Employers face liability as court ties party drunkenness to crashes
South County firms cancel yearend celebrations after a state Supreme Court ruling holding employers responsible for injuries or deaths caused by intoxicated employees at office parties. Caterers report revenue declines while some businesses still proceed with limited gatherings, citing sobriety checks and altered party plans.
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Succa Catering
Castro Valley
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al Schwenning
Bon Fair Caters
San Leandro
Maria Lovato
Tennyson International Delicatessen and Catering
Wayne Lucas
Cooper Motors
Hayward
Lucas
Bob Cooper
Cooper and Cook Insurance Co
Cooper
Newark High School poetry probe extends into tonight meeting
School trustees face continuation of the Newark High incident investigation from November 20 and will consider Second Chance’s request to conduct an anonymous drug-use survey among juniors and seniors. Board president Anne Graf expects a progress update at the 7:30 pm meeting at 5715 Musick Ave.
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San Mateo Unified
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Fremont Improves Safety With Driving Course Completed
Fremont manager announced a defensive driving course completed by 25 Alameda County employees. The program was conducted by California engineer Patrol Officer Frank Calaros and taught in the daylong session.
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Air Force picks 32 generals and astronaut names
The Air Force promoted 322 officers to two star general rank including Brig. Gen. Lucius Theus the seventh black major general in U S history and astronauts Robert M White and Robert A Rushworth who were early X15 pilots. In Newark daytime Ohlone College classes begin winter at multiple sites with 20 plus courses from 9 a m to 4 2 p m starting January 6 registration advised at the Newark office or the Fremont campus.
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Ohlone
Thomson Ave
Mission Blvd
Fremont
Fremont crash victim identified as 39 year old Mary Carkin
Alameda County coroner identifies Mary Carkin of San Jose as the woman who died when a car driven by Patricia Ann Hinds struck a guardrail on the 3 Fremont Boulevard overpass above the Nimitz Freeway. Hinds suffered minor injuries and was treated at Washington Hospital.
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Alameda County
Mary Carkin
San Jose
Christmas Concert At Washington High In Fremont
Washington High School Music Department stages its annual Christmas concert tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the girls gym. The program features the Christmas Choir Chamber Singers and brass and percussion ensemble under Merle Sousa. Admission at the door is 2 for adults 150 for students without ASB 1 for students with card and 90 cents for children.
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Presidential home spending restriction bill passes house
The House approved by voice vote a measure limiting future presidential residence spending. It would allow one non White House home for permanent Secret Service protection, cap security costs at ten thousand dollars for other residences, and require reimbursement for non returnable improvements. Ford did not seek a home away from the White House. Neilson Rockefeller owns five homes. The Government Operations subcommittee led by Rep. Jack Brooks investigated Nixon era spending, finding over seventeen million dollars in taxpayer funds used for homes.
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D-Tex
Senate OKs Strip Mine Bill Amid Veto Threat
The Senate backed a federal strip mining bill by voice vote, warning President Ford a veto would spur a tougher measure next year. The measure sets land reclamation standards, imposes a reclamation fee on coal, and grants surface rights to ranchers with federally owned coal beneath their land.
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UPI
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Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate Interior
Zarb
Funeral services for Ona Lee Jones in Fremont
Ona Lee Jones 76 of Fremont died Sunday. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 pm in the Fremont Chapel of the Hoses Mortuary. Native of Oklahoma she lived in Fremont 30 years. Survivors include three sons Edward Jones Kansas Jessie Jones Cerritos and Billie Jones Oklahoma two sisters Florence Butterfield Hayward Maudie Cummings Wyoming a brother Jimmie Garrison Oklahoma ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Fremont
Fremont Chapel of the Hoses Mortuary
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Kansas
Jessie Jones
Cerritos
Billie Jones
Florence Butterfield
Hayward
Maudie Cummings
Wyoming
Jimmie Garrison
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