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 San Jose Mercury News: California & The West
Mystery of San Jose's missing statue
When city officials went looking for a bronze statue that long graced downtown's Montgomery Theater, it had vanished.
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editor@mercurynews.com ( By Tracy Seipel
tseipel@mercurynews.com)
3 Sep 2010 at 6:04am
Defense in Los Gatos murder-for-hire case wants more evidence on drug connection
Garcia's lawyer says marijuana discovery proves drug theory
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jsulek@mercurynews.com ( Julia Prodis Sulek
jsulek@mercurynews.com)
3 Sep 2010 at 12:23am
Independent probe finds no problems with technology of PG&E's Smart Meters, b...
Consumer advocates say many complaints about high bills remain unresolved
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dhull@mercurynews.com ( By Dana Hull
dhull@mercurynews.com)
3 Sep 2010 at 12:21am
Final touches coming to new toll lane on I-680
Re-striping and installation of equipment begins on new express lane, which will be open to solo drivers for a fee, as well as traditional carpools for free.
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grichards@mercurynews.com ( By Gary Richards
grichards@mercurynews.com)
3 Sep 2010 at 12:06am
Fisher: The bag ban debate? There's only one way to make it go away
With no state law, every city will have to pass its own
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pisher@mercurynews.com ( By Patty Fisher
Mercury News Columnist)
3 Sep 2010 at 12:05am
San Jose: Broken sewer line is source of airport stink, official says
Crews are working to fix the line. Meanwhile, the odor has not reappeared for the last week.
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lernandez@mercurynews.com ( By Lisa Fernandez
lfernandez@mercurynews.com)
3 Sep 2010 at 12:05am
Beer truck loses trailer on Hwy. 17, blocks lanes to Santa Cruz for four hours
Heading south from San Jose to Santa Cruz this morning was a sluggish affair.
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lernandez@mercurynews.com ( By Jennifer Squires
jsquires@santacruzsentinel.com)
2 Sep 2010 at 11:24pm
Roadshow: Pros, cons of metering lights
Nonworking meter from 101 to 87 speeds up one commute but slows another.
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grichards@mercurynews.com ( By Gary Richards
grichards@mercurynews.com)
2 Sep 2010 at 11:23pm
Pizarro: Feinstein a hit at Silicon Valley Leadership Group lunch
The U.S. Senator delivered a mixed bag of news about the economy for nearly 450 political and business leaders.
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spizarro@mercurynews.com ( By Sal Pizarro
spizarro@mercurynews.com)
2 Sep 2010 at 11:23pm
San Jose: Firefighters responding to 2-alarm vegetation fire, 2 homes threatened
With temperatures nearing 100 degrees in the east San Jose foothills Thursday, firefighters scrambled to douse a grass fire that charred five acres and came within about 20 to 30 feet of a few homes.
With high temperatures expected again today, the city ordered nearby Alum Rock Park to the north closed to the public today citing 'extreme fire danger.'
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jwoololk@mercurynews.com ( By John Woolfolk
jwoolfolk@mercurynews.com)
2 Sep 2010 at 10:24pm
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
DESERT HOT SPRINGS - An 18-year-old from Desert Hot Springs is accused of breaking into two valley high schools, and stealing thousands of dollars worth of electronic equipment.
http://www.KESQ.com/global/story.asp?s=12195877
24 Mar 2010 at 4:01pm
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
Thermal Teacher Arrested For Teaching Under The Influence
THERMAL - A teacher at Toro Canyon Middle School has been arrested for being under the influence while teaching.
http://www.KESQ.com/global/story.asp?s=12192551
24 Mar 2010 at 2:10pm
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
Trucks Burned in Possible Threat To Hemet Police
HEMET - Four city pickup trucks have been torched in an attack that investigators think could be related to previous booby-trap attempts.
http://www.KESQ.com/global/story.asp?s=12195961
24 Mar 2010 at 1:16pm
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
Gunbattle at North Highlands pharmacy kills one
The routine of a Thursday afternoon turned into a chaotic gunbattle that left a pharmacy worker dead, a pregnant co-worker injured and criminals on the run.
A Sacramento County sheriff's officer collects evidence outside a Rexall pharmacy in North Highlands following a shootout Thursda...
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/03/3002669/gunbattle-at-north-highlands-pharmacy.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
3 Sep 2010 at 2:57am
Realty executive Lyon seeks to clear name, associate says
Sacramento real estate executive Michael Lyon is "embarrassed" by public disclosures of a criminal investigation into secret videotaping at his home, said the woman who has temporarily taken over as head of his company.
Jean Li
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/03/3002491/lyon-defended.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
12 suspects, eight younger than 18, arrraigned in Sacramento girl's slaying
They appeared in waves, some still looking tough, others looking scared; some sobbing, others hiding all emotion; all of them charged with murder.
Six teenage girls are among 12 suspects who were arraigned Thursday in the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Aliyah Smith in early January. According...
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/03/3002488/12-suspects-eight-younger-than.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
Update: Single-vehicle accident kills man, injures another; third man missing
Sacramento police are investigating a single-vehicle accident Thursday night that killed one person and critically injured another.
http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2010/09/single-vehicle.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
3 Sep 2010 at 1:39am
Sex life of murder suspect's wife will be aired at Vue trial
The Chu Vue murder trial figures to take a wild spin next week with testimony focused on the extramarital sex life of the former Sacramento sheriff deputy's wife.
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/03/3002490/vue-trial.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
Sacto 9-1-1: 10 people in four cases indicted in pot-growing operations
A federal grand jury in Sacramento indicted 10 people in four separate cases of marijuana growth operations on public land, according to a Thursday news release by United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner's office.
http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2010/09/10-people-in-fo.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
3 Sep 2010 at 8:15am
Crash of experimental plane injures 2 at Rancho Murieta Airport
An experimental plane crashed Thursday morning at Rancho Murieta Airport, injuring two people.
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District firefighters confer near an experimental airplane that crashed Thursday morning during touch-and-go landings and takeoffs at Rancho Murieta Airport.
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/03/3002783/crash-of-experimental-plane-injures.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
3 Sep 2010 at 2:17am
Sacramento restaurant stops serving live shrimp after PETA protest
Nishiki Sushi has decided to spare the prawns. After being contacted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, live prawns are now off the menu at the midtown sushi spot.
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/03/3002780/sacramento-restaurant-stops-serving.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
Mayor seeks greater tie between city and schools
In a sign of his effort to expand his role in city public schools, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson on Thursday proposed creating a more formal partnership between officials with the five school districts within the city limits and City Hall.
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/03/3002784/mayor-seeks-greater-tie-between.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
Moth quarantine slapped on south Sacramento
Sarah Singleton won't be bringing tomato salads to barbecues anymore. Her cucumbers are no longer destined for an informal crop swap. And the peppers and most of the other produce peeking out from the eight raised beds in her Hollywood Park backyard will have to be consumed by her and her family ...
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/03/3002489/moth-quarantine-slapped-on-south.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
Arson fires set at night in Carmichael
A dozen small fires set overnight Thursday by an arsonist in Carmichael didn't do much damage, but firefighters say it could have been much worse.
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/03/3002779/arson-fires-set-at-night-in-carmichael.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
Plumas-Eureka State Park opens after plague scare
Plumas-Eureka State Park reopened Wednesday after a two-week closure prompted by the discovery of elevated levels of plague.
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/03/3002837/plumas-eureka-state-park-opens.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
Rally to hail marriage between men and women
Tens of thousands of people are expected to convene in Sacramento over the weekend for a two-day religious rally in celebration of marriage – but only between a man and a woman.
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/03/3002835/rally-to-hail-marriage-between.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
Part of Bradshaw Road will close for widening
Bradshaw Road between Gerber Road and Vintage Park Drive will be closed to all traffic – cars, bikes and pedestrians – starting at 7 p.m. today and won't reopen until 5 a.m. Tuesday.
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/03/3002834/part-of-bradshaw-road-will-close.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
Riverbed restoration will strengthen salmon runs
More spawning gravel will be restored in the American River starting Tuesday as part of a long-running effort to bolster the river's salmon and steelhead runs.
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/03/3002833/riverbed-restoration-will-strengthen.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
LA Times: California
Marine mammal enthusiasts getting a show from blue whales
Unusually large numbers of the gigantic creatures off the Southern California coast are a boon for charter boat operators. A biologist believes the cetaceans are following vast clouds of krill.
Unusually large numbers of blue whales dining off the Southern California coast are providing marine mam...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/VmhhZDwKip0/la-me-blue-whales-20100903,0,7348004.story
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
California to use new type of nationwide school tests
Through a federal grant, California will join 43 other states in replacing oft-maligned standardized exams.
With a federal award of $330 million, California and 43 other states joined Thursday to replace the much-maligned year-end English and math standardized tests with new nationwide tests that ...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/wMushYwPsvg/la-me--lausd-20100903,0,2428011.story
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
Bell assessed illegal sewer fees
Property owners overpaid $621,737 in levies that were raised in 2007, California controller says. The finding comes several weeks after auditors found taxpayers were overcharged $2.9 million for a 'retirement tax.'
The city of Bell assessed property owners for sewer fees without getting required v...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/SaaPW86Ze20/la-me-bell-20100903,0,6556725.story
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
Police identify woman in basement babies case
L.A. police say Janet Mann Barrie, a nurse, owned the trunk in which the remains of two babies were found in MacArthur Park. The next step, officials say, is determining to whom the children belonged.
She poses for the camera in front of a boxy Dodge roadster, wearing a flapper-style hat, a fur st...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/TUoInmVZJFI/la-me-basement-babies-20100903,0,109248.story
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
Gubernatorial candidate Brown says he can bring Californians together
At campaign stops in Oakland and City of Commerce, the Democrat says he wants to bridge Sacramento's partisan divide, deplores rival Whitman's 'negativity' and announces he will launch ads next week.
A fired-up Jerry Brown previewed his general election themes in two gubernatorial campaign stops T...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/_wnfTx0amXA/la-me-campaign-20100903,0,6497103.story
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
Brown's office reconsidering motion seeking to send Lisker back to prison
After serving 26 years for his mother's killing, Bruce Lisker was freed last year after his conviction was overturned. The state sought this week to have him returned to prison on procedural grounds.
A spokesman for California Atty. General Jerry Brown said Thursday that his office was reconsideri...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/4i-jA9byFkA/la-me-lisker-20100903,0,4160743.story
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
An image of border harmony
Old family photo memorializes a time of vibrant connection
Not long ago, my wife put up a black-and-white photograph in our living room. It shows her grandparents, very young — supposedly on a street in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/cMPcfFAPooY/la-me-tobar-20100903,0,2210709.column
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
L.A. doctor arrested for allegedly prescribing painkillers to homeless people...
Authorities believe the people were recruited and paid for Vicodin prescriptions that were turned over to drug dealers who sold them by the pill at a huge mark-up. Dr. Zhiwei Lin is to be arraigned Friday.
A Los Angeles physician was arrested Thursday for allegedly prescribing pain medication to h...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/tFMX4Y1coiw/la-me-drugbust-20100903,0,7915938.story
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
Differing views given of suspect in strangling of Santa Monica model
Prosecutors describe Kelly Soo Park as a fraud artist capable of 'taking care of business.' The defense describes her as a law-abiding mortgage broker and churchgoer who cares for an ailing mother.
Prosecutors have characterized the woman accused of killing an aspiring model in 2008 as a globetrot...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/V75SAA2Brdw/la-me-model-slaying-20100903,0,51732.story
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
Court papers identify Pasadena officers who shot and killed parolee
Papers in a wrongful-death suit name Charles Glen Reep and Michael Alvarado as the policemen who fatally shot Leroy Barnes Jr. in 2009 during a traffic stop. A union had fought release of the names.
Two Pasadena police officers, whose names were kept secret after they shot and killed a parolee las...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/rKHMC_6NLvA/la-me-pasadena-police-20100903,0,170187.story
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
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