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CHP Receives Grant To Crack Down On Drunk Driving
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Killer Whales Off Course, Why?
A group of killer whales has been caught on camera cruising up and down
the Northern California coast, traveling unusually far from their feeding
grounds, scientists said. Photos taken last week show about a dozen killer whales in two
family-group pods swimming off Half Moon Bay. It's a rare sight off the Central
California coast -- but why they're here is even more unusual. Killer whales, or orcas, have
been seen in this area less than a half dozen times in the past seven years.
And when they were here, they were seen feeding on elephant seals. This
time, they're after another prey. "These killer whales may actually have followed the
Sacramento run of Chinook salmon from the Pacific Northwest down here,"
said Zeke Grader of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s
Associations. The killer whales in prior visits were just passing through.
Biologists said these whales have been positively identified as ones that
normally make their home in Washington's Puget Sound.
DA Riebe Comments On Local Impacts Of Supreme Court Decision
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CHP's Right Turn Program
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Local Man Accused Of DUI & Then Golf Cart Theft For His Escape
Citizen Input Sought For Ag Element Of General Plan
Amador County is deeply
involved in the process of updating its general plan. This plan will be the
“master plan” for the future development of the county and will aid the county
in either keeping the Amador we know or changing into a new place. Now the need
for information from agricultural stakeholders cannot be stressed enough. To
that end, an Agricultural Stakeholder's Workshop has been scheduled for Saturday, February 3, 2007 at the
Amador County Administrative Center, 810 Court, Street, Jackson, from 1:00 p.m.
to 5:00 p.m.
More Teens Buckling Up
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Buena Vista Tribe Releases New Draft Environmental Document
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Testimony In Youth Minister Intern Case Graphic In Nature
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Water Agency Directors Decide Whether Or Not To Become Enforcers
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