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Report blasts supervisor appointment - San Mateo Daily Journal

San Mateo Daily Journal
Carole Groom should not have been appointed to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors in 2008, according to a civil grand jury report released yesterday. …
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Coast Lines: June 15, 2009 - San Jose Mercury News border=

Coast Lines: June 15, 2009 - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
Harbor High students and teachers raised $265 to buy postage for 60 pounds of excess library books they collected to send to a school in Leones, Argentina. During the fall, two teachers from Argentina visited Harbor on a Fulbright Administrator …

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Franklin students top Burlingame spelling bee - San Mateo County Times

San Mateo County Times, CA
Barbara Daley, a library support specialist, was given a Classified Employee of the Year award from California community colleges groups. She has served the San Mateo County Community College District for nearly 24 years. She is a founding member of …

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Sunnyvale library featuring special screening of residents' stories - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
At 3 pm on June 20, the recorded stories of local residents will be available for viewing during a special screening at the Sunnyvale Public Library. The library, in partnership with the Sunnyvale Historical Society, has digitally recorded and …

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Literary calendar for week of June 14 - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
3 pm Pegasus Books Downtown — 2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. 510-649-1320. Today: A Conversation on Radical Parenting, Tomas Moniz. 5 pm Tuesday: "White Light White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day by Day," Richie Unterberger, 7:30 pm Towne Center Books …

Foster City school district seeks land to build campus amid rapid ... - San Mateo County Times border=

Foster City school district seeks land to build campus amid rapid … - San Mateo County Times

San Mateo County Times, CA
At Audubon School, the crowding could reduce the library time for each class so at least every student has a chance to go there, parent Jennifer Robinson said. Robinson also lamented that Audubon can no longer do full school assemblies because the …

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Layoffs coming to San Mateo - San Mateo Daily Journal

San Mateo Daily Journal, CA
The council held a hearing on the budget last night and most members of the public who spoke out on the cuts urged the council not to reduce library hours and to not reduce recreation services at the Joinville Pool. The pool currently operates year …

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Track & field shine at state championship - La Voz Weekly

La Voz Weekly, CA
"We start the second day of quarter," Mattis said, "the first day is for them to get their books and classes." Track meets began February 6 with the Coast Conference Preview at West Valley College, where the women finished first and the men second. …

Deja Vu? Villaraigosa, TV reporter seen at Larchmont bookstore - Los Angeles Times border=

Deja Vu? Villaraigosa, TV reporter seen at Larchmont bookstore - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times, CA
Sue Otto, who owns the bookstore, said the two were looking over books displayed outside the store before walking in together. “He's been in before, but I didn't recognize her,'' Otto told The Times. Authors Elizabeth Ford and Daniela Drake were …
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Google Eyes Amazon, Prepares To Sell E-Book Access - Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal
By Scott Morrison Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)–Google Inc. (GOOG) on Monday confirmed that it plans to launch a program that will let publishers sell digital versions of their books directly to consumers, a step that would thrust …
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