http://www.mail.com/locations/2980-california.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/2980-california.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102284-garcetti-elected-la-mayor-promising-jobs.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — City Councilman Eric Garcetti defeated Controller Wendy Greuel to become the next mayor of Los Angeles after a caustic campaign in which he depicted his fellow Democrat as a pawn of powerful labor bosses. With all precincts reporting on Wednesday, Garcetti had 54 percent of the votes while Greuel collected 46 percent. Garcetti sent out ... Wed, 22 May 2013 19:42:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102284-garcetti-elected-la-mayor-promising-jobs.html 2013-05-22T19:42:55Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2102196-sharks-hang-to-beat-kings-2-1-tie-series.html SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Sharks barely held off the Los Angeles Kings at the end for a second straight home win. Now the job gets really tough: The Sharks know they need to end the home-team dominance if they have any chance of winning this second-round series. Brent Burns got San Jose off to a fast start with a quick score and Logan Couture a... Wed, 22 May 2013 07:27:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2102196-sharks-hang-to-beat-kings-2-1-tie-series.html 2013-05-22T07:27:21Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2102190-bay-bowl-san-francisco-to-host-50th-super-bowl.html BOSTON (AP) — Build a new stadium, host the Super Bowl to show it off. The NFL rewarded the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday with hosting rights for the 2016 championship game, slotting the 50th Super Bowl in the 49ers' high-tech Santa Clara stadium scheduled to open next year. The league also voted at its spring meetings to give the ... Wed, 22 May 2013 07:25:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2102190-bay-bowl-san-francisco-to-host-50th-super-bowl.html 2013-05-22T07:25:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099892-garcetti-holds-slim-lead-la-picks-mayor.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Councilman Eric Garcetti held a slender edge Tuesday in early returns over city Controller Wendy Greuel to become the next Los Angeles mayor, while slow-coming returns suggested it could take a day or more until a winner emerges. The preliminary numbers pegged Garcetti at 52 percent and Greuel at 48 percent, with about 6,100 votes separ... Wed, 22 May 2013 06:41:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099892-garcetti-holds-slim-lead-la-picks-mayor.html 2013-05-22T06:41:51Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2101862-trout-hits-cycle-drives-5-angels-rout-ms.html ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout even surprised himself in adding to his growing list of impressive big league achievements. Trout hit for the cycle and drove in five runs, Josh Hamilton celebrated his 32nd birthday with a homer and a triple his first two times up, and Howie Kendrick also went deep in the Los Angeles Angels' 12-0 rout of the Seattle Mari... Wed, 22 May 2013 06:19:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2101862-trout-hits-cycle-drives-5-angels-rout-ms.html 2013-05-22T06:19:32Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/2101846-sharks-tie-series-with-2-1-win-kings.html SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Joe Thornton set the tone for the San Jose Sharks with a dominant first period. After that, the Sharks did their best to hang on and tie up their playoff series against the Los Angeles Kings. Thornton set up Brent Burns' first-period goal and Logan Couture added a power-play goal early in the second to give the Sharks just enough o... Wed, 22 May 2013 05:56:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/2101846-sharks-tie-series-with-2-1-win-kings.html 2013-05-22T05:56:16Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2101824-straily-cespedes-push-as-rangers-1-0.html ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Oakland rookie right-hander Dan Straily was well aware of the ace pitcher and the powerful lineup he was facing. Now everyone can take notice of Straily, who on television before his latest start saw plenty of highlights touting Yu Darvish being on the mound. Straily allowed only two two singles while facing 22 batters — just one o... Wed, 22 May 2013 04:16:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2101824-straily-cespedes-push-as-rangers-1-0.html 2013-05-22T04:16:17Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2101750-veteran-db-charles-woodson-returns-to-raiders.html ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Charles Woodson is coming back home to Oakland. Woodson signed a one-year contract with the Raiders on Tuesday to return to his original team after leaving seven years ago for Green Bay as a free agent. The move will be widely popular with Raiders fans, many of whom staked out the team's facility on Tuesday to greet Woodson on his v... Wed, 22 May 2013 03:31:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2101750-veteran-db-charles-woodson-returns-to-raiders.html 2013-05-22T03:31:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2100678-court-strikes-arizona-20-week-abortion-ban.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law violated a woman's constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy before a fetus is able to survive outside the womb. "Viability" of a fetus is generally c... Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2100678-court-strikes-arizona-20-week-abortion-ban.html 2013-05-22T00:00:35Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2100172-50th-super-bowl-to-san-francisco-bay-area.html BOSTON (AP) — The NFL will celebrate its 50th Super Bowl in northern California, where its newest, most high-tech venue is being built. That makes South Florida, in the midst of a spat over expensive stadium renovations, a loser for the 2016 game. And Miami took a double defeat when Houston was awarded the 2017 championship game. In two separate votes, NF... Tue, 21 May 2013 22:11:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2100172-50th-super-bowl-to-san-francisco-bay-area.html 2013-05-21T22:11:16Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2101296-clippers-wont-offer-del-negro-deal-coach.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vinny Del Negro is out as coach of the Los Angeles Clippers after a season in which the team won its first division title but lost in the first round of the playoffs. The team said Tuesday he won't be offered a contract when his current one expires at the end of June. He is just the second coach to leave the team with a winning record, ... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:42:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2101296-clippers-wont-offer-del-negro-deal-coach.html 2013-05-21T21:42:44Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100278-with-high-tech-guns-users-disable-remotely.html SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved — and disable it remotely. The technology, but not an actual gun, was demonstrated Tuesday at a wireless technology conference in Las Vegas and was shown to The Associated Press i... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:41:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100278-with-high-tech-guns-users-disable-remotely.html 2013-05-21T18:41:04Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2098796-manzarek-founding-member-doors-dies-74.html Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock's most enduring songs, has died. He was 74. Manzarek died Monday in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family, said publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald. She s... Tue, 21 May 2013 14:22:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2098796-manzarek-founding-member-doors-dies-74.html 2013-05-21T14:22:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099308-chinas-xi-will-meet-obama-earlier-than-expected.html BEIJING (AP) — China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than expected, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea. The June 7-8 meeting at a retreat southeast of Los Angeles, announced Monday by the White House, underlines the imp... Tue, 21 May 2013 09:54:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099308-chinas-xi-will-meet-obama-earlier-than-expected.html 2013-05-21T09:54:15Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2099460-nats-reliever-breaks-pitching-hand-punching-locker.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — On a night the Washington Nationals welcomed back slugger Bryce Harper, the team learned it will be without reliever Ryan Mattheus after he broke his hand punching a locker. On top of that, manager Davey Johnson said that right fielder Jayson Werth is still a couple of weeks from coming off the disabled list after another MRI on his s... Tue, 21 May 2013 06:41:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2099460-nats-reliever-breaks-pitching-hand-punching-locker.html 2013-05-21T06:41:44Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2099418-giants-vogelsong-wins-injures-hand.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ryan Vogelsong felt the best he had in months, then it all ended on one painful swing. The right-hander broke his throwing hand chasing an inside fastball after pitching himself toward his first win in seven starts, and the San Francisco Giants returned from a terrible road trip to beat the Washington Nationals 8-0 on Monday night. ... Tue, 21 May 2013 06:37:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2099418-giants-vogelsong-wins-injures-hand.html 2013-05-21T06:37:05Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2099416-marquis-wins-5th-straight-padres-beat-cards-4-2.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — At age 34, Jason Marquis is pitching as smart as ever. Marquis combined with four relievers on a four-hitter to win his fifth straight start, tying his career high, and Will Venable homered to lead the San Diego Padres to a 4-2 win against rookie Shelby Miller and the NL Central-leading St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night. ... Tue, 21 May 2013 06:11:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2099416-marquis-wins-5th-straight-padres-beat-cards-4-2.html 2013-05-21T06:11:45Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2099400-giants-rhp-vogelsong-breaks-hand-4-6-weeks.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Giants right-hander Ryan Vogelsong has broken his pitching hand while batting against the Washington Nationals. Vogelsong broke two bones along his pinkie and dislocated a knuckle in the same area when he fouled off a pitch in the fifth inning Monday night. He is scheduled for surgery Tuesday and expected to miss four to six weeks. ... Tue, 21 May 2013 06:03:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2099400-giants-rhp-vogelsong-breaks-hand-4-6-weeks.html 2013-05-21T06:03:04Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2099360-report-nps-hantavirus-response-policy.html YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommended on Monday that design changes to tent cabins and other privately run lodging first be reviewed by National Park Service officials. The report released by the Interior Department's Office of Inspector Gen... Tue, 21 May 2013 04:11:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2099360-report-nps-hantavirus-response-policy.html 2013-05-21T04:11:36Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2098568-teo-off-limits-to-media-maxim-party.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — Manti Te'o isn't hiding out. He's just not talking to the media. After being spotted attending a party thrown by the magazine Maxim last week in Hollywood, Te'o was back in San Diego at the Chargers second open session of organized team activities on Monday. For the second straight week, the former Notre Dame linebacker was barred from sp... Mon, 20 May 2013 23:59:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2098568-teo-off-limits-to-media-maxim-party.html 2013-05-20T23:59:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2098684-dad-dead-girl-hes-unsure-why-shot-up.html NORTH HIGHLANDS, Calif. (AP) — A devastated father said Monday he had no idea why gunmen targeted his house, firing a barrage of bullets that killed his 10-year-old daughter as she watched TV from a chair near a picture window. With his own wounded arm in a sling, Ernesto Campos came to look for his wallet in the house scarred by at least a dozen bullet h... Mon, 20 May 2013 23:06:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2098684-dad-dead-girl-hes-unsure-why-shot-up.html 2013-05-20T23:06:14Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2098776-curiosity-rover-drills-second-martian-rock.html PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NASA's Curiosity rover drills again. The space agency said Monday that Curiosity has bored a hole in a second rock and will transfer a pinch of powder to its onboard laboratories later this week for analysis. Sunday's drill was the first major activity by Curiosity since it emerged from a monthlong hiatus. The latest drill site was... Mon, 20 May 2013 21:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2098776-curiosity-rover-drills-second-martian-rock.html 2013-05-20T21:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2098604-education-department-3-waivers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced on Monday that three more states would join the ranks of those given permission to ignore parts of the federal No Child Left Behind law in favor of their own school improvement plans. The addition of Alaska, Hawaii and West Virginia brings to 37 the number of states operating outside the Bush-era... Mon, 20 May 2013 19:12:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2098604-education-department-3-waivers.html 2013-05-20T19:12:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2098230-democrats-strike-gop-voting-measures.html DENVER (AP) — In a bitter fight, Colorado Democrats recently muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until Election Day and still cast their ballots. It's the latest — and most substantial — development in a nationwide Democratic Party effort to strike back at two years of Republican success in pass... Mon, 20 May 2013 17:15:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2098230-democrats-strike-gop-voting-measures.html 2013-05-20T17:15:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2098202-los-angeles-jeweler-pleads-guilty-kpmg-case.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owner of a Los Angeles jewelry store pleaded guilty Monday for his role in an insider-trading case involving a former senior partner at accounting firm KPMG. Bryan Shaw, 52, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and was scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 16 when he faces a maximum of five years in prison. "In this guilty plea, Mr. ... Mon, 20 May 2013 17:08:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2098202-los-angeles-jeweler-pleads-guilty-kpmg-case.html 2013-05-20T17:08:16Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2097824-super-bowl-50-site-to-decided-tuesday.html BOSTON (AP) — Where the Super Bowl will celebrate a half-century of existence will be decided this week by NFL owners. They have two choices for the 50th anniversary game in 2016: the San Francisco Bay Area and South Florida. The 49ers' new stadium is being built and is scheduled to open for the 2014 season. With the NFL showing a penchant for bringing is... Mon, 20 May 2013 15:18:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2097824-super-bowl-50-site-to-decided-tuesday.html 2013-05-20T15:18:14Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2096312-trek-706m-falls-short-studio-hopes.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations. The latest voyage of the starship Enterprise fell short of its predecessor, 2009's "Star Trek," which opened with $75.2 million.... Mon, 20 May 2013 04:05:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2096312-trek-706m-falls-short-studio-hopes.html 2013-05-20T04:05:31Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2096606-us-gas-prices-up-11-cents-2-weeks.html CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 11 cents over the past two weeks. The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday says the price of a gallon of regular is $3.66. Midgrade costs an average of $3.84 a gallon, and premium is $3.98. Diesel held steady at $3.93 gallon. ... Mon, 20 May 2013 03:50:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2096606-us-gas-prices-up-11-cents-2-weeks.html 2013-05-20T03:50:36Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2096588-fate-la-pot-shops-left-to-voters.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that pot shops attract crime. Voters will head to the polls Tuesday to decide how Los Angeles should handle its high with three competing measures that seek to either limit ... Sun, 19 May 2013 20:27:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2096588-fate-la-pot-shops-left-to-voters.html 2013-05-19T20:27:29Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2095870-coutures-ot-goal-sharks-2-1-win-kings.html SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Kings are now the team bemoaning a late penalty while the San Jose Sharks celebrate a dramatic win. With the script being flipped from Game 2 in Los Angeles, the Sharks have played their way back into this second-round series against their Southern California rivals. Logan Couture returned from a second-period injur... Sun, 19 May 2013 05:28:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2095870-coutures-ot-goal-sharks-2-1-win-kings.html 2013-05-19T05:28:58Z