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Calif. teen takes supermodel to prom
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- A Southern California teen turned heads at his prom when he showed up with a Sports Illustrated model as his date.Nina Agdal agreed to step in as Jake Davidson's date Thursday night after he got turned down for prom by supermodel Kate Upton.The Sherman Oaks teen appeared in a YouTube video that was viewed more than 2.5 million times asking Upton to be his date. ...
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Will Robbie Rogers be a member of the Los Angeles Galaxy by Sundays game
USA Today had a long feature on the returning MLS star and his decision to come out of retirement following a public announcement earlier this year that he’s gay. The piece mentioned that Rogers has agreed to contract terms with the Los Angeles Galaxy, a team he has been training with for the past few weeks. That led to reporters connecting the dots and speculating on Twitter that there ...
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Nakajima to work in Triple-A as As roster looks set
HOUSTON -- Following Thursday's off-day, when the A's decided to option infielder Hiro Nakajima to Triple-A Sacramento rather than call him up when his 20-day rehab assignment expired, manager Bob Melvin said the decision was largely based on the roster he already has. "I think it was just more about what we have here right now," he said. "We like the personnel we have ...
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Healing Reddick feels good after taking some BP
Email HOUSTON -- Back at the same park where he initially suffered a right wrist injury that ultimately put him on the disabled list May 8, A's outfielder Josh Reddick took more than 20 batting-practice swings in Houston on Friday and said he "felt great." "No issues," said Reddick, who is eyeing a return next week. "I don't feel anything. "I was happy ...
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Lowrie continues to sit with injured foot
Email HOUSTON -- A's infielder Jed Lowrie was held out of the starting lineup for a second straight game on Friday while still experiencing discomfort in his contused right foot. "It's a lot better," said Lowrie, hit by a Yu Darvish pitch on Tuesday. "It's not better to play, but the swelling has gone down. There's a lot more bruising, but I feel like I'm ...
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City Worker Labor Talks Move Toward 5-Year Deal
After months of closed-door bargaining sessions, this week has brought significant progress toward hammering out a new, five-year labor agreement for San Diego city ...
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Judge dismisses Redondo Beach case against deputy charged with vehicular manslaughter
requires drivers to exercise due care when approaching pedestrians in a crosswalk. Taylor sentenced him to perform 12 hours of community service at a women's shelter. The case stemmed from the Independence Day afternoon when Roberts' and Nuhbegovic's paths crossed as Roberts drove his girlfriend and their daughters to the beach to see holiday fireworks, and Nuhbegovic went for a ...
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State Senate election might be headed to runoff
Democratic candidate Leticia Perez had conceded the 16th Senate District race to Republican Andy Vidak after Tuesday's special election. Her campaign and the Senate's Democratic leadership said Vidak had won an outright majority to avoid a ...
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PGE calls $2.25B fine for deadly blast excessive
SAN FRANCISCO -; The utility responsible for a deadly pipeline explosion in Northern California says the record $2.25 billion in fines being sought by state regulators is illegally ...
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Positive press picks up for San Diego with Mexico business ties
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner visited the economically-minded organization DEITAC's bi-monthly gathering in his first official visit to Tijuana as mayor in January. He was greeted by Tijuana's mayor Bustamante, and they both took questions on plans to better incorporate the shared border ...
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AP Newsbreak Deal reached on Oregon wolves
GRANTS PASS, Ore. -; Conservation groups and cattle ranchers have agreed to a landmark settlement in a lawsuit that, for the past year and a half, has kept the state of Oregon from killing wolves that prey on ...
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Egg Drop wins turf debut at Hollywood Park
INGLEWOOD, Calif. -; Egg Drop was successful in her turf debut, winning the $57,842 feature by three-quarters of a length at Betfair Hollywood Park on ...
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The excellent poetry of Daniel McGinn-Los Angeles poetry examiners Friday pick
Daniel McGinn is a phenomenal poet. He writes from a whole other planet that strangely enough, shares our same moon. There simply cannot be any originality left when poeticizing upon, and with, the aide of our Luna. Yet, Daniel McGinn read from his new book, "1000 Black Umbrellas", lamenting in verse beneath the ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 24
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...
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Nearly two dozen East Bay schools get top marks
SACRAMENTO -- Nearly two dozen public schools in the East Bay ranked high compared with similar schools statewide, according to data released Friday by the state Department of Education, while 52 schools were ranked at the bottom of the list. The latest round of public school rankings are based on how well students performed on standardized tests they took more than a year ago. Schools are ...
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Steve King blames dirty wimp Ronald Reagan for Obamas eventual election
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said Thursday that President Obama would not be president if it weren't for the 1986 amnesty bill that Ronald Reagan signed into law. [...] In an effort to dissuade Republicans, King argued that the 1986 immigration bill that Reagan signed into law is estimated to have brought amnesty to three million illegal immigrants. He said conservative estimates show that, ...
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Some Bay Area Bridges Considered ‘Obsolete’ By Federal Standards
collapsed Thursday in Washington State was considered functionally obsolete by the federal government, a designation also carried by several Bay Area spans. Among the functionally obsolete spans is the Western Span of the Bay Bridge, which has earned the label due to its outdated design – which does not include shoulders for emergency parking. It does not necessarily mean the bridge is a ...
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California Bill To Reduce Plastic Junk Dies In Committee
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — A California bill that would have required manufacturers to figure out how to keep the most common plastic junk out of state waterways died in the state Assembly without a vote Friday. Assembly Bill 521 was before the chamber’s Appropriations Committee, and the panel failed to act on it, effectively killing the legislation for the session. It had previously ...
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Stone Temple Pilots Sue Ex-Frontman Scott Weiland
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Stone Temple Pilots accuse former frontman Scott Weiland of misusing the band’s name to further his solo career and want a judge to strip the rocker of his ability to use the group’s name or songs. A lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles accuses Weiland of being chronically late to concerts while the group was together and having his lawyer try to interfere ...
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Parolee indicted in theft of Gold Rush jewelry box
OAKLAND, Calif. -; A parolee was indicted by a federal grand jury in the theft of a valuable Gold Rush-era jewelry box from the Oakland Museum of California, authorities said ...
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Homeless rights bill stalls out
The measure, which would have allowed the homeless to rest in public and panhandle without facing criminal citations, was held up in the Assembly Appropriations ...
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Park leads Southern California to national title
Southern California's Annie Park chips to the seventh green during the NCAA Division 1 Women's Golf Championships at the University of Georgia Golf Course, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/David ...
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Top 10 coastal hikes in California and the Pacific Northwest
Highway 101, which runs along America's west coast from Washington state through Oregon to California, offers access to some of the country's most stunning hiking ...
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Bill would treat e-cigarettes like other tobacco
SACRAMENTO, CA (AP) - California would treat electronic cigarettes like any other tobacco product under a bill approved by the state Senate. Democratic Sen. Ellen Corbett of Hayward says some of the vapors emitted by the e-cigarettes may pose health risks. SB648 would impose the same limits that apply to other smokers regarding where the devices can be used under California's existing ...
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Saturdays police log Hawthorne Lawndale and Gardena
gardenapd.org/ . Residential burglary/stolen vehicle: 10 p.m. May 14 to 8:25 a.m. May 15, 13400 block of South Berendo Avenue. Keys, a maroon 2004 Toyota Sienna, a cellphone and a flashlight were reported stolen. Residential burglary: 10:40 a.m. May 14 to 8 a.m. May 15, 14900 block of South Denker Avenue. A screen was cut. Jewelry was reported stolen. Residential burglary: 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 ...
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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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