| OSAA basketball
Class 3A: Starts Wednesday at Willamette University. Local team: Regis boys.
Class 2A: Starts Wednesday at the Pendleton Convention Center in Pendleton. Local teams: Santiam, Salem Academy and Kennedy girls; Western Mennonite and Kennedy boys.
Class 1A: Starts Wednesday at Baker High School in Baker City. Local team: St. Paul girls. .
Michael Bauer: Between Meals
When Ed Levine interviewed me for his book "Pizza: A Slice of Heaven," I listed as one of my favorites the arugula and prosciutto pizza from Firewood Cafe. This decade-old restaurant has three locations in San Francisco: in the Castro, in the food court at the Metreon, and at SFO. I've been to all of them but rarely venture beyond that pizza and one of the salads, which are consistently good. In the Castro, the original location, the feeling is upscale. Large windows overlook 18th Street, and each table is set with a complimentary bowl of olives. Diners line up in front of the wood-fired oven to order, and the food is brought to the table. Size: 10 inches ($8.50-$9.50). Style: Thin crust. Oven: Firewood oven that bakes the pie for 650 degrees for about 5 minutes.
Davis sworn as police chief
Janet Davis was sworn in Jan. 23 as the Clovis Police Department's first female chief. Davis, a 21-year veteran of the department, took the oath of office at the Clovis Veterans Memorial Building surrounded by city officials, co-workers and loved ones. She now oversees a department of 115 sworn officers, who respond to more than 30,000 calls for service a year, and an annual budget of $23.4 million. "Twenty-one years ago, I couldn't believe it when Chief Jerry Galvan asked me to be part of the police department," Davis said. "Standing here now, what a tremendous honor to represent the finest group of men and women in law enforcement." Former police chiefs Galvan, Joe Maskovich and Jim Zulim watched Davis be sworn in. Davis' mother, Edna Sacks, pinned the chief's badge on her uniform.
Category: Telecommunications
Between the Lines Latest Post | Last 10 Posts | Archives Google makes its infrastructure move; Buys chunk of Trans-Pacific undersea cable Posted in: General Wired & Wireless Web Technology Google Telecommunications Google on Tuesday announced that it is part of a consortium of six companies building a high-bandwidth undersea cable connecting the U.S. and Japan. In a statement, Google said cable will cost about $300 million and give Google access to capacity of 7.68 terabits per second (Tbps). Google needs more bandwidth to handle traffic between Asia and the U.S. Here's what you need to know: Google is getting into the infrastructure game in an arrangement that gives it direct access to the cable (most companies get bandwidth via telecom providers); Google is building its own network despite repeated denials.
Cape 6-year-old’s body released to family
The body of Joshua Jenkins, 6, has been released to his family, according to the medical examiners office.
Jenkins, of Cape Coral, was reportedly beaten to death by his stepfather, Phillipe Gayle, 26, according to police. He died Feb. 11. .
Film listings
Don't root for the bad guy, because although he may have several spacious New York City apartments, a closet full of natty suits, and a beauty-queen wife (and treat his momma right), he's still a cold-blooded killer. Ridley Scott's American Gangster based on a New York magazine article profiling Frank Lucas, a real-life drug kingpin in 1960s and '70s Harlem makes sure we understand that Lucas (Denzel Washington) is responsible for unleashing deadly, near-pure heroin (imported directly from Southeast Asian sources at the height of the Vietnam War) onto American streets. Paralleling Lucas's rise to power, with far less glamour, is the story of cop Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe), who's also a lawyer (thanks to night school) and a man of unimpeachable character to his detriment, as it turns out, since every other officer on the force is totally dirty and won't work with him.
Around the Mountains: Town queasy about sliding snow
A LEED-certified building designed to minimize its environmental impact need cost no more than about 3 percent than more than other buildings, building experts said. What is undeniable is that green homes cost less in following years, because of generally improved energy efficiency.
Important in designing a green home, experts told the magazine, is for the architects, builders and developers to hold meetings at the outset, as the most important aspects of green building must be incorporated into building design.
Gunnison unsure it wants thin-air testing
GUNNISON At 8,000 feet, the Gunnison/Crested Butte Regional Airport is attractive to aeronautical companies wanting to test aircraft in thinner air. The valley is broad and the air is mostly calm.
Boeing has tested there in the past, and last summer QuinetiQ, a London-based defense contractor, tested a new rendition of its Sea King helicopter.
January 2003
Jackson Murphy says this past week's protests against a possible war in Iraq weren't impressive in numbers and certainly not in logic. They were, he writes, ignorant to today's realities
Pro-lifers must change more than the law: When it comes to political activism, the anti-abortion movement can claim many successes. W. James Antle III says while that's fine, the movement needs to do more
Control the language, control the debate: Israel may hold its own militarily but Avi Davis says it's the Palestinians who are winning the worldwide war of words
Anti-gobalization: The left's violent assault on global prosperity: Edwin A. Locke says we should ignore the anti-capitalist protestors and welcome global capitalism as the best means of creating worldwide freedom and wealth
Single federal code redux: Bruce Walker responds to W.
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