Fremont school budget faces large tax hike this year
Fremont district projects a tax increase as the budget rises to about 4 cents of each $100 assessed value. The plan calls for about 7. million in teacher salaries and benefits, with expenditures near 47 million in a 17 million program. State funding shifts raise local burden, while federal aid remains near current levels.
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Garden with a difference seeds a school plant project
Vanney School in Castro Valley launches a native California garden to save water and maintenance while teaching students about local flora. PTA native plant committee led by Virginia Degner with Jo Marion of the California Native Plant Society promote it as a pilot to unify schools through reorganization.
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Brown administration weighs live-in caretakers for governor mansion
Sacramento report says two couples could reside in the governor's mansion as caretakers with stipends and free rent. If approved, statewide recruitment may occur. Proposal aims to cut maintenance costs from 85 000 to 30 000 40 000 annually while state crews handle lawn care. Senator Alfred E Alquist blasts officials as cowards and urges selling the Spanish style residence after objections to living there.
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Zoning okayed for senior housing in San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo planning commission approves rezoning 657 Bartlett Ave to a Planned Development district for Wittenberg Manor, a 95 unit federally subsidized elderly housing project. The vote was 5-4 amid opposition from residents citing traffic, parking, privacy, and neighborhood character concerns.
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Alameda Hospitalized After Heart Condition Concern
Harold Alameda, 47, former Fremont Unified School District fiscal manager, was taken to Washington Hospital last night around 9 p.m. with possible heart symptoms but was conscious and asymptomatic in the ER. He was acquitted last month after a two week trial and is seeking reversal of his firing by the school board.
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Boy survives apartment blast fall from crib roof
Bernardo Javier Herrera, 2, was blown from his crib onto the roof during a boiler room explosion at Cedar Garden Apartments in Palatine Illinois. Five others were injured and 14 displaced as investigators determine the malfunction caused the blast. Bernardo escaped with minor scratches and was rescued minutes after the incident.
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Pilots push ban on cockpit smoking across airlines
Seventy six pilots backed by Ralph Nader urge FAA to ban cockpit smoking and forbid crewmembers from smoking eight hours before flight. Petition cites carbon monoxide exposure harming judgment, concentration and coordination, backed by Health Research Group findings and a United policy allowing on duty crewmembers to smoke.
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