Thursday Nov 26 | The Jewish News Weekly
Joshua Venture back from hiatus to nourish new ideas
The fellowship that launched Heeb magazine, JDub Records and S.F.'s own New Jewish Filmmaking Project is back.
Tuned In: S.F. Opera Adler Fellows look to the future
'THE FUTURE Is Now" is both the concert program title and the literal truth for the current crop of Adler Fellows entertaining a gala audience Sunday night at the Herbst Theatre.
$2M entrepreneurship grant for UCD grad school
The UC Davis Graduate School of Management has $2 million in new seed money to spark entrepreneurship in California, thanks to a gift from the estate of Charles J. Soderquist, a UC D alumnus who founded and led several dozen high-tech companies in the greater Sacramento area.
Roseville developer restoring Odd Fellows building to former glory
If the 12-inch-thick walls of the Odd Fellows building could talk, quite a yarn they'd tell - complete with an R-rated chapter of historic Roseville.
San Francisco Opera's Adler Fellows Gala Concert November 22 at Herbst Theater
San Francisco Opera Center presents the final Adler Fellowship concert of the 2009 season, The Future is Now: Adler Fellows Gala Concert, Sunday, November 22 at 7 p.m. at the Herbst Theatre in the War Memorial Veterans Building.
Tourist gold elusive in Dutch Flat
Susan "Sussy" Flanigan sits in her favorite spot at the Dutch Flat Hotel earlier this month.
300 Rally to Save Sharp Park Golf Course
Astanding-room-onlycrowd of more than 300 supporters ofSan Francisco's endangeredpublic golf courses at Sharp ParkandLincoln Park jam-packed theSharp Park Golf Course banquet roomin PacificaThursday night,October 22,asSan Franciscogolf icons, labor unions, public- and private-course golfers,high school students, San Francisco andSan Mateo ...
Antone Fernandez of the Lisbon House and John Dougherty, owning the property next are extending the sidewalk from the hotel to the corner of Ukiah and Kasten streets.
Two Linden High grads receive scholarships
The Scio Odd Fellows 2009 Scholarship Winners were honored during the annual Linden Scholarship Winners Picnic, held at the New Hogan Lake Observation Point Picnic Area.
California Academy of Sciences honors local scientists
San Francisco based California Academy of Sciences will be holding an award ceremony honoring the induction of twenty-one new Academy Fellows today.
Fresno's Civil War Revisited may shift to spring
San Joaquin Valley residents will have an opportunity to see the 20th annual installment of the "The Civil War Revisited" Saturday and Sunday at Kearney Park.
Alan Houston Named Eleanor Roosevelt College Provost
Alan Houston, a professor of political science and an internationally recognized scholar of early-modern British and American political thought, has been appointed provost of Eleanor Roosevelt College at the University of California, San Diego.
UC San Diego Launches a oeInvent the Futurea Student Support...
At the University of California, San Diego, a growing number of potential students will need financial support to offset rising fees and the cost of living.
Perr&Knight Adds Texas Actuary
California-based insurance support services firm Perr&Knight announced that James Vallee has joined the firm as a consulting actuary in the company's Fort Worth, Texas, office With the addition of Vallee, Perr&Knight broadens its capabilities to include Accident & Health actuarial consulting services.
Landscape architect George Girvin of San Anselmo was recently selected for induction into the American Society of Landscape Architects Council of Fellows during the group's annual meeting in Chicago.
CHEERS: To the locals who stopped and tried to assist the rescue of four passengers seriously injured in Monday's plane wreck.
Torrance settles sexual assault claim against officer for $180,000
A woman who accused a now-fired Torrance officer of sexual assault and battery in a lawsuit has received a $180,000 settlement from the city, court documents show.
Cycling California Firefighter Strikes Gold
FELLOWS, Calif. -- Jimmy Watkins knows a thing or two about a double shift. A county firefighter from the Fellows substation by day, he's emerging as a prominent cyclist.
Celebrating 150 years of Masonry in northeastern California
Alicia Knadler Indian Valley Editor 7/8/2009 What began as an Old West tale of whiskey and women in an old gold miner's journal became worthy of a sesquicentennial celebration for 150 years of Masonry in northeastern California.