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Campbell Takes Steps to Improve Supply Chain. Company to Close Sacramento Plant |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/28/2012 08:21 AM
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CAMDEN, N.J.-- Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB) today announced steps to improve its U.S. supply chain cost structure and increase asset utilization across its U.S. thermal plant network. A number of factors have resulted in excess capacity in Campbell's U.S. thermal manufacturing network, including significant productivity improvements, volume declines of U.S. canned soup and an increased focus on new packaging formats which are often produced under co-manufacturing agreements. As a result, the company is taking the following actions...
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2012 Frog Jump Champion Honored at Centennial |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/28/2012 11:17 AM
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Angels Camp, CA...In 1928 Angels Camp paved the main street. To celebrate the occasion the citizens held a frog jump competition. This frog jump competition was modeled after the frog jump in the famous short story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", written by Mark Twain. Twain spent a great deal of time in Angels Camp and first heard the jumping frog. There are currently 87 plaques including one commemorating Mark Twain's Dan'l Webster and his jockey Jim Smiley located in front of the Angels Hotel. Residents and visitors are encouraged to view the "Frog Hop of Fame" commemorating our historic and unique jumping frog jubilee frog story at the Angels Hotel that still stands today. The event became known as the Jumping Frog Jubilee...
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MARK TWAIN ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL TEAMS UP WITH LOCAL YOUTH FOOTBALL TO INCREASE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS |
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Posted by: John_Hamilton on 09/28/2012 04:19 PM
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SAN ANDREAS, CA – September 28th, 2012- Mark Twain St. Joseph’s Hospital (MTSJH) has once again teamed up with the local youth football teams for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. With both Bret Harte and Calaveras Football, Cheer Association along with Calaveras Junior Redskins and Angels Camp/Murphys/Arnold Bullfrogs (AMA) to spread the word about Breast Cancer Awareness during the month of October The Calaveras Junior Redskins will be joining MTSJH for the Pink in the Night Lighting Ceremony for all of the public to attend at 6:00 p.m. on October 1st, at The Terrace (Common Grounds, Fusion Grill) in Valley Springs...
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BOE to Visit More than 19,000 California Retailers |
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Posted by: John_Hamilton on 09/27/2012 06:40 AM
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Sacramento – Retailers are receiving letters from the Board of Equalization (BOE) notifying them of upcoming visits from Statewide Compliance and Outreach Program (SCOP) teams, George Runner, Second District Member of the California State Board of Equalization (BOE) announced today. These visits are intended to educate retailers about properly reporting sales and use tax, increase compliance with tax laws, and assure the state’s tax system is fair and equal for all Californians....
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Calaveras Sheriff’s Office’s Newest Employees |
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Posted by: John_Hamilton on 09/27/2012 09:31 AM
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(San Andreas, CA) On 09/24/12 Sheriff Gary Kuntz swore in two of his office’s newest members, Calaveras Sheriff’s Emergency 911 Dispatcher Guadalupe Martinez and Calaveras Deputy Sheriff Robbie Sanchez. Dispatcher Guadalupe Martinez spent several years of volunteer time preparing herself for a career in Law Enforcement. While she was a teenager in high school she volunteered for the Explorer Cadet Program with the Lodi Police Department. After she graduated from high school, she volunteered for the San Joaquin Probation Department, where for 2 years she did clerical work and assisted with self-help groups for the youth...
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NFL, Referees Reach Agreement; Refs Back on Field Thursday |
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Posted by: John_Hamilton on 09/27/2012 10:14 AM
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| The NFL and the NFL Referees Association agreed tonight to the terms of a new eight-year collective bargaining agreement that will return the game officials to the field for this weekend's games, beginning with Thursday night's Cleveland at Baltimore game. The agreement, the longest with the game officials in NFL history, was reached in New York between the negotiating teams for the NFL and the NFLRA with the assistance of Scot Beckenbaugh and Peter Donatello of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The agreement must be ratified by the NFLRA membership. Under the commissioner's authority, Commissioner Goodell can enter into this agreement without a vote of the NFL clubs... |
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Oller Opposes Fire Tax on Rural Property Owners |
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Posted by: John_Hamilton on 09/27/2012 11:11 AM
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SAN ANDREAS, CA – Rico Oller (R-San Andreas), candidate for Assembly, today restated his opposition to recently assessed annual fire fee (SRA fee). Rural property owners in California’s foothills and mountains insist it is a tax and an illegal one at that. Oller supports a lawsuit by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association declaring the assessment on property an unconstitutional tax under the 2/3rds voting requirement of Proposition 26....
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Harper's Habit is Moving to a Larger Location |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/27/2012 10:36 PM
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Arnold, CA...Harper's Habit is moving locations. We are in the process of moving our store. Our new location is 874 Henry St suite 2 Arnold right behind Giant Burger. We are moving into a bigger location so we can expand our inventory to include furniture..... We are super excited!!!! We will be reopening in October and will have a grand reopening party shortly after!!!!
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Governor Brown Signs Bill for Self-Driving Cars |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/26/2012 10:13 AM
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Mountain View, CA...Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today took a test ride in a “self-driving car” before signing into law new safety standards and regulations for autonomous vehicles. “Autonomous vehicles are another example of how California’s technological leadership is turning today’s science fiction into tomorrow’s reality,” said Governor Brown. “This law will allow California’s pioneering engineers to safely test and implement this amazing new technology.”
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Gaines on Comcast’s Announcement to Move 1,000 Jobs Out of California |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/26/2012 09:44 AM
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SACRAMENTO—Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, R-Rocklin, today responded to Comcast’s announcement to move three call-centers amounting to 1,000 jobs to Oregon, Washington, and Colorado. Andrew Johnson, regional vice president of Comcast California said the reason for moving from California was related to the high cost of doing business.
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