 US restaurant owner charged with serving whale meatFederal prosecutors in the US have charged the owner of a California restaurant over alleged sales of whale meat, which was labelled... | |
| Renee Zellweger gifts $100 coffee voucher to paparazzo Hollywood actress Renee Zellweger gifted a photographer a $100 coffee voucher after he saved her from getting a parking... |
| Girlicious singer arrested with cocaine Natalie Mejia, a member of US band Girlicious, has been arrested after drugs were found in her purse, police told The Los Angeles... |
| Jeff Bridges regrets not encouraging kids for Hollywood Jeff Bridges has confessed he regrets he did not encourage his children to try their luck in... |
| Pattinson uses new film roles as therapy Hollywood actor Robert Pattinson says he looks for roles that will help him with his life and that is why he agreed to do the movie 'Remember... |
| China’s Wuxi, A Partner Of San Diego’s Targegen, Offers New Model For Drug Development Originally published March 11, 2010 at 1:55 p.m., updated March 11, 2010 at 9:38 p.m. A few years ago, news articles in Business Week, Nature, and elsewhere described a veritable stampede among big... |
| Oregon Supreme Court Punts On Klamath Water Claims GRANTS PASS, Ore. The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday kept alive claims by Klamath Basin farmers that the federal government should pay them for shutting off water to crops in 2001 to help... |
| Voter Registration Forms Now In 5 Asian Languages SAN FRANCISCO Voter registration forms are now available in five Asian languages for the first time. The Election Assistance Commission released the forms Thursday in Chinese, Japanese,... |
| Kings G Quick Out For Birth Of Child LOS ANGELES Kings goalie Jonathan Quick has left Los Angeles' road trip for the birth of his first child. Quick is the NHL leader with 37 victories this season. He returned to Los... |
| Zenyatta Arrives At Santa Anita For Season Debut ARCADIA, Calif. Zenyatta has arrived at Santa Anita for final preparations ahead of her return to racing in the $250,000 Santa Margarita Handicap. She arrived Thursday morning by van... |
| Couple Pleads No Contest In Deadly Usc Hit-and-run LOS ANGELES A husband and wife have pleaded no contest to all charges in a hit-and-run crash that killed a University of Southern California student and seriously injured another. ... |
| 5 Arrested For Alleged Socal Auto Insurance Scam LOS ANGELES Los Angeles County prosecutors have arrested a lawyer and four chiropractors and paralegals who allegedly bilked insurance companies by submitting bills for phony auto accidents. ... |
| Epa To Let States Address Rising Ocean Acidity SEATTLE The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will consider ways the states can address rising levels of carbon dioxide in oceans. The agency on Thursday settled a lawsuit... |
| Child Molester Up For Release Faces New Arrest SANTA ANA, Calif. A convicted child molester who was to be paroled after three years will be arrested in a new case to be filed by federal prosecutors in Palm Beach, Fla., authorities in... |
| Feds Recall More Children Jewelry In Cadmium Probe LOS ANGELES Federal regulators expanded their efforts Thursday to go after children's jewelry that contains high levels of the toxic metal cadmium by telling parents to throw away "Rudolph... |
| Brian Giles Cites Knee Pain In Decision To Retire GLENDALE, Ariz. Brian Giles says the pain in his arthritic right knee is getting worse, and the 39-year-old outfielder informed the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday that he will retire. ... |
| Calif. Senate Challenger Says His Time Has Arrived LOS ANGELES In many other states, U.S. Senate candidate Chuck DeVore could be a rising political star, aligning himself with the budding tea party movement and the growing animosity toward... |
| Disney, Starz Sign Extend Film Licensing Deal SAN FRANCISCO Disney-ABC Domestic Television, which is a unit of The Walt Disney Co., and Starz Entertainment said Thursday they signed a new exclusive licensing agreement for Disney movies... |
| Child Molester Up For Release Faces New Charges SANTA ANA, Calif. A convicted child molester who was set to be released after three years will be arrested in a new case from Palm Beach, Fla. Orange County District Attorney Tony... |
| Usc Taps Own Provost To Succeed Retiring President LOS ANGELES The University of Southern California's second-ranking executive will take over as president in August, the board of trustees said Thursday. Executive Vice President and... |
| Woman Rescued After Car Plows Off Calif. Bridge LONG BEACH, Calif. A woman whose car plunged off a bridge into the murky Los Angeles River was fighting for her life Thursday after being submerged for nearly a half-hour, officials said. ... |
| Calif. Assemblyman On Sex Offender Record Change March 11, 2010 California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has ended the state's practice of destroying the parole records of convicted sex offenders a year after they finish their paroles. The move was... |
| Korean Air Chairman Yang-ho Cho To Speak At Town Hall Los Angeles Yang-Ho Cho, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Korean Air will address TOWN HALL Los Angeles with the keynote "Planes, Cranes and Change," during a noon luncheon... |
| Court Upholds 'under God' In Pledge Of Allegiance Michael Newdow that the phrase violates the separation between church and state.Newdow's previous lawsuit against the pledge in public schools reached... |
| 'no Regrets': Giles Calls It A Career Giles, 39, announced his retirement Thursday morning, a month after having signed a Minor League contract with the Dodgers in hopes of resuscitating an All-Star... |
| Oakland Board Doesn't Renew East Oakland Charter School OAKLAND — The school board Wednesday night denied the charter of Cox Academy, an elementary school in East Oakland that was converted to an independently run charter during a tumultuous period... |
| Piedmont Residents Want Convicted Sex Offender Out Convicted sex offender James F. Donnelly, 71, is trying to move from a temporary residence in Piedmont by this weekend, police said.He also volunteered to wear an ankle bracelet to track his... |
| Recruiter Helps Priests See Calling To Oakland Diocese Larry D'Anjou is looking for a few good men. Not for the Marines, but for the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Diocese Oakland.As director of vocations, he's looking for men to sign on for a life of... |
| Coastal Commission Tours Arana Gulch; Vote Expected This Afternoon Members of the California Coastal Commission toured Arana Gulch on this morning flanked by dozens of supporters and opponents of the dual paved bicycle and pedestrian paths called for in the Arana... |
| In Walnut Creek, Another Father Continues Search For Children The discovery last week of Jessica Click-Hill and the arrest of her mother, nearly 15 years after the girl was reported abducted from her father in Walnut Creek, brought a glimmer of hope to another... |
| California Eatery, Chef Accused Of Serving Whale LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) The owner and chef of a high-end sushi restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif., are facing criminal charges for allegedly serving illegal whale meat, local reports said... |
| Evri Inc. Buys Radar Networks , which runs the search engine Twine. Evri operates a “search and discovery engine” that filters results according to subjects important to its users. Will Hunsinger is its CEO. San... |
| San Ramon's Hill Physicians Begins New Medi-cal Contract With Anthem Blue Cross Hill Physicians Medical Group , one of the Bay Area’s largest medical groups, said Thursday it will begin providing care to Medi-Cal recipients in San Joaquin County April 1 under a new... |
| Report: Wages, Job Postings On The Rise U.S. wages and salaries are up by 3 percent, and online job advertisements are up by 9 percent compared with a year ago, according to a report... |
| Oxigene Raising $6.9 Million Oxigene Inc. will net about $6.9 million from a private placement of stock and warrants, pumping the money into its cancer drug programs. The South San Francisco company (NASDAQ: OXGN), whose merger... |
| Bay Area Cities Get 1/3 More In Sales Tax Revenue In February Bay Area cities and counties got a third more in sales tax receipts in February than they did in January, state figures show. What's more, sales tax revenue in February ticked up slightly from... |
| Stanford Award Will Recognize Ex-fed Chair Paul Volcker Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research will recognize Paul Volcker’s contribution to economic policy at an awards presentation on May 18. The former Federal Reserve chairman is the... |
| Chevron, San Jose Schools Collaborate On 3.7mw Solar Project Chevron Energy Solutions and East Side Union High School District in San Jose on Thursday announced the start of construction on a 3.7-megawatt solar project. The project is expected to provide more... |
| California Cash Receipts Over State’s Guess For Third Month California’s controller, John Chiang, said the state’s cash receipts were $480 million over guesses made in the budget in February. It’s the third month in a row the state exceeded... |
| Ftc Seen Likely To Oppose Google-admob Deal Google said in December that the deal was being held up by questions from the FTC. The potential impact of the deal on Internet advertising is apparently what is being scrutinized, althoughthe... |
