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Opinion: Volunteering loses meaning with???hour-farming???
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (350+ words) One warm afternoon when I was volunteering at my church’s annual Bible school and herding children to lunch, I heard a friend mutter a statement that has stuck with me. He isn’t a bad person. He doesn’t hate helping others....
More firefighters added as Timber Fire containment grows in Monterey County
9+ hour, 4+ min ago (78+ words) Local News Matters More than 360 personnel joined the fight against the Timber Fire in Big Sur on Saturday, bringing the total to 2,177, as containment reached 15%, Cal Fire said. The size of the fire in the Los Padres National Forest in…...
Registered sex offender accused of breaking into home and trapping residents in Santa Rosa
9+ hour, 42+ min ago (66+ words) Local News Matters A registered sex offender was arrested in Santa Rosa on Friday night after allegedly breaking into a home and trapping residents inside. Edward Carver, 36, was also accused by the Santa Rosa Police Department of peeping into the…...
Large numbers of sea lions return to beach near Cannery Row in Monterey
10+ hour, 42+ min ago (77+ words) Local News Matters Large numbers of sea lions, which grow up to eight feet long and can weigh 1,000 pounds, are back in Monterey, city officials said. The federally protected marine mammals are hauling out on San Carlos Beach near Cannery…...
Man convicted of sexually assaulting 5 children sentenced to 225 years to life in Monterey County
11+ hour, 9+ min ago (115+ words) Local News Matters A 64-year-old Monterey County man was sentenced to 225 years to life in state prison after a jury convicted him of sexually assaulting five children over a period of 16 years, Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni announced Friday....
Timber fire containment grows to 15% at 4,869 acres in Monterey County
12+ hour, 42+ min ago (70+ words) Local News Matters The Timber Fire in the Big Sur area of Monterey County was 15% contained late Saturday afternoon at 4,869 acres, Cal Fire said. The size of the fire in the Los Padres National Forest increased about 7% in 24 hours since…...
Byron Airport gets new medical helicopter base to serve Contra Costa County
13+ hour, 42+ min ago (90+ words) localnewsmatters.org Eastern Contra Costa County has a new medical helicopter base at Byron Airport. The base, named SkyLife 34, is operated by air medical service provider Air Methods. The base mainly serves patients of Kaiser Permanente hospitals across the region,…...
Timber fire grows to nearly 5,000 acres as containment increases to 12% in Monterey County
14+ hour, 20+ min ago (69+ words) Local News Matters The Timber Fire in the unincorporated Big Sur area of Monterey County was 12% contained on Saturday afternoon after growing to nearly 5,000 acres. The fire in Los Padres National Forest was at about 4,870 acres as of Cal Fire’s…...
Judges are coming to San Mateo classrooms to talk civics for Constitution Month
20+ hour, 42+ min ago (71+ words) Local News Matters The nation’s 250th anniversary will come with a civics lesson for some San Mateo County students. San Mateo County Superior Court is inviting local educators to schedule visits that will bring judges, attorneys and other law enforcement leaders…...
Impact of homicide recognized on 20th anniversary of San Francisco's NOPA shooting death
1+ day, 42+ min ago (113+ words) Local News Matters Family and friends of people killed in murders gathered Friday in San Francisco’s NoPa neighborhood to remember their loved ones at the site where a 17-year-old was shot to death exactly 20 years earlier. Paulette Brown, whose son…...