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		<title>San Francisco Mayor Lee opposes SOPA and PIPA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Digital News Report  &#8211; On January 18th, 2012, while several major website on the Internet went on strike, the Mayor of San Francisco, Edwin M. Lee, released a statement about how the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect-IP Act (PIPA) are overkill and threaten to undermine innovation and the economy.  
The [...]<hr /><small>Copyright &#169; <a href="http://www.digitalnewsreport.com">Digital News Report</a><br />
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		<link>http://www.digitalnewsreport.com/2012/01/19san-francisco-mayor-lee-opposes-sopa-and-pipa/12601</link>
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		<title>Santa Cruz Sister Cities Committee fundraises over $17,000 for Shingu, Japan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Digital News Report &#8211; Santa Cruz Sister Cities Committee announced that they have raised over $17,000 for their sister city, Shingu, Japan, that was devastated by Typhoon Talas in September of last year.  The donations came from businesses and individuals.
The two cities have been working together for over 38 years.  Shingu had helped [...]<hr /><small>Copyright &#169; <a href="http://www.digitalnewsreport.com">Digital News Report</a><br />
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		<link>http://www.digitalnewsreport.com/2012/01/12-santa-cruz-sister-cities-group-fundraises-over-17000-for-shingu-japan/12535</link>
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		<title>Copper Wire Stolen from Light Poles in Sunnyvale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SUNNYVALE Calif. (DNR) – There have been several copper wire thefts from light poles recently in Sunnyvale.  
City officials are calling it a “rash” of wire thefts since November 1 2011.  Thieves have stolen more than 16,000 feet of wire, valued at more than $21,000.
Besides the monetary loss, the thefts have created a [...]<hr /><small>Copyright &#169; <a href="http://www.digitalnewsreport.com">Digital News Report</a><br />
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		<link>http://www.digitalnewsreport.com/2012/01/12-copper-wire-stolen-from-light-poles-in-sunnyvale/12529</link>
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		<title>San Francisco Violent Crime Rates drop in 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Digital News Report – San Francisco Mayor, Edwin M. Lee, along with Chief of the San Francisco Police Department, Greg Suhr, recently confirmed that violent crime rates in San Francisco have gone down 6 percent in 2011 compared to 2010 numbers. This has been a historic crime rate drop that San Francisco has not seen [...]<hr /><small>Copyright &#169; <a href="http://www.digitalnewsreport.com">Digital News Report</a><br />
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		<link>http://www.digitalnewsreport.com/2012/01/05-san-francisco-violent-crime-rate-2011-historic-low/12454</link>
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		<title>Special Foster Care Meeting this Friday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE Calif. (DNR) – The county of Santa Clara, along with the City of San Jose and other government entities, will be holding a special conference this Friday to discuss the disproportionate number of Latinos in the foster care system.  
Assemblymember Jim Beall, chairman of the Select Committee on Foster Care, will take [...]<hr /><small>Copyright &#169; <a href="http://www.digitalnewsreport.com">Digital News Report</a><br />
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		<link>http://www.digitalnewsreport.com/2012/01/05-special-foster-care-meeting-this-friday/12424</link>
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		<title>Santa Cruz City Offices closed through January 2 with some exceptions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Digital News Report &#8211; Santa Cruz will close their offices December 17, 2011 through January 2, 2012 as a cost savings measure to help balance the city’s budget.  The furlough will not include public safety and other essential services.  To help the residents, city officials made announcements of closures and the reduced holiday [...]<hr /><small>Copyright &#169; <a href="http://www.digitalnewsreport.com">Digital News Report</a><br />
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		<link>http://www.digitalnewsreport.com/2011/12/19-santa-cruz-city-offices-closed-through-january-2-with-some-exceptions/12144</link>
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		<title>Sobriety Checkpoint Set for Sunnyvale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SUNNYVALE Calif.(DNR) – The city of Sunnyvale announced that police will set up a safety and sobriety checkpoint on December 29th of this year.  The purpose of the checkpoint is to “promote public safety”, according to John Pilger, a spokesperson for the city.
Pilger said the city wants to increase awareness of the dangers associated [...]<hr /><small>Copyright &#169; <a href="http://www.digitalnewsreport.com">Digital News Report</a><br />
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		<link>http://www.digitalnewsreport.com/2011/12/16-sobriety-checkpoint-set-for-sunnyvale/12126</link>
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		<title>Final Draft of City of Santa Cruz&#8217;s Climate Action Plan released</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Digital News Report &#8211; The City of Santa Cruz released the updated final draft of their Climate Action Plan today.  To celebrate the completion they had a tree planting ceremony in front of City Hall at noon.
Santa Cruz’s plan outlines how the city will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.  They will accomplish [...]<hr /><small>Copyright &#169; <a href="http://www.digitalnewsreport.com">Digital News Report</a><br />
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		<link>http://www.digitalnewsreport.com/2011/12/05-final-draft-of-city-of-santa-cruzs-climate-action-plan-released/11913</link>
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		<title>Local CHP Wins State Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SANTA CRUZ Calif. (DNR) Santa Cruz area California Highway Patrol received two awards for safety this month.   
The CHP offers a variety of awards for offices throughout the state that are willing to participate in the program and file an application with the state.  The CHP says that a traffic fatality occurs [...]<hr /><small>Copyright &#169; <a href="http://www.digitalnewsreport.com">Digital News Report</a><br />
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		<link>http://www.digitalnewsreport.com/2011/11/local_chp/11758</link>
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		<title>Laurel Street Construction to improve Pedestrian access has begun</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Digital News Report &#8211; Santa Cruz will have newly improved pedestrian access along Laurel Street once the construction project is completed in around three weeks.  In the meantime, the construction process could cause delays warns the Santa Cruz Public Works Department.
There roadwork will consist of removal of existing striping.  There will be slurry [...]<hr /><small>Copyright &#169; <a href="http://www.digitalnewsreport.com">Digital News Report</a><br />
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		<link>http://www.digitalnewsreport.com/2011/11/21-laurel-street-construction-to-improve-pedestrian-access/11613</link>
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