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  • A passenger rides a Bay Area Rapid Transit train Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, in Oakland, Calif.
  • The Bay Area Rapid Transit line is running Wednesday after a potential transit strike was averted for the third straight day.
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  • California inmates are seen in this undated file photo.
  • The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal to stop the early release of thousands of California prison inmates.
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  • Former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner appears at an arraignment hearing on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013.
  • Former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has pleaded guilty to charges of felony false imprisonment and misdemeanor battery.
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  • A man enters the Lake Merritt BART station Monday, Oct. 14, 2013, in Oakland, Calif.
  • Gridlock is brewing in San Francisco, as two major transit agencies teetered on the brink of commute-crippling strikes.
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  • People await the BART in this undated file photo.
  • San Francisco trains are running after the transit agency and unions agreed to extend contract talks to avoid a strike.
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  • The Forty-Niners new stadium project is seen Monday Oct. 14, 2013, in Santa Clara, Calif.
  • A delivery truck driver was killed while unloading rebar at the new San Francisco 49ers showcase stadium in Santa Clara.
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  • Gene Penaflor is seen in the hospital surrounded by his family. He was lost for 19 days in the Mendocino National Forest before he was found Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013.
  • A 72-year-old man says he survived 19 days lost in the wilderness by eating lizards, frogs and squirrels.
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  • People await the BART in this undated file photo.
  • Bay Area Rapid Transit's two largest unions announced they won't walk off the job to allow one more day of negotiations.
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  • The roof of the El Castell Motel in Monterey, Calif., where a door from a small plane landed is seen in this October 2013 photo.
  • A door that fell off a small plane has been found on a Monterey motel roof.
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  • Californias EBT card is seen in this undated file photo.
  • Food stamp debit cards are functioning properly again after they stopped working due to a systems failure Saturday.
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  • Tony Seau, the youngest brother of late San Diego Chargers star Junior Seau, has died of an apparent heart attack.
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  • Lynne Spalding is seen in this undated file photo. Her body was found in a rarely-used stairwell at San Francisco General Hospital Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, 17 days after she was reported missing from her hospital room.
  • Investigators have ruled out foul play in the death of a woman found in a stairwell at a San Francisco hospital.
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  • BART lead negotiator Thomas P. Hock, right, talks with members of the media as he enters Caltrans offices during negotiations with BART management and union members on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013 in Oakland, Calif.
  • Talks are in store all weekend long for negotiators for San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit and two unions.
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  • A person is seen shooting a firearm in this undated file photo.
  • Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed several gun control bills, including one that would have banned assault weapons.
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  • Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Thursday that will allow six community colleges to offer pricy intersession courses.
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  • People await the BART in this undated file photo.
  • The Bay Area Rapid Transit system is running trains Friday after unions and management agreed to continue labor talks.
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  • People await the BART in this undated file photo.
  • The Bay Area Rapid Transit labor dispute has not been settled as the final day of a cooling-off period arrived Thursday.
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  • Gov. Brown signed a bill to let nurse practitioners, certified midwives and physician assistants to perform early abortions.
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  • Dennis Adamson, 24, is seen in an undated booking photo.
  • A serial robbery suspect has finally been caught after he allegedly robbed at least 15 banks and stores all over California.
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  • Sure there have been some glitches, but just how successful has the launch of Covered California really been? Covered California is the state's version of the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as "Obamacare."
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  • California Gov. Jerry Brown appears in this undated file photo.
  • In recent days, Gov. Jerry Brown has signed several bills expanding rights and protections for illegal immigrants.
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  • An HIV testing facility is seen in this undated file photo.
  • Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill Saturday that improves HIV testing efforts across the state.
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  • California Gov. Jerry Brown appears in this undated file photo.
  • Governor Jerry Brown has signed eight immigration-related bills into law including the Trust Act.
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  • Robert Preece, brother of Jonathan Denver, a Dodgers fan who was stabbed after a Giants game in September 2013, is seen in this undated file photo.
  • The brother of Jonathan Denver, the Dodgers fan who was fatally stabbed after a Giants game last week, is speaking out.
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  • Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill granting drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants in California Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013.
  • Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill granting driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants in California Thursday.
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  • Thursday marked day three of open enrollment in the Covered California health insurance exchange.
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  • The Federal Aviation Administration says an Asiana Airlines plane crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, July 6, 2013.
  • A firefighter may be criminally charged in the death of a teen killed by a fire truck after the Asiana Airlines crash.
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  • The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is shown during the second day of the partial government shutdown on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013.
  • It's the second day of the government shutdown and the Southland's national parks and tourist spots are feeling the effects.
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  • Planes fly overhead during the annual Miramar Air Show in this 2009 file photo.
  • The Miramar Air Show has been canceled as a result of the government shutdown, military officials announced.
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  • An aerial view of Camp Pendleton is seen in this undated file photo.
  • The federal government shutdown has closed all non-essential operations at Camp Pendleton, affecting 1,200 employees.
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  • A student is shown writing in this undated file photo.
  • Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill ending the traditional standardized tests used by public school students since 1999.
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  • A person is seen typing on a laptop computer in this undated file photo.
  • California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill into law making an act known as 'revenge porn' a misdemeanor offense.
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  • Yosemite National Park is seen in this undated file photo.
  • Parts of the federal government have shut down for the first time in nearly 20 years. See how it affects SoCal.
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  • The University of California, Berkeley had to shut down Monday evening after an explosion and fire in an underground electrical vault on the campus.
  • UC Berkeley had to shut down Monday after an explosion and fire in an underground electrical vault on campus.
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  • State officials say rampant truancy could cost California billions of dollars in increased crime and poverty.
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education, economy, lausd, california news, miriam hernandez
  • A SpaceX rocket carrying a Canadian satellite launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013.
  • A SpaceX rocket carrying a Canadian satellite intended to track space weather launched from the California coast Sunday.
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