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East Palo Alto closer to getting supermarket - San Mateo County Times border=

East Palo Alto closer to getting supermarket - San Mateo County Times

San Mateo County Times, CA
Those in yellow T-shirts favored San Jose-based Mi Pueblo Food Center's application, while those in white T-shirts opposed the store. Groups of children sat on the floor and, at one point, the crowd spilled into the lobby. Smaller grocers have said …
Palo Alto Online

A tour of Santa Clara County urban farms - San Jose Mercury News border=

A tour of Santa Clara County urban farms - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
"We think it's important to preserve the remnants of our agricultural heritage," says Committee for Green Foothills Executive Director Cynthia D'Agosta, who grew up gardening and cooking with her Italian immigrant grandparents in Vallejo and as a …

Hanson cement plant topic of county meeting tonight - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
Santa Clara County's planning office is scheduled to hold a community meeting tonight to give residents an update on air-quality issues and state and federal plans to monitor mercury emissions at Lehigh Hanson Cement Plant and the Permanente Quarry in …

Officials Explain Plans for San Leandro Hospital Eden, county ... - SanLeandroTimes.com border=

Officials Explain Plans for San Leandro Hospital Eden, county … - SanLeandroTimes.com

SanLeandroTimes.com, CA
Dr. Eric Snoey, who is the ACMC vice-chair of emergency medicine, said that the urgent care center would take care of the majority of San Leandro's ER needs and the more serious cases could be transferred. Broken bones, small cuts, cold and flu make up …

Prosecutors drop meth charge against 74-year-old Burlingame woman - San Mateo County Times border=

Prosecutors drop meth charge against 74-year-old Burlingame woman - San Mateo County Times

San Mateo County Times, CA
She wore dark sunglasses in the courtroom and brought along a Seeing Eye dog, because she'd had cataract surgery a few days before the trial, he said. "When people think of meth users, they don't think of a 74-year-old woman with a Seeing Eye dog, …

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
This development would include affordable senior housing, retail stores and a public square. Financing issues have set the project back, Chappelle said, but the city is giving the developer time to work those out. If approved, Mirabella would generate …

COUNTY OFFICIALS DISPUTE FATE OF OLD LIBRARY SITE - San Leandro Times

San Leandro Times,  United States
County Redevelopment officials indicated they had intended to purchase the site for housing, an idea that did not sit well with County Planning Commissioner and local businessman Ken Carbone who said, “Housing is not the solution. …

Bucks County 'abduction mom' released on bail - Philadelphia Inquirer border=

Bucks County 'abduction mom' released on bail - Philadelphia Inquirer

Philadelphia Inquirer
The Feasterville mother who this week falsely claimed that she and her 9-year-old daughter had been kidnapped was released on bail this evening.
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County fire doing controlled burn in hills above Los Gatos - San Jose Mercury News border=

County fire doing controlled burn in hills above Los Gatos - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
By Mark Gomez The plumes of smoke that may be visible in the hills near San Jose and Los Gatos are the result of a training exercise being performed today by the Santa Clara County Fire department, according to fire officials. …

Costly mistake: Santa Clara County open space agency to pay... - San Jose Mercury News border=

Costly mistake: Santa Clara County open space agency to pay… - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
The agency also plans to set up a toll-free phone number and Web site by the end of next month. And it plans to use county assessor's records, and vast databases run by the US Postal Service and Lexis-Nexis, to help track down former landowners who …