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Solemn celebration
The city of La Cañada was awash in red, white and blue last weekend as thousands of foothill residents turned out to participate in the 37th annual Memorial Weekend Fiesta Days celebration.
"We don't have attendance figures yet," said Fiesta Days...Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Veterans Affairs, French Toast, Holidays, State Farm Insurance
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Keeping an eye on the primaries
As voters prepare to head to the polls for Tuesday's primary election, Crescenta-Cañada political watchdogs are predicting few surprises in local races. La Cañada resident and state Assemblyman Anthony Portantino is running unopposed for the Democratic...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senate, Bars and Clubs, Primaries
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Favorites reign in local primaries
Local primary races for state and federal legislators resulted in few surprises Tuesday, as incumbents from both sides of the aisle received their parties' nods for the November general election. Rep. David Dreier (R-San Dimas) defeated Mark Butler in...Tags: Dave Wilcox, University of California, Primaries, Politics, Elections
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Health-care TV ad wars underway
The Swampby Mark Silva In the roiling mix of political crosswinds that may come to characterize the 2009-2010 elections -- in which a Republican quit one congressional race to campaign for the winning Democrat, and in which the president's party was......Tags: Jim Gerlach, Elton Gallegly, Charlie Dent, Vic Snyder, Fred Upton
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Schiff supports inquiry of Station fire-related call
Rep. Adam Schiff on Tuesday backed a federal probe into taped recordings of a U.S. Forest Service call center that included the period of the Station fire. The recent discovery of the taped calls came days before Schiff is scheduled to convene an Aug....Tags: Forestry and Timber, Forests, Judy Chu, Natural Resources, Adam Schiff
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Station fire panel postponed
A congressional panel scheduled for Tuesday in Pasadena on the firefighting problems during the devastating Station fire has been postponed while lawmakers return to Washington D.C. for a special session on jobs-related legislation. House Speaker...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Forests, Judy Chu, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws
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Sound wall design funds on the way
La Cañada Flintridge will solidify in the coming weeks an agreement with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that will allow the city to spend an estimated $2.8 million in Measure R funding to design 21 segments of sound wall, according to a city...Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Road Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Transportation
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Webliography: `Deem and pass.'
Change of SubjectSelected readings on the "deem and pass" issue. In the last Congress that Republicans controlled, from 2005 to 2006, Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier used the self-executing rule more than 35 times, and was no stranger to the concept of...... -
Reversal of fortune: House approves $700-billion bailout bill
WASHINGTON -- The House today approved a $700-billion financial rescue plan -- sweetened by $110 billion in tax cuts -- on a 263-171 vote four days after rejecting it in a move that stunned both Wall Street and Washington. "We've made this bill better,"...Tags: Small Businesses, Entertainment, Howard Coble, Economy, Business and Finance, George W. Bush
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Boehner to Dem. rank and file: Join us
The Swampby Matthew Hay Brown The recent exchange of letters between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader John Boehner occasioned by the debate over drilling has been typical for the two leaders when they have been divided over an issue.......Tags: Eric Cantor, Kay Granger, Lower House, Environmental Issues, George W. Bush
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House approves bailout: $700-billion-plus
The Swampby Mark Silva With the House's second and successful vote on a $700-billion federal rescue of the nation's financial markets today, the economic challenge facing the next Congress and president is only starting to reveal its dimensions on Capitol Hill.......Tags: Business Institutions, Mortgages, John McCain, Economy, Business and Finance, George W. Bush
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Obama tells GOP to forgo politics
The Swampby Frank James Rep. David Dreier (R-Calif) is on the House floor and has given an early readout of President Barack Obama's private meeting with House Republicans as he attempts to get their support for his $825 billion economic stimulus......Tags: Government, Jim McGovern, Republican Party, National Government, Politics
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