Where Most Needed (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
A New York Times article about the impact of California regulation of food sales during school hours draws widespread scorn. "Don't mess with the bake sale fund raiser" was the most common response to a recent article in the New...
Wordsmith.org: Today's Word (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
A Compendium of Feedback on the Words featured in A.Word.A.Day
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Construction can go forward at the embattled beavers' dam in Martinez, a judge ruled this afternoon. Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Barbara Zuniga denied beaver advocates' request to halt the city's plan to reinforce the banks of Alhambra Creek,...
The scottish make-up artist (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Well it has been a while since I have written up on this and thought I should and could now update you all as to my actions. My dear old friend (and frankly one of the best actresses I know) Carolyn Jones or CJ as I have always known her, got in touch and asked me if I could help her out and teach a class for lothian council. How could I refuse?! The class was small in terms of students but I did have...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
RICHMOND, Va. - Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company (NYSE:HRH), one of the world’s largest insurance and risk management intermediaries, announced that at a special shareholders meeting held today, its shareholders overwhelmingly approved the merger with Willis Gro
new A's ballpark (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Carolyn Jones, who has recently covered the A's stadium beat, has her sights set slightly north in her new article . This time the stadium in question is Cal's Memorial Stadium, which as longtime Bay Area residents know, sits smack-dab on top of the Hayward Fault. Lost in all the hubbub about the new, adjacent athletic training center and the oak grove that it is displacing, is the sobering fact that...
denialism blog (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
The nerve! Carolyn Jones of the Chronicle reports : In their most recent demand, the tree-sitters said they would come down if the university gives $6 million to environmental and Native American groups, creates a public committee on campus land use and allows protesters to use the stump from the oldest tree in the grove, which protesters dubbed "Grandma," for a Native American drum. The university...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Law enforcement officers who made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting Utah's communities will have a memorial officially dedicated on the west grounds of the Capitol in their honor today.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Carolyn Jones A federal judge granted the city of Vallejo bankruptcy protection on Friday, ruling against the city's employee unions. Judge Michael McManus, chief judge with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Sacramento, said in a 52-page ruling that the city met...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
A judge today said she would rule "promptly" on UC Berkeley's plan to build a sports training facility in an oak grove next to Memorial Stadium. Almost a year after the trial began, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Barbara Miller said during a brief...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 17/08/2008
A man found dead in a Vallejo home with a woman has been identified by the Solano County coroner's office as 69-year-old James Costello. The bodies of Costello and Carolyn Jones, 57, were badly decomposed when officers found them about 6:20 p.m. Aug. 7 while...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
A man found dead in a Vallejo home with a woman has been identified by the Solano County coroner's office as 69-year-old James Costello. The bodies of Costello and 57-year-old Carolyn Jones were badly decomposed when officers found them about 6:20 p.m. Aug....
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008
One of two people found dead in a Vallejo home - apparently as a result of gunshot wounds - was identified Wednesday by the Solano County coroner's office as 57-year-old Carolyn Jones. The bodies of Jones and a 69-year-old man were badly decomposed when...
Rhondda Leader (icWales) (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
A DEVOTED family man has died in a car crash on the Heads of the Valleys road.
TVShowsOnDVD.com News (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
By David Lambert - Two weeks ago we let you know that CBS/Paramount had announced the November 25th DVD release of The Mod Squad - The 2nd Season, Volume 1. Now we've got an early look at the front cover... (more)
