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         <title><![CDATA[His mission: To help as many youngsters as possible]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.contracostatimes.com/bay-area-living/ci_12742129?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Las Lomas High senior Stuart Moore goes above and beyond to collect items to give to Books for the Barrios]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By J.M. Brown</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:41:47 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Caltrans land in Hayward rezoned for housing, parks]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The City Council OKs a plan for an area once eyed for a new freeway.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Eric Kurhi&lt;br&gt;The Daily Review</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:19:51 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[His mission: To help as many youngsters as possible]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.contracostatimes.com/bay-area-living/ci_12733410?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Las Lomas High senior Stuart Moore goes above and beyond to collect items to give to Books for the Barrios]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By J.M. Brown</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:52:09 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Reversing Bush, Obama allows California to set own greenhouse gas rules]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[California's landmark rules, which require automakers to reduce greenhouse gases 30 percent by 2016 for new cars, now move forward, and will be copied by other states.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Paul Rogers&lt;br&gt;MediaNews staff</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:53:02 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Reversing Bush, Obama allows California's greenhouse gas rules to take effect]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[California's landmark rules, which require automakers to reduce greenhouse gases 30 percent by 2016 for new cars, now move forward, and will be copied by other states]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p class="bylinejb"&gt;By Paul Rogers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="bylineaffiliation"&gt;Mercury News</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:56:35 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Council to hear plan for Hayward hills land]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Area was once slated to be a freeway bypass]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Eric Kurhi&lt;br&gt;The Daily Review</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:13:04 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Correction]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.contracostatimes.com/bay-area-living/ci_12704520?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[A picture in some editions Friday showing the unveiling of Richmond's new solar thermal fire station should have identified a PG&amp;E consultant as Stephanie Ghertner.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>BAY AREA NEWS GROUP</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:17:12 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Energy Secretary Chu warns of climate change]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu warned an audience of 800 at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park on Friday morning that "business as usual" would lead to a dramatically changed world in the coming decades.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Suzanne Bohan &lt;br&gt; Contra Costa Times</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:19:09 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Draft permit issued for proposed Calpine plant in Hayward]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Air district to accept public comments on the new requirements.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Eric Kurhi&lt;br&gt;The Daily Review</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:45:46 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Newsom signs mandatory composting rule in San Francisco]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.contracostatimes.com/bay-area-living/ci_12671651?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO  &mdash;  Tossing compostables in the trash could cost you cash in San Francisco. Mayor Gavin Newsom signed a new rule today mandating that residents separate trash, recyclables and compost or face fines.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;br&gt; &lt;p class="Byline Affiliation"&gt;Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:58:07 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Midpeninsula open space district poised to add two coastal properties]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Two pieces of prime coastal real estate will be maintained as open space if they are purchased by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, a public agency with the goal of preventing development on scenic lands rich in wildlife and farming history.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Julia Scott&lt;br&gt;San Mateo County Times</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:25:24 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Now Growing: Scabiosa stellata]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Whether annual or perennial, Scabiosa features buds tightly packed in center of flower]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Patrice Hanlon&lt;br&gt;correspondent</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:19:47 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Silicon Valley meets Notre Dame in design shaping up for new 49ers stadium]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The new 49ers stadium in Santa Clara is still five years from reality -- if it happens at all. But in the two years that the city and the team were figuring out how to finance the $937 million project, a building that tries to blend a Northern California tech/environmental ethic with a classic football experience has been taking shape on architects' computers.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Mike Swift, Mercury News</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:38:08 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Oakland firm makes recyclable hangers]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Hereby hangs a tale of sparing the environment, launching a business in hard times and providing suitable support for haberdashery across the globe.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Janis Mara&lt;br&gt;Staff Writer</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:52:21 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Farm took root when 'organic' wasn't in markets or lexicon]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[When Larry Jacobs and his wife Sandra Belin bought a small Pescadero farm in 1980 with the intention of growing produce without pesticides, the farmers in the area laughed at them. Literally.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Julia Scott&lt;br&gt;San Mateo County Times</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:53:54 PDT]]></pubDate>
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