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POPSSome of the Bay Area's best challenging hikes More: Contra Costa, cont'd: Franklin Ridge - 3-mile round trip, Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline Bay View Loop - 3 miles, Point Pinole Regional Shoreline North Peak - 4-mile round trip, Mount Diablo State Park Alameda County Volvon-Walker Ridge Loop - 5.7 miles, Morgan Territory Regional Preserve Little Yosemite Loop - 5 miles, Sunol Regional Wilderness Peak Trail - 7-mile round trip, Mission Peak Regional Preserve Rocky Ridge - 4.4-mile loop, Las Trampas Regional Wilderness High Ridge Loop - 3.3-mile round trip, Garin Regional Park Santa Cruz Mountains Skyline-to-the-Sea to Berry Creek Canyon - 12-mile loop, Big Basin Redwoods State Park Saratoga Gap-Ridge Trail Loop - 5.3 miles, Castle Rock State Park Waterfall Loop - 4.5 miles, Uvas Canyon County Park Highland Loop - 5 miles, Loch Lomond Recreation Area Fall Creek Loop - 8 miles, Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
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POPSVEE Day in Alameda, California, we practiced duck-and-cover as well as earthquake drills. Nothing quaint or or historic about it then. Here’s Reagan speechwriter Anthony R. Dolan at the Wall Street Journal on the power of “Four Little Words” … you remember them: “Tear down that wall” … and the earth-shaking ideas they represented as well as the action that backed them. The popular myth is that the wall kind of toppled over by itself, with a little push from people power. That of course ignores not only the prior 44 years of Cold War … interspersed with several hot ones that cost us tens of thousands of American lives … it also ignores the massive military buildup of the 1980s, the encouragement of liberation movements behind the Iron Curtain, the tough engagement with old-school Soviet leaders and, not least, the cordial engagement with a Soviet leader who realized it was time to throw in the towel. An atmosphere was finally created in which people felt like they could
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POPSEast Bay Front Runners - Saturday run and brunch schedule Click through for directions on where to meet. And the critical information: Alameda - Brunch is at La Piñata , 1440 Park Street (at Santa Clara), Alameda. 510 769-9110. Oakland - Brunch is at Lynn and Lu's Escapade Cafe , 3353 Grand Ave. Oakland. 510 835-5705. Emeryville - Brunch is at Doyle Street Cafe , 5515 Doyle Street, Emeryville. 510 547-3552. Berkeley - Brunch is at Chester's Bayview Cafe (in Walnut Square), 1508 Walnut Street (at Vine), Berkeley. 510 849-9995. Lafayette/Moraga Regional Trail - Brunch to follow. Location and directions announced at the event. :-D
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POPSEast Bay poverty rates show 1 in 10 below federal poverty line
More: in real terms — adjusted for inflation — East Bay incomes have been flat for two years. East Bay residents make about $3,500 less than they did in 2000 if their incomes are adjusted for inflation, said Jennifer Lin, a researcher for the East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy. Lin points out that averages can also disguise the growing inequality the census numbers reveal. There are fewer East Bay households now making the middle incomes of from $75,000 to $150,000, and more people—especially Latinos and African-Americans working in low-wage service industries—are having a harder time making enough money to get by without public help.… Homeownership declined in both counties, which was no surprise to a region hard-hit by the foreclosure crisis… For homeowners with a mortgage, the median monthly cost last year was $2,755 in Alameda County and $2,842 in Contra Costa County. For renters, the median monthly rent was $1,192 in Alameda County and $1,254 in Contra C
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POPSSeagulls, Sea Lions and a Monster Sundae Doing some research though for this blog entry, I found out that we were probably wrong about the bevy of females—it turns out that most sea lions that hang out in that area are actually male. So now should I be jealous of the few females who are in the bunch because the odds are in their favor? Hah
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POPSThe Asshole Behind Prop 8: The Bishop of Oakland, CA We know all this because as homosexuals and their supporters were wondering how this all came about, Cordileone gloated about his work in an interview with an obscure Catholic radio network. He bragged about how gay men and lesbians never saw him coming & called gay marriage a Satanic plot by "the Evil One" to destroy morality in the modern world. Now, Cordileone's work has been rewarded, and the Vatican has made him the most important religious figure in the East Bay. Alameda County is one of the most liberal and gay-friendly parts of the world; it arguably has the most lesbian residents in the United States, & voters here rejected Proposition 8 by almost 62 percent. & the man who leads some 400,000 Catholics from his new Lake Merritt cathedral... just got done taking the right to marry from every gay man and woman in the East Bay. Dear Bishop Sal: fuck you. Quite sincerely, A married, het Oaklander.
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POPSLaser Eye Surgery Hayward CA Laser Eye Surgery Hayward CA Patient who undergo the eye surgery were not able to do his or her daily activities after the operation.
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POPSFind Lasik Eye Surgery Fremont CA Find Lasik Eye Surgery Fremont CA In laser eye surgery there is no dietary changes prior to and after the surgery. You can eat and drink before or after the surgery.
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POPSLasik Surgery Berkeley California Lasik Surgery Berkeley California For a while after the operation in eye surgery you will not do either of these things like cleaning the dust, dirt and grass flying around, if you insist it could damage your newly repaired eyes.
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POPSLily Burk's neck was slashed Samuel was arrested at 5:30 p.m. Friday on suspicion of possessing drugs and drug paraphernalia on 3rd Street in downtown Los Angeles -- at least 12 hours before Burk's body was discovered nearby in her black Volvo at 5th and Alameda streets. Law enforcement sources said Samuel has a history of violent crime and drug abuse. "This case strikes close to home for all of us with children," said LAPD Deputy Chief Sergio Diaz. "This is really a parent's worst nightmare."
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POPSOakland passes landmark marijuana tax Unlike the teabaggers , Oaklanders are willing to pay our taxes because we believe in things like public libraries, fire protection, and police. Teabaggers just want to freeload on society and not pay their fair share.
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POPSSummer Solstice 09 This weekend marks Midsummer, the Summer Solstice celebration. Pagans of many different types will be celebrating Summer Solstice 2009 in small and large groups across our country. Because we focus on the Sacred as immanent in our world …
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POPSCompulsory LGBT curriculum pushes ‘political agenda’ on schoolkids, California parents charge Saying that speakers were "courteous" and presented "well-reasoned, articulate opposition," the Capitol Resource Institute reported that hecklers "repeatedly booed and hissed when parents and students rose to express their opposition. One man angry that he was not allowed to address the audience about his support for the homosexual schoolwork physically charged one woman presenter, forcing other men in the audience to come to her defense and forcibly remove the attacker. One father denounced the actions of homosexual advocates, saying "This bullying is taking place by the people you're asking me to entrust my children to!" The final vote on the curriculum will take place on the evening of Tuesday May 26.
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POPSAwwwww they were bored Makes my blood boil. What is worse is i am willing to bet some bleeding heart judge drops all but 1 count, yells at them and give them only probation. While other 21 year olds are overseas fighting for our country these 2 low lifes have nothing better to do then raise hell and destroy.
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POPS"my son is a murderer"- the gut-wrenching realities facing military moms this is a 4 pager- click the link- very sad but true- weighing the personal costs of war......who are we really destroying? devouring ourselves by huge bits- in the name of defeating a people with their own devastated lives- people we know little or nothing about-and still tightening the noose around our own necks.....for what?
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POPSDownload the garden movie free Full length The Garden is available to download here for free. Also, with highest quality, good speed and genuine safety. In the aftermath of the 1992 L.A. riots, something truly remarkable happened at the intersection of 41st Street and Alameda Avenue thanks to an uncharacteristically charitable move by the city government; where once existed a barren field littered with garbage and syringes suddenly appeared a 14-acre community garden.
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POPSAlameda Emergency Alert System This is from Bob Gavrich, Concerned Alamedan. I would say that this observation is spot on. Not only that but this area is a superfund site that they have just browned-out. Instead of putting out the fire right away, they let it burn all night. Now the debris is airborne and winds are 18mph today. "You're doing a good job Brownie" comes to mind... http://www.sfchroniclemarketplace.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/29/BAQ916P4C1.DTL http://www.alamedasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5008&Itemid=10
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POPS 21,000 Turn Out To Mourn Slain Officers "Never in the entire 160 years of the Oakland Police Department has there been a darker day than March 21, 2009, when (the four officers) died in the course of their efforts to remove a dangerous criminal from our streets," said U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Police came from as far as Chicago, Boston, New York and Canada to attend the service. The arena parking lot was a sea of black-and-white patrol cars and gleaming motorcycles. The crowd inside the arena was estimated at 19,000, with at least 2,000 more watching the service on jumbo screens next door at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. With officers from neighboring cities and counties patrolling the streets, every person working at the Oakland Police Department — from the highest-ranking officers to the workers who operate the cafeteria — was able to attend the funeral.
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POPS“Sentenced to jail for engaging in peaceful free speech” Hoye said the majority of the sidewalk counselors are women, many of them elderly. This makes no difference to the escorts. “They push and shove all the people I work with,” he said. “I saw them push an 89-year-old lady! They also pushed an 80-year-old woman I work with. The 89-year-old lady stands on the edge of the curb on the sidewalk and says softly, ‘Abortion stops a beating heart.’ That’s all she does. And do you know what they do? They stand on both sides of her, shouting ‘La, la, la, la, la!’ as loud as they can.”
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