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Orloff joining 'Eaters coaching staff
A spokesman for UC Irvine athletics confirmed Tuesday that the school was making changes to its baseball program, adding validity to a published report on Monday that former UCI All-American Ben Orloff had joined the program as an assistant coach and that...
Tags: Big West Conference, California State University, Fullerton, College Baseball, California State University, Northridge, World Series
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Jesse Meaux's dominant season with Asheville Tourists put on hold
The following are updates on local baseball players at the minor league level. Jesse Meaux (Glendale High, 2007) relief pitcher, Asheville Tourists: A season almost too good to be true hit a speed bump when Meaux was placed on the seven-day disabled list...
Tags: Major League Baseball, Chicago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Sports, Colorado Rockies
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More Americans consider themselves multiracial
The number of Americans who consider themselves multiracial has grown faster than any other racial group nationwide, new Census Bureau data reveal, a sign of slow but momentous shifts in the way that Americans think about race. Mixed or multiracial...Tags: Population and Census, Demographics, Sociology, Minority Groups, Tiger Woods
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L.A. Now Live: More Americans consider themselves multiracial
The number of Americans who consider themselves multiracial has grown faster than any other racial group nationwide, new Census Bureau data reveal. The change is a sign of slow but momentous shifts in the way Americans think about race. Mixed-race...Tags: United States Census Bureau
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4.6 Santa Barbara earthquake woke people, but no damage reported
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries after a magnitude-4.6 earthquake shook the Santa Barbara coast Wednesday morning, officials said. The temblor struck at 7:38 a.m. about three miles west of Isla Vista, the U.S. Geological Survey...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Justin Bieber, U.S. Geological Survey, Natural Disasters
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Santa Barbara earthquake upgraded to magnitude 4.8
The magnitude of Wednesday's earthquake off the Santa Barbara coast has been upgraded to 4.8, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake -- which struck at 7:38 a.m. about five miles west of UC Santa Barbara -- was initially reported at...
Tags: Earthquakes, Disneyland Park, U.S. Geological Survey, Natural Disasters
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Heinrich Rohrer dies at 79; a father of nanotechnology
The electron microscope revolutionized biology in the 1930s by providing magnifications thousands of times higher than that of light microscopes, allowing scientists to discern the inner workings of cells for the first time. But it was not nearly as...
Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Swiss Confederation, Technology, Research, Science and Technology
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College Baseball: 'Eaters edged again
IRVINE — The agony extended into finality at Anteater Ballpark on Saturday, as host UC Irvine ended its baseball season with a typically excruciating 3-2 loss to Long Beach State. The setback turned in the top of the ninth inning, when the winning...Tags: Cal State Fullerton Titans, Big West Conference, Long Beach State 49ers, Cal State Northridge Matadors, College Baseball
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Costa Mesa hires executive to replace Naghavi
The city of Costa Mesa has made a preliminary offer to fill the job of economic and development director, the city spokesman confirmed Friday. Gary Armstrong, director of planning and building inspection services for San Benito County, is slated to...Tags: Science and Technology, LinkedIn Corp., 2010 Census
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Do Obama's small biceps explain his liberal politics?
Here’s a scientific news flash about our recent presidential election: You could assume that President Obama was more kindly disposed to redistribution of wealth than Mitt Romney just by looking at them. Not because Obama is African American and...Tags: Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Politics, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama
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Letters: It's UC, not McDonald's
Re "Brown urges UC to speed graduations," May 16 Over the 15 years I have taught at UC Santa Barbara, I have seen repeated budget cuts and tuition increases. And yet most students are graduating in four years, not six. I am not sure what Gov. Jerry...Tags: Politics, Government, Executive Branch, Jerry Brown
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Mary Kay VanderMolen
Mary Kay VanderMolen passed away peacefully in her home on Sunday, May 5, 2013. She was born in Chicago, Illinois to Gene and Margaret (Ratican) Fritz. She was a graduate of the University of Illinois, and later attended nursing school at St. Francis...
Tags: Breast Cancer
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