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Colma News

Local news for Colma, CA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

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Zombies in Colma

" Alive in Necropolis ," a new book by my pal Doug Dorst comes out July 17th and already been building the proverbial buzz, including Amazon touting the release as a " book of the month ." "Alive" is a, uh, ...

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Sat Jul 05, 2008

Inside Bay Area

Carolyn Livengood: Jobs for Youth hands out scholarships

The highest number and dollar value of scholarships to date was awarded from the Al Teglia Jobs for Youth Endowment Fund to 11 youths May 29 at the 26th Annual Jobs for Youth Fundraising/Awards Breakfast at the ...

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Related Topix: Foster City, CA, San Mateo, CA, Education Etc., San Mateo County, CA

Thu Jul 03, 2008

San Francisco Examiner

Peninsula Police Blotter: Neighborhood crime log

These are excerpts from Peninsula police departments' daily log of activities. Incidents are listed by city.

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Related Topix: Burlingame, CA, Apiculture, Science, San Bruno, CA, Redwood City, CA

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Inside Bay Area

McGrath steps down as Colma city manager

McGrath, who has been with the town for 61 2 years, announced her retirement Monday.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Lughnasadh, Foster City, CA, Boulevard, CA

Mon Jun 30, 2008

San Francisco Examiner

Deryk Daquigan: Engineer has worked on many underground projects

You might not know Deryk Daquigan personally, but you may still have encountered his work just by driving or taking a shower.

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Related Topix: San Jose Metro, Los Altos Hills, CA, San Francisco Metro

Sat Jun 28, 2008

SFGate

Family baffled by man's slaying near S.F. home

Amrull's selflessness is making it all the more difficult for his family to understand why the 50-year old man was shot in the stomach and killed early Thursday around the corner from his home.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, Bernal Heights (San Francisco, CA), San Francisco, CA

Thu Jun 26, 2008

San Francisco Examiner

Fire could summon 14th-century fear

When thinking of the plague, one might conjure images of 14th-century English villagers surrounded by rats and fleas, perhaps dragging swollen corpses out to a cart to the cry of "Bring out your dead!" One ...

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Related Topix: San Mateo County, CA, Daly City, CA, Brisbane, CA, South San Francisco, CA, San Bruno, CA

Mon Jun 23, 2008

New York Magazine

The Poolside-Reading List

The Turnaround by George Pelecanos, A detective writer's detective writer, Pelecanos isn't the crime-fiction world's best-kept secret anymore, much to the chagrin of his devotees.

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Sat Jun 21, 2008

San Diego Reader

Vaporous Volumes

Asilk thread seams together the Irish poet William Butler Yeats, the tarot, feminism, and Alfred Stieglitz, the photographer whose impresario activities in the early 20th Century promoted American modernism and ...

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Related Topix: San Diego Metro, Photography

Thu Jun 19, 2008

Ledger Dispatch

State calls off sprayings for moth

State officials have called off the much-maligned aerial sprayings in populated areas they had planned to restart later this summer to combat the invasion of the light brown apple moth.

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Related Topix: Pacifica, CA, Daly City, CA, Brisbane, CA, South San Francisco, CA, San Bruno, CA

Wed Jun 18, 2008

Texas Monthly

Books: A MemoirNovelist Larry McMurtry on life as an antiquarian bookseller.

More than forty years into his career as an antiquarian bookseller , Larry McMurtry has paused to reflect on a life hawking secondhand tomes in Books: A Memoir.

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Sun Jun 15, 2008

San Francisco Examiner

Women allegedly scam thousands from man

What seemed to be a winning idea instead caused a 71-year-old man to be tricked by two Spanish-speaking women into giving them $3,000 in cash and jewelry, police said.

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Related Topix: Daly City, CA

Fri Jun 13, 2008

Inside Bay Area

Carolyn Livengood column: Daly City-Colma Chamber of Commerce doles out business awards

The DALY CITY-COLMA Chamber of Commerce will present its 55th annual Cypress Business Awards and 10th annual Installation Dinner, "Chamber of Treasures," from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. June 19 at Lake Merced Golf and ...

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Related Topix: Merced, CA, Foster City, CA, San Carlos, CA, Pacifica, CA, Daly City, CA

Wed Jun 11, 2008

Los Angeles Times

Grant Achatz, Russ Parsons lauded by James Beard Foundation

AN EMOTIONAL ovation greeted chef Grant Achatz of Chicago's Alinea restaurant when he was named outstanding chef for 2007 at Sunday night's James Beard Foundation Awards ceremony in New York City.

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Related Topix: Mario Batali, Restaurant Management, Los Angeles Metro

Mon Jun 09, 2008

Westword

Beard House Blues

So, yeah....As has already been announced, I tanked it at the James Beard Awards.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dining

Sat Jun 07, 2008

Inside Bay Area

Carolyn Livengood column: Flag retirement ceremony in San Bruno

Golden Gate National Cemetery staff invites the public to its flag retirement ceremony at 11:30 a.m. June 14 at 1300 Sneath Lane at Interstate 280 in San Bruno.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Flag Day, Education Etc., Family, Kids, Personal Finance, Retirement, Thornton, CA

Thu Jun 05, 2008

Asian Week

Remembering Japanese Buried at Colma Cemetery

Over 100 people gathered at the Japanese Cemetery in Colma, Calif., on Memorial Day to pay tribute to Japanese Americans buried there.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, San Francisco, CA

Tue Jun 03, 2008

Inside Bay Area

Canepa campaigns for Daly City City Council

Voters may be focused on Tuesday's primary, but one man has his eyes set on the November election.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, South San Francisco, CA, Brisbane, CA, 2008 Presidential Election, San Francisco Metro

Sun Jun 01, 2008

Inside Bay Area

San Mateo County grapples with housing an aging population

As the first surge of baby boomers began retiring earlier this year, the fact hit home that this huge demographic bulge is about to change San Mateo County dramatically.

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Related Topix: San Bruno, CA, San Mateo, CA, Redwood City, CA, Daly City, CA, Millbrae, CA

Fri May 30, 2008

Marin Independent Journal

Marin woman arrested in Hells Angels slaying

A 20-year-old Marin County woman was arrested Thursday in connection with the slaying of a Hells Angels associate last weekend near Corte Madera, authorities said.

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Related Topix: San Leandro, CA, Corte Madera, CA, Madera, CA, Marin County, CA

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