California High Court to Hear Proposition 8 Lawsuits
California's highest court agreed Wednesday to hear several legal challenges to the state's new ban on same-sex marriage but refused to allow gay couples to resume marrying before it rules.
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Bay Area Air District Announces Winter Spare the Air Alert
Stating today, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) has issued a winter Spare the Air alert. From now until the end of February 2009, it will be illegal to burn wood in fireplaces, woodstoves, pellet stoves, outdoor fire pits and any other wood-burning devices.
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Man Accused of Office Slayings Appears in Court on Murder Charges
A Mountain View man accused of killing three colleagues at a Silicon Valley semiconductor company Friday afternoon appeared in Santa Clara County Superior Court today to be arraigned on murder charges.
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Rallies at College Campuses Protest Proposed Education Budget Cuts
Students and faculty members are holding rallies at California State University campuses in the Bay Area and statewide today to protest proposed state budget cuts that would prevent 10,000 students from being admitted to the system next year.
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Police Believe Man in Custody May Have Committed Other Palo Alto Robberies
A 38-year-old Palo Alto man arrested Tuesday night for separate robberies in Menlo Park and Palo Alto may also be responsible for at least a few of the 18 robberies that have occurred in Palo Alto since June, police Agent Dan Ryan said today.
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Fremont's Nummi Plant Workers Watch Auto Bailout Talks
Few people in the Bay Area are watching negotiations over a proposed government bailout of the auto industry as closely as the folks who work at the Nummi plant in Fremont. Workers at the plant, which is a joint effort of GM and Toyota, have already been told they will have to take two days off without pay in December because of the financial crisis.
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