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Contra Costa court chief to retire
Martínez :: Mexico | 8 hours ago
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The head of Contra Costa's court system, Kiri Torre, will retire at the end of this month and be replaced by her husband, according to a Contra Costa Superior Court statement. Torre, who has worked in court administration for more than 30 years in
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Contra Costa To Fund Countywide Gun Buyback
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 12 days ago
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Authorities have launched a fundraising effort to pay for the first countywide gun buyback in Contra Costa planned for later this summer, the District Attorney's Office said Friday. "If we did five locations in our county in one day, we're thinking
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Former Richmond high school football coach arrested on suspicion of child molestation
Martínez :: Mexico | 26 days ago
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A former Kennedy High School varsity football coach was being held Friday at County Jail after he was arrested on suspicion of child molestation. Barron Edwards, 51, faces charges of sodomy of a minor under the age of 10 and lewd and lascivious acts
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Vampire Weekend holds its own
New York City :: NY :: USA | 28 days ago
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Texas The guys in Vampire Weekend changed how they wrote songs, how they record and what an album of theirs even looks like the cover for Modern Vampires of the City is not another artsy old Polaroid, but a 1966 black-and-white photo of a smoggy
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Family Radio encounters financial trouble
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 month ago
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Employees and public financial documents indicate that Oakland's evangelical network, Family Radio, may soon be out of business. The non-profit has sold its three largest radio stations and took out a $30 million loan to keep operating while awaiting
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Vampire Weekend's Evolution in ‘Modern Vampires of the City'
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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David Corio for The New York Times A scene from the band's video for Ya Hey. On the last Sunday in April, the band was shooting the video for Ya Hey from its third album, Modern Vampires of the City (XL), due for release this week. They didn't have
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Music review: Vampire Weekend, The Troxy, London
London :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
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Suggested Topics For the belligerently preppy Vampire Weekend and their music, which oscillates around an idea of summer-house north-eastern America, an old cinema in the heart of London's east-end might not seem a most natural alighting point for
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Hicks: Losing CineArts 'Dome' theater is a painful blow
Pleasant Hill :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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The world won't be a better place with one less dome and one more sporting goods store. The CineArts Theater in Pleasant Hill, known as "the Dome," likely showed its last movie this past weekend, which is a sad development for those of us who grew up
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Contra Costans' views on taxes, Gov. Brown subject of new poll
Concord :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Contra Costans' views on Proposition 13, their tolerance for new taxes and on Gov. Jerry Brown will be unveiled April 8 during a Contra Costa Council luncheon. The Contra Costa Poll, started in 2012 by area oil refineries, measures public opinion on
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Toronto senior one of 90 allegedly targeted by home renovation scheme
King City :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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You got to keep this in perspective, I could provide a new house for $140,000 . . . you can't dump $300,000 into a 700-square-foot cottage, Mulder told the Star in a recent interview. Justice Hainey would later look at pictures of Heath's home and
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