High-speed rail's coming battle: Powerful land owners - OCRegister

5 February 2012, 12:05 am

High-speed rail's coming battle: Powerful land ownersOCRegisterThe proposed California High-Speed Rail would require a lot of land, meaning thousands of California families and businesses will have to move if the project is ever built. At completion, the project calls for 800 miles of track cros... Read More »

In Your Town: Public meetings across Marin for week of Feb. 6, 2012 - Marin Independent-Journal

4 February 2012, 10:01 pm

In Your Town: Public meetings across Marin for week of Feb. 6, 2012Marin Independent-JournalCutbacks in federal community development grants will be at issue when county supervisors meet for a "workshop" session in Room 324A at 9 am Tuesday at the Marin Civic Center. The county board will then meet ... Read More »

Professor's expertise in serpent handling paved way for Animal Planet documentary - Chattanooga Times Free Press

4 February 2012, 9:09 pm

Chattanooga Times Free PressProfessor's expertise in serpent handling paved way for Animal Planet documentaryChattanooga Times Free PressHood appears on-screen only during the first episode, but he said he helped facilitate interactions between the serpent handlers and Dan Sexton Media, a Corte ... Read More »

Sacred Spaces religion briefs for the week of Feb. 4, 2012 - Marin Independent-Journal

4 February 2012, 6:25 am

Sacred Spaces religion briefs for the week of Feb. 4, 2012Marin Independent-JournalWorship services are at 9 and 11 am at Marin Lutheran Church at 649 Meadowsweet Drive in Corte Madera. Call 924-3782 or go to www.marin lutheran.com. • Worship service is at 9 am at the Point Reyes Community Presbyt... Read More »

Big band dance planned for Corte Madera - Marin Independent-Journal

3 February 2012, 10:07 am

Big band dance planned for Corte MaderaMarin Independent-JournalThe Corte Madera Parks and Recreation Department will hold a big band dance from 8 to 10 pm Feb. 8 at the community center, 498 Tamalpais Drive. The event is free, and light refreshments will be offered. For information, call 927-5072.... Read More »

Houlding Precision Firearms aims for success - ABC30.com

2 February 2012, 10:24 pm

ABC30.comHoulding Precision Firearms aims for successABC30.comMADERA, Calif. (KFSN) -- A new business in Madera is aiming for success by selling custom made guns. The owner of Houlding Precision Firearms comes from a long line of Madera farmers. But now he's set his sights on a new goal, and is ... Read More »

Disabled made part of society - Contra Costa Times

2 February 2012, 8:28 pm

Disabled made part of societyContra Costa TimesForty years ago, a young, developmentally disabled man like Victor Rodriguez might have been kept isolated and away from the community. At the Van Nuys Courthouse where he works as an intern in the Clerk's Office, documents and case files would have... Read More »

Earnings double for Central Valley Community Bank - Central Valley Business Times

1 February 2012, 2:08 pm

Long Island Business NewsEarnings double for Central Valley Community BankCentral Valley Business TimesNet income nearly doubled in 2011 over 2010 for Central Valley Community Bancorp (NASDAQ: CVCY) of Fresno, parent company of Central Valley Community Bank, it says Wednesday. Unaudited consolidated... Read More »

New site in Town Park proposed for Corte Madera community garden - Marin Independent-Journal

26 January 2012, 4:45 pm

New site in Town Park proposed for Corte Madera community gardenMarin Independent-JournalBy Jessica Bernstein-Wax A group that has been working for more than a year to set up a community garden in Corte Madera's Town Park has returned with a proposal for a new site to house the plots. The Corte ... Read More »

Madera man killed by a pick-up truck ID'd - ABC30.com

24 January 2012, 10:09 pm

ABC30.comMadera man killed by a pick-up truck ID'dABC30.comMADERA, Calif. (KFSN) -- North Valley police officers have identified a Madera man killed by a pick-up truck Monday night. They say the driver didn't see 79-year-old Joe Jung Chan walking on Adell near Owens Street. A community is gr... Read More »

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