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Bumgarner rolling into series finale with San Diego
Everything was working for Giants left-hander Madison Bumgarner in his last start against the Braves. So much so that he took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before Chris Johnson hit a bloop single to right-center field to break up the bid. "He certainly has the command and the stuff," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said after the game, agreeing that Bumgarner possesses no-hit ...
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Sacramento gains 200 new jobs in mortgage industry
Sacramento is getting 200 new jobs in the mortgage industry, sopping up some of the talent left over from the housing crash.PennyMac Loan Services of Moorpark, in Ventura County, has already hired 40 workers and will ramp up to a total of 200 jobs eventually, the company said Tuesday. Its decision to come to the region was announced by SACTO, the Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade ...
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California health care exchange cleared to hire in Rancho Cordova
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation to allow the hiring of hundreds of call-center employees in Rancho Cordova and elsewhere to assist in selling medical insurance through California's new health care exchange."Most definitely, it's going to allow us to move forward with hiring," said Dana Howard, spokesman for Covered California, the health exchange. "This was the ...
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Solar firm opens center in Sacramento
Petaluma-based SPG Solar, a provider of utility and commercial solar power products and services, has opened its Technology and Training Center in Sacramento's Depot Park.The center will be used primarily to train construction crews, engineers and designers to assemble and install SPG Solar's SunSeeker single-axis tracker.That system "follows the sun" throughout the course of ...
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Twins at the Santa Barbara Tennis Club
, represents a pooling of talents by two Susans -- Susan Tibbles and Susan Bush. These are the women who invited the artists, and judged the awards, respectively. The show includes lots of assemblage work but is friendly to painting, as well, and the result is so wide-ranging and inclusive it could be understood as a kind of twin to the Santa Barbara art scene. Even artists who were not on the ...
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Trio of homers not enough to extend streak
SD@SF: Guzman's two-run shot puts Padres up late SAN FRANCISCO -- Disappointed but not disenchanted, Chase Headley sat in front of his locker Tuesday night and talked about the one that got away. The game: The Giants scoring twice in the eighth inning for a 5-4 victory over the Padres before a crowd of 41,884 at AT&T Park. The streak: Seven consecutive victories, vanquished when ...
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Giants rally in eighth after Cains sharp start
SD@SF: Perez gets it done with his arm and his bat SAN FRANCISCO -- Juan Perez's two-out, tiebreaking RBI single capped a two-run uprising in the eighth inning that erased a one-run deficit and lifted the Giants to a 5-4 victory over the San Diego Padres, whose seven-game winning streak dissolved. As if this were the NBA, the lead changed hands three times in a two-inning span. Gregor ...
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Helicopter saves teen hikers stranded on Calif. cliff
Two stranded teenage boys were plucked off a peak at an elevation of more than 8,000 feet by a California Highway Patrol helicopter amid gusty winds. The boys had been climbing along a steep ridge before becoming stuck on a tiny plateau in the Sierra Nevada. Austin Deschler, 16, said he and a 17-year-old friend had climbed to the spot to take a picture Saturday without realizing there was a ...
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Obama to call for U.S.-Russia nuclear arms cuts
Barack Obama 's foreign-policy speech in Berlin Wednesday will call for additional U.S.-Russia nuclear-arms cuts, administration officials said. He is expected to say Washington and Moscow can shrink their nuclear arsenals by up to one-third beyond cuts mandated under the 2010 New Start, or Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, without hurting deterrence or capabilities, the officials told The ...
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Former USC professor arrested in Mexico
LOS ANGELES -; A former University of Southern California professor indicted on child sexual abuse charges has been arrested in Mexico, a day after being added to the FBI's list of the Ten Most Wanted ...
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Council committee OKs shorter Hollywood towers
LOS ANGELES -; A Los Angeles City Council committee has approved a developer's proposal to cut by 25 percent the height of two towers of a controversial skyscraper project in ...
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N. Calif. husband and wife charged with pimping
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -; Authorities say a South San Francisco man and his wife have been charged with bringing women from the East Coast to a circuit of brothels across Northern ...
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Milone hoping for some support vs. Rangers
There's a trend starting to develop. Once again, Oakland starter Tommy Milone deserved a better outcome in his last start. Rangers starter Justin Grimm expected more from his last appearance. Again. On Wednesday, the two will square off in a battle between the top two teams in the American League West, and there's a good chance only one of them will walk off the field feeling ...
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Boy 6 dies after being attacked by family dog in Union City
UNION CITY -- What may have begun as typical child's play ended in a "tragic accident" Monday morning, police said, as a 6-year-old boy died after being bitten by the family dog at a Union City home.The boy, identified as Nephi Selu, was playing in the backyard of his grandparents' home in the 32400 block of Elizabeth Way just after 11:30 a.m. when the dog -- a young pit bull ...
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Urban harvesting takes root in Bay Area
For years, Barbara Stackhouse would go out every spring with her husband, Richard, to pick oranges from three big trees in her backyard in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood. The couple would give the juicy navels and Valencias to friends, family members and neighbors.But as they got older, climbing ladders and hauling down all those oranges wasn't possible any more. "They fall. ...
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After court rules California gay marriage fight may go on
A man carries flags at a rally in support of same-sex marriage at the State of California Supreme Court in San Francisco, California March 26, ...
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South San Francisco Husband Wife Charged With Operating Brothels
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Authorities say a South San Francisco man and his wife have been charged with bringing women from the East Coast to ...
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$25000 reward offered in LA transgender attack
LOS ANGELES -; The Los Angeles Police Department has offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of suspects responsible for a violent attack on a transgender woman in ...
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Chivas USA youth player Chaves dies
Chivas USA will honor the player's life by wearing a black armband with his name and number on it and hosting a moment of silence before the match against the LA Galaxy on ...
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AP PHOTOS Astrodome JFK terminal endangered
WASHINGTON -- Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered historic places.On Wednesday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation is releasing its listing of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. It includes sites from Maine to ...
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Crawford exits early with two sprained fingers
Brandon Crawford reacts after the Padres' Logan Forsythe applied the tag Tuesday night. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO -- Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford was taken out of Tuesday night's game against the Padres with sprained middle and index fingers on his right hand. Crawford incurred the injury in the second inning when he was caught stealing at second base. Nick Noonan ...
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Ryu Capuano get the call for doubleheader with Yanks
The Yankees' first meeting with the Dodgers since 1981 will have to wait another day. The two historic clubs will meet for a day-night doubleheader on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium after Tuesday's series opener was rained out. Rookie left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu, 6-2 with a 2.85 ERA in 13 starts, will start Game 1 for the Dodgers. He is winless in two outings this month, and he said that ...
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Papini was one of California’s best ever
After a successful run at the high school and collegiate levels, Papini signed a contract with the Boston Red Sox and played several seasons in their farm ...
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Interest in Jack the Ripper inspires California writer’s novel
A long-time fascination with the infamous Jack the Ripper inspired a local author to write an historical thriller about the unidentified serial killer and his obsessive love ...
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Calif.-based burger chain Johnny Rockets sold
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -; Johnny Rockets, the Southern California-based burger chain with 1950s flair, has been sold to a private equity firm that targets underperforming and specialty ...
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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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