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It's worth stopping along California 99
Call it the accidental road trip. Looking for a less monotonous route home from Northern California last summer, my family and I took California 99 south from Sacramento to Bakersfield and picked up Interstate 5 from there. It took a little longer, but...Tags: Road Transportation, Manufacturing and Engineering, Tulare (Tulare, California), Pistachios, Blackbird
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Maria Shriver Files For Divorce
KTLA NewsBRENTWOOD (KTLA) -- Independence Day comes early for Maria Shriver after she filed divorce papers Friday, ending her 25 year marriage with former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. In papers filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, Shriver cited...Tags: Physical Conditions, KTLA, Elections, Movies, Celebrity Parents
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Court sides with veteran who flew flag upside down
L.A. NOWThe Veterans Administration violated the free speech rights of a veteran who flew the American flag upside down on the fence at the agency’s sprawling West Los Angeles medical center campus to protest what he saw as a failure to...... -
Seattle makes list of Top 10 U.S. cities for families
Web ReporterWashington D.C. took the No. 1 spot in Parenting Magazine's latest list of the Top U.S. Cities for Families, the publication said Wednesday. The U.S. capital replaced nearby Arlington, Virginia, which tumbled to No. 70 as a result of changes in the way...Tags: Madison (Dane, Wisconsin), Los Angeles, Anaheim, Minneapolis, Nebraska
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Car Theft at Lowest Level in Over 40 Years
KickingTiresAuto theft in the U.S. has reached its lowest levels since 1967. In 2010, vehicle theft rates dropped 7.2% from 2009???s 794,616 stolen vehicles, according to a new report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau, which is based on FBI......Tags: Theft, Modesto, Fairfield (Solano, California), Chicago Tribune, Stockton
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Palmdale to pursue legal action if high-speed rail authority considers bypassing Antelope Valley
L.A. NOWPalmdale has warned the state’s bullet train project that the city would take legal action if the rail authority considers bypassing the Antelope Valley in favor of a shorter route to Bakersfield that follows Interstate 5 over the Grapevine.... -
Kern County fire burns 350 acres near Lake Isabella
L.A. NOWMore than 300 firefighters were battling a blaze Sunday night in steep terrain about two miles south of Lake Isabella in Kern County. As a precaution, the small mountain community of Dutch John Flats, about 45 miles east of Bakersfield,...... -
Hundreds evacuated as brush fire burns almost 1,400 acres near Lake Isabella
L.A. NOWFirefighters were battling a nearly 1,400-acre fire near Lake Isabella in Kern County, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of people. According to CalFire, the blaze started Friday near Kissack Cove, east of Lake Isabella in the Sequoia National Forest.... -
Virus outbreak pulls reins on equestrian event
An outbreak of a potentially deadly equine herpes virus that has affected 18 horses in California has kept ticket sales for the Memorial Day Classic, a weeklong riding show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank, at about half of what they should...Tags: Los Angeles, The Finish Line Incorporated, Animals, Toluca Lake, Tickets
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Book Review: 'Stan Musial' by George Vecsey
Special to the Los Angeles TimesStan Musial An American Life George Vecsey Ballantine/ESPN Books: 397 pp., $26.00 Here is a theory I have: There are three kinds of baseball players — the Good, the Great and the Gods. In the first category is everybody who made it to the...Tags: Yogi Berra, Washington (U.S. state), Chicago Tribune, Book, Ken Griffey Sr.
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Robert S. Chandler dies at 74; National Park Service veteran
Robert S. Chandler, who dealt with complex problems as superintendent of many of the country's largest national parks and took the lead in implementing the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in the late 1970s and early '80s, has died. He...Tags: Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Gardens and Parks, Everglades National Park, University of Maryland, College Park
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'Geezer Bandit' robs 13th bank
SAN DIEGO -- The "Geezer Bandit" continued his string of Southern California robberies by knocking over his 13th bank last week, FBI agents announced Saturday.
Surveillance video provided by the FBI shows the robber, who got his name because of his...Tags: Theft, Riverside County (California), Goleta (Santa Barbara, California), San Diego (San Diego, California), Riverside (Riverside, California)
Jun 26, 2011
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May 27, 2011
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Jun 15, 2011
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Jun 22, 2011
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Jun 3, 2011
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May 27, 2011
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