East Palo Alto Gunshot Detection Technology Triggers Controversy
Over 50 U.S. cities, including East Palo Alto, now use gunshot detection and location technology in neighborhoods known for gun violence.
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Congresswoman with close ties to Toyota in recalls Investigation committee
California – A congressional committee investigating Toyota’s nationwide recall includes a congresswoman who owns a chunk of shares in the company and owes much of her personal wealth to a family owned auto-accessories manufacturing outfit that supplies the embattled automaker. Democratic Representative Jane Margaret Lakes Harman also represents Torrance, the district in California where Toyota
Fremont firefighters beef up background checks
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Environmental Law: Development Impediment or Protective Measure?
The California Legislature created the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in 1970 to protect the increasingly vulnerable environment from potentially damaging development projects. More recently, developers and environmentalists each have conflicting issues with the laws. California environmentalists have long celebrated the enactment of CEQA as a measure to ensure that developers do their part to
1st Street in Los Altos Gets a Makeover
Los Altos City Council will vote on Feb. 9 to approve plans to revitalize 1st Street. Although construction is not scheduled until 2012, shop owners wonder if their stores will survive construction. And cycling advocates wish there’d be a bike lane.
Georgia senator’s bills show allegiance is to special interests
PALO ALTO – Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson’s committee assignments range from Commerce, Science and Transportation to Foreign Relations, but 22 per cent of the bills he sponsors have more to do with the interests of his top campaign contributor – real estate.
Santa Clara Unified Slashes Jobs
SANTA CLARA—Santa Clara U.S.D. will lay off 60 teachers on March 15 as it struggles to balance its $130 million budget after the Nov. 3 defeat of ballot Measure C, a parcel tax that could have prevented education cuts in the next academic year.
Only Shelter for Mentally Ill Will Face Cuts
SAN JOSE – Santa Clara County will cut more than $220,000 from Innvision’s Julian Street Inn, San Jose – the only facility in the county that provides emergency shelter to the mentally ill.
The $220,000 represents a 10 percent cut of Innvision’s $10.6 million budget, which the non-profit shelter relies on to serve aproximately 24 thousand homeless people on the Peninsula.
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