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San Francisco - January 5 - 1891
Massachusetts born George Henry Sanderson, elected mayor of San Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1891-January 3, 1893).
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Richardson withdraws bid to be commerce secretary
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says he is withdrawing his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama's commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation.
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San Francisco - January 4 - 1897
James Duval Phelan, elected mayor of San Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1897-January 8, 1902).
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San Francisco - January 3 - 1887
New York raised Edward B. Pond, elected mayor of San Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1887-January 5, 1891).
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Winning ticket for Mega Millions sold in Calif.
The only ticket to match all the winning numbers and Mega Ball from Friday night's drawing was sold in California.
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Who is this? Calif. residents getting Ala. calls
There used to be a time when people who called Linda Jahraus ' home in Laguna Beach , Calif.
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Calif. Controller Suffered Mild Heart Attack
The office of state Controller John Chiang says he suffered a mild heart attack.
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Cash-poor states eager for Obama plan
President-elect Barack Obama's plan to jolt the economy by overhauling the nation's roads, bridges and transit systems has local officials clamoring for their share despite questions as to whether the program ...
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Dan Walters: Californians got a wake-up call in 2008
THIS HAS been a year that most Californians - and especially those in elected office - would wish never happened, a year of severe economic decline that pushed hundreds of thousands onto unemployment rolls, and ...
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Mexico extradites 10 drug suspects to U.S.
Mexico sent 10 alleged drug smugglers to the United States on Wednesday, capping an already record year for extraditions between the two countries.
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Compromise Met on Bay Bridge Labor Fight
A dispute over which union should unload a vessel carrying steel for the Bay Bridge seismic retrofit project was resolved shortly before 5 p.m. today, according to California Department of Transportation ...
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Controller Chiang listed in good condition
State Controller John Chiang remains in good condition at a Texas hospital after he checked himself in last week while experiencing chest pains.
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3 arrested in N. California gang rape of lesbian
One man and two teens have been arrested on suspicion of gang-raping a woman last month in Richmond while allegedly taunting her for being a lesbian, police said Thursday as they searched for a fourth suspect. Officers arrested Humberto Hernandez Salvador at his Richmond home Wednesday night, Richmond police Lt. Mark Gagan said. The 31-year-old is being held without bail on gang rape, kidnapping and carjacking charges. Police on Wednesday also arrested a 15-year-old Richmond boy and a 16-year-old Hercules boy, who were being held at a juvenile detention center on similar charges. Their names were not released.
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Laser experiment hopes to save farm water
Samer Naif, a student at the University of California San Diego, sits atop a scinillometer transmitter in an Alfalfa field in Blythe, Calif.
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Small quake hits Northern California
There have been no reports of injury or damage after a small earthquake struck near the town of Cobb in Northern California.
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Calif. sues to block Bush endangered species rules
California is suing the Bush administration to block last-minute endangered species regulations that are intended to reduce input from federal scientists.
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'Terminator' to be preserved in US film registry
One of Arnold Schwarzenegger 's most famous one-liners will be back for generations to come, now that 1984's " The Terminator " has been selected for preservation in the nation's film archive.
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Calif. controller hospitalized in Texas
California State Controller John Chiang is undergoing tests at a Texas hospital after experiencing chest pains while visiting family for the holidays.
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Gov. staff releases latest budget fix
Calling California's declining fiscal health "a major crisis," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration on Wednesday released its latest plan to close a $41.6 billion budget deficit.
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Atomic time advocates eye 2008's extra second
AT THE GREENWICH PRIME MERIDIAN, England - Eager to say goodbye to the worst economic year since the Great Depression? You'll have to wait a second.
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