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Mattingly keeps focus on team not job speculation
Email MILWAUKEE -- As the media speculates about his job security, Don Mattingly said he's managing. "Any sleeplessness I've had is about our team, not about me," Mattingly said in response to a Fox Sports report that he would be fired later this week. Mattingly met with general manager Ned Colletti on Monday, but insisted it was about the team and how to get it out of last ...
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Black cant say enough about boffo batting
Email SAN DIEGO -- A day after a 15-hit, 13-run outing in Sunday's series finale against the Nationals, Padres manager Bud Black gushed. "Offensively, I like the mix of players with different skill sets -- there's speed, there's average and there is power." It wasn't just one game he was talking about, either. The Padres had scored 88 runs over their last 18 ...
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Minor Leaguer Darnell again felled by injury
Email SAN DIEGO -- Infielder/outfielder James Darnell, slowed by injuries in recent years, has suffered another injury to his left shoulder, one that will cause him to miss significant playing time. Playing for Triple-A Tucson, Darnell left a game on May 14 with an injury to his left shoulder following a swing. Darnell was in San Diego last week to consult with team doctors. Another surgery is ...
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A Mayoral Race of ‘Firsts’ for Los Angeles Voters
LOS ANGELES -- Voters in the nation's second-largest city will go to the polls Tuesday to elect a new mayor in an election that will inevitably result in a milestone: either the first woman or first Jew elected to the top city ...
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Poway School Staff Trains for Shooting Scenario
Abraxas High School set the stage for a simulated shooting drill Monday. San Diego County Sheriff’s deputies and Poway firefighters demonstrated how they would handle an emergency on ...
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Southern California wildfire threatens 4000 homes
A section of the Pacific Coast Highway is closed in California, the United States, May 3, 2013. The wind-driven wildfire forced the evacuation of a university campus and threatened some 4,000 homes in Southern California on Friday. (Xinhua/Yan ...
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LA officer arrested for alleged lewd acts on girls
CASTAIC, Calif. -; A Los Angeles police officer has been arrested for allegedly committing lewd acts on two girls under 10 years old while off ...
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US womens hoops team chosen for WUG
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -; National champions Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Bria Hartley headline the U.S. women's basketball team that will compete in July at the World University ...
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Bill backs Calif. mental health treatment program
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; The state Senate approved legislation Monday making it clear that counties can use money from a special state tax on millionaires for programs that provide court-ordered mental health treatment for those who refuse to get help on their ...
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Edison state reach $37M deal on 2007 Malibu fire
LOS ANGELES -; The California Public Utilities Commission has reached a proposed $37 million settlement with Southern California Edison over the October 2007 Malibu Canyon ...
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Jaso still affected by right shin injury
Email ARLINGTON -- Five days have passed since John Jaso was last seen behind the plate, and he wasn't there for Monday's series opener in Texas, either. The A's catcher is still bothered by a right shin injury he sustained on a hit-by-pitch Wednesday. He started at designated hitter on Saturday and was to be available off the bench Monday. "He was in the bullpen, and it ...
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Reddick may avoid surgery eyeing rehab assignment
Email ARLINGTON -- The A's understand that wrist surgery is still a possibility for outfielder Josh Reddick, but they're also optimistic that he can avoid it. How optimistic? Well, they're having Reddick join the team in Houston on Friday for a round of batting practice. And, "if everything goes well there," manager Bob Melvin said Monday, "we'll look for a ...
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Top prospect Russell settling in at plate for Stockton
Email By the end of last season, Addison Russell looked like one of the steals of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft. After the A's made him the 11th-overall pick, Russell played solid defense at shortstop and hit .369 in 55 games as he raced through three levels, reaching Class A Burlington for the season's final weeks. The A's were so impressed that they sent ...
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Brown Bay Bridge not going to open unless its ready
An acoustic sensor is attached to an anchor rod securing a critical shear key on the new Bay Bridge Friday afternoon May 3, 2013. Caltrans is using acoustic and hardness monitors to determine if the remaining anchor rods that did not snap are viable. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News ...
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Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school
Francis Howell senior shortstop Zac Perkins broke two school records in the Vikings' Class 5 District 8 championship win against Holt last ...
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2 San Diego contractors sentenced in Navy scheme
SAN DIEGO -; A federal judge has given three-year prison sentences to two San Diego defense contractors convicted of fraud in a scheme to bribe Navy officials with more than $1 million in cash and ...
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Bill adds community college classes at higher cost
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; Students at California community colleges could see additional class options for short summer and winter sessions under a bill that passed the state Assembly on Monday, but those courses would come with a higher price ...
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Southwest Airlines Announces New Nonstop Service Between Houston Hobby And Ronald Reagan Washington National
Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) announced today that new service between Houston Hobby and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport will begin Aug. 4, 2013. The airline initially will operate one daily roundtrip flight between the two cities. To celebrate the new service, the carrier announced introductory $149 one-way fares between Houston and Washington, DC available today through May 24, ...
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Rare island fox rebounds on California islands
A rare and tiny island fox is on the verge of making a comeback from near-extinction in the Channel Islands, a rugged and wind-swept chain off Southern California, officials said ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 20
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...
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Customs seizes elephant meat dead primate illegal animal skin purses in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Los Angeles have made some unusual seizures, including hundreds of handbags made from the skin of snakes, lizards and crocodiles in the baggage of a passenger from Nigeria. The agency says in a press release Monday that the illegal items -- which also included a tiny dead macaque primate from Indonesia and elephant meat from a ...
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Obama Chinas Xi plan 2 days of meetings in June in California
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping early next month in California. The White House says the meeting will be Obama's first with Xi since Xi became president. The two days of high-level sessions are scheduled for June 7-8 and come as the U.S. and China confront issues of cybersecurity and North Korea's nuclear ambitions. In a statement, ...
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Yahoo Looks To Regain Its Cool With $1.1 Billion Tumblr Deal
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) –After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders.That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in a risky acquisition that revolves around the vision and instincts of a 26-year-old entrepreneur who dropped out of high school to pursue his ...
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State Senate OKs New Regulations For Calif. Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
[…] in California by voters in 1996. The current law allowing the sale of medical cannabis has …State Senate OKs New Regulations For Calif. Medical Marijuana DispensariesCBS ...
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Follmer to Head Health Care Practice for Woodruff Sawyer in California
Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. named Chad Follmer health care practice Leader. Follmer has focused his 20-year career on insurance and risk management strategies developing and leading platforms to serve health care organizations and life sciences companies. He has lead several practices around this specialty and was most recently managing director, health care and life science practice leader for ...
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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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