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Comprehensive News Feed for Alta, CA.

Results 1 - 20 of 146 in Alta, CA

  1. San Francisco Children's Theater Festival to be 7/27Read the original story

    15 hrs ago | BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content

    ... CalShakes Conservatory, and Oakland Public Conservatory of Music's Youth Marimba Band. Plus Storytelling Assoc. of Alta California, juggler David Hirata, Pi: The Physical Comedy Troupe, SF Circus, Et Ceteras, and SF Sound Wave Chorus. The children's ...

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  2. Placer residents taking bus in record numbersRead the original story

    Thursday Jul 24 | Sacramento Bee

    ... bus systems. More than 317,000 passengers rode Placer County Transit buses on fixed routes between Roseville and Alta during the 2007-08 fiscal year, a 15 percent increase over the previous year, the county announced Wednesday. Placer Commuter ...

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  3. Unforgettable: Rampage

    Wednesday Jul 23 | San Diego Reader

    ... fall away. In 1837 San Diego was under attack from the north, where a rebel political faction attempted to take over Alta California, and from the east, where native tribes banded together. Enraged by decades of abuse, they planned, wrote Agust n ...

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  4. Placer County transit sees record number of passengers

    Wednesday Jul 23 | Sacramento Bee Newspaper

    ... bus systems. More than 317,000 passengers rode Placer County Transit buses on fixed routes between Roseville and Alta during the 2007-08 fiscal year, a 15 percent increase over the previous year, the county announced today. Placer Commuter Express, ...

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  5. Pizarro: Happy almost 231st birthday: San Jose starts the party early

    Thursday Jul 17 | San Jose Mercury News

    ... The performance lineup - providing an atmosphere that pays homage to San Jose's Spanish missionary roots - includes the Alta California Orchestra, Las Cruces Folklorico, the Calicanto Singers and Nacional Ballet Folklorico. St. John Street will be ...

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  6. Regional school district discussion surfaces

    Wednesday Jul 16 | Auburn Journal

    ... what kind of revenue would be generated if several school district combined into one unified district. If Placer High, Alta Dutch, Auburn, Ackerman, Foresthill, Loomis/Ophir, Newcastle, Placer Hills and Colfax school districts reorganized and ...

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  7. 5th Annual Children's Theater Festival on Sunday, July 27, 2008, Has 20 Shows for KidsRead the original story

    Wednesday Jul 16 | Business Wire

    ... CalShakes Conservatory, and Oakland Public Conservatory of Music's Youth Marimba Band. Plus Storytelling Assoc. of Alta California, juggler David Hirata, Pi: The Physical Comedy Troupe, SF Circus, Et Ceteras, and SF Sound Wave Chorus. The children ' ...

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    Related Topix: Family, Kids, University of California System, San Francisco, CA, Theater, Arts

  8. Para perder otra vez en la ciudad de margaritaRead the original story

    Monday Jul 14 | It comes in pints?

    ... that? Hell, given my current job and the one before it, German would have been more useful than Frog. But I grew up in Alta California, so Spanish was the obvious choice of second language for me. Anyway, silliness aside, it's been kinda fun for me ...

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  9. School districts in Placer County study feasibility of merging

    Monday Jul 14 | Sacramento Bee Newspaper

    ... presented to some school boards - examines nine school districts in north Placer County, including those in Auburn, Alta, Colfax, Foresthill, Loomis, Meadow Vista and Newcastle. Four scenarios are offered to show how a reorganization would affect ...

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  10. San Diego's rich historyRead the original story

    Sunday Jul 13 | Denver Post

    ... where two black entrepreneurs owned a saloon a century and a half ago. (San Diego Union-Tribune ) Junpero Serra founded Alta California's first mission here in 1769. You knew that. But what happened after that? You may need a margarita to help ...

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  11. Upcoming Summer and Early Fall Events in San JoseRead the original story

    Wednesday Jul 9 | PRWeb

    ... the founding of San Jose, featuring stories and authentic singing and dancing of the Mission and Rancho period with the Alta California Orchestra and Calicanto Singers. Free admission. www.historyofsanjose.org . Comcast San Jose Jazz Festival ...

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  12. Patricia Hobbs Hendry: San Clemente residents share some childhood memories. Share yours below.

    Tuesday Jul 8 | Sun Post News

    ... compressed air divers for abalone. His wife Beth was the great granddaughter of Pio Pico, the last Mexican governor of Alta California. They lived on Cadiz in one of the original Ole Hanson homes with their two Chihuahuas, Poncho and Pico. The lot ...

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  13. Going for Dolo in Tijuana: A new update to the G...Read the original story

    Tuesday Jul 8 | Eater

    ... a fly wealthy, beautiful TJ daughter. Wealthy, from the kind of land baron family that has had cash since the days of "Alta California". Long dough. With distance." [G Manifesto] Email this post to a friend Comments feed for this post

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  14. Old Town San Diego state park still alive with Mexican history

    Saturday Jul 5 | Star-telegram.com

    By CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS SAN DIEGO - Junipero Serra founded Alta California's first mission here in 1769.But you might need a margarita to help digest what happened after that.

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  15. Public safety watch: Use illegal fireworks; face $500 fine

    Thursday Jul 3 | Sacramento Bee Newspaper

    ... put on by pyrotechnics companies licensed by the state fire marshal, Yoder said. The county ban includes such areas as Alta, Applegate, Dutch Flat, Foresthill, Granite Bay, Meadow Vista, Newcastle, Penryn and Sheridan. In North Lake Tahoe, the ban ...

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  16. Unforgettable: La Beata

    Wednesday Jul 2 | San Diego Reader

    ... into San Diego Bay. Onboard are Jos Mar a Hijar, Juan Bandini, and 129 settlers headed to Monterey to populate Alta California. Many have measles. A second ship, the corvette Morelos, continues north with 100 carpenters, shoemakers, teachers, ...

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  17. Fireworks displays closely monitored this ...

    Tuesday Jul 1 | Granite Bay Press-Tribune

    ... parts of the county, setting off fireworks is off limits. There is a ban on fireworks in communities such as Alta, Applegate, Dutch Flat, Foresthill, Granite Bay, Meadow Vista, Newcastle, Penryn and Sheridan. In the North Lake Tahoe region, ...

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  18. On the trail of California's Mexican past

    Sunday Jun 29 | Los Angeles Times

    ... trends or domestic hiring habits. I'm talking about that spell from the early 1820s to the late 1840s, when California, Alta y Baja, was Mexican. FOR THE RECORD: Mexican California: An article in Sunday's Travel section said gold was discovered at ...

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    Related Topix: Monterey, CA, Sacramento, CA, Sacramento Metro, Sacramento Metro, Carmel, CA

  19. California missions set to music

    Jun 25, 2008 | San Bernardino County Sun

    ... sung by rancheros, spent a fair bit of time explaining the development strategy to protect Spanish interests in Alta California from other European powers. The process included establishing missions through the work Father Serra did on El Camino ...

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  20. The Best of Legends

    Jun 13, 2008 | Fred's Head Companion

    ... Lincoln green with a taste for disguise and foolery survive for six hundred years to inspire disguised tricksters from Alta California to Revolutionary France to the farthest reaches of the galaxy? "How have these songs and stories twisted and ...

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