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Thanksgiving for California
Thank you for your wine, California, Thank you for your sweet and bitter fruits. — “Sweet Virginia,” by The Rolling Stones NOV. 23, 2010 By JOHN SEILER California has a lot of problems, with the budget, unemployment and all. But
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Katy Grimes: My grandmother was Welsh. Her parents arrived from Wales during the gold rush, but never made it past Illinois. She was a lovely woman, well-educated, and schooled in all of the social graces, but she never quite mastered
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Anthony Pignataro: Well, it’s that time again: the time when fire departments across our great nation respond to 1,300 fires caused by out of control cooking, as opposed to the 420 such fires they usually deal with every day. That’s
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Food Stamps Welcomed At Restaurants
NOV. 23, 2010 By KATY GRIMES We’ve known for some time that there are abuses of electronic welfare benefit (EBT) cards in California. The EBTs are accepted nearly anywhere that sells food — grocery markets, convenience stores and even restaurants.
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