Animal rescuer Kimi Peck will end her operation and said she is now trying to place about 150 dogs elsewhere. Peck is now in a facility near Bear Valley Springs but said she will likely leave Kern County. As of Friday, Peck said she had more than 200 dogs at the facility.
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Sheriff's deputies are calling a woman's death "suspicious" after her body was found Friday morning in the El Don Motel on South Union Avenue. A bystander claiming to be the dead woman's mother said the woman was 31-year-old Crystal Lopez.
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An independent eye will take a look at SmartMeters, the highly vilified electrical meters deployed by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. The California Public Utilities Commission declared "extraordinary circumstances" Friday to quickly hire an independent examiner.
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State police said guards at the State Correctional Institution-Mercer became suspicious when an inmate appeared to swallow something after a prolonged kiss with a visitor. Read more »
Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online - stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.
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"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" took in $72.7 million in its first day to break the single day domestic box office record previously held by "The Dark Knight," which had a $67.2 million opening day last year. Read more »
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