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Post-Sentencing Garrido House Still In Limbo
FOX40 ReporterWith boarded up windows, a drooping fence and waist-deep weeds, the home sitting at 1554 Walnut Avenue in Antioch couldn't be called "charming" by a realtor and has zero curb appeal. According to Contra Costa County, the land and home where Jaycee Lee...Tags: Real Estate, California, Crime, Law and Justice, Sacramento, Judges
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Man charged in slayings of four women in Northern California; victims share alliteration of names
L.A. NOWDid their names play a part in their deaths at the hands of a serial killer? A Nevada man was charged Wednesday in Marin County with the slayings of four women from 1977 to 1994 in Northern California. The victims:...... -
Photographer Charged in Murders of 4 Women With Matching Initials
KTLA NewsSAN RAFAEL, Calif. -- A freelance photographer is charged with four counts of murder in the deaths of four northern California women dating back more than three decades, authorities said Tuesday. Joseph Naso, 77, was arrested Monday by Marin County...Tags: Criminals, Photography, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Juvenile Delinquency
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Port Chicago, site of a World War II home front tragedy, is a classroom today
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe bombs erupted along Pier No. 1, thousands of them, about 30 miles northeast of San Francisco. And 66 years later, you can still spot a few twisted hunks of metal near water's edge, an American flag snapping in the wind overhead. This is Port...Tags: Civil Unrest, Air and Space Accidents, Military Equipment, Disasters and Accidents, Sacramento
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Murder Suspect Shot After Refusing to Drop Meat Cleaver
KTLA NewsVALLEJO, Calif. -- Police are looking for a missing man as part of their investigation into a murder suspect who led officers on a high-speed chase with his dead girlfriend in the passenger seat, according to police. Efren Valdemoro, 38, was shot and...Tags: Solano County, California, Crime, Law and Justice, KTLA, Fairfield (Solano, California)
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Shell Oil paying millions for tank violations
GreenspaceShell Oil Co. will pay $19.5 million in civil penalties and fees to settle a state complaint involving hundreds of environmental violations at its California gas stations. A state investigation found problems with leak detection and monitoring of... -
2-year old Boy Mauled to Death by 3 Pit Bulls
KTLA NewsCONCORD, Calif. -- Police are investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy who was mauled to death by the family's 3 pit bulls. The attacked was reported at a home on Trail Creek Court at about 8:45 a.m. The boy was home with two adult family members...Tags: KTLA, Concord (Contra Costa, California), Health, Family, Hospitals and Clinics
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Tracking Kids With GPS
Associated PressRICHMOND - California officials are outfitting preschoolers in Contra Costa County with tracking devices they say will save staff time and money. The system was introduced Tuesday. When at the school, students will wear a jersey that has a small radio...Tags: Science and Technology, California, Children, Electronics
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Electronic voting is facing a recall
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSecond of two parts Electronic voting was widely embraced -- with the help of the federal government -- as the cure for inaccuracies in vote counting that roiled the 2000 presidential election. But eight years later, the fix has spawned a new round of...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Washington (U.S. state), Polls, Florida, Livermore
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Number of hopefuls could complicate recall in California
Los Angeles TimesThe day after nearly 200 Californians filed for the right to be on the ballot to replace Gov. Gray Davis if he is recalled Oct. 7, officials warned yesterday that it might take days after the election to determine the outcome, particularly if it is close....Tags: Gray Davis, Elections, Executive Branch, Los Angeles Times, Voting
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Radical fixes pondered for city system
Sun StaffWith the city school system heading toward insolvency, the unthinkable becomes thinkable. Radical fixes are tossed about with deadly seriousness - such as state takeovers and replacing the school board. Here's what authorities said yesterday about the...Tags: Career and Workplace, Politics, Colleges and Universities, Finance, Labor Legislation
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