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Burlingame beauty shop owner expanding in tough economy

HANNAH KHRUTSKAYA shops at Peninsula Beauty in Burlingame on July 10. (DAN HONDA/STAFF ) BURLINGAME — Lori Silverstein knows all about beauty. The Burlingame resident has been immersed in it since she was 6 years old as she played inside her father's ...

From CHRISTINE MORENTE, Contra Costa Times,  20 Jul 2009
Related Topics: United Airlines

San Mateo County clergy preparing congregations for natural disaster

disaster drill; staff and personnel training; a walk-through of the building structure; and water distribution to the congregation and to those in need. REDWOOD CITY — Remembering the devastation Hurricane Katrina left on the Gulf Coast, members from ...

From CHRISTINE MORENTE, Inside Bay Area,  15 Jul 2009

Kids learn to fight fires at South San Francisco academy

testing; and learned how to advance hose lines up flights of stairs and search and rescue techniques. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO — John Collins has his eyes on the prize and that's to become a firefighter. Only 13 years old, the South San Francisco resident ...

From CHRISTINE MORENTE, Inside Bay Area,  10 Jul 2009

South San Francisco considers new taxes, fees

inspection fee, which would raise as much as $240,000 annually. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO — Officials want to shore up the city's general fund through new taxes and fees. This week, the City Council agreed to consider putting a measure that would increase ...

From CHRISTINE MORENTE, Inside Bay Area,  10 Jul 2009

San Mateo County clergy helping undocumented families stay together

Also, people are scheduling local congressional visits to let Congress know that families want immigration reform. SAN MATEO — Yvette Jimenez and her five siblings lost their father in December after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested ...

From CHRISTINE MORENTE, Inside Bay Area,  8 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama,  Nancy Pelosi,  Luis Gutierrez,  Anna Eshoo

Bayshore Elementary district receives federal funds for homeless students

is growing because families are suffering from "job loss, service cuts and home repossessions." DALY CITY — The Bayshore Elementary School District will receive an $8,382 grant to help its 35 homeless students. State Superintendent of Public ...

From CHRISTINE MORENTE, Inside Bay Area,  5 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Jack O'Connell,  Arnold Schwarzenegger

Priests called by Pope to rebuild sacred mission

priests in the calling we receive from the Lord," Steffes added. "It's to share that grace with others through baptism, through the Eucharist, through marriage and through reconciliation." BURLINGAME — Roman Catholic priests worldwide are heeding Pope ...

From CHRISTINE MORENTE, Inside Bay Area,  1 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Pope Benedict XVI

Central County Fire Department seeks independence

Ladas, who heads the department's streamlining committee, which formed earlier this month. "It would make the department more efficient. So much staff time is being used in a duplication of efforts. Streamlining is doable, but a commitment has to be ...

From CHRISTINE MORENTE, Inside Bay Area,  28 Jun 2009

Daly City police, firefighters square off in football fundraiser

year to bring community awareness to the program. DALY CITY — A friendly game of flag football on Sunday will pit Daly City police officers against firefighters from the North County Fire Authority. The objective of the "9-1-1 Bowl, Guns v Hoses" ...

From CHRISTINE MORENTE, Inside Bay Area,  26 Jun 2009

Civil grand jury finds Daly City was not justified in city clerk pay cut

March after the council accepted Martel's recommendation to reduce Hipona's pay by 48 percent, citing her lack of experience as a city clerk, in order to help the city overcome a $6 million budget shortfall. Budget cuts also involved eliminating some ...

From CHRISTINE MORENTE, Inside Bay Area,  25 Jun 2009

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