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Photos from 60th annual Woodside Junior Rodeo

AlmanacNews.com @ July 5, 2010 # Comments Off

Here are photos from the 60th annual Woodside Junior Rodeo, held July Fourth at the Mounted Patrol Grounds in Woodside. The photos were submitted by Mark Lindberg.
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Local high school graduates off to West Point, Annapolis

AlmanacNews.com @ July 4, 2010 # Comments Off

Grace Hamilton reported Monday to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Kevin Flaherty began his “plebe summer” Thursday at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. But the two recent high school graduates, from Los Altos Hills and Atherton respectively, couldn’t be more different in the paths they took to their commissions in the nation’s elite military schools. ==B Photo:== Menlo School graduate Kevin Flaherty displays a Navy shirt outside his Atherton home. ==I Photo by Veronica Weber/Palo Alto Online.==
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Foothills home engulfed by blaze

AlmanacNews.com @ July 4, 2010 # Comments Off

A fire engulfed a home in the foothills across from Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve today, July 4, narrowly missing an outbreak into the surrounding wildlands. The fire broke out between noon and 1 p.m. The homeowner was at the scene, and no one appeared to have been injured. ==B Photos by Craig Dremann.==
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History lessons at Hornet’s holiday party

By Sean MaherThe Oakland Tribune @ July 4, 2010 # Comments Off

Visitors to a floating museum in Alameda learn about the ship’s roles in wars and astronaut rescues.

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Alameda, Contra Costa counties buck trend of summer lunch drop-off

By Matthias GafniContra Costa Times @ July 4, 2010 # Comments Off

Contra Costa and Alameda counties buck participation drop-off felt in state.

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Middle-aged man robs Menlo Park bank

AlmanacNews.com @ July 3, 2010 # Comments Off

A man estimated to be about 40 to 50 years old with gray hair robbed the Bank of the West branch at 900 Santa Cruz Ave. in downtown Menlo Park late Friday afternoon, police report.
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Closing arguments in Mehserle trial complete, deliberations begin

By Chris MetinkoOakland Tribune @ July 2, 2010 # Comments Off

The fate of the former BART police officer charged with the killing of an unarmed man at Oakland’s Fruitvale station Jan. 1, 2009, is now in the hands of a Los Angeles jury.

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Menlo Park Legends makes its move

AlmanacNews.com @ July 2, 2010 # Comments Off

Despite only having one full year under its belt, the Menlo Park Legends semi-pro baseball team is not curbing its expectations. ==B Photo:== David Klein takes a big rip at a pitch against the Norcal Longhorns on June 17 at Canada College as Daniel Johnston, Corey Zirbes, and Max Lautmann look on. ==I Photo by Michael Abramson.==
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Roadshow: Will higher tolls ease Bay Bridge commute?

By Gary Richards grichards@mercurynews.com @ July 2, 2010 # Comments Off

Readers debate whether congestion pricing will make any difference.

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Men face charges over theft of Alameda police motorcycle

By Peter HegartyStaff Writer @ July 2, 2010 # Comments Off

Bike used for training was stolen two years ago from storage unit

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