Posts Tagged ‘obama’
Monday, May 20th, 2013
A woman who used her twin’s identity to work for an elderly Belmont couple was caught by police with a couple of baggies of meth. And no the twins do not look like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Danny DeVito.
An Interstate 280 rest stop was dedicated in the honor of CHP Officer who was shot during a 1962 gunfight at the Hyatt House.
Rep. Jackie Speier has called for an independent commission to investigate the IRS for targeting the Tea Party and other groups. Here’s to paying more in taxes to fund such a commission.
Respect Life South San Francisco, a pro-life group, (apparently) couldn’t find a local real estate attorney to file a last-minute appeal to stop a Planned Parenthood Clinic.
Redwood City’s Police Chief wants the Council to focus on other traffic mitigation options rather than renewing its contract with Redflex Traffic Systems.
San Mateo County School Boards Association will be schooling real estate agents and letting them know that test scores aren’t everything.
19-year-old man was wounded by a gunshot in EPA during the middle of the day. The City has been experiencing a renewed surge in violence, so EPAPD has started utilizing a process called Social Network Analysis to catch alleged gang members.
(Apparently) the Peninsula Humane Society only cares about lions being butchered for human consumption. Don’t kangaroos, peacocks, and alligators have feelings too?
President Obama will be visiting Portola Valley soon. We can’t help but wonder if the town council is planning to bill him for necessary security services.
Douglas Sporleder has been named as Menlo Park Fire Protection District’s interim fire chief.
The Atherton Police Officers’ Association warned residents that officers would leave for other jurisdictions if cuts are made.
And as a reminder, if you’re trying to get a hold of us you can email us at wd@thedailyfetch.com. We leak the news so you don’t have to.
Tags: atherton, belmont, chp, jackie speier, obama, penisula human society, planned parenthood, portola valley, san mateo, South San Francisco
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Friday, September 7th, 2012
One positive, economic sign that the President did not mention last night is the top story on the Daily Journal website: Caltrain has best July ever.
Some controversy in Menlo Park! The local Occupy folks protested outside of the Obama headquarters in Menlo Park in support of Bradley Manning. If you follow such things, Manning is the US soldier accused of leaking to WikiLeaks…
In other national/local political musings, Jon Mays chimes in today with this awesome first paragraph… Mitt Romney and the KKK?:
Tags: bradley manning, Caltrain, jon mays, kkk, mp, obama, romney
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Friday, June 29th, 2012
Just when you thought the news was slowing down for the summer…
The 49ers are going to sue the County over the $30 million theft of Redevelopment funds… When will County Supervisors actually say something about this?
The card room Bay 101 has qualified a ballot initiative for November in San Jose titled: City of San Jose Increased City Revenues from Card Rooms Act… We wonder when the What happens in San Jose stays in San Jose ad campaign will start…
We love the title of Herhold’s column today: When the Communists held sway in San Jose… And no, this isn’t some sort of Chamber of Commerce look-back at the Amy Dean days compared with the Cindy Chavez years…
Oh, and did you hear about the Supreme Court case decided yesterday…
Tags: amy dean, bay 101, cindy chavez, herhold, las vegas, obama, santa clara 49ers
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Thursday, May 24th, 2012
The President is in town… in case you missed the wall-to-wall coverage… Remember when you came here last time and visited Facebook? Well, it’s been nothing but crappy news for Facebook this week. Like this… three 8th grade girls in San Jose have been suspended for cyberbullying on Facebook.
The County Times puts an obvious headline on a profile of Republican Mark Gilham, who is running for State Assembly. Unfortunately for Gilham, the headline reads: Mullin the favorite in Assembly race… Ouch.
We kid you not, the story about the SAP executive trying to steal LEGOs seems to be part of a growing trend of LEGO-philes trying to pull the wool over retailers’ eyes.
If that story doesn’t warm your heart, an update on this story will. Remember the Redwood City woman who (allegedly) set her boyfriend’s bed on fire? Well, she pleaded not guilty to attempted murder, arson, and burglary.
Apparently, no one at the Daily Journal has anything else to write about except Brian Wilson garden gnomes… Yesterday, Jon Mays, in painstaking detail, described his lost opportunity at a gnome. Today, Michelle Durand describes the same episode from her perspective. Eyes on the ball kids… eyes on the ball. It’s a newspaper, not a note you pass back and forth in class…
Tags: daily journal, facebook, jon mays, kevin mullin, lego-gate, mark gilham, michelle durand, obama, redwood city, sap
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Thursday, May 24th, 2012
Welcome to The Daily Fetch Mr. President… Perhaps you’d like to take a few whacks at Rose Herrera too?
While we’re on politics…
Supervisor Dave Cortese is going all out for Patricia Martinez-Roach… Really?! Unlike his labor allies who are simple taking shots at incumbent Herrera and not mentioned Martinez-Roach by name, Cortese and his wife (and his father) are staking their political future on Patricia Martinez-Roach. Really?! See for yourself… Oh, and don’t forget to notice that Cortese is using Chuck Reed’s good name to make the case against Rose Herrera. Look at his title “Mayor Reed Transition Committee”… Really?! Chuck… what say you?
In other political news:
As if the increasingly crappy news about Facebook’s IPO wasn’t enough crappy news for Silicon Valley, HP is about to lay off 27,000 folks. That ain’t good…
Speaking of crappy Facebook news, three 8th grade girls in San Jose have been suspended for cyberbullying on Facebook.
If you follow such things, and the Merc seems to love to cover such things, the trial of Ly Tong, from Little Saigon hunger strike and from (allegedly) pepper spraying a Vietnamese singer fame, is on trial for the pepper spray incident. He appeared at the concert in drag to (allegedly) pepper spray the singer, and appeared in court during the trial of his (alleged) pepper spray incident in drag too.
Tags: anti-chu, braunstein, cortese, facebook, little saigon, martinez-roach, obama, rose herrera
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
Voters will have their say in November on an initiative to raise the minimum wage in San Jose from $8 to $10. That’s what the City Council decided last night. Will November be even more vicious in San Jose than June? Perhaps…
From the Unoccupy Oakland file: The Warriors are moving to San Francisco. And the Oakland A’s are moving to San Jose? Bud? Not to rub it in Oakland, but this is a headline in today’s Tribune: Occupiers’ shouting prevents vote on Oakland weapons ban…
President Obama is in town today… aside from the traffic, folks (including the Merc Editorial Board) would like to have him save Moffett Field (and Hangar One)…
Remember the story about the Palo Alto Unified School District getting secret communiqués from their Superintendent outside of public view? Well, the Palo Alto Unified School District Board is going to meet in public view to discuss it…
All the hubbub about County Supervisors building a bike bridge in Palo Alto has been punted until August. When you only meet twice a month, it’s tough to make quick decisions apparently…
Tags: hangar one, minimum wage, obama, pausd, san jose a's, supervisors, unoccupy oakland, warriors
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
The President is coming, the President is coming! Yay! (Road closures and pain-in-the-ass traffic listing here…)
Silicon Valley has had its share of great IPOs… Netscape, Google, etc., etc. But Facebook’s IPO is not in that category. Actually, they are in a different category altogether, and it isn’t a good one.
The Daily Journal is a great read. Really, it is. Jon Mays’ piece in today’s paper would be interesting, if your buddy wrote it to you on IM. But to take up space in the paper? About “going to a Giants game for a doll giveaway”… Really Jon Mays? The President is in town, Facebook is going nowhere, and you write about bobbleheads?
Tags: facebook, jon mays, obama
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Did you know the President slept in San Jose this week? Well, it’s true.
San Jose Inside said so. Probably not as exciting as having Bill Clinton “sleep” at the Fairmont, but pretty exciting nonetheless…
To the blogs…
For those (3) of you interested in what is happening at today’s Sunnyvale City Council meeting, please visit
Dweeb.org for a “
Council Preview“… (Don’t all click at once…)
Speaking of not clicking through…
San Jose Inside features a piece from San Jose Councilbeard Pierluigi Oliverio about
San Jose’s form of government…
Finally, James at
Mission City Lantern is posting stuff if you are interested… he also has
a new template he’s testing out.
Tags: dweeb.org, fairmont, inside, Lantern, obama, pierluigi oliverio, protect, solarcity, solyndra, sunnyvale
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Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Because we’re already in Palo Alto, the biggest thing going, aside from the President,
is the Stanford Medical Center expansion, and the plan cleared a key committee yesterday. We guess those committee members weren’t invited to Facebook…
In San Jose, a new audit was released that showed that the disability retiremenet program for police officers and firefighters
might be (seriously) out of whack. Don’t worry, San Jose Councilmember Pete Constant is quoted in the story… but he’s (
ironically?) agreeing with the audit… (Nothing yet from
Protect San Jose…)
Tags: 420, alvin harrison, delevett, facebook, gilroy dispatch, herhold, obama, palo alto, pete constant, protect, stanford hospital
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Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Epic. That’s the only way to describe what happened during last night’s Sharks game in LA. If you don’t know what happened yet, you should read about it before your colleagues get into work, because they’ll be talking about it all day… Here we don’t go again Ray Ratto…
In other sporting news… the City of Santa Clara voted to sell bonds whose proceeds might make the 49ers’ stadium much more of a reality… We hope the URL for this story
http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_17886138 doesn’t portend things to come for the stadium or for the fearless leaders in Santa Clara. Crime/Courts? That’s weird…
The
Merc may have been wrong calling the San Jose’s new sewer treatment plant the Taj Mahal of Toilet Water… at least according to San Jose’s professional staff in charge of building the things. The City Council
promised to monitor spending considerably and also promised that the version they want to build is not “gold plated”…
President Obama will be in Santa Clara County today (Palo Alto) doing a
live Town Hall at Facebook. Unfortunately, Facebook won’t be in the County for very long as they are already lining up the moving trucks to head to Menlo Park…
The Butcher Dog Park is
now closed in San Jose after the death of Colin died there earlier in the week. You most certainly did not miss this story if you were watching the television news anytime over the past 48 hours.
Onto Game 4…
Tags: 420, 49ers, facebook, menlo park, monte sereno, obama, palo alto, san jose, santa clara, sharks, taj mahal
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