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‘Twas the night before Fiscal Cliff, and throughout the land,

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In the beginning, we numbered eight. Women whose friendships rekindled at a class reunion one year ago; deep, meaningful alliances based on the admirable quality that after all those years we still recognized each other.

With the exception of Stanford University lands, no single area

By Margaret Sullivan The death watch began in March 2009. That

Mr. Robert Cerruti's July 3 letter to the editor criticized the Santa Clara Valley Water District in handling the debt payoff for the San Luis Reservoir project. It brought water to Santa Clara County in 1987 and supplies the three Llagas sub-basin percolation ponds in Morgan Hill. Cerruti wrote the project was built at a cost of $247.8 million and we now owe an additional $80 million on top of the original capital cost. He spoke about money the water district set aside for repayment and wanted to know where the money went. Specifically, he argued that annual payments should have been made starting in 1987 to pay down the capital cost and the interest.

For four years, Britton Middle School was under the watchful eyes of the State Department of Education. State officials made frequent visits to the school to monitor compliance, because the achievement gap of the English- language learners had become a serious concern.