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San Jose Mercury News: California & The West


Scientists propose naming a unit of electricity savings after Bay Area physic...
The "Rosenfeld" would be defined as electricity savings of 3 billion kilowatt-hours per year, the amount needed to replace the annual generation of a 500-megawatt coal-fired power plant.
by dhull@mercurynews.com (

By Joe Rodriguez

The Desert Sun: Palm Springs


Green Path North Project Canceled
The City of Los Angeles got the message; not in our backyard.
http://www.KESQ.com/global/story.asp?s=12120894
10 Mar 2010 at 9:14pm

Water reform both historic and costly
A monumental effort to remake California's water system — decades in the dreaming and months in the works — finally emerged from an exhausted Legislature early Wednesday morning.
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091105/NEWS07/911050315/-1/RSS01
5 Nov 2009 at 12:58am

Gay rights activists rally to protest Maine vote
Gay rights activists took to the streets of downtown Palm Springs on Wednesday night to call for a local push to create a national network.
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091105/NEWS01/911050327/1143/RSS27
5 Nov 2009 at 8:19am

Local Filmmakers impressed with Kathryn Bigelow
The news is still sinking in for the winners at Sunday night's Academy Awards.
http://www.KESQ.com/global/story.asp?s=12106429
8 Mar 2010 at 9:47pm

Tribal leaders to meet with Obama today
Three Coachella Valley tribes are among 564 federally recognized tribes expected to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House today. The conference will offer leaders the chance to speak with the president or representatives from the highest levels of his administration.
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091105/NEWS06/911050326/-1/RSS01
5 Nov 2009 at 1:40am

Palm Springs council deems Oasis building partly historic
The iconic downtown Oasis Commercial Building is a Palm Springs Class 1-designated historic property. Sort of.
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091105/NEWS01/911050322/1143/RSS27
5 Nov 2009 at 8:21am

3 People Shot in Moreno Valley, 2 Dead
MORENO VALLEY - Two people were fatally shot Thursday night in Moreno Valley and a third person was wounded in a series of events involving possible human traffickers.
http://www.KESQ.com/global/story.asp?s=12128630
12 Mar 2010 at 1:50am

Former HP exec Fiorina sets sights on Boxer seat
Former Silicon Valley executive Carly Fiorina announced Wednesday she is running for the chance to seize liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer's U.S. Senate seat.
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091105/NEWS0301/911050316/-1/RSS01
5 Nov 2009 at 1:12am

City officials to unveil new public sculpture today
An 18-foot-high sculpture newly installed in uptown Palm Springs is meant to reflect the area's mid-century modern architecture and the changing desert light, the piece's creator said Wednesday.
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091105/NEWS01/911050340/1143/RSS27
5 Nov 2009 at 1:58am

Sheriff Office Investigation Launched into Suspect Escape
INDIO - Riverside County Sheriff's Deputies Thursday launched a formal internal investigation concerning a suspect's escape from the Indio Sheriff's station.  The Sheriff's Office says Sgt.. Krause will likely head up the investigation.
http://www.KESQ.com/global/story.asp?s=12128008
12 Mar 2010 at 1:36am

Clinic vaccinates hundreds of children against swine flu
More than 500 vaccinations were administered in four hours during an H1N1 flu vaccine clinic held at the Cahuilla Desert Academy in Coachella on Wednesday.
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091105/NEWS01/911050325/-1/RSS01
5 Nov 2009 at 8:18am

Council asks for tweaks to recycling ordinance
The Palm Springs City Council Wednesday asked staff for minor amendments to a proposed ordinance that would require construction and demolition projects to divert 75 percent of generated waste from landfills to recycling.
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091105/NEWS01/911050321/1143/RSS27
5 Nov 2009 at 1:34am

Firefighters Ruling Fire at Cathedral City Business Suspicious
Cathedral City -  Cathedral City firefighters are hoping to question several transients living near a Cathedral City business.  They say one of them may have started the fire at Flooring Innovations on Highway 111.
http://www.KESQ.com/global/story.asp?s=12121606
11 Mar 2010 at 8:38pm

Rajahs run to another DVL title
There were no real surprises in the final Desert Valley League boys' cross country meet Wednesday, with Indio easily running away with the race and the championship.
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091105/SPORTS0605/911050345/-1/RSS01
5 Nov 2009 at 2:05am

Contra Costa Times: Bay & State


Sacramento Bee Local News


Sacramento mulls plan to cap medical pot dispensaries at 12

Ryan Landers of a medical marijuana advocacy group addresses a meeting Thursday about Sacramento officials' plan to allow no more than 12 medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. "This proposal would kill myself and other patients in similar situations," he said.

Sacramento officials Thursday...


http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/12/2601587/sacramento-marijuana-dispenseries.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

Sacramento task force picks Kamilos plan for railyard arena

Gerry Kamilos, developer of a proposal involving land swaps of Cal Expo and Arco Arena, listens to the Sacramento First Task Force as it outlines why his plan received the top rating at a special City Council meeting Thursday.

Now comes the heavy lifting.

Sacramento council members said Thu...


http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/12/2601703/sacramento-task-force-picks-kamilos.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

Most Placer candidates face smooth sailing

District 1 Supervisor F.C. "Rocky" Rockholm, pictured, will face school trustee Jack Duran in the June 8 primary.

Unless there is a last-minute rush of candidates, Placer County residents outside Roseville can expect a ho-hum June primary.

With the filing period set to close today for mos...


http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/12/2601589/most-placer-candidates-face-smooth.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

Sex offender out on bail in Del Campo High School case

Hugh Stewart, 55, had raped a 16-year-old but is not a suspect in three recent attacks on Del Campo girls.

Hugh Levell Stewart has no business being on a school campus.

He has been incarcerated in two state mental hospitals, classified once as a mentally disordered sex offender and another t...


http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/12/2601590/sex-offender-out-on-bail-in-del.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

Appellate court deals Sacramento County a budget setback

Sacramento County's estimated $118 million budget deficit next year likely just got worse thanks to an appeals court order that could cost the general fund as much as $6 million.

The case stemmed from a county effort several years ago to do away with a health insurance subsidy for county work...


http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/12/2601496/appellate-court-deals-sacramento.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

Witnesses tell of lives shattered in deadly Elk Grove shooting spree

Aaron Norman Dunn all but did a victory dance after the second killing, one witness testified.

Jim Williams opened the door of the restaurant for Johnie Ray Johnson and his wife, Karen, on their way out of Mandango's four years ago, just before a wild-eyed man with a shotgun walked into their wo...


http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/12/2601585/witnesses-tell-of-lives-shattered.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

Federal court jury convicts pair in attack on East Indian man at Tahoe

A white, middle-age couple were found guilty Thursday in Sacramento federal court of interfering with the right of an East Indian man to be in a public area at South Lake Tahoe because of his ethnicity and the color of his skin.

A jury deliberated approximately 90 minutes before delivering it...


http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/12/2601497/pair-convicted-of-attack-on-man.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

Man in wheelchair who died in crash identified

A 66-year-old Sacramento man who died after being struck by a vehicle in the Robla area of Sacramento has been identified by coroner's deputies.

Allen M. Robinson was in a motorized wheelchair, crossing east on Norwood north of Jessie outside of the crosswalk, when the collision happened abou...


http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/12/2601935/man-in-wheelchair-who-died-in.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

All abuzz over a worthy cause

Eight-year-old Sadie Leber, who inspired the challenge, has a hand in the haircut.

Principal Gabe Simon had an idea: Should students and families at his Heritage Oak Elementary School raise more than $750 for the St. Baldrick's Foundation, which funds childhood cancer research, he would have his...


http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/12/2601833/all-abuzz-over-a-worthy-cause.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

Twin Rivers school board pushes election to 2012

Twin Rivers Unified School District trustees voted 5-2 Thursday night to move their school board election to June 2012.

Board members were considering whether to hold the election this November, November 2011, June 2012 or November 2012.

The original timeline called for a November 2011 vo...


http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/12/2601834/twin-rivers-school-board-pushes.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

High schools to compete for state decathlon crown

Sixty-two high schools are competing this weekend in the 31st annual California Academic Decathlon State Championship in Sacramento. Area high school teams include Folsom, Bella Vista, Ponderosa, Granite Bay, Marysville, Yolo and Lodi.

There are 10 academic events, including art, math, econo...


http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/12/2601934/high-schools-to-compete-for-state.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

City zoo announces arrival of newborn giant anteater

A newborn giant anteater receives care at the Sacramento Zoo. The mammal, born Tuesday, remains in a den with its mother for now.

The Sacramento Zoo is celebrating the birth of a giant anteater, the first of its kind to be born in the zoo's 83-year history.

The newborn arrived Tuesday morni...


http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/12/2601933/city-zoo-announces-arrival-of.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

Wrong-way driver dies in I-80 crash, CHP says

A 25-year-old woman was killed in a crash after making a U-turn on Interstate 80 in Auburn early Thursday morning.

She was identified by the California Highway Patrol as Sandra A. Hauser of Newcastle.

Hauser was westbound on eastbound I-80 near Maple Street about 2:30 a.m., the CHP says.

...
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/12/2601932/wrong-way-driver-dies-in-i-80.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

Take floodplain out of plan, councilman asks colleagues

An Elk Grove city councilman has called for removing the Cosumnes River floodplain from the city's bid to expand southward by some 10,500 acres.

Councilman Gary Davis said Thursday he made the request of council colleagues at the panel's regular bimonthly meeting Wednesday night. A discussion...


http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/12/2601931/take-floodplain-out-of-plan-councilman.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

Mugging shatters elderly Citrus Heights woman's life

Mary Benike gets help from son Gary, of Tucson, Ariz., who's staying at his mom's house while she recovers. "The family needs to make … decisions" on nursing homes or other care, he says. "She's had a reasonable quality of life and now that quality of life will diminish."

In one quick, violent m...


http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/11/2598407/savage-mugging-changes-citrus.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
11 Mar 2010 at 4:58pm

LA Times: California


USC Provost C.L. 'Max' Nikias to succeed Steven Sample as president
Nikias, the second in command, will become the university's 11th president in August.

C. L. "Max" Nikias, USC's provost and second-in-command, will become its next president, succeeding Steven B. Sample on ...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/JktFhkUT6aI/la-me-usc12-2010mar12,0,7024796.story
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

Whitman's funds could pose conflicts
The Republican candidate for California governor has stakes in oil and gas concerns that seek to influence the state. Her wealth is estimated at $1.2 billion.

Billionaire GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whi...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/F-xkyNX-AWE/la-me-whitman-wealth12-2010mar12,0,3551716.story
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

L.A. City Hall fears ripple effect of layoffs
The workers in 4,000 targeted jobs can oust those in lesser posts. The maneuvering could take 7 months.

For decades, no matter how grim the budget was, Los Angeles officials avoided laying off even small nu...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/-EqOnj-GLPc/la-me-layoffs12-2010mar12,0,108029.story
11 Mar 2010 at 8:02pm

Capitol Democrats' reform plan unlikely to get past Republicans
Key to the plan is to ask voters to allow a simple majority to pass a state budget. But a two-thirds vote in Sacramento is needed just to put the proposal on the ballot.

Legislative leaders Thursday unveile...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/7Qd13MNN2NU/la-me-reform12-2010mar12,0,203423.story
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

Couple plead no contest in hit-and-run that killed USC student, injured another
Claudia Cabrera and Josue Luna face at least three years in prison in the 2009 crash near campus that left Adrianna Bachan, 18, dead and her friend Marcus Garfinkle seriously hurt.

A husband and wife pleade...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/kC2vVWwFqvw/la-me-hitandrun12-2010mar12,0,1345237.story
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

Gavin Newsom to enter California lieutenant governor race
A Democrat, the mayor of San Francisco is expected to make the announcement Friday. He has been lining up support and collecting donations for the statewide run.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will announ...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/rZ7s_jSX36E/la-me-newsom12-2010mar12,0,6490292.story
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

Pledge of Allegiance's God reference now upheld by court
In 2002, the U.S. 9th Circuit of Appeals had ruled that the pledge's use of 'One nation under God' made it unconstitutional. The panel now says no federal law requires students to recite it.

The Pledge of ...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/vtY_AKEHVOU/la-me-pledge12-2010mar12,0,872560.story
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

Cortines to reassign three teachers in Black History Month incident
Instructors won't be fired, though they used 'very poor judgment,' superintendent says.

Los Angeles schools Supt. Ramon C. Cortines said Thursday that he will reassign three South Los Angeles elementary sch...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/bBA9DxdY1Jo/la-me-black-history12-2010mar12,0,743995.story
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

DWP ratepayers facing a bigger possible surcharge
L.A.'s mayor will propose an increase of 2.7 cents per kilowatt hour of electricity consumed. It's expected to add $2 a month to the bills of 55% of customers. Its effect on the other 45% isn't known.

Los A...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/OAu_6r02SDU/la-me-dwp-rates12-2010mar12,0,4724327.story
12 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

Laptops could be key to an earthquake early-warning system
Seismologists envision a 'Quake Catchers' network of volunteers using their computers to precisely map tremors.

If Elizabeth Cochran allowed herself to dream, the future would look something like this:



http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/ZjzA7Ii6iUo/la-me-quakecatchers12-2010mar12,0,440482.story
11 Mar 2010 at 8:57pm


 

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