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21 hrs ago | Canada.com

Is there such thing as a green cruise?

The Carnival Splendor passes under the Golden Gate Bridge as it arrives in San Francisco Bay.

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Related Topix: Travel/Tourism, Carnival, San Francisco, CA, Boat Disaster, Getty Images, Media, US Travel, Travel, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Fri Dec 11, 2009

Salinas Californian

Monterey Bay Coastal Rec Trail gets $800,000 in House bill

The Omnibus Appropriations Act that passed the House on Thursday included science, education and transportation projects for the Central Coast, including $800,000 for the Monterey Bay Coastal Recreation Trail.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, California

Sat Dec 05, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

As You See It: Dec. 5, 2009

First, I want to commend the state park staff for maintaining Seacliff State Beach in pristine condition.

18 comments

Related Topix: Capitola, CA, Aptos, CA, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Scotts Valley, CA, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Santa Cruz Metro, Opinion

Tue Dec 01, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Obama's left-leaning base wary of his war plans

The antiwar community that helped put Barack Obama in the White House is now among his biggest skeptics.

5 comments

Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Santa Cruz, CA, Santa Cruz Metro, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Kathy Ruiz Goldenkranz: Reclaiming our politicalness

I wear many different hats in Santa Cruz County. Because I believe strongly it is my obligation to give back, I involve myself in a cross-section of work with children as a Boys and Girls Club board member, in the Queer community as chairwoman of Out in Our Faith, in my synagogue Temple Beth El, where I served as president, and in politics as an ...

15 comments

Related Topix: Santa Cruz County, CA, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Watsonville, CA, Santa Cruz Metro, Monterey, CA, Opinion

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Michele Malkin

The Demcare bribe list

The Most Transparent Administration Ever won't keep this list. The Most Ethical Congress ever won't keep it either.

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Related Topix: US News, Lois Capps, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, Senator Ben Nelson, US Senate, Healthcare Law, Law

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Los Angeles Times

House healthcare bill includes financial boost for California

Reporting from Washington - Contained in the nearly 2,000-page House healthcare bill is a little-noticed provision -- worth $300 million to California -- that would increase federal Medicare payments to doctors in a wide swath of the state in response to complaints that low reimbursement rates have kept them from taking new patients.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein, US Senate, California, California Government, Healthcare Law, Law

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Salinas Californian

PBS' National Parks producer Ken Burns lends support to Pinnacles bill

U.S. Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, testified Tuesday afternoon in Washington, D.C., in support of the Pinnacles National Park Act .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Carmel, CA, Pinnacles National Monument, US National Parks, Soledad, CA

Fri Nov 13, 2009

KTLA-TV Los Angeles

SoCal Hospital Praised For Brain Injury Rehab Program

Many soldiers returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq are coming home with traumatic brain injuries.

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Related Topix: Pomona, CA, Non-Profit, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Thu Nov 12, 2009

NowPublic

Salmon spawning in the US Northwest - a weakened phenomenon.

Salmon spawning in the US Northwest - a weakened phenomenon. 19 views 2 Recommendations 5 comments Salmon spawning in the US Northwest - a weakened phenomenon in the Sacramento River these days due to a recent stocks collapse there.

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Related Topix: 9, US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Monterey County Weekly

Good News, Bad News by Paul Wilner

Well, it could have been worse. After another depressing round of lousy unemployment statistics, and local elections in which most of those bothering to show up voted their fears, not their dreams, the Obama administration scored a badly needed victory as the health care reform bill passed its first major hurdle.

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Related Topix: US News, Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Henry Waxman, Democrat, Nancy Pelosi

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Monterey County Herald

Fort Ord receives $1.1M in grants from feds

The infrastructure at Fort Ord is about to get a face lift, compliments of the federal government.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Salinas Metro

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Salinas Californian

Congressman Farr introduces Central Coast Wilderness Bill

Congressman Sam Farr today introduced legislation to create a separate funding source for the Big Sur portion of the Los Padres National Forest and add portions of five local rivers to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Carmel, CA, Big Sur, CA

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Santa Cruz City Council considers supporting congressional bill to...

City leaders on Tuesday will consider supporting federal legislation that would ease citizenship requirements for exemplary teens living in the United States illegally.

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Related Topix: Santa Cruz, CA, Santa Cruz Metro, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Monterey County Weekly

Carmel Valley incorporation measure goes down swinging.

It's 8pm on Election Night, and some 75 party-goers at Hola!, a Mexican restaurant in the Carmel Barnyard, nosh greasy appetizers and sip neon margaritas.

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Related Topix: Carmel Valley, CA, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Sat Oct 31, 2009

AltWeeklies.com

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Politics are Crippling California's Serv... In addition to being a lifeline for needy disabled Californians, the state Department of Social Services' In-Home Supportive Services program is a cash cow for Democrats.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Democrat, California, California Government, US News

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Monterey County Weekly

Congressman Sam Farr hopes to help medical marijuana users caught in Catch-22.

Last week, the Justice Department announced it would no longer prosecute medical marijuana users who abide by state laws.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Monterey County Weekly

With Measure K, Salinas hopes to pull the trigger against gang violence.

Think of Salinas' gang crisis as a loaded 9-millimeter handgun. A week rarely goes by without a young gang member squeezing the trigger, taking aim at another kid.

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Related Topix: Salinas, CA, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, 9, Linda, CA

Wed Oct 28, 2009

SFGate

Bob Egelko: Feds vs. state pot war down the road?

Bob Egelko: Feds vs. state pot war down the road? Now that the Obama administration says it won't arrest medical marijuana patients and suppliers who are following their own state laws, a Northern California congressman wants the same leeway for those who are already being prosecuted.

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Related Topix: Drugs, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Dana Rohrabacher

Fox Charlotte

Federal Agencies Raise Alarm About Cruis

Raw sewage contains disease pathogens and toxins, impairs the respiratory functions in water life, and causes algae blooms.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Politics, Criminal Defense Law

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