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WNBA GMs pick Mercury to win title Parker for MVP
NEW YORK -; WNBA general managers are predicting the Phoenix Mercury, with a healthy returning roster and the addition of No. 1 draft pick Brittney Griner, to win the championship, and Los Angeles' Candace Parker as the top choice to earn the MVP ...
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Togs day afternoon dress your pooch for the beach
Tommy Bahama Pets offers a Hawaiian shirt and a dress with a ruffled skirt made with the brand's traditional hibiscus fabric. Designer John Bartlett makes a canine beach tank top. And Martha Stewart Inc. produces a practical life jacket to give surfing and boating dogs a boost in the ...
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Del Mars fall meet part of plan to rescue California horse racing
Del Mar -; Like many close to the game, Joe Harper sees California horse racing being in a very crucial spot in its storied history in the wake of Hollywood Park closing at the end of this ...
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Affeldt has grown to love open-minded Bay Area
In this Feb. 20, 2013 photo is San Francisco Giants pitcher Jeremy Affeldt posing on picture day at spring training in Scottsdale, Ariz. Affeldt arrived in San Francisco five years ago determined to get rid of his negative feelings toward the gay population. The Giants pitcher reveals these former thoughts in his recently released book, "To Stir a Movement:" Life, Justice, and Major ...
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Man survives 220-foot jump off Golden Gate Bridge
A man was rescued by a sailing crew after jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge on Monday in one of the rare cases of someone actually surviving the 220-foot ...
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Hot shoe finds in Los Angeles and how to wear then with skinny jeans
Spring is here and summer is around the corner. Finding affordable fashion is always a number one concern for LA fashionista's. Follow the sexy Los Angeles fashion trend looks affordably by shopping discount stores for bargains. DSW in Los Angeles has many locations spread out for your bargain hunting enjoyment and has upscale brands ...
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Super Bowl by the numbers How much is Silicon Valley shelling out
The San Francisco 49ers' new Levi's Stadium won't be completed until mid-2014, but that's not slowing big-time investment in the venue. Click here for the full rundown of the dollars in play. The Super Bowl is not a cheap event to host. But if you believe the hype from economic impact studies, the payoff can be good like, nine figure good. We'll have to wait until at least ...
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Its Official Max Starks Joins Chargers O-Line
From the moment they were hired back in January, General Manager Tom Telesco and Head Coach Mike McCoy preached their devotion to improving the Chargers roster. They made good on that promise Tuesday, signing left tackle Max Starks as they continue to revamp the team's offensive line. The 31-year old Starks is entering his ...
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Why Star Trek Made San Francisco the Headquarters for Its Futuristic Utopia
is a crowd-sourced digital magazine made in just 48 hours, chronicling how our conversations with our things are thoroughly changing our world. Learn more ...
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Sacramento Kings investors buying Downtown Plaza
The investors who bought the Sacramento Kings now have a deal to buy the most of the site where a new arena will be built. The investors who bought the Sacramento Kings now have a deal to buy the most of the site where a new arena will be built. JMA Ventures LLC said Tuesday afternoon that it will sell Downtown Plaza mall to the group led by Vivek Ranadiv. San Francisco-based JMA, which bought ...
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Police Search for Pet Snatched from Owner’s Lap
Katie Aldrich told NBC 7 that Soloman was stolen Monday at the Haunted Head Saloon in Oceanside. Aldrich says she was sitting outside the bar with Soloman on her lap when a man approached her and started asking questions about the ...
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Fitch Rates $1.2B California GO Bonds AAApre Negative Outlook
U.S. Money Funds Return to Eurozone Banks U.S. prime money market funds (MMFs) increased their exposure to eurozone banks in April, although asset allocations to these institutions remain well below 2011 levels, according to Fitch Ratings. As of end-April 2013, MMF allocations to eurozone banks represented 15.1% of assets under management within Fitch Ratings'sample of the 10 largest U.S. ...
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Homeowners Is your house epic
Anthony is holding a contest to draw in prospective "epic" homes. Winners will score a meeting with Anthony, a design consultation, a professional photo shoot, and a shot at appearing in the book. So what makes a home epic? "Epic to me is something special, unique, something different, something you don't always see," Anthony said. The home doesn't have to be ...
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BART board set to vote on lifting rush hour bike ban
Bicycles may be allowed on all BART trains at all times if the transit system's board approves changes at its next meeting. Here a cyclist waits for a train towards San Francisco at the West Oakland ...
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Santa Clara set to score with Super Bowl 50
San Francisco will do just fine during Super Bowl 50. The City is where people will party, eat, drink, repeat. But let's not forget that this is really Santa Clara's moment to shine, too. The game might become known as the San Francisco Super Bowl, but it will be played in Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. While San Francisco is known for many things, Santa Clara can now become ...
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Oakland Sacramento Sending Rescue Workers To Oklahoma Tornado Area
In this handout provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Soldiers and Airmen with the Oklahoma Army National Guard and the Oklahoma Air National Guard along with firefighters participate in recovery efforts after a tornado moved through on May 20, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kendall James/U.S. Department of Defense via Getty ...
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Shooting death of California girl 10 not an accident police say
The weekend death of a 10-year-old California girl, shot as she sat in her living room, was not an accident, police investigators say. Elvira Campos was killed Saturday night as she watched television at her home in the community of North Highlands near Sacramento. Four holes, made by bullets shot from outside the home, pierced the living room window barely a foot from the girl's head, The ...
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More restaurants getting a kick start from crowdfunding
Sarah and Evan Rich of Rich Table. Using Kickstarter to crowdfund new San Francisco restaurant and food projects is officially a thing. Just this week, Linea Caffe launched a project seeking $10,000 to open a new coffee and waffles joint in the Mission, while Caf St. Jorge, another caf-bakery, hopes to raise $30,000 by the middle of next month. Sandbox Bakery in Bernal Heights also has taken to ...
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SF officials upset over anti-Israel bus ads
SAN FRANCISCO -; Several San Francisco supervisors want the city transit agency to donate revenue from an anti-Israel bus ad campaign to the city's Human Rights Commission after the agency did the same for an ad campaign that targeted ...
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Calif. sends rescue workers to Okla. tornado site
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; California is sending six specially trained urban search-and-rescue workers to Oklahoma to assist recovery efforts after Monday's ...
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Sparks hire Bridget Pettis as assistant coach
Pettis spent 12 years in the league as a player, assistant coach and director of basketball operations for the Phoenix Mercury and Indiana Fever. She retired from her front-office job with the Mercury in ...
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Lawyer No background check done on Jackson doctor
LOS ANGELES -; AEG Live LLC did not conduct any background checks or supervise the doctor who was later convicted of killing Michael Jackson, a corporate attorney testified Tuesday in a lawsuit claiming the concert promoter was negligent in hiring the ...
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Judge promises more openness in Chandra Levy case
FILE - This 2001 file photo provided by the Washington Police Department shows the missing poster of Chandra Ann Levy, of Modesto, Calif. A judge promised more openness Tuesday after months of closed post-trial proceedings in the case of murdered Washington intern Chandra Levy, disclosing for the first time the reason a key prosecution witness could be discredited (AP Photo/Washington Police ...
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5000 Friends of Santa Barbara View on Facebook
The Facebook page is incredibly active with additional comments, likes and custom content; so, if you’re not, be sure to follow the County’s fastest-growing social media page by clicking the like button below. And, to the person who ...
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Californias third carbon auction raises $280 million
California's third carbon-allowance auction raised more than $280 million as polluters bid for the right to emit greenhouse gases, state officials said today.The California Air Resources Board released results of its third carbon auction, which was held last Thursday.Carbon credits that let polluters emit greenhouse gases this year sold for $14 a ton. Allowances for 2016 sold for the ...
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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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