OAKLAND, Calif. -- Former San Francisco Bay area Rep. Ellen Tauscher has been diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus. Tauscher, currently the State Department's top arms control official, informed her staff of the diagnosis last week.
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Failing charter schools across California could be shut down by the state Board of Education under a major policy shift aimed at ensuring that the alternative public schools fulfill their role as models of academic innovation. Dozens of the state's 850 or so... Charter school - Board of Education - Education - California - Public school
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Gillin offered legal insight and answered live questions in "Car Accident 101" presentation
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EventsEAST BAY East Bay SPCA "Fanciful Bunny," 11 a.m. Aug. 7 adoptions, 4-5 p.m. art reception. Buy a work of art and adopt a bunny. 4651 Gleason Drive, Dublin.
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More than a dozen religious leaders blocked Seventh Street in San Francisco before being arrested Wednesday evening in an act of civil disobedience during a rally for immigration reform.
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In a time when the economic recovery of the U.S. is being tested and many are waiting to see how President Obamas agenda for supporting small business will be assisted by Congress, the Innovation Tri-Valley organization commissioned Bedrock Dissero to conduct an accelerated assessment and planning effort to spark new growth in the Tri-Valley Region, a region in the East Bay that includes the ...
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Suddenly, everybody wants to know if the city manager is getting rich off their dime.
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In two weeks, Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul, will host a two-day retreat at a Mediterranean- style inn in Napa Valley, just down the street from the legendary French Laundry restaurant. The guests, as in years past, will include some of her biggest benefactors and some of the most prominent names in corporate California; often they are one and the same.
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ODC/Dance offers sampler Restaurants are not the only institutions with summer samplers. ODC/Dance in San Francisco is offering a summer sampler of contemporary dance performances with wine and hors d'oeuvres on the side. The kinetic sampler begins 6:30 p.m.... San Francisco - Contemporary dance - Dance - Arts - Performing Arts
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