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15 hrs ago | Dana Point News

Letters: When statistics rule health care, we all will lose

The article about the government-paid panel's new recommendations on women getting mammograms should be a big wake-up call for all those who want government-run health care ["New advice: Start mammograms at 50," News, Nov.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

Placentia News-Times

Baby's got bling: Pair, infant do reality TV

Doting Placentia couple and baby appear of reality TV show for parents who indulge their newborns.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Placentia News-Times

Placentia OCFA stations extend big holiday food drive

PLACENTIA To donate food to needy families this Thanksgiving, Placentia residents need to go no farther than their local fire station.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Placentia News-Times

Want a visit from Santa? Call Placentia.

PLACENTIA City officials have a direct line to Santa Claus; the city plans to continue its tradition this year of sending the jolly elf off to visit kids whose parents sign up for the privilege.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

Los Angeles Times

Placentia officials, Caltrans reach tentative settlement over failed rail project

Placentia officials said Wednesday that they have tentatively agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle a claim by Caltrans that the north Orange County city misspent more than $36 million in state funds to finance a now-defunct rail corridor project.

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Yorba Linda Star

Shots fired: Suspects flee from Yorba Linda burglary

YORBA LINDA Police have three suspects in custody and are seeking a fourth, after an off-duty FBI agent confronted and shot at several men breaking into his garage early Tuesday morning.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Placentia News-Times

Placentia-Linda medical campus expansion nears completion

Hospital official: Upgrades final by January. A hospital official said Monday that renovation and building efforts at the Placentia-Linda Hospital campus are nearly complete.

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Placentia News-Times

Caretaker accused of stealing $100,000

SANTA ANA A former caretaker is accused of stealing more than $100,000 from developmentally disabled adults by writing checks from their accounts, county prosecutors said today.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

Placentia News-Times

Librarians celebrate three decades at Placentia

Placentia Public Library officials and staffers gathered at Spadra Ristorante in Fullerton Thursday night to celebrate the employees' work.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

Whittier Daily News

Additional arrests made in La Habra killing

Two 17-year-old La Habra boys were arrested Thursday for the Nov. 1 fatal stabbing of a man.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

Anaheim Bulletin

Stabbing leads to SWAT team sweep

The investigation into the stabbing death of an 18-year-old man has led La Habra police to serve multiple search warrants Thursday morning in La Habra, Anaheim and Placentia, police said.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

Placentia News-Times

Placentia stops to thank its veterans

PLACENTIA Dozens of locals, veterans and their families gathered Wednesday morning in the Placentia Civic Center courtyard to observe Veterans Day and honor Placentia's members of the U.S. armed forces.

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The Orange County Register

OCTA helps Placentia in Caltrans bureaucrat brawl

The city of Placentia is on the cusp of settling on a payment of $5.5 million to the California Department of Transportation, a sum that the Orange County Transportation Authority will front for the city.

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The Orange County Register

Placentia firefighters get new $500,000 truck

The Orange County Fire Authority has a new, $500,000 ladder truck for its Valencia Drive station in Placentia.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

KCBS-TV Los Angeles

Placentia Company's Wood Is Fire-Resistant

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Santa Barbara Independent

Fire Resistant a oeWooda Heads West

Considering Santa Barbara's remarkable susceptibility to wildfires and the resultant destruction of hundreds of homes in recent years, we seem to have two options: move a.s.a.p., or fire-proof our lives.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

Classic Trucks

Tubing & Dolly Metalworking Tips - Professor Hammer's Metalworking Tips

You can email your questions to Professor Hammer at covell@cruzio.com, or mail to Professor Hammer, c/o CLASSIC TRUCKS Magazine, 774 S. Placentia Ave., Placentia, CA 92870.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

ADVANCE for Nurses

Be Proactive With Teaching Moments

At a family holiday party your 8-year-old nephew asks you "just what does a nurse do?" Do you say "takes care of patients," or use this moment to give him a real idea, described in a way he can understand, of the important work a nurse does daily? What about when you conduct a mid-afternoon assessment on that cardiac patient? Plenty of observations ...

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Placentia News-Times

Placentia's electric eye will watch pedestrians

The city is installing two security cameras in the walkway bridging the train tracks in Old Town - workers will have the cameras online in two weeks.

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The Orange County Register

Driver, 16, faces charges after high-speed chase

Charges are pending against a 16-year-old boy from Ontario after a high-speed chase early Sunday morning drew crowds of apparent gang members, dozens of police from several agencies and a police helicopter.

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