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Public comment should matter in master plan
On Oct. 29, City Engineer Dan Rix remarked during a discussion with the Pasadena City Council that the environmental impact report (underway since Oct. 17, 2011 at a cost of $389,000) for the Hahamongna Multi-Use/Multi-Benefit Project will be restarted....Tags: Wildlife, Environmental Issues, Endangered Species
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Legislators praise their bills
With the annual deadline for signing legislation upon Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday, local state lawmakers this week claimed success in seeing several of their proposals become law. Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Caņada Flintridge), in his final...
Tags: Jerry Brown, Environmental Issues, California Department of Transportation, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
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Op-Ed: What the numbers really look like
Regarding a recent claim of “devastating reductions” to the Pasadena Unified School District: Over the three years from 2007-08 to 2010-11 that coincide with a national recession and fiscal crisis, our state base revenue did decrease by more...Tags: Teachers, Environmental Issues, Layoffs and Downsizing, Students, Consumers
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Critics oppose Hahamongna Park plan
Conservationists, disc golfers and other lovers of Hahamongna Watershed Park told Pasadena city officials Thursday night that they don't like a proposed $5.7-million renovation project at the 300-acre site above Devil's Gate Dam. City officials hope to...
Tags: Public Officials, Environmental Issues, Government, Science and Technology, The Salvation Army
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Plastic bag ban set to take effect Sunday
Nearly a year after it was adopted, Pasadena's ban on plastic bags takes effect July 1, bringing the city in line with a host of other California municipalities hoping to wean consumers off of single-use bags in favor of reusables. The ban will apply...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Crime, Law and Justice
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In Theory: Does the budget need a dose of morals?
Religion pervades government in America. It's evident in the debates on abortion, religious freedom, gay rights and a host of other topics. But now a Christian leader is arguing that religion needs to be inserted into the one area where it isn't...Tags: Values, Ethics, Abortion Issue, The Salvation Army, Christianity
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Smog-ology: Caltech professor wins environmental prize
The Los Angeles basin is home to some famously filthy air, and this month a leader in the study of air pollution added a carbon particle-tainted feather to his cap. John Seinfeld, a chemical engineering professor at Caltech, has been named one of two...
Tags: Ecosystems, Science, Global Change, Teachers, Environmental Issues
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Pasadena ponders adding energy board
Pasadena City Councilman Terry Tornek is used to casting multi-million-dollar votes, but when the council in July decided to spend tens of millions on renewable energy, he thought city leaders lacked the expertise they needed. He wants the city to form...Tags: Energy, Environmental Issues, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Energy Saving
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Clermont location is Goodwill Industries of Central Florida's first 'American-made' retail store
Goodwill Industries of Central Florida has opened its first "American-made" retail store and Job Connection Center at 1855 S. Grand Highway, Clermont. Completed in partnership with Winter Park-based Williams Company, roughly 98 percent of the...
Tags: Winter Park, Oncology, Highway Transportation, Natural Resources, Women's Health
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Oakland police struggle to rebuild — using fewer resources
OAKLAND — It was a quiet evening by this city's standards, and still the police emergency lines were lighting up. As screams rang out behind her, a caller said her neighbor was being beaten. A woman reported that a front door down the street had...
Tags: William Bratton, Environmental Issues, Layoffs and Downsizing, Laws, University of California, Berkeley
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Resources available for bullying victims
Staff WriterBy many measures, “James” is not an unusual child. The fifth-grader has a few friends, wants to get involved in school activities and has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. He’s also the victim of schoolyard...Tags: Education, Environmental Issues, Justice and Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups
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