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This Motel is a Hotbed for Drugs and Crime. L.A.’s City Attorney Wants to Force Its Managers to Live In It.

05/01/2019 - 7:17 PM By Brittany M.
L.A. seeks to give three motel managers a taste of their own medicine.
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No Time to Work Out? No Worries. Your City is Full of “Incidental” Fitness Opportunities.

05/01/2019 - 5:47 PM By Brittany M.

May is National Fitness Month.

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Nevada City’s ‘Goat Fund Me’ Plan is a Stroke of Genius

01/21/2019 - 7:15 AM By Brittany M.

We all know goats are cute. But their charm is equally matched by their utility.

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Idyllwild’s Four-Legged Mayor Will Warm Your Heart

12/20/2018 - 4:33 AM By Brittany M.

The mayor of Idyllwild is a very good boy.

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The Nation’s Smallest (and Cutest) City Hall

10/30/2018 - 6:18 AM By Brittany M.

It's like a little hobbit house for city business.

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Jail Time for Teenage Trick-or-Treating? Some Cities Are Imposing Strict Limits on Halloween Fun.

10/17/2018 - 4:57 AM By Brittany M.
How old is too old to trick-or-treat?
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Meet the Badass Mayor Who Nabbed a 600-Pound Alligator

09/20/2018 - 5:23 AM By Brittany M.

Great grandmother, mayor, alligator slayer.

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You Can Help San Jose’s Mayor Get a Tattoo of the City’s Logo

08/16/2018 - 5:21 AM By Brittany M.

If you’d like to see San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo get a tattoo of the city’s new logo (and why wouldn’t you?), here’s your chance.

 

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The Spies of Silicon Valley

07/31/2018 - 3:00 AM By Brittany M.
"We tend to think of espionage in the United States as an East Coast phenomenon... But foreign spies have been showing up uninvited to San Francisco and Silicon Valley for a very long time."
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Tour Buses Banned From “Full House” Home

07/24/2018 - 5:26 AM By Brittany M.

What ever happened to predictability? The milkman, the paperboy, the famous house from TV?

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Pinole hires Garrett Evans as Interim City Manager
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Six months after his retirement as city manager of Pittsburg, Garrett Evans has landed a new…
Embattled Head of Solano County Homeless Services Agency Resigns
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After Months in Interim Role, Salvador Mendez Lands Palmdale’s Top Administrative Job
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The Palmdale City Council approved an employment agreement with Salvador Mendez on Tuesday, making…
Fullerton Appoints Permanent City Manager
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Eddie Manfro has assumed the City Manager’s position in Fullerton, California. He was appointed by…
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A U.S. Army reservist from Sacramento, California has been identified as one of the six soldiers…

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