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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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California Strawberry Festival Berry Blast Off Recipe Contest 2013
Juan Carlo/The Star Larissa Nelson of Fillmore piuts on the finishing touches to her strawberry coconut no-bake tiramisu at the Berry Blast-off cook-off at the 30th Anniversary California Strawberry Festival in Oxnard. Nelson’s strawberry coconut no-bake tiramisu won because the strawberry flavor was stronger then Winona Krieger’s strawberry ...
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Calif. winery fire prompts school evacuation
REEDLEY, Calif. -; Fire officials in the Central Valley farming community of Reedley evacuated an elementary school after a winery next door to the school caught on ...
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Former drug agent sentenced to 14 years in prison
OAKLAND, Calif. -; A disgraced former head of an elite Northern California drug task force has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing drugs from evidence lockers and trying to sell the ...
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California man wanted in Alabama arrested in Ariz.
SAN LUIS, Ariz. -; Federal authorities say a California man wanted in an Alabama murder case has been arrested near the southern Arizona ...
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Records AEG budgeted money for Jackson doctor
LOS ANGELES -; Documents prepared by a concert promoter that were detailed in court on Monday indicated the company had budgeted $150,000 a month for a doctor to treat Michael Jackson as he prepared and delivered a series of comeback ...
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10 make finals of National Geographic Bee
WASHINGTON -; Ten young scholars have made it to the finals of the National Geographic Bee, where they'll compete for a $25,000 college ...
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CA man drowns trying to rescue woman at Oahu falls
HALEIWA, Hawaii -; The medical examiner's office has identified the California man who apparently drowned while trying to save a woman at Oahu's Waimea ...
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San Diego leaders urge funding for childhood education
SACRAMENTO -; San Diego County community leaders were in the Capitol Monday pressing lawmakers to spend more on early child care and preschool programs, saying the investment will pay off for the state in the long ...
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Jackson concert director worked without contract
LOS ANGELES -- Documents prepared by a concert promoter that were detailed in court on Monday indicated the company had budgeted $150,000 a month for a doctor to treat Michael Jackson as he prepared and delivered a series of comeback shows.However, Jackson died of an anesthetic overdose before he signed the agreement, and no payments were made to Dr. Conrad Murray by AEG Live LLC, testimony and ...
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Game blog Brewers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
and answer some of your questions during every Brewers game this season. Tonight, the Brewers return home to Miller Park after a horrendous 2-8 road trip to face the Los Angeles Dodgers. Yovani Gallardo (3-3, 4.50 ERA) is on the mound for Milwaukee vs. Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw (4-2, 1.40). Game time is 7:10 p.m. Fans can discuss the game among themselves by logging in ...
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Gas Prices Stable in Calif. Jump Nationally
In a rare reversal of a long-standing trend, gas prices in the Sacramento area and throughout California remained stable last week while the rest of the nation saw a significant increase. The average retail price of gasoline in the area rose about a penny over the past week to $3.97 a gallon, according to today's report by national price tracker GasBuddy.com, which surveys 720 ...
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Hansen congratulates Sacramento on keeping Kings
Investor Chris Hansen has congratulated Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson on his efforts to keep the Kings in California, while also vowing to keep up his pursuit of getting the NBA back to ...
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Under Mayer Boosting mobile buying companies
Yahoo Inc. lured Marissa Mayer from Google in July to become its fifth CEO in as many years. Her task: Help the Internet pioneer regain its stature after years in a financial funk. In her 10 months leading the company, she has overseen a redesign of Yahoo services and orchestrated several acquisitions, including a deal to buy online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 ...
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Chargers Sound Off on Addition of Dwight Freeney
was not at Chargers Park on Monday. But that doesn't mean the newest Charger wasn't on everyone's mind when the team reconvened to continue the OTA program. Photo ...
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Chargers Coach Fields Teo Questions
reportedly went to a Maxim promotional party in Los Angeles last week, where women featured on the list were in attendance. On Monday, the media was not granted access to Te’o. During a Q-and-A session that afternoon, new coach Mike McCoy was asked by reporters why Te’o will not face the press until the mini-camp from June ...
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Men Convicted of Abusing Autistic Man Set Free
A 50-year-old man, Michael Garritson, turned himself in to Escondido police in relation to a case where an autistic man was abused - which was caught on surveillance ...
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Oakland Couple in car shot today two Sunday homicides investigated
OAKLAND -- The names of two men killed in shootings that happened 14 hours apart Sunday in West and East Oakland were released by police Monday.A man fatally shot about 6:30 p.m. Sunday inside a house in the 2900 block of West Street in West Oakland was identified as Darvel McGillberry, 19, of Oakland. It was not clear if he lived in the house or in the area.A man fatally shot about 4:36 a.m. ...
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Piedmont Burglar confronts residents confines them to bedrooms
PIEDMONT -- Police are searching for a burglar who confronted two residents inside their home on St. James Drive, telling them to remain in bed and under the covers while he searched for valuables.The man, who pried a basement window to get inside the residence on May 16, made off with electronic items and a wallet containing credit cards and identification, police said. No one was hurt.The ...
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Video Calif. teen wins Intel Science Research competition
18 year old Eesha Kha-RAY from Saratoga, Calif., is one of the best young scientists in the world. She received the Young Scientist Award for her research in chemistry. Eesha: "My project, I developed a new supercapacitor, which is basically an energy storage device which can hold a lot of energy in a small amount of volume." Sharon Chin ...
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What produces a bigger economic boost America’s Cup or Super Bowl
What produces a bigger economic boost: sailing or football? The question takes on relevance in the Bay Area because San Francisco will host the America's Cup this July-September. And it appears likely that the NFL on Tuesday will pick Santa Clara to host Super Bowl L in 2016. It turns out that yacht racing may give the region more of an economic lift than football. The America's Cup ...
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Oakland City Council will vote on proposed Kiva microlending program
The Oakland City Council will vote Tuesday on a proposal to give the city's entrepreneurs more access to credit via a microlending program with help from nonprofit Kiva Microfunds. Barbara Parker, Oakland's city attorney, put this proposal before the council along with Libby Schaff, one of the city's council members. Oakland itself won't be lending any money, though. The proposal ...
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40-year-old San Francisco Network Ministries put to rest
A Christmas memorial for the poor and homeless. After more than 40 years, the San Francisco Network Ministries in the Tenderloin is disbanding. However, its many programs which include a number of services for the poor such as computer training, affordable housing and a safe house for women who have worked as prostitutes will live on. Some programs have already been spun off to other ...
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No. Calif. girl 5 dies in fatal rollover crash
Detective Nicole Abetkov says the single-vehicle crash occurred shortly after 8 a.m. Monday when the driver apparently lost control of the SUV as it overturned and came to rest past an ...
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Senate OKs regulations for medicinal marijuana
Federal prosecutors recently cracked down. They said the industry had become enormously profitable and made marijuana essentially available for recreational ...
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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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