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  • 21
    Mar

Bakersfield Firefighter Applicants Inappropriately Questioned on Gun Ownership

One of these things is not like the other, but the Bakersfield Fire Department doesn’t seem to understand the difference: "Have you committed any act or acts that would have been determined to be a misdemeanor or felony?" "Have you been adjudged a ‘Mentally Disordered Sex Offender’?" "Have you ever used, experimented with, tried, consumed, possessed . ....

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  • 27
    Sep

Gentry v. Harris

Filing Date Filing Party Document Description 9/24/2013 Plaintiff Civil Case Cover Sheet 9/24/2013 Plaintiff Summons 9/24/2013 Plaintiff Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Petition for Writ of Mandamus

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  • 13
    Jul

Los Angeles County Supervisors To Look At AB 109 Report

KHTS AM Radio – Fri, 07/12/2013 – 3:33pm A report detailing Los Angeles County concerns with AB 109 will be reviewed Tuesday by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. The report was conducted by the county’s …[select title for full text] Read more here: Los Angeles County Supervisors To Look At AB 109 Report

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  • 12
    Jul

DWC Request for Re-Adoption of Emergency Regulations is Approved

The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced recently that the Office of Administrative Law granted the DWC’s requests for re-adoption of the six sets... Read the rest here: DWC Request for Re-Adoption of Emergency Regulations is Approved

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  • 12
    Jul

California Governor Brown – Appointments to Superior Courts in Alameda, Fresno, Los Angeles and Marin County

GOVERNOR BROWN APPOINTS APPOINTS THREE TO ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, SIX TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, APPOINTS BEVERLY WOOD TO MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, APPOINTS FRANCINE ZEPEDA TO FRESNO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 7-12-2013 SACRAMENTO – Governor …[select title for full text] See original here: California Governor Brown – Appointments to Superior Courts in Alameda, Fresno, Los Angeles...

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  • 12
    Jul

Barangay in Benguet crafts own forest management plan

Seeing the urgency of preserving and protecting the communal forest from encroachment, commercialization, and land conversion, a barangay in the municipality of Sablan in Benguet has crafted its own forest management plan. View original post here: Barangay in Benguet crafts own forest management plan

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  • 12
    Jul

Ivory Coast turns to brute force to save forests

SASSANDRA, Ivory Coast (AFP) - It was a brutal end to a long-term problem. Faced with the dilemma of trying to save a protected forest, which had become home to thousands of people, the Ivory Coast government turned to force. See the original post: Ivory Coast turns to brute force to save forests

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  • 12
    Jul

Guns will not win the war against elephant poachers

Despite best efforts we are not winning the war on poaching. A massive seizure of 1.5 tons of ivory in Kenya's port city of Mombasa on 3 July flies in the face of threats against poachers and dealers by the Kenya government, and yet ivory traffickers continue unabated. In the first six months of 2013 more than 7.5...

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  • 12
    Jul

Green School Programme launched to spread awareness among children

Environmental issues, waste management, transportation, civic issues. How many children today are aware of these? Confined within the strict schedules of classes, structured activities and tuitions, children today are far away from these realities that affect their day-to-day life. To address this very gap, SWaCH, Parisar and CEE have launched a Green School Programme. See the original post:...

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  • 12
    Jul

Social media to help farmers deal with climate change

Whether farmers believe in climate change or not - 66 percent do - their actions show that they are adapting to global warming, according to panelists at a July 8 discussion on campus. Visit link: Social media to help farmers deal with climate change

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