Governor eyes action as drought intensifies in California
The Russian River may dry up by July 1 threatening Sonoma and northern Marin counties. Gov. Brown considers statewide water rationing while northern and southern officials trade a plan to divert northern water to Marin and raise Colorado River use to cover shortfalls.
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Marin
Los Angeles
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Marin County
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Mission Viejo
Gordon Miller
Sonoma County
Miller
Merced
East
San Francisco Bay
Alameda
Contra Costa
Lompoc school board candidates forum draws about 100
About 100 residents attended the Lompoc Library forum hosted by the American Association of University Women to hear all eight candidates. Opening statements covered taxes, budgets, basic education, ECE, enrollment declines, and management of district resources with questions on costs, Title 9, student rights, and collective bargaining.
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Lompoc
American Association of University Women
School Board
William S Sumner
Dorothy M. Liss
Donald R. Adams
Robert M. Coe
Karen Rush
Ed Walsh
Jeffrey D. Day
Alberta Morgan Dianne Owens
Toney Leary
Liss
ECE
Serrano Priest
Adams
Rush
Lompoc Walsh
Morgan
Sumner
City Parks Department
Doe
Walsh
Dee
County OKs rubbish truck storage amid city protests
County Planning Commission votes 7 to 3 to deny a motion to reject Suburban Rubbish Co. permit for truck storage and shop on State Highway 1 north of Lompoc. A temporary five year permit with one year review is planned with screening, despite strong city opposition and concerns over zoning and aesthetics.
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Dick Praul
Lompoc
County Planning Commission
Suburban Rubbish Co
Lompoc City
Carol Cash
Vandenberg Village
Fred
Doris Black
Eugene Stevens
Nash
Lompoc-Casmalia Road
Britt Johnson
Black
Santa Maria
Santa Barbara
Pier Gherini
Commission
California Department of Transportation
Lincoln Day Off for Schools Friday Observed
Schools will close Friday in observance of Lincoln's birthday while food markets banks commerce and other government offices stay open Allan Hancock College also closes Wayne Rowland rebukes John Eby over Navy inscribed tableware at a Missionary luncheon Ken Boyd makes a long distance call from a Tradewinds payphone with 50 dimes nearby Weather sunny Friday with mid 70s highs locally windy canyons tides high 4.9 feet at 3 31 a m and 3 0 feet at 5 31 p m low tides 0.6 feet at 11 10 a m and 2.1 feet at 10 04 p m
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Commerce
Allan Hancock College
Ken Boyd
Tradewinds
Public Works Fund Debate Favors Clean Accelerated Bill
Congressman Robert Roe won committee approval for a $4 billion accelerated public works bill to create jobs and move swiftly to a presidential signature. The plan targets California towns and southern areas while keeping the formula simple, resisting amendments to shift funds to specific districts.
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UPI
California
Robert Roe
New Jersey
Roe
House Public Works
Bud Shuster
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
N.Y
Glenn Anderson
D-Calif
Carter to host March 5 talk show from Oval Office
President Carter will hold a two hour telephone talk show titled Ask President Carter on March 5 from the Oval Office. CBS radio and Walter Cronkite will moderate with toll free calls from across the country. Details to follow and no pre screening of callers is expected.
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Powell
Spring Arrives Early as Midwest Feels Warmth Bloom
Record warmth sweeps midwestern states as snow recedes in some areas while Buffalo sees fresh snowfall hours after troops leave street duties. Chicago tops 42 F for first time since December 27 and Ohio River ice begins to break up as warmer conditions spread eastward.
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Ohio River
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