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Richard C. Paddock

San Francisco Correspondent

An award-winning reporter, Richard was based in Moscow, Jakarta and San Francisco for the Los Angeles Times. He has reported from Iraq, Bosnia, Burma and 45 other countries.

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A Christmas Exchange: Swapping Services for Gifts

posted: 4 days 13 hours ago

SAN FRANCISCO (Dec. 23) -- Graphic designer David Torme went on a Christmas shopping spree at a gift fair in Santa Rosa this month, acquiring $1,500 worth of jewelry, leather coats, scarves, fine win ...

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Merry Hyatt, Crusader for Christmas Carols

posted: 5 days 15 hours ago

SAN FRANCISCO (Dec. 22) -- Attention, all ye faithful: Merry Hyatt has a plan to bring Christmas carols into the lives of school children. The substitute teacher in Redding, Calif., says she is tired ...

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Military Impostors Are Neither Few Nor Proud

posted: 13 days 10 hours ago

(Dec. 14) -- Steven Douglas Burton wore the Marine Corps uniform proudly. He had rows of medals, including a prestigious Navy Cross, a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. He posted a photo of himself in ...

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California Man: Why Not Ban Divorce, Too?

posted: 18 days 13 hours ago

(Dec. 9) -- Californians have already banned same-sex marriage. But why stop there? John Marcotte says let's ban divorce, too. The married father of two has been circulating a California ballot initi ...

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Gambler Who Lost Millions Wants Some Debt Forgiven

posted: 19 days 14 hours ago

SAN FRANCISCO (Dec. 8) -- Terrance Watanabe sometimes got so high on painkillers and alcohol in Las Vegas that he walked into doors and passed out at the gaming tables. The Omaha philanthropist consu ...

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Clash Between BART Officer and Suspect Caught on Tape

posted: 34 days 16 hours ago

(Nov. 23) - The Bay Area Rapid Transit system, which has been under fire since a transit officer was videotaped killing an unarmed passenger early this year, faces renewed controversy from a video th ...

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Drastic Tuition Increase Roils California Campuses

posted: 38 days 1 hour ago

BERKELEY (Nov. 20) -- The well-regarded University of California, facing sharp cuts in public funding, has enacted one of the steepest fee increases in its history, jeopardizing its ability to provid ...

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Bankruptcy, Scandal Have California Town Reeling

posted: 39 days 12 hours ago

SAN FRANCISCO (Nov. 18) -- Farmers in the Eel River Valley dairy lands of Northern California looked up to Rich Ghilarducci. He ran the Humboldt Creamery, a thriving cooperative that increasingly pus ...

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Palin Billboard Fight 'a Crusade' for Rights

posted: 45 days 14 hours ago

(Nov. 12) -- Alan Herson and his son, Jeffrey, have been fighting for years for the right to build billboards in Western states. Jeffrey Herson runs commercial billboard companies. His father, an att ...

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Another Health Care Vote Heads to Washington

posted: 53 days 7 hours ago

SAN FRANCISCO (Nov. 4) -- California Lt. Gov. John Garamendi flew to Washington, D.C., today to add another job description to his lengthy political resume: Democratic member of Congress. A former st ...

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