Aftershocks, relief pour into quake hit Bay Area
World aid floods into southern California and the Bay Area after Tuesday's 6.9 earthquake. Rescue crews dig through a 1.4 mile westbound freeway collapse in Oakland as officials fear hundreds more may be dead. Power returns to San Francisco's Financial District as airports reopen and ferries bring in workers.
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Santa Cruz
State Office of Emergency Services
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Tran
John Murphy
U.S. Geological Survey
BART
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George Deukmejiano
Lionel Wilson
Nimitz
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San Mateo
Santa Clara
Art Agnos
Bush
Snow flurries forecast for Frederick County area
Weather updates from the National Weather Service warn of snow flurries arriving tonight with cooler temperatures and wind. Recent rain has created slick roads and busy emergency responders, but no serious accidents were reported. sunnier conditions and above normal highs are expected next week, with temperatures reaching the low 70s.
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National Weather Service
Landfill overtime pay questioned in Frederick County audit
An audit of Frederick County landfill workers shows 10 employees received 81 000 in overtime in fiscal 1989. Time sheets show 11 to 14 hour days with no lunch breaks, and holidays counted as hours worked. Foreman Misner and highway head Linton failed to enforce overtime policy. policy allows time and a half only for actual hours over 40, excluding holidays.
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Public Works
Wayne Keeler
Interagency Internal Audit Authority
Alan Misner
Highway Department
Ron Linton
Donna Collins
Quake brings close calls as families recount near-misses
Evelyn and Charlie McLane watched California quake scenes and called their daughter Monica Cady in Oakland. Mary Ann Turney spoke of sister Gretchen Parker who avoided Bay Bridge routes by a job change. Tom Whitefield Jr. was near Interstate 88 in Oakland when the highway section collapsed, but escaped unharmed. Elizabeth Johnson in Urbana praised relief and noted her granddaughter Shawna Gee in Hayward was spared.
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Hayward
Calif
Ms. Parker
Bay Bridge
Yom Whitefield
Walkersville
Tom Whitefield Jr
San Francisco
U.S. Navy
Mr. Whitefield
San Diego
Whitefield
McLanes
Ijamsville
Elizabeth Johnson
Sheriff's Youth Ranch
Urbana
Shawna Gee
Cal
National Bank Opens Full-Service Middletown Branch
Frederick County National Bank inaugurates a new full-service branch in Middletown, expanding local banking access. The ceremony features bank officials and community leaders as residents anticipate enhanced financial services and neighborhood convenience.
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Middletown
Gordon and Young clash in Frederick debate
In a Frederick city debate before the Frederick Jaycees Mayor Ronald Young and challenger Paul Gordon traded sharp personal jabs. Young rejected Gordon’s vendetta charge and touted his 16 years in office while Gordon branded Young paternalistic and accused him of disenfranchising citizens seeking open government.
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Maryland State Grange discusses rural concerns and policy
Maryland State Grange opened with plans to address rural issues in land use planning health care bridge and road improvements dairy pricing and animal welfare. Master Alan Brauer noted growing suburban pressures and national trends while stressing rural funding and hospital access remain key.
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the Grange
Frederick County
Mr. Brauer
Frederick mayor eyes settlement on parking deck plan
Frederick Mayor Ronald Young said final property for the citys third parking deck on East Patrick Street should settle next week with a condemnation suit amid an eight to ten year discussion. The project funded by a 45 million bond would create five stories and space for 450 to 650 vehicles with construction slated to begin next year. A dispute over a 1.9 million Goodwin building purchase was raised by candidate Paul Gordon who criticizes using water sewer funds for the project while Young defends internal borrowing and general public improvements.
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