Emeryville NewsLocal news for Emeryville, CA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Ex'pression College Opens Alan Parsons Studio Two- July 23, 2008 Nashville is no doubt one of the hottest recording markets in the country, but we want to know how it got to be that way.http://www.topix.net/city/emeryville-ca/2008/07/expression-college-opens-alan-parsons-stud... Martinez residents to vote on $50 annual school parcel tax- July 21, 2008 After a heated debate, a divided Martinez Unified School District board on Monday approved placing a $50 parcel tax on the November ballot.http://www.topix.net/city/emeryville-ca/2008/07/martinez-residents-to-vote-on-50-annual-sc... Starbucks cuts strike at home- July 19, 2008 At least 10 Bay Area locations of Starbucks have been slated for closure sometime within the next eight months.http://www.topix.net/city/emeryville-ca/2008/07/starbucks-cuts-strike-at-home?fromrss=1 Man dies in Berkeley train accident- July 18, 2008 A southbound Amtrak train struck and killed a man running across the tracks Thursday, just north of the Gilman Street crossing in Berkeley.http://www.topix.net/city/emeryville-ca/2008/07/man-dies-in-berkeley-train-accident?fromrs... Owner of day care where boy died after strangling files appeal- July 18, 2008 Bertha Taylor, the owner of an Alum Rock day care center where a toddler died in May after he apparently was strangled on a slide when the cord of his hooded jacket got caught, has appealed her case with the ...http://www.topix.net/city/emeryville-ca/2008/07/owner-of-day-care-where-boy-died-after-str... S.F. fires up two-pronged attack on smoking- July 16, 2008 Mayor Gavin Newsom has proposed prohibiting tobacco sales in pharmacies, including Walgreens and Rite Aid.http://www.topix.net/city/emeryville-ca/2008/07/s-f-fires-up-two-pronged-attack-on-smoking... 'Spore' computer game's alien population exploding- July 15, 2008 The "Spore" alien population is exploding, boding well for the September launch of the latest brainchild of computer game legend Will Wright.http://www.topix.net/city/emeryville-ca/2008/07/spore-computer-games-alien-population-expl... Gone But Not Forgotten: Emeryville mudflat sculptures- July 14, 2008 If you were a kid growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, there wasn't much to look at on the drive from Sacramento back to San Francisco.http://www.topix.net/city/emeryville-ca/2008/07/gone-but-not-forgotten-emeryville-mudflat-... Area fire crews fighting fires all over- July 14, 2008 When large fires burn throughout the state, it is not uncommon for mutual aid requests to pour into Alameda County.http://www.topix.net/city/emeryville-ca/2008/07/area-fire-crews-fighting-fires-all-over?fr... A Chicken-and-Egg Problem: How to Speed Up Production of Flu Shots- July 13, 2008 If bird flu erupts into a pandemic, the world will need a lot of vaccine in a hurry. That would be virtually impossible with the current flu-vaccine manufacturing method, which is little changed since the 1940s.Several companies have bird flu vaccines in development, though none is yet commercially available. Chiron Corp. of Emeryville, Calif., and Paris-based Sanofi-Aventis have begun clinical trials with vaccines that could be ready next year.But flu vaccines traditionally are grown in...http://www.topix.net/city/emeryville-ca/2008/07/a-chicken-and-egg-problem-how-to-speed-up-... |