08/21/09 Lompoc residents have a new mayor, following the city council's decision to appoint a current councilman. Mike Siminski was appointed by the city council in a three to one vote. Siminiski will be sworn in on September 1st. 08/21/09 A Eureka man was thrown from his motorcycle this morning after a car he was passing turned left in front of him as they both were headed west on Highway 299 just west of the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area visitor center. Charles Steen, 39, suffered moderate injuries, cuts and bruises in the 11:20 a.m. crash, said officer George Luce of the California Highway Patrol. He was listed in fair ... 08/21/09 Skipper Eddie Rodriguez veteran of 2000 gold medal-winning Olympic staff 08/21/09 Contra Dance: Greasy Strings Band with Richard Hopkins calling. No partner or experience necessary. 7:30-10:30 p.m. $7 adults, $5 students/seniors. Tallahassee Senior Center, 1400 N. Monroe St. 891-4000. 08/21/09 THE SAN FRANCISCO Bay Bombers will celebrate their September return to the Cow Palace for the first time in 26 years with an event at 4 p.m. on Aug. 29 at Lefty's Baseball Cards in Burlingame. 08/21/09 DR. BRENT MOELLEKEN, a noted plastic surgeon, has opened a practice in Bakersfield. Double-certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery, Moelleken was trained at Harvard, Yale, UCLA and the University of California, San Francisco. He has been featured in numerous national television shows. He maintains offices in Beverly Hills and Santa Barbara. 08/21/09 SAN DIEGO, Aug. 21 / Christian Newswire / -- Kathy Villalobos was a dance teacher for two San Diego Public Middle Schools. For five years she taught young teens how to dance. One day in class she played a song to her students that had the name "Christ" in it. Within five days, she was fired. 08/20/09 In many different ways, the residents of Orange Cove and Reedley are helping out the Salazar family after the loss of their five children. 08/21/09 A Norte?o gang member was arrested Thursday after a high-speed chase that began in Earlimart, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department reported. 08/21/09 An traffic stop in Earlimart turned into a high speed pursuit and ended with a crash into a parked California Highway Patrol car on Thursday. 08/21/09 Internal RPD probe is launched into crashes A California Highway Patrol investigation into a Redding police investigator's Aug. 4 car wreck has determined that failed brakes did not cause the crash, CHP officer Pete Roach said. Redding police Investigator Rob Wilson was involved in a single-car crash on the Highway 44 onramp toward downtown. Wilson reportedly told rescuers that the brakes on ... 08/21/09 A mentally ill man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted one woman and tried to do the same to three others in the South Bay was sentenced Friday to more than four life terms. RELATED LINKS: » BLOG: Keep up to date with South Bay crime and court news » BLOG: Track South Bay court cases » South Bay crime stats | 
