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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
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pcarey@mercurynews.com ( By Pete Carey
pcarey@mercurynews.com)
11 Mar 2010 at 12:59am
Five San Jose schools could escape 'lowest-performing' label
Peter Burnett, Herbert Hoover, Ocala, Joseph George and August Boeger middle schools were crossed off a new listing of the bottom 5 percent of the state's schools, which will be required to take drastic reform measures, such as closing, firing the principal and staff or converting to a charter. The State Board of Education is expected to vote on the list today.
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snoguchi@mercurynews.com ( By Sharon Noguchi
snoguchi@mercurynews.com)
11 Mar 2010 at 12:27am
Santa Clara, San Mateo counties post gains, but jobless rate still leaps sharply
While the Silicon Valley job market remains fragile, a report on its health released Wednesday showed several encouraging signs.
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pcarey@mercurynews.com ( By Pete Carey
pcarey@mercurynews.com)
11 Mar 2010 at 12:27am
Wendy's chili 'Finger Lady' back in San Jose, but banned from restaurant
Anna Ayala, who served four years in prison for attempting to scam Wendy's by claiming she found a finger in her chili while at the restaurant, talks publicly for the first time since her release.
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bnewman@mercurynews.com ( By Bruce Newman
bnewman@mercurynews.com)
11 Mar 2010 at 12:26am
San Jose honors Cesar Chavez
Signs of a smiling, fortysomething Chavez will mark San Jose sites that figured in the life and work of the 1960s farmworker and civil rights leader.
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jrodriguez@mercurynews.com ( By Joe Rodriguez
jrodriguez@mercurynews.com)
11 Mar 2010 at 12:15am
Herhold: Public pays tab for DA Dolores Carr's sweet ride
Give this much to Santa Clara County District Attorney Dolores Carr: Whatever her political stumbles, she has enjoyed a nice ride from the taxpayers since she took office in early 2007.
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sherhold@mercurynews.com ( By Scott Herhold
Mercury News Columnist)
11 Mar 2010 at 12:15am
Families get calls from three American hikers imprisoned in Iran
Sarah Shourd, 31, Shane Bauer, 27, and Josh Fattal, 27, were arrested July 31 in Iran while hiking a trail that crossed an unmarked range of the Iran-Iraq border. They've been held in a Tehran prison ever since, and Tuesday was the first time any of them were allowed to hear their families' voices.
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editor@mercurynews.com ( By Sean Maher
smaher@bayareanewsgroup.com)
11 Mar 2010 at 12:15am
Woman accused of murdering child already faced abuse charges in San Mateo County
The Oakland woman who police say suffocated her 2-year-old daughter on Tuesday was already facing child abuse charges in relation to a Christmas Eve incident involving her other infant daughter.
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editor@mercurynews.com ( By Harry Harris, Angela Woodall and Joshua Melvin / Bay Area News Group )
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.
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hmintz@mercurynews.com (By Howard Mintz
hmintz@mercurynews.com)
10 Mar 2010 at 11:30pm
Santa Clara: 4-alarm recycling plant fire prompts 'shelter in place' order
It is the third fire in as many years at ECS Refining, which specializes in recycling of plastics and metals and electronics scrap, such as circuit boards, computers, circuits and televisions.
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lernandez@mercurynews.com ( By Lisa M. Krieger, Lisa Fernandez and Marissa Cevallos
Mercury News)
10 Mar 2010 at 11:30pm
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
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.
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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 DunnThe 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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