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Newark builds case for fifth-grade sex education

sometimes medically inaccurate, Keleher said. NEWARK — Pointing to new state standards for sex education, local school officials are strengthening their case for teaching fifth-graders about the urge to merge. "We need to provide information to ...

From TODD R. BROWN, Contra Costa Times,  20 Jun 2008

Fremont church to highlight AIDS crisis in Africa

abroad, Bindel said he helped write a play about the AIDS crisis that was translated into local tribal languages and Portuguese, a colonial legacy, for schoolchildren. FREMONT — Halfway across the globe, a tenth of the world's population bears the ...

From TODD R. BROWN, Contra Costa Times,  14 Jun 2008
Related Topics: United Nations

Retiring Ohlone College leader critiques board

refuse to support collective decisions, griping to the media after board votes and making "overt attempts to micromanage the operations" of Ohlone. FREMONT — Douglas Treadway, the departing president and superintendent of Ohlone College, made no bones ...

From TODD R. BROWN, Contra Costa Times,  13 Jun 2008

Fremont blogger raises Singapore's ire

has ruled Singapore since 1959 under Lee Kuan Yew and his sons, the eldest of whom serves as prime minister, and the family has a history of filing libel suits against rivals to try to put them out of business. FREMONT — Gopalan Nair said he might have ...

From TODD R. BROWN, Contra Costa Times,  11 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Singapore Democratic Party,  Lee Kuan Yew

Residents ponder stabbings

from Fremont, Newark, Union City, San Jose and the Los Angeles area. He could not say where the head trauma victim resides or how many weapons were involved in the fighting. Mission 24 Pastor Richard Rangel chats Sunday, June 8, 2008, about the ...

From TODD R. BROWN, Contra Costa Times,  9 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Charlie Chaplin

Democrats choose 20th Assembly District committee members

in June, and we would have had a lot of attention from the candidates," Thomas said. "Anyway, Obama's my man." FREMONT — Although voter turnout was predictably light Tuesday, it sure worked for Patricia Danielson. The Newark resident and Washington ...

From TODD R. BROWN, Contra Costa Times,  4 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Alberto Torrico,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  Mary Tyler Moore,  John Bernard

Newark school officials close in on balanced budget

NEWARK — Although few people showed up to a recent community workshop on Newark's schools budget, officials huddled at the district office voiced a more hopeful note than in previous fiscal talks. "I'm cautiously optimistic that the $1.2 million ...

From TODD R. BROWN, Contra Costa Times,  4 Jun 2008

Unity Dinner living up to name, groups say

our community has really focused on ensuring that we work on issues of common interest." FREMONT — The Indo-American Community Federation's seventh annual Unity Dinner is next Friday in Newark, and organizer Jeevan Zutshi said the theme of "unity ...

From TODD R. BROWN, Contra Costa Times,  22 May 2008
Related Topics: John Garamendi,  Pete Stark

Ohlone College graduation ceremony set for tonight in Fremont

FREMONT — A sure sign of summer's approach is the end of the traditional school year, and graduating Ohlone College students are set to attend their commencement ceremony at 7 tonight in the Epler gymnasium. About 500 students ages 17 to 61 will get ...

From TODD R. BROWN, Contra Costa Times,  21 May 2008
Related Topics: Nelson Mandela

New report details Hindu rights abuses

Bangladesh — a dense, mostly Muslim nation — had a 30 percent Hindu population. By 1991, the report says, 20 million Hindus were "missing" from India's neighbor to the east. In a scene in the comedy film "Airplane!" the hero struggles to get through an ...

From TODD R. BROWN, Contra Costa Times,  19 May 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Congress

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