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• Couple robbed, kidnapped at lookout spot: BERKELEY (AP) - Police say a couple sitting in a car at a Berkeley hillside lookout point taking in the view of the San Francisco Bay were robbed and kidnapped. University of California, Berkeley police are looking for three men who tried to rob a 26-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man about 2 a.m. Thursday. No one was injured. Police said the men, armed with at least two guns and two baseball bats, went to the couple's car, parked on Grizzly Peak Boulevard viewpoint behind the UC Berkeley campus, and tried to rob ...
November 28, 2014
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OAKLAND (AP) - Ninety-two people were arrested in Oakland on Tuesday night as demonstrators vandalized businesses and blocked freeways, while in Los Angeles nearly 200 people were arrested or cited in continuing California protests spawned by a Missouri grand jury's refusal to indict a white police officer in the shooting of a young black man.
November 26, 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Authorities don't need a warrant to draw blood from parolees who don't consent to a blood test, a California appeals court said Wednesday.
November 26, 2014
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SACRAMENTO (AP) - Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson has drawn criticism from members of his city's police force for comments he made following a grand jury's decision not to indict a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer.
November 26, 2014
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CUPERTINO (AP) - Union organizers are hoping to add security guards at Apple's campus to their ranks in the latest push by organized labor in Silicon Valley.
November 26, 2014
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CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SOARS AGAIN: LOS ANGELES (AP) - The number of California students attending charter schools has risen to more than a half million.
November 26, 2014
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Glamour, celebrities, perfect weather. A revitalized and growing downtown. Iconic venues and political support. With these virtues, Los Angeles looks like an ideal fit to host the 2024 Olympics.
November 26, 2014
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SAN JOSE (AP) - Traveling by plane, train or automobile can be a headache. Mixing in Thanksgiving can make it a throbbing migraine. Technology provides some pain relief in the form of apps to let you know which roads are clogged, what gate your flight leaves from and whether trains are running on time.
November 25, 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A 58-year-old window washer who fell 11 stories from a building onto a moving car is "fighting for his life" and opens his eyes when relatives speak to him, his family said.
November 25, 2014
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge has given initial approval to an agreement that requires the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to improve conditions in its jails for inmates using wheelchairs and others with impaired mobility.
November 25, 2014
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SANTA ANA . (AP) - Late at night, the two convicted sex offenders exchanged text messages debating whether to kill their next victim or spare the life of the pretty, young woman they had picked up just hours before.
November 25, 2014
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SANTA CLARA (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s latest earnings report shows that despite three years of efforts to turn its business around, the venerable tech giant still has a lot more work ahead.
November 25, 2014
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NEW YORK (AP) - Thanksgiving could be the best day to shop all year.
November 25, 2014
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CUPERTINO (AP) - Apple's market value surpassed $700 billion in Tuesday trading, an unprecedented milestone among U.S. companies.
November 25, 2014
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumers across most of America will see their health insurance premiums go up next year for popular plans under President Barack Obama's health care law.
November 25, 2014
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