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Neighbors win surprise appeal for street-widening
Fears of extraordinary traffic congestion at Beulah Drive and Foothill Boulevard after Henry's Market takes over the former Sport Chalet store there turned what might have been a routine zoning hearing Monday night into an impromptu City Council traffic-...Tags: Science and Technology, Transportation, Arts and Culture, Road Transportation, Architecture
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Seventh hopeful eyes City Council seat
The number of people who have pulled papers to enter the race for three City Council seats that open next year has increased to seven, with political newcomer Jacqueline Harris entering a field of two incumbents and four other potential challengers....Tags: Elections, Environmental Pollution, Pharmaceuticals, Health and Medical Professionals, Local Elections
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Tea Party backs three in council race
With the Dec. 15 certification of seven candidates crowding the field for three La Cañada Flintridge City Council seats up for grabs in March, there hasn't been much time for hopefuls to communicate their platforms or for voters to make up their minds...Tags: Activism, Elections, Republican Party, Tea Party Movement, Local Elections
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Obama: Fatherhood and families
The Swampby Mark Silva The president's day starts with a prayer and closes with a joke - but in between, the president will be promoting the "importance of fatherhood.'' President Barack Obama's public day starts at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer......Tags: Government, National Government, Football, Barack Obama, Etan Thomas
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Gamble Rogers Folk Festival on tap this weekend in St. Augustine
Postcards from FloridaRalph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Loudon Wainwright III and Midwestern folk hero Greg Brown are among the featured acts at the 15th Annual Gamble Rogers Folk Festival, happening this weekend in St. Augustine. Per... -
Top 50 folkies of the last 50 years, one man's list
Change of SubjectRich Warren's 50 most significant singer-songwriters of folk in the last 50 years, in alphabetical order, as presented on last night's "Midnight Special" broadcast of WFMT-FM 98.7: 1. Ben Bedford (Lincolnâs Man) 2. Eric Bogle (And the Band Played... -
Padres Trail oak to be preserved
The La Cañada Flintridge City Council voted 5 to 0 Monday to uphold an appeal and preserve a heritage oak at 1240 Padres Trail that had been scheduled for removal.
The tree was one of five identified for extraction by the city's contracted arborist...Tags: Forests, Forestry and Timber, Natural Resources
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Just-announced concerts
Baltimore Sun reporterKISS at the Verizon Center on Oct. 13. Buckcherry will be the opening act. Tickets go on sale Aug. 29. 410-547-7328 or ticketmaster.com. Bruce Hornsby and The Noisemakers with The Wood Brothers (featuring Chris Wood of Medeski, Martin and Wood) at the...Tags: Lady Gaga, Tickets, Dave Mason, Kings of Leon (music group), John Waters
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Motorola's big hopes run into harsh realities
Tribune Media Services columnistLive by the handset, die by the handset. The Razr cell phone from Motorola Inc. was an enormous hit earlier this decade, but the public moved on and there has been no follow-up hit. The company's net income fell 94 percent in the third quarter....Tags: Death, Germany, Periodicals, Libertyville, Companies and Corporations
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The top 10 local stories
1 In what he described at its completion as "the transaction from hell," Chicago billionaire and motorcycle fan Sam Zell (pictured right) spearheaded the $8.2 billion deal to take media giant Tribune Co. private. Skeptics questioned whether banks would...Tags: Chicago Board of Trade, Entertainment, Marshall Field, 2016 Olympic Games, Companies and Corporations
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Motorola freezes pension plans, cuts co-CEOs' pay
Financially stressed Motorola Inc. disclosed plans to cut costs by cutting the pay of its co-CEOs and freezing its U.S. pension plans and ending its practice of matching employees' 401(k) contributions. The company didn't spell out how much money it...Tags: Employees, Companies and Corporations, Motorola, Inc., Retirement, Wages and Pensions
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Obama: 'We don't have moment to spare'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, summoning business leaders to the White House this morning to rally support for his $825-billion economic stimulus plan, made a public appeal for rapid congressional approval of the package. "When it comes to...Tags: Government, IBM, Heads of State, National Government, Timothy Geithner
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