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San Jose's Opportunity Fund gets $35 million in tax credits to ... - San Jose Mercury News border=

San Jose's Opportunity Fund gets $35 million in tax credits to … - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
The tax credits provide incentives for investors to fund developments — such as health care centers, housing or retail — in low-income communities that might otherwise be perceived as risky. Opportunity Fund serves Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco …

Chicago cop in fatal hit-and-run case: Bail set at $2 million - Chicago Tribune border=

Chicago cop in fatal hit-and-run case: Bail set at $2 million - Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune
By Jeremy Gorner | Tribune reporter Qiana Scott and Morris Upton, the aunt and grandfather of the 13-year-old old hit-and-run victim, walk to their cars following bond court at Cook County Criminal Courts.
FOXNews
Chicago Sun-Times
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Council members offer $11 million plan to stave off drastic San ... - San Jose Mercury News border=

Council members offer $11 million plan to stave off drastic San … - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
The city manager's proposed budget outlined drastic cuts including closing two fire stations and six community centers, reducing branch library hours to four days a week and eliminating park rangers and mounted police. a significant concession from …

$50 million for green job retraining - Detroit Free Press border=

$50 million for green job retraining - Detroit Free Press

Detroit Free Press
BY TODD SPANGLER • FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF • May 22, 2009 WASHINGTON — Hard-hit auto communities in Michigan and elsewhere will compete for $50 million in new funds set aside to retrain workers for jobs in new energy and green-technologies fields, …
The Detroit News
WTOL
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Stanford itunes U class at 1 million downloads - San Francisco Chronicle border=

Stanford itunes U class at 1 million downloads - San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chronicle,  USA
A Stanford programming class on developing for the iphone has recorded 1 million free downloads in just seven weeks of being offered on itunes U, Apple's free library of educational lectures and lessons. iphone Application Programming CS193P, …
San Francisco Chronicle

Historic San Jose ranch preserved in $16 million open space deal - San Jose Mercury News border=

Historic San Jose ranch preserved in $16 million open space deal - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
Animals such as mountain lions, bobcats, coyotes and blacktail deer roam miles looking for food and water, and if they are trapped in small parks surrounded by development, they lose genetic diversity. "So much land in the valley has been lost to …

Watsonville considers $1.2 million interest-free loan - Santa Cruz Sentinel border=

Watsonville considers $1.2 million interest-free loan - Santa Cruz Sentinel

Santa Cruz Sentinel, CA
But some on the council are asking whether it's worth loaning the money free of interest given that on the open market 29 of the 36 three-bedroom units now rent at less than redevelopment housing restrictions would allow. Only seven units would get a …

Mayor Has Spent $18.7 Million on Re-election Effort - New York Times border=

Mayor Has Spent $18.7 Million on Re-election Effort - New York Times

New York Times
By Michael Barbaro Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has already spent $18.7 million on his re-election campaign, far ahead of the staggering pace of his spending in the 2005, according to documents released Friday.
New York Daily News
The Business Insider
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Los Altos Hills offers to help pay for Los Altos' $150 million ... - San Jose Mercury News border=

Los Altos Hills offers to help pay for Los Altos' $150 million … - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
By Joshua Melvin Los Altos' mayor this week verbally accepted the Los Altos Hills Town Council's offer to help pay the city's proposed $150 million community complex. At the city council meeting Tuesday, Los Altos Mayor Megan Satterlee said she told …

Mountain View council tackles $6 million budget deficit, says ... - San Jose Mercury News border=

Mountain View council tackles $6 million budget deficit, says … - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga said she thinks the proposed preschool fee increases are reasonable compared to what other cities charge. The families who use the part-time program aren't typically low-income, she added.
Mountain View Voice