Yuba City High School Choir Bus Crash Kills 28
A yellow school bus carrying Yuba City High School choir students plunged from a guardrail on a Benicia Bridge approach, landing on its top in a marsh. Twenty eight youths died and over twenty were seriously injured. the driver was hospitalized with guarded condition. The victims were en route to Orinda for a performance when the disaster occurred.
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Sacramento Valley
Orinda
Larry Beaty
Shell Oil Co
Beaty
Washington
National Transportation Safety Board
Evan Prothro
Olivehurst
Highway
Dan Ackerman
Ackerman
Yuba City
Miramerte High School
Endorsements Back $100 Million Fremont Super Sewer Plan
The Fremont Chamber of Commerce and the Citizens Review Committee endorsed the $100 million super sewer project to back a bond measure likely above $10 million. The plan would expand the Union Sanitary Districts Alvarado treatment plant to 19–20 million gallons daily and redirect all effluent there while exploring sewage reuse with East Bay Dischargers Authority.
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Fremont Chamber of Commerce
Super Sewer
Citizens Review Committee
Citizens Committee
Union Sanitary District Board of Directors
Hank Lewis
Alvarado
Union City
Union Sanitary
Alaza County
Joint Powers Agency
East Bay Dischargers Authority
Water District
Alameda County approves pay hikes for 9500 workers
Alameda County Supervisors approve a salary ordinance raising 9500 workers pay up to 13 percent while 20 craft positions get no increases. The package totals 7.6 million dollars and adds 13.29 monthly health and dental boosts plus 300 thousand for social services and health care loads. Union locals representing about 6500 workers vote next day with further ballots in Oakland and a final hearing scheduled.
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Alameda County Board of Supervisors
International Union
Alameda County
Bacata al Bee
Atoee Te Auditorium
Oakland
Civil Service
Loren Enoch
George A. Hess
Plumbers and Gas Fitters Local No. 444
Weekend Weather Outlook With Mild Temperatures
A calm weekend with mostly fair skies and little temperature change. Highs in the mid 70s, lows in the upper 40s to low 50s. Yesterday in Franord reached 78 with a 43 degree low.
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Franord
Candidates Night Sponsored for Alameda County Supervisors
Fremont voters will hear candidates discuss the Alameda County Board of Supervisors race at a candidates night sponsored by the League of Women Voters. The event is at Migakon High School on Wednesday at 7 30 p m in room 128.
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Tom Randolph
Dean Eastabrook
Eastabrook
Christina
Wee
Thomas Hayes
St. Dominic's Catholic Church
Benicia
N.W. Stiver
Contra
Martinez-Benicia
Fremont
Irvington
American High
Dutann
Leway
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