The registered voters of the Peninsula Health Care District received a mail-in ballot in early August that seeks a vote on Measure V, the agreement between the district and Mills-Peninsula Hospital Services to build a new community hospital. The site is district land at the El Camino/Trousdale location and meets seismic standards as mandated by state law.
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A six-language telephone survey of ethnic and immigrant minority parents in California released last Wednesday produced a refreshingly welcome debunking of patronizing stereotypes. Those stereotypes, promoted by both the state school establishment and by activists suing to block the high school exit exam, have set back education in California.
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It was good news indeed for the 150,000 passengers who ride Bay Area Rapid Transit trains underneath San Francisco Bay each weekday. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Wednesday released $2.9 million of Homeland Security funds to fix a vulnerability discovered last year in the 3.6-mile Transbay Tube.
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An interesting development took place in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict earlier this week, and almost no one noticed it or noted its impact. Last week, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced a unilateral cease-fire in the West Bank and Gaza, one that would put an end to rocket and missile attacks into Israel in order to pressure the Israelis to end its Gaza incursion and agree to a prisoner swap for kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
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Among the reasons to get excited about locating stem cell research in The City was the impetus it would give to researchers, both public and private, in advancing medical science. When California voters approved Proposition 71, which authorized a state-supported research institute, perhaps they knew — to give them appropriate credit — that the research energy they were unleashing would overcome nettlesome ethical issues.
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Contrary to the popular expression, cameras sometimes do lie. It doesn’t even take Photoshop mischief to incriminate an innocent person or exaggerate a wartime scene into outrageous propaganda, as some editors lately have learned as they passed on doctored images of the Lebanon war.On the other hand, some photography captures large truths about the human spirit, as San Franciscan Joe Rosenthal learned, 61 years ago, when he snapped his Speed Graphic shutter on five Marines and one Navy corpsman hoisting the American flag on Mount Suribachi.
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A necessity of responsible statecraft is to stay off political bandwagons, especially if you’re deluding yourself into thinking you’re driving one. Sometimes bandwagons seem to be powered by scientific consensus. They can be the most perilous of all.
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Police on Monday started investigating rumors of possibly fraudulent solicitations for money from a person or group working under the guise of a group trying to launch a charter school.Two Foster City Islander columns written this month by publisheremeritus Sam Felser and Councilwoman Pam Frisella report that a brochure soliciting donations is circulating in town, but no one has been able to locate an actual brochure or find out for sure if it exists, police Capt. Jon Froomin said.
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In August of 2004, Steven Petrilli turned 18. As far as the criminal justice system is concerned, he received a clean slate for his future criminal behavior.From Dec. 9, 2004, through June 5, 2006, Petrilli was arrested 12 times, charged with 18 felonies and 11 misdemeanors.In this period of 18 months, he served no more then 35 days in jail.
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The 19 most important transportation projects in the Bay Area are facing a $2.3 billion shortfall in construction costs, and the funding gap will continue growing larger as long as building expenses keep rising while the projects are delayed.Put at risk by the ongoing delays are such important projects as the new Muni Central Subway, the Transbay Terminal and the long-awaited electrification of Caltrain, which would all significantly enhance Bay Area transportation during the next 25 years.
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