Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles judge has rejected a defense motion to dismiss charges against a former San Francisco Bay area transit police officer accused of murdering an unarmed black man last year. Superior Court Judge Robert Perry on Wednesday also said jurors will have the option to consider lesser offenses [...]
Tuesday, June 29 2:58 a.m. — SECURITY CHECK BOAT RAMP 3:09 a.m. — TRAFFIC STOP CIVIC CENTER BL/DRIFTWOOD DR 4:08 a.m. — PARKING VIOLATION 48 TEA ROSE CT 4:16 a.m. — BIKE STOP 1100 KELLOGG 5:13 a.m. — PARKING VIOLATION 50 ALEXANDER WY 5:38 a.m. — PARKING VIOLATION 200 FILBERT CT 6:03 a.m. — TRAFFIC [...]
The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Albert Pujols homered twice and doubled with a season-high five RBIs and Adam Wainwright handcuffed the Arizona Diamondbacks into the seventh inning in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 8-0 victory Tuesday. Dontrelle Willis (1-1) had another wild outing for the Diamondbacks, walking six, hitting a batter and getting lucky on [...]
Daily Republic VACAVILLE — Residents can give deployed military members a little pick-me-up via smart phone or computer by sending them a cup of coffee through the Cup of Joe for a Joe program. The Cup of Joe for a Joe program is sponsored by the Green Beans Coffee chain which has one of its [...]
BHUBNESHWAR, India — An Indian court has convicted a nationalist state legislator for his role in deadly Hindu-Christian clashes two years ago. Manoj Pradhan of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party was sentenced to seven years in prison for involvement in the murder of a Christian, inciting violence and leading a mob that set alight [...]
SACRAMENTO — A Sacramento preacher whose organization represents 3,600 congregations said he was outraged that the California chapter of the NAACP has endorsed a November ballot initiative that would legalize recreational use of marijuana. Alice Huffman, president of the California State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said Tuesday the [...]
Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday unanimously confirmed Gen. David Petraeus as the new commander of the Afghanistan war. The vote was 99-0. Petraeus replaces Gen. Stanley McChrystal, whose three-decade career ended in disgrace because of inflammatory remarks he and his aides made to Rolling Stone magazine. As U.S. Central Command chief, [...]
SUISUN CITY — Suisun City councilmembers put their stamp of approval on a budget that bigger cities would envy Tuesday night. The 2010-11 budget manages to avoid imposing furloughs, staff cuts and service reductions that other larger cities have had to do in their budgets. Suisun City is spending $10.3 million in its general fund [...]
Sacramento Bee SACRAMENTO — California’s excise taxes on wine, beer and liquor remain a 1991 vintage, the last year the state hiked the price that producers pay on each gallon of alcohol. With California facing an ongoing fiscal crisis, lawmakers and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have proposed using higher alcohol taxes to help balance the budget [...]
Associated Press Writers CHICAGO — An angry Rod Blagojevich is heard grumbling on FBI wiretap tapes played at his corruption trial Wednesday that he is willing to appoint a favorite of Barack Obama to the U.S. Senate but the newly elected president is “all take and no give.†“The arrogance of these people,†Blagojevich is [...]
The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — James Loney hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the fifth inning to give Los Angeles a boost after slugger Manny Ramirez injured his right hamstring, and the Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 4-2 on Tuesday night. Loney also had an RBI single in the first, the play on [...]
Associated Press Writer PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. — An effort to save thousands of sea turtle hatchlings from dying in the oily Gulf of Mexico will begin in the coming weeks in a desperate attempt to keep an entire generation of threatened species from vanishing. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will coordinate the plan, which [...]
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