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The Independent, 05.01.09 00:16 UTC

Sam Peckinpah: A taste for blood

Anybody who goes on the Peckinpah trail will come back with the same confused story. Sam Peckinpah, who died 25 years ago (in December 1984) and whose career is celebrated with a season at BFI ...

Telegraph, 30.12.08 19:02 UTC

Skateboarders take advantage of home foreclosure crisis to skate in abandoned pools

American skateboarders are taking advantage of the nation's home foreclosure crisis, using Google Earth and property websites to find abandoned properties with drained swimming pools, which they can use as makeshift skate parks.

San Francisco Chronicle, 21.12.08 17:03 UTC

Senators want probe of Merced case

Both California's U.S. senators have called for a full review of allegations by residents in a Merced neighborhood who claim that a nearby manufacturing plant contaminated their drinking water with a ...

Los Angeles Times, 21.12.08 03:01 UTC

Budget standoff carries big risks, marginal rewards for California governor

Arnold Schwarzenegger is putting the state's solvency in jeopardy while seeking largely symbolic concessions.

San Francisco Chronicle, 20.12.08 17:31 UTC

Governor orders layoffs, unpaid time off

(12-20) 04:00 PST Sacramento -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called on the Legislature on Friday to convene a new special legislative session to tackle the state's fiscal crisis and ordered layoffs and ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 17.12.08 19:07 UTC

S.J. to pay $70,000 in death of man who was pepper-sprayed and Tasered

(12-17) 10:38 PST SAN JOSE -- The city of San Jose has agreed to pay $70,000 to the family of a Fresno man whose death in a 2005 confrontation with police was partly attributed to officers' use of ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 16.12.08 15:36 UTC

U.S. issues rules to protect Delta smelt

Scarce irrigation and drinking water in California could be reduced even further under a set of rules enacted Monday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect a rare fish uniquely adapted to ...

CNN Top Stories, 16.12.08 04:32 UTC

Marines face toy deficit as Christmas nears

(CNN) -- The Marines have been making children's Christmas dreams come true for nearly 60 years, but the corps may be seeing fewer smiles this year.

San Francisco Chronicle, 15.12.08 05:00 UTC

Fresno police arrest 71 in gang and gun sweep

(12-14) 19:19 PST Fresno, CA (AP) -- Police say they have arrested 71 people during four days of gang and gun related busts. Of the 71 arrests, police say 30 were for felony charges. Police say among ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 12.12.08 21:01 UTC

Fresno police arrest 213 people in gang sweeps

(12-12) 12:32 PST Fresno, CA (AP) -- Seventy-one suspected gang members have been arrested in Fresno in a crackdown that has placed 213 people behind bars in three days. Fresno police say Operation ...