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| Smart meters under fire |
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It was a hot summer in Bakersfield and Pacific Gas and Electric has raised rates twice in the past 13 months. It is the simple explanation PG&E has for why customers in the Central Valley have seen exorbitant rate increases in recent months. It is not, the company contends, due to smart mete... |
| By Bill Silverfarb |
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| Warming childrens’ holidays |
Four-year-old Camila Aurirra walked into the room with her mom, Erika, and went straight for the first stack of coats.
A lush, soft looking baby pink jacket was the first one her mother picked up. Camila’s 3-year-old brother Cesar watched as she placed the jacket on. It was a fit. She co... |
| By Heather Murtagh |
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| Accused lip-biting husband back from hospital |
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The 56-year-old South San Francisco man prosecutors say bit off his wife’s bottom lip after she called him a short man and shoved aside the teenage daughter who tried intervening has been found competent to stand trial by doctors at the state mental hospital where he’s been committed t... |
| By Michelle Durand |
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| Local food banks echo national need |
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The need at the Second Harvest food banks of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties echo the alarming picture of food insecurity painted by a national report released this week, according to food bank officials.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed that 49 million Americans lack consist... |
| Daily Journal Staff Report |
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| DA declines to charge rape |
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Citing insufficient evidence, the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office declined yesterday to file sexual assault charges against an 18-year-old man arrested Sunday on suspicion of attacking a woman in a South San Francisco motel bathroom.
Prosecutors carefully reviewed the case agai... |
| Daily Journal Staff Report |
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| BART shooting trial to be held Los Angeles County |
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OAKLAND— The trial of a white former San Francisco Bay Area transit officer charged in the killing of an unarmed black man will be moved to Los Angeles County because of extensive media coverage and other possible distractions to trial participants, a judge ruled Thursday.
The decision by A... |
| The Associated Press |
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| Government watch |
 State government
• State Assemblyman Ira Ruskin, D-Redwood City, received a 100 percent rating on the 2009 Scorecard for State Lawmakers released by the Consumer Federation of California.
The rating was based on what the federation called “consumer protection bills that affect our pock... |
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| Police reports |
| Screwy withdrawal
A man was seen tampering with an ATM with screwdrivers on Foster City Boulevard in Foster City before 4:37 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18.
Burlingame
Burglary. The window of a vehicle was smashed on the 100 block of Anza Boulevard before 7:16 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18.
Physical fight. S... |
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