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California Farmers Explore Water-Conserving Agriculture For A Drought-Filled Future
serious water shortage for huge swaths of California’s farmland, some farmers are investigating an ancient technique called ';dry farming.'; As ...
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Missy Franklin graduating from high school
Franklin isn't ready to become a professional athlete yet. She'll swim in the world championships in Barcelona this summer before heading to the University of California at Berkeley in the ...
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Developers Debut Plans for Makers Quarter
Developers have unveiled plans for an urban mixed-use neighborhood within East Village, called Makers Quarter, which would be part of a larger planned "I.D.E.A District" geared to attracting design and technology-related companies and ...
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Man Shot 7 Times in National City
National City police said an unidentified man was dropped off at Paradise Valley Hospital with seven gunshot wounds. He was transported to a nearby trauma center and officials said he is expected to ...
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Oakland Couple in car shot this morning two Sunday homicides investigated
OAKLAND -- A man and a woman were hospitalized Monday morning after they were shot while sitting in a car in East Oakland, police said.Their names, ages, relationship and places of residence were not immediately available.The shooting happened about 12:03 a.m. in the 9100 block of Olive Street.The two were sitting in a car when someone from outside the vehicle started shooting at them, police ...
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Microsofts new Xbox to challenge Apple to Facebook in games
Amazon.com Inc. , which are introducing new software and devices for gaming. Microsoft's updated Xbox will use its Kinect sensor that can recognize faces and movements. The deice will also recommend content based on users' interests. The new Xbox will be in stores by the year's ...
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Target opens San Francisco tech center
Target on Friday unveiled its new technology office in San Francisco that will be its West Coast hub for development of mobile and online services, the Mercury News reports. The office will give the retailer a foothold in the Bay Area, where other companies including Walmart have set up tech centers to take advantage of local talent in developing online technology. Target has hired nearly 20 ...
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San Francisco on track to host Super Bowl
San Francisco is in position to be chosen as the host city for Super Bowl L, with NFL owners set Tuesday to vote on the game's location, NFL.com reports. The game would be hosted at the 49ers' new Levi's Stadium being built in Santa Clara, where it would offer a look at the new technology that can be put into stadiums and the future of technology in the game. San Francisco got a ...
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Skydiver Injured Near Chula Vista
A deputy fire chief with Chula Vista Fire Department told NBC 7 San Diego the skydiver may have been injured in a mid-air collision however, the victim has said he has no recollection of what ...
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San Francisco unions protest Kaiser premium hike
San Francisco's Health Service System has teamed up with labor unions to protest Kaiser Permanente's latest rate hike, the LA Times reports. The system and the unions are demanding that Kaiser provide an alternate proposal and better explain the need for rate increases. Kaiser insures 45,000 public workers in the area. Read more at the LA ...
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Yahoo to update Flickr as it announces Tumblr purchase
Yahoo! Inc. signage is displayed at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Yahoo! Inc., the biggest U.S. Web portal, forecast sales that fell short of analysts' estimates as it continued to lose advertisers to Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. Photographer: David Paul ...
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Bacchus increases wine holdings with DeLille Panther Creek investment
Bacchus Capital Management LLC has boosted its wine holdings with capital investments in DeLille Cellars of Washington and the Oregon winery Panther Creek ...
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Maker Faire draws crowds in San Mateo
The Maker Faire Festival this weekend drew tens of thousands of people to the San Mateo County Fairgrounds to check out the latest do-it-yourself technology and projects. More than 120,000 people were expected to attend the annual event over the ...
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5 challenges Marissa Mayer faces on TumblrYahoo deal
Tumblr's traffic has grown rapidly since its founding, but has dipped in recent months. Its official: Yahoos Marissa Mayer cut a deal to acquire microblogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion. The site gives Yahoo instant access to some 108 million bloggers, most under the age of 25. But the deal isn't without its share of challenges. Here are Mayers five biggest hurdles to overcome: 1: You ...
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Slideshow Steampunk Google Glass other fun from Maker Faire
Sign at entry to the Maker Faire shows the way to a few of the many attractions that covered the sprawling San Mateo event center grounds. Lock-picking anybody? "I leave my mind at home so I won't lose it at work," read a sign at the Maker Faire in San Mateo over the weekend. The annual mashup of Burning Man, science fair and gadget makers' heaven had on full display what its ...
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Exclusive 49ers COO on Super Bowl Santa Clara as the next SoMa
Paraag Marathe is the COO of the San Francisco 49ers. On Tuesday, team owners for the National Football League will decide between Santa Clara and Miami for the 2016 Super Bowl L. In an edited interview, Niners COO Paraag Marathe, a 12-year veteran of the team, shares his thoughts on Super Bowl prospects at the new $1.2 billion Santa Clara stadium and drops hints about a new, high-end 49ers ...
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2-year-old Calif boy struck in driveway by car
http://bit.ly/19Rt4vP ) the incident occurred shortly after 11 a.m. Sunday when the woman was backing out of her driveway. Police say the woman didn't see her son when she struck ...
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Websense agrees to be taken private for $905.9M
NEW YORK -; Shares of Websense surged in premarket trading on Monday after the data security company agreed to be taken private for about $905.9 ...
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Longshoreman dies after truck plunges in SF Bay
OAKLAND, Calif. -; Authorities have identified a 78-year-old Port of Oakland longshoreman who died after his truck plunged into the San Francisco ...
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Prison booze could play role in Calif murder trial
FRESNO, Calif. -; Defense attorneys say one of the two inmates accused of killing a California prison guard in 2009 was so drunk on potent homemade liquor that he couldn't understand an FBI agent's Miranda warnings ...
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Drugmaker Elan plans string of acquisitions
Elan Corp. PLC plans to pay about $338 million for a privately held, Austrian drug developer and at least $110 million for stakes in two other companies as the Irish drugmaker continues to refocus after unloading its main revenue source, an ownership stake in the multiple sclerosis drug ...
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Beach Boys Croon California Girls Live on Reunion Tour
expressed doubt regarding another full-fledged Beach Boys reunion in February. The Beach Boys' next tour date is set for September 27th in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, led by Love and ...
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Report NetApp cutting hundreds of jobs ahead of Tuesday earnings
NetApp is reportedly preparing to cut 10 percent of its global workforce. Sunnyvale-based NetApp is reportedly cutting as many as 1,200 jobs worldwideroughly 10 percent of its workforceahead of its earnings report on Tuesday. Last week, Piper Jaffray issued a private analysts note warnings investors of the impending layoffs. The Times of India today reported that the company was cutting 300 jobs ...
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How to Design Your Own Silicon Valley
For decades, people have asked a deceptively simple question: can you replicate the magic of Silicon Valley? Can you do this in businesses, organizations, and communities to unleash innovation, anywhere in the world? This is more than an academic mystery. The answer affects real lives. Every day, countless opportunities are passed by to invent better solutions, create new jobs, improve quality ...
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Oaklands 39th homicide second of the day
OAKLAND -- Police are investigating the city's second deadly shooting in less than 14 hours after a man was killed in West Oakland Sunday night. Officers were called at 6:30 p.m. to the 2900 block of West Street for a report of shots fired in the area, police said. When officers arrived they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds.The man was transported to a local hospital where he was ...
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LAX gets a facelift
Los Angeles International Airport has decided to go under the knife again; the sixth busiest airport in the world is in the final stages of a multi-million dollar face lift of its international terminal, aimed at bringing the airport back up to world class standards in design and service and now there is talk of even further redevelopment for the domestic terminals as well.
LAX was once considered a pioneering facility in the early days of the jet age, the famous Theme Building, built to resemble a flying saucer that has just landed is testament to this period of advancement and modernism. The building features a circular restaurant below four concentric spider-like legs, in-keeping with the space-age theme of the building, this restaurant is called Encounters. Read more
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