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San Jose Mercury News: California & The West


Valley posts gains, but jobless rate still jumps
January figures reflect post-holiday drop in hiring by stores, schools
by pcarey@mercurynews.com (

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11 Mar 2010 at 12:13am

San Jose: Federal appeals court overturns 1998 murder conviction
A federal appeals court concluded that prosecutors failed to turn over key evidence that could have swayed the jury's verdict, resulting in an unfair trial.
by hmintz@mercurynews.com (

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

Teens Accused in Hemet Murder Captured
HEMET - Police in Hemet announced the arrest of a teenage fugitive suspected in the shooting death of a boy whose body was burned in a bonfire last November.
http://www.KESQ.com/global/story.asp?s=12120650
10 Mar 2010 at 8:25pm

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

Desert Sands Unified School District Wrestling Fundraiser
LA QUINTA - A few schools in the Desert Sands Unified School District are wrestling for more money.
http://www.KESQ.com/global/story.asp?s=12118152
10 Mar 2010 at 2:35pm

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

School Bus Crash in La Quinta Holds Back 69 Students
LA QUINTA - 69 students from La Quinta High School are back in class Wednesday after their school bus collides with a passenger vehicle.
http://www.KESQ.com/global/story.asp?s=12116755
10 Mar 2010 at 2:32pm

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


Historic downtown Sacramento street clock to get facelift

The Sacramento City Council approved fixing a street clock dating to the 1920s. A total of $24,000 will be used to restore the Fred Mayes Jewelers' street clock that sits at 10th and J streets.

The Sacramento City Council Tuesday approved fixing up a downtown street clock dating to the 1920s.

...
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/10/2597028/historic-downtown-sacramento-street.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
10 Mar 2010 at 2:37pm

West Sacramento restaurateur is King

Chew Lam built his business from the ground up; during hard times, he took on more of the work himself. "I wash the dishes. I mop the floor," he said.

Chew Lam starts his morning with a combination of tai chi and meditation and then ambles across the gravel parking lot from his West Sacramento a...


http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/10/2595507/west-sacramento-restaurateur-is.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
10 Mar 2010 at 4:27pm

$62 million UC Davis center puts Sacramento at hub of stem cell research

Jan Nolta, director of the new UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures, discusses the state-of-the-art hot-cells device, left, at the new facility housed in a former State Fair exhibit hall on Stockton Boulevard. The device generates radio tracers to locate cancer stem cells before they form ...
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/10/2595672/uc-davis-62-millionl-center-puts.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
10 Mar 2010 at 12:44pm

Sacramento jury convicts man with marijuana in luggage of a felony

A Sacramento jury convicted Matthew Zugsberger, left, of attempting to take 3 pounds of marijuana onto a flight to New Orleans. His attorney, Grant Pegg is at right.

In a test of how much marijuana reasonably can be carried for personal medical needs, a Sacramento jury Tuesday convicted a man of...


http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/10/2595511/felony-conviction-for-man-found.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
10 Mar 2010 at 9:27am

Prosecutor, defense attorneys agree suspect killed two people in Elk Grove

Aaron Norman Dunn

The prosecutor said the evidence is compelling and leaves "no question about what was done in this case and who did it" – and the defense attorneys agreed.

Now, the only questions left are whether Elk Grove shooting-spree gunman Aaron Norman Dunn murdered in the first or s...


http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/10/2595508/prosecutor-defense-attorneys-agree.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
10 Mar 2010 at 10:32am

Sacramento man shot in family fight over gun, cash

A young man was shot on Mack Road this evening after a family fight over cash and a gun, according to police.

The man, in his early 20s, was shot three times in the groin, but his injuries are not life-threatening, said police Sgt. Norm Leong. The victim was taken to Kaiser Permanente's South...


http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/crime/archives/2010/03/sacramento-man-46.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
10 Mar 2010 at 8:53pm

Sac PD honor 2 civilians for brave actions

Sacramento police honored two residents today for what department leaders called their "brave actions" and "exemplary commitment to their community and to public safety."

Chief Rick Braziel presented a certificate to Steven Ueltzen and Ralph Martinez during a brief ceremony at department head...


http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/crime/archives/2010/03/sac-pd-honor-2.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
10 Mar 2010 at 8:29pm

Sac Sheriff: Sexual predator arrested; spotted at Del Campo HS

Law enforcement authorities arrested a sexually violent predator Wednesday, just hours after he was seen for the second time in seven days on the Del Campo High School campus.

Authorities say Hugh Levell Stewart, 55, a registered sex offender, was arrested shortly before 4 p.m. at his home in...


http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/crime/archives/2010/03/by-chelsea-phua-1.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
10 Mar 2010 at 11:41pm

Key person in Lake County death probe faces pot charges

The man considered a "person of interest" in the deaths of a Maine couple whose bodies were found in Lake County last week now faces charges in connection with the marijuana operation he employed the couple to help him with, according to authorities.

Robby Alan Beasley, 29, is now facing char...


http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/crime/archives/2010/03/key-person-in-l.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
10 Mar 2010 at 7:54pm

Mayor Kevin Johnson among dignitaries celebrating reopening of Squeeze Inn

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson is among the dignitaries scheduled to speak at Thursday's festivities celebrating the reopening of the Squeeze Inn.

The well-known Sacramento hamburger restaurant reopened Feb. 17 at 5301 Power Inn Road, Suite 100. The previous location at 7916 Fruitridge Road, ...


http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/10/2597769/mayor-kevin-johnson-among-dignitaries.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
10 Mar 2010 at 5:59pm

Roseville firefighters rescue motorist from ravine

A trip back from Thunder Valley turned into a long night for an area woman after a wrong turn left her in a ravine as police and firefighter struggled to find her, a Roseville police spokeswoman said today.

The 66-year-old woman was driving back from the casino the Tuesday evening when she ra...


http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/crime/archives/2010/03/roseville-firef-1.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
10 Mar 2010 at 5:55pm

Sacramento man jailed for allegedly terrorizing ex-girlfriend

A Sacramento man sits in the Sacramento jail on $75,000 bail after being accused of stalking and assaulting his former girlfriend, according to jail records and a Sacramento County Sheriff's Department crime summary released this week.

As the victim was sitting in her vehicle at the intersect...


http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/crime/archives/2010/03/sacramento-man-45.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
10 Mar 2010 at 5:13pm

Fire hits Rancho Cordova auto parts store

Firefighters mop up at the scene of a three-alarm fire at Happy Auto Parts in Rancho Cordova Wednesday morning.

A three-alarm fire heavily damaged an auto parts store in Rancho Cordova this morning.

Firefighters are mopping up the blaze that was reported by a passerby at Happy Auto Parts in ...


http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/10/2596551/fire-hits-rancho-cordova-auto.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
10 Mar 2010 at 2:33pm

Sac PD, DUI force target St. Patrick's Day

They won't be wearing green, but Sacramento Police Department officers will conduct DUI operations this weekend and on St. Patrick's Day.

The Police Department will join with a special DUI task force for operations on the holiday.

Sacramento police officers will conduct a DUI and driver's...


http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/crime/archives/2010/03/sac-pd-dui-forc.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
10 Mar 2010 at 3:54pm

Weed Wars: Proposed dispensary limit to stir Sacramento meeting, rally

Deliberations over how Sacramento will deal with its burgeoning dispensary trade are expected to heat up tomorrow evening at the old City Hall building.

Medical marijuana use advocates and dispensary officials were planning a pre-meeting rally Thursday at Cesar Chavez Park. Then, in a 6 p.m. ...


http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/weed-wars/2010/03/proposed-dispensary-limit-to-stir-sacramento-meeting-rally.html#mi_rss=Our%20Region
10 Mar 2010 at 2:51pm

LA Times: California


Death's lessons learned
Taiwanese family traditions meant little to an American journalist before the loss that struck his family. Now his grandmother's gifts are plain to see.

My grandmother never liked my name.



http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/UZ1nZSBSnmI/la-me-taiwan-roots11-2010mar11,0,3854064.story
10 Mar 2010 at 8:02pm

L.A. County supervisors spend millions on pet projects
From chauffeurs to charities to parties, the five-member board hands out money from its discretionary accounts with little oversight.

As Los Angeles County supervisors prepare to carve deeply into everything from public safety to s...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/hkHifHtlIKY/la-me-discretion11-2010mar11,0,3010109.story
10 Mar 2010 at 7:40pm

Poizner takes a calculated risk in delaying fight with Whitman
Some say the GOP governor candidate's strategy has given his rival too big an edge.

Steve Poizner was in his first year as state insurance commissioner in 2007 when his name began to surface as a likely ...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/j_7GTLcbJHY/la-me-poizner11-2010mar11,0,4620828.story
10 Mar 2010 at 7:59pm

Prop. 14 fight comes down to words
Measure's success could hinge on a court battle over language.

The fate of an open primary proposal on the June ballot may well hinge on the outcome of a bitter court fight this week over a dozen or so word...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/FGhmCcmFl4s/la-me-cap11-2010mar11,0,7104110.column
10 Mar 2010 at 9:06pm

Santa Monica sushi restaurant charged with illegally selling whale meat
The eatery admits the wrongdoing, its attorney says. Federal agents and animal activists cooperated in a video sting orchestrated by a producer of the Oscar-winning documentary 'The Cove.'

Federal prosecuto...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/OJFBVm4Bpz4/la-me-whale11-2010mar11,0,500007.story
11 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

Homeowner fights final battle to save his home
James Schneider, 77 and ailing, faces foreclosure. He had fought the L.A. school district to keep his house, which he bought in 1963, from being razed and several more battles to relocate it.

James Schneide...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/RG1krut18oE/la-me-outthere11-2010mar11,0,125320.story
11 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

DWP drops plan to build 85-mile power transmission line across the desert
Environmental groups opposed the $800-million Green Path North Transmission Line because it would have crossed wilderness preserves and scenic ridgelines.

Facing enormous costs and fierce opposition from en...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/pwV32V0rb8w/la-me-power11-2010mar11,0,2321240.story
11 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

L.A. parking enforcement officers wrongly issue tickets at broken meters
After numerous complaints from constituents, Councilman Tom LaBonge asks Transportation Department to clarify the issue.

It's a situation that thousands of Angelenos have faced. You're running late. The str...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/m6_3HqnUSU4/la-me-parking-meters11-2010mar11,0,7689683.story
10 Mar 2010 at 11:22pm

16% rise in undergrads on California's state campuses predicted
Report cites need for funding to cope with the expected enrollment crush. An additional 387,000 undergraduates are expected by 2019.

California's public colleges and universities must prepare to serve 387,0...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/CJKLBWoxkcs/la-me-college-enroll11-2010mar11,0,3378089.story
11 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

U.S. moves to list loggerhead turtles as endangered
With populations continuing to decline, wildlife agencies issue a plan to designate critical habitat zones to protect the species. Such listing could affect offshore drilling and other activities.

Federal a...
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/3NGUPxBwE3A/la-me-endangered-turtles11-2010mar11,0,6752629.story
10 Mar 2010 at 11:51pm


 

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