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...addition the group met with a local architect, construction companies, and real estate agents to discuss potential options and plans for the physical building including the proposed acquisition of 45 Mt. Auburn...
...even with federal assistance, the California fiscal crisis - and in particular July's $1.9 billion raid on local government finances to help balance the state budget - could threaten the system of mutual aid between fire departments across the state. For example, several fire departments in northern California went south to help out with the Angeles National Forest blaze. As the fire season continues, however, budget cutbacks may force some local fire departments to stop participating in mutual aid. "Local agencies may have no choice but to hold back. A fire department's first responsibility is to protect the home front...
...panel installers, we spent some time back at his office, where he addressed a visiting youth group, troubled kids, about the importance of staying in school and the new opportunities that might be available - if they could seize them. Then we went to an Oakland community meeting at a local church, where Jones gave a talk that was half-sermon, half economic brief, on the coming green jobs revolution. Next we crossed the bay to San Francisco's gilded city hall, where Jones received an award from the Full Circle Fund, a philanthropic organization founded by Silicon Valley's wealthy...
Spaniards are reveling in their princess' new status as fashion icon. "She has done more for Spanish fashion in the past five years than decades of catwalks and advertisements," writes Maria Jose Iglesias, a journalist whose columns appear in regional papers throughout Spain. The local edition of Elle magazine agrees; in May it ran a special issue on Letizia, declaring her "the best ambassador of Spanish fashion...
...placed on a public registry and barred from living or working within 1,000 ft. of a school or a child-care center anywhere in the U.S., Cambodian authorities were not notified when Sporich relocated to Phnom Penh in 2006. Sporich was arrested after an investigation by a local agency - Action Pour Les Enfants-Cambodia - alleged that he had lured three Cambodian boys ages 9 to 12 to his home with toys and candies. Court documents state that Sporich also enticed them by dropping Cambodian currency in the street as he rode along on a motorbike...