A women's job fair will be held Thursday, March 26, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Doubletree Hotel, 2001 Point West Way. The event is being hosted by www.womenjobfairs.com .
Don’t miss this opportunity to apply to jobs with some of the top sports and entertainment companies in Southern California, as Staples Center will host a job fair on Monday, March 16, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.For only $30, attend the career fair and the hockey game immediately after, as the Los Angeles Kings take on the Nashville Predators.
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Addressing the California Business Reception, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently concluded his trip promoting California business and the state’s global leadership in information communications technology at CeBIT 2009 in Hannover, Germany. 
The Sacramento Bee will eliminate 128 jobs, or 11 percent of its workforce, as revenue continues to fall in the staggering newspaper industry. 
The numbers continue to be grim in the job market for San Diego, as the county's unemployment rate was 8.6 percent in January, an increase from a revised 7.5 percent rate in December and above the year-ago estimate of 5.1 percent, previously noted by the California Employment Development Department.
GOCALIFORNIA will be unveiling a new look come Monday.
GOCALIFORNIA has not forgotten about you. 
The father of "Heroes" actress Hayden Panettiere has pleaded no contest to one count of misdemeanor battery after assaulting his wife on Aug. 11.
Seven bodies were discovered in a Los Angeles home early Tuesday morning, victims of an apparent murder-suicide.The note went on to say that the husband and wife worked as medical technicians at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center.
Police reported that the victims included two sets of twins and an 8-year-old girl.
Legalizing prostitution and marijuana could be the ticket out to decreasing the state's present $41 billion deficit, according to some financial pros.A number of Lazarus's financial industry colleagues have backed the proposals, though there is more positive energy for the marijuana side than the prostitution side.
In order for these ideas to make progress, they both would have to go before the voters as ballot measures.
Seven companies are being sued by relatives of three sailors who died when a helicopter crashed off the San Diego coast during a Navy training mission. The companies manufactured and sold the aircraft and its parts. The lawsuit alleges that several parts of the MH-60S helicopter were defective and caused the crash in January 2007, which killed four people in all.
Named in the lawsuit are the helicopter's manufacturer, Sikorsky Aircraft, and other companies that manufactured components for the aircraft: Alcoa, Pacific Scientific, Hi-Shear Corp., Parker-Hannifin Corp. and General Electric.
The helicopter departed for the training exercise Jan. 26, 2007, from the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard, some 50 miles from shore.
The victims were Lt. j.g. Laura J. Mankey of West Hills; Lt. Adam Dyer, 28, of Lafayette, La.; Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Helman, 27, of New Richmond, Wis.; and Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Will, 29, of Warren, Mich. They were members of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 assigned to the North Island Naval Air Station.
Carlsbad police reported Sunday that a drunken-driving suspect who fled on foot into a lagoon refused to surrender and attempted to drown a police dog before being arrested. Lavar McKiernan, 34, who was to be booked on charges of felony driving under the influence, felony evading causing injuries, and attempting to harm a police dog, was moved to Tri-City Hospital in Oceanside, where he was being held under guard Sunday morning.
According to authorities, just before 1 a.m. Sunday, Carlsbad police Officer Samantha Alexander tried to stop McKiernan at Carlsbad Boulevard and State Street, near the Army and Navy Academy, after his vehicle reportedly nearly crashed into three parked cars
McKiernan drove off with Alexander in pursuit, rear-ended a vehicle and ran into a telephone pole before heading into the Buena Vista Lagoon west of Carlsbad Boulevard, about a half-mile from where the chase started.
Other Carlsbad police officers, assisted by an Oceanside police dog and the San Diego Police Department's Able helicopter, pursued McKiernan to the lagoon, where he was spotted hiding in about 4 feet of water.
After being given several opportunities to surrender, police went into the water along with the dog to arrest the suspect.
McKiernan attempted to drown the dog, who was not injured, three times before he was arrested.
Police in Temecula have arrested a man on suspicion of animal cruelty for allegedly mistreating his dogs and cats. According to authorities, more than 200 of the animals were discovered dead on his property. Authorities say that Elisao Gilbert Jimenez, 66, was taken into custody Friday after a search of his residence in the 39000 block of Liefer Road showed a number of dogs and cats "in poor health."
Deputies were dispatched to Jimenez's home to assist Department of Animal Services officers with a vicious dog, and when they looked in the back of the suspect's property, they discovered more than 200 dog and cat carcasses.
Animal Control Officers reported discovering 204 dead animals in plastic bags in different stages of decomposition. They also located more than 82 dogs and nearly three dozen ferel cats.
According to a new study to be published next week, Southern California may be overdue for a powerful earthquake along the infamous San Andreas fault line. New research conducted by scientists at the University of California, Irvine, claims large quakes have rumbled along the fault roughly every 137 years over the last 700 years. Previously, scientists had figured major earthquakes occurred on the line every 200 years or so.
Scientists analyzed the Carrizo Plain section of the San Andreas fault, which has not been witness to a massive earthquake since 1857, when one hit at an estimated magnitude of 7.9.
Two people were injured Saturday morning in Oceanside when a small plane struck a power pole and crashed on the street near Oceanside Municipal Airport. The crash also resulted in a 25,000 gallon raw sewage spill. The single-engine Cessna Skyhawk crashed at about 10:50 a.m. according to the Federal Aviation Administration, injuring the pilot and his passenger.
Police say the plane was only about 12 feet off the ground when it hit a support pole for overhead power lines about a quarter-mile from the Oceanside Municipal Airport.
The plane sheered off a sewage valve, and 25,000 gallons of sewage were released before it was halted.
In only his first full day on the job, President Barack Obama was expecting to hear from a famous governor.Schwarzenegger believes Obama's backing would help move America toward global leadership on addressing climate change. If granted, the decision would change a 2007 conclusion by the Bush administration.
The letter details the fact that states do not have authority to impose greenhouse gas standards for new cars, pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles.
According to the Bush administration, such goals can only be met by regulating fuel-efficiency standards, something that falls under the auspices of the federal government.
A former athletic trainer at Tustin High School was to be arraigned today on charges that could send her to prison for nearly eight years if she's convicted of having a sexual relationship with an underage male student.
Danville officials are hoping to welcome home the world's most famous pilot this weekend, as U.S. Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger III is scheduled to return to California.Sullenberger, 57, who was invited to and expected to attend President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration in Washington Tuesday, brought the crippled plane to a safe landing some three minutes into the flight after it was reportedly hit by birds after take off from New York's LaGuardia Airport. The reported bird strike took out both engines.
The proposed plan for this weekend is to have the ceremony take place at the Danville Community Center on Front Street.
The median home price in Southern California fell almost 35 percent in December from a year ago, but home sales rose steadily as buyers snapped up low-cost foreclosures, according to new information released by MDA DataQuick. According to the company, the median home price in a six-county region of Southern California was $278,000 last month, compared to $425,000 a year ago at that time. The median price for the area peaked at $505,000 in mid-2007.
Foreclosures accounted for 55.7 percent of December's sales in the region.
At least three people were injured last evening when the front of a two-story fourplex collapsed near Los Angeles' Koreatown.According to fire officials, approximately 20 to 30 people were inside the building when the front portion collapsed.
Coast Guard officials say they have suspended the search for an elderly couple who are believed to have gone overboard last week during a Carnival Cruise trip between Long Beach and Mexico.Crews searched throughout the night, covering the route of the Carnival Paradise ship, which started in Long Beach and stopped in Santa Catalina Island and Ensenada. The couple were aboard the ship when it left Monday, but they were missing when it returned to port early Friday.
According to ship officials, the couple's cabin door was double-locked from the inside with a "Do Not Disturb" sign on the handle. Their belongings were discovered inside and the door heading from the cabin to the private balcony was unlocked.
Permission denied?
Searchers will continue working their way through a Brea landfill today in hopes of discovering what happened to an 82-year-old woman who went missing from an assisted care facility in Laguna Niguel.
A plea of not guilty was offered this week by a Los Angeles County assistant fire chief accused of assaulting his neighbor's six-month-old puppy last November to where it had to be put down. Glynn Johnson, 54, who is free on $100,000 bail, faces an animal cruelty charge, with sentence-enhancing allegations of using a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony in connection with the reported beating.
Johnson, who claims he hit the dog in self-defense, is slated to return to court next month for a felony settlement conference.
According to Johnson, the dog (Karley) got loose from its property and he was returning it to the owner when a confrontation between he and the animal took place.
Police made several arrests this morning as protestors in San Francisco chained themselves together to block the entrance to the Israeli Consulate on Montgomery Street.
Police in the Westminster area are following up on a report from a 45-year-old woman who said she was beaten unconscious during an attempted rape.
A former Bay Area transit police officer who allegedly killed an unarmed man on a train platform has been arrested.Witnesses reported that Mehserle fired into the back of 22-year-old Oscar Grant on Jan. 1 while the man was lying facedown on a train platform at a station in Oakland.
Grant and others had been removed a train after reports of fighting, as New Year's Eve revelers were heading home after midnight celebrations.
Law enforcement arrested dozens of taggers during an early morning sweep today in the San Gabriel Valley and southeast Los Angeles County. Authorities also confiscated weapons, narcotics and tools used for tagging. In all, 51 people were arrested for a variety of crimes, including weapons and drug possession, while another 36 were detained for probation or parole violations, officials said.
The raids involved more than 300 law enforcement officials and included personnel from the Sheriff’s Department, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the California Department of Corrections, the California Highway Patrol, the County Police and officers from the cities of Azusa, Downey and Whittier.
A Greenfield man is under arrest after police say he allegedly tried to sell his 14-year-old daughter into marriage in return for $16,000, 100 cases of beer and several cases of meat.According to police, authorities only got wind of the deal after Marcelino de Jesus Martinez, 36, went to them to get his daughter back because payment wasn't made as promised.
Martinez was arrested on suspicion of human trafficking, while 18-year-old Margarito de Jesus Galindo was in custody on suspicion of statutory rape. Investigators think the daughter went willingly with Galindo, but she's under California's legal age of consent and can't legally marry.
According to police, arranged marriages involving underage girls have become a problem in this small Central Coast farming community.
National City police are investigating the death of a man who was a key witness in the murder trial of a Ramona man who strangled his wife and buried her in the backyard. Sean Turner, 25, was found dead Sunday night at the San Diego area home he shared with his grandmother in National City.
Turner, who is the stepson of defendant Keith Harold Turner, suffered from acute diabetes and had been in the hospital almost once a week for the past year.
Turner testified for the prosecution in the trial of his stepfather, convicted last month of voluntary manslaughter in the death of his wife, Toby Turner, 44. Jurors discredited Sean Turner's testimony, noting his variation of stories and a prior drug history.
The elder Turner is to be sentenced later this month.
Just how much is a woman's virginity worth these days? For one San Diego woman, she hopes the answer is many dollars.Natalie Dylan, which is not her real name, already has a degree in women's studies. Now, however, the woman hopes to pay for an advanced degree in family and marriage therapy with the proceeds from the auction. According to the most recent bid, one man is willing to pay $3.7 million for a night with 'Natalie.'
Dylan said she got the idea from her sister who paid for her college education by prostituting herself for three weeks, according to the London Telegraph.
"I think me and the person I do it with will both profit greatly from the deal," Dylan informed the paper.
Many state offices will be closed on the first and third Fridays of each month, beginning in February, as a money-saving move to help ease California's growing budget deficit, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told state agencies Friday.
Bringing guns to the airport proved a no-no for a local man on Friday as he was arrested without incident.Airport Police officers halted the vehicle shortly before 11 a.m. at a checkpoint on westbound Century Boulevard at Sepulveda Boulevard. In all, police intially reported there were three dozen guns in the vehicle.
A former volunteer bookkeeper with the Girl Scouts did more than just see how cookie sales were going.Daily, the mother of two young girls and a Girl Scouts volunteer for the last seven years, was charged with two felony grand theft counts by an employee.
After investigators began to question some missing money in the Girl Scouts accounts, Daily admitted to them that she had taken the money over the past year and a half because her family was having financial problems.
A moderate earthquake hit Thursday evening at 7:49 p.m. in San Bernardino, with shaking noted from Los Angeles 55 miles to the west and south to Orange County.According to the USGS, the quake struck near the San Jacinto fault, which is part of the San Andreas Fault system.
As if California's budget crisis is not bad enough, now comes this little tidbit from the state.
The search is on for a pair who reportedly tried to con a female shopper at a local mall in El Monte, then abducted her and required her to withdraw money from an ATM when that did not work. According to police, the female suspect may be wanted for countless crimes in both Los Angeles and Orange counties.
Police report the most recent crime took place five days before Christmas at the Valley Mall, when a male suspect dropped a bag containing a gold chain, and the female suspect then told the victim to retrieve it so they could sell it. The victim reportedly refused to get involved.
When the woman would not comply, the female suspect reportedly pulled out a knife and forced the victim into a white Ford Explorer, where she was driven to her home, ordered pick up her bank card, then driven to a Bank of America in nearby San Gabriel. The woman withdrew $400 dollars from an ATM and passed it on to the female suspect.
According to police, the female suspect in the crime is Hispanic, approximately 45 years of age, 5' 8" tall, and weighs over 200 pounds.
Anyone with more information is asked to contact police at (626) 705-1981.
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that the California Department of Insurance (CDI) has reached an agreement with Blue Shield of California Life & Health Insurance Company to offer new health insurance to 678 consumers whose policies were rescinded between Jan. 1, 2004 and May 31, 2008, reimbursing them for out-of-pocket medical expenses and implement significant changes in its underwriting and claims practices. Under the terms of the settlement covering allegations of unfair claims handling and improper rescission practices, Blue Shield will immediately offer coverage to 678 consumers whose individual, family, or short-term health policies were previously terminated without subjecting them to medical underwriting or exclusions for pre-existing conditions. Any medical expenses that would have been covered under the rescinded policies that are not covered by another source will be reimbursed or paid by Blue Shield. An expedited independent arbitration process has been established to resolve any disputes regarding these expenses.
As part of the settlement, Blue Shield has agreed to make significant changes to its application forms, underwriting process, agent/broker training, notification to consumers and providers of an investigation regarding information in the application and oversight of its claims handling. It has also agreed to establish an independent third party review process for rescissions going forward. Blue Shield is subject to up to a $5 million penalty if corrective actions are not implemented in the prescribed timeline.
For details about eligibility under this settlement, call Blue Shield at 888-575-3439.
A Bell Gardens Councilman accused of embezzling campaign funds has pleaded guilty to multiple counts, the District Attorney’s Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Max Huntsman of the Public Integrity Division said Mario Beltran, 31, pleaded to four misdemeanor counts including failing to file campaign disclosure forms and failing to deposit cash contributions, all violations of the Political Reform Act.
The charges stem from the defendant’s reported failure to report to authorities how he was spending campaign funds entrusted to him and his failure to deposit and account for cash given to him.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge George Lomeli ordered Beltran back for sentencing on Feb. 12. The defendant must resign from office prior to sentencing.
Beltran is expected to receive four years of probation during which time he may not hold elected or appointed office and may not seek elected office or lobby. Seven counts of grand theft, one count of perjury and one count of failing to deposit cash will be dismissed at sentencing as part of a negotiated plea agreement.
In a previous prosecution in 2007, the defendant was convicted by a Downey jury of a misdemeanor charge of filing a false police report.
The current indictment came after a hearing in which political and business leaders testified before the grand jury that Beltran told contributors that he was using the money he was raising for his re-election when, in fact, he used it to pay for his legal defense. The defendant also reportedly used campaign funds to pay for a cell phone under another person’s name and failed to report it, prosecutors said.
Actress Heather Locklear had a DUI charge dismissed today after pleading no contest to a lesser charge of wreckless driving.. Under the terms of the plea deal with prosecutors, Locklear, 47, will serve three years' informal probation, pay $700 and complete a 12-hour DMB road safety class.
Locklear, who has starred in such shows as T.J. Hooker, Dynasty and Melrose Place, was charged with driving under the influence of drugs in November after her September arrest.
According to the California Highway Patrol, Locklear at the time of her arrest showed "obvious impairment" when an officer spotted her car parked on a highway and blocking a lane in Montecito.
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