San Mateo will upgrade two fire stations that do not meet current earthquake standards, despite a shortage in the funds that were supposed to foot the bill.
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One thing Bay Area residents are known for is being ahead of the curve when it comes to adopting new and useful technology. So it has surprised many people that only 39 percent of Bay Area bridge commuters are using convenient FasTrak electronic toll payment, although the service was introduced seven years ago.This driver usage is barely half of the 75 percent regularly tallied by East Coast toll bridges and toll highways. So the latest attempt to put FasTrak transponder boxes into more commute cars will make the little transmitters available at all sorts of Bay Area retailers.
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The recent seizure of dozens of illegal slot machines, at what appears to be an otherwise legitimate business, highlights the seedier underside of California’s billion-dollar gambling industry, according to authorities.
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Japantown celebrated 100 years of history this weekend at the 39th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival, but looked forward to an uncertain future.
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California continues to display healthy signs of getting back onto its fiscal feet after nearly a half-decade of languishing under poor economic conditions and shortsighted budget management. The latest monthly statistics of the California Department of Finance disclose that state tax revenues for March were more than $900 million more than the governor’s budget forecast of $5 billion.
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Japantown celebrated 100 years of history this weekend at the 39th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival, but looked forward to an uncertain future.
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The recent seizure of dozens of illegal slot machines, at what appears to be an otherwise legitimate business, highlights the seedier underside of California’s billion-dollar gambling industry, according to authorities.
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Julie Chase, owner and founder of Chase Communications in San Francisco, has a lucky last name. She had worked in real estate for many years before she joined a public relations firm owned by a woman who happened to have her same last name. The firm, Lori Chase and Co., specialized in real estate. "We are completely unrelated but I ran with it and it opened a lot of doors for me," Chase recalls. "It gave me the opportunity to go out there and start building business for her. Inadvertently, I had quite a lot of credibility because of the last name."
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By Staff WriterIt’s been six months since Gov. Schwarzenegger signed the state’s anti-phishing law, but it doesn’t seem to be working. Oliver Friedrichs, director of emerging technologies for Symantec Security Response, reports he currently tracks 7.9 million phishing emails a day, an increase of 39 percent from 2005. Symantec Security is a unit of Symantec Corp. (SYMC), seller of the popular Norton security software.
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This home almost met its doom in the early 1980s when it was purchased by developers who intended to convert it to condominiums or demolish it to build multiple dwelling units. Fortunately the surrounding neighborhood intervened with protests and the home wassaved.
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Kids can get photo IDs to aid after disastersWells Fargo & Co. (WFC) is teaming up with Lifetouch’s SmileSafe Kids to offer free SmileSafe Kids identification cards that can help reunite children with parents in the event they are missing following a disaster. Children who attend the "1906 Expo" scheduled today through Monday at Pier 48 in San Francisco can get the cards, which were developed in partnership with The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.Bay Area Council takes new office space downtown
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California continues to display healthy signs of getting back onto its fiscal feet after nearly a half-decade of languishing under poor economic conditions and shortsighted budget management. The latest monthly statistics of the California Department of Finance disclose that state tax revenues for March were more than $900 million more than the governor’s budget forecast of $5 billion.
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By Justin JouvenalStaff WriterIt was a classic San Francisco showdown Friday: spandex versus ties, mohawked punks against art matrons, drivers taking on bicyclists.
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With all the rain continuing to pour down upon us, indoor activities in the 49-acre Wood have become even more important. And some events you look forward to regardless of the weather. One little get-together is the luncheon know as "The Monday Group." Hosted by Chris Boskin, Diana Dalton, Grace Prien and Gretchen Leach, the gathering at the back of the Big Four is one of the more entertaining salons around. Smart people and a hard audience to keep.
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In the wake of scandals in San Jose and San Carlos involving government contracts and allegations of misuse of public funds, county supervisors are considering requiring top officials to get ethics training.The two-hour training session for about 100 people would be administered and paid for by the County Counsel’s Office once every two years. It would include advice on the sometimes sticky topics of conflicts of interest and bribery, gifts, travel reimbursements, financial disclosure, open meetings and records laws and nepotism, according to officials.
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