominated for print journalist and entertainment journalist of the year, respectively, while THR.com earned a nomination for best news ...
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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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