California youth rugby team employs Saints-like pay-for-injury bounty program
Forget the NFL, disgusting bounties for violent hits are being doled out in California youth sports, too. As first reported by San Francisco ABC affiliate KGO -- and first brought to Prep Rally's attention by NBC blog Off the Bench -- coaches for a U-14 rugby team in Northern California were reportedly offering up to $30 per match for injuring opponents during competition . The two men who have ...
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/prep-prep-rally/california-youth-rugby-team-employs-saints-pay-injury-103729067.html
Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 04:14:22 -0700
GCC duo falls short
Grace Zamudio and Nohemi Martinez both held the lead for portions of the women's 10,000-meter race that kicked off the 2012 California Community College Track and Field Championships at Cerritos College on Friday night.
http://www.glendalenewspress.com/sports/tn-gnp-sp-gcctrack-20120518,0,2646673.story
Published: Fri, 18 May 2012 21:46:53 -0700
Ameritas College designed as a school for Latino adults
Ameritas College, scheduled to hold its first classes in August, represents a bid to tailor adult education to inland California's demographics by developing a curriculum specifically for Latino students.
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_20680803/ameritas-college-designed-school-latino-adults?source=rss
Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 09:50:45 -0700
New Budget Aims To Support Education
In November, California governor Jerry Brown will ask Martinez voters to approve income tax increases on the state's wealthiest residents for a seven year period and ratchet up the state sales tax by one quarter of one percent for the next four years. The ballot initiative is aimed at maintaining current funding to California public schools, both at the K-12 and collegiate levels, in the ...
http://www.martinezgazette.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9118:new-budget-aims-to-support-education&catid=46:news&Itemid=81
Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 07:47:58 -0700
J.R. Martinez Welcomes Daughter Lauryn Anabelle Martinez
J.R. Martinez is a new dad! The Dancing With the Stars champion and his girlfriend, Diana Gonzales-[...]
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/jr-martinez-welcomes-daughter-lauryn-anabelle-martinez-201235
Published: Thu, 03 May 2012 10:09:52 -0700
Refinery work means high gas prices for California
Gasoline prices are falling throughout most of the country. But not in California. Here, prices are rising again, as maintenance work at oil refineries cuts supplies. With four of the Golden State's refineries partially...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/12/BUQI1OGV43.DTL
Published: Sat, 12 May 2012 00:20:40 -0700
Leading insurer pays $109M for dog bite claims
Dog bites man does not get a lot of attention in the news, but it costs insurance companies hundreds of millions in claims every year.State Farm Insurance, one of the nation's largest home insurers, paid ...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/leading-insurer-pays-109m-dog-232158307.html
Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 07:03:07 -0700
State Farm: California Tops List of Dog Bite Claims Under Homeowner Policies
Insurer State Farm received 527 dog bite claims from California residents in 2011. The Insurance Journal notes that the company paid out in excess of $20 million to satisfy these claims.
http://news.yahoo.com/state-farm-california-tops-list-dog-bite-claims-210600324.html
Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 14:06:00 -0700
US WCoast Products - Gasoline continues drop
HOUSTON, May 17 (Reuters) - Gasoline differentials fellfurther on Thursday as BP Plc's 225,000-barrel-per-day (bpd)Cherry Point, Washington, refinery continued its return toproduction after being shut ...
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/us-wcoast-products-gasoline-continues-233823551.html
Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 16:38:23 -0700
Young 'undocumented and unafraid' immigrants go public
From California to Georgia to New York, children of families who live here illegally are "coming out" — marching behind banners that say "undocumented and unafraid," staging sit-ins in federal offices, and getting arrested in the most defiant ways.
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120520/NATION/205200311/1020/rss09
Published: Sat, 19 May 2012 22:17:51 -0700
