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Bob Dunning: It’s the water that makes you a Davisite

AND THE WINNER IS … proponents of Measure I are happily promoting poll numbers that indicate the Davis-Woodland surface water project enjoys majority approval in Davis … of course, we’re talking the project here and not necessarily the escalating rates that come with the project … those seemingly ever-changing rates, as some folks have complained, […]

January 18, 2013 | Posted in Bob Dunning | Tagged ,

‘Don’t Light’ warning issued for Friday night

A Don’t Light Tonight advisory has been declared for Davis on Friday, Jan. 18, and residents are asked to refrain from burning wood. Wood smoke has serious health impacts, especially for children, the elderly and those with lung ailments, an air district spokesman said. Certain meteorological conditions that typically lead to increased air pollution from wood […]

January 18, 2013 | Posted in Briefly | Tagged ,

60 hostages dead or missing in Algeria standoff

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — About 60 foreign hostages are still unaccounted for three days into a bloody siege with Islamic militants at a gas plant deep in the Sahara, Algeria’s state news service said Friday. The militants, meanwhile, offered to trade two American hostages for terror figures jailed in the United States, according to a […]

January 18, 2013 | Posted in Associated Press | Tagged ,

Mali fighting centers on key town

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s military claimed Friday that it has held control of a key town where Islamic extremists had battled its forces for a week, though aid groups warned they were unable to reach the area to provide humanitarian assistance. Meanwhile, the United Nations warned that some 700,000 civilians could be displaced by […]

January 18, 2013 | Posted in Associated Press | Tagged ,

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