Tag: california
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weaving spiders come not here: bohemian club convenes
masters of the universe have a gay old time at grovefrom sacramento news review: The dark woods on the outskirts of this run-down Russian River resort town are silent now, save the occasional rustle of wind through the towering redwoods. In two weeks, however, the thick moss-laden trunks of the Bohemian Grove will reverberate with…
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blackwater twenty-four
san diego mayor blocks blackwaterfrom danger room: Blackwater Worldwide’s plans for West Coast expansion have hit another roadblock. After already backing away from one possible site in Potrero, Blackwater is now faced with a legal challenge to its plans to open a training facility in leased warehouse space in San Diego. “The company has leased…
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‘red team’ penetrates livermore’s ‘superblock’
from global research: During a mock exercise at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), an antiterrorist “red team” breached security and penetrated Building 332, the so-called “Superblock” where some 2,000 pounds of plutonium and weapons-grade uranium are stored. Lab security personnel failed miserably, TIME magazine reported. Situated in Livermore, California, LLNL is about an hour’s…
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oakland cops: mind if we search your house for guns?
from inside bay area: A six-month pilot program where Oakland police officers would knock on doors and ask permission to search homes for guns got the green light from the City Council’s public safety committee… The consent-to-search program, as it is called, is based closely on a similar effort launched in St. Louis in 1994…
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some good news: blackwater ends bid for cali camp
from ap: Military security contractor Blackwater Worldwide has pulled its plans to build a training facility in a remote area about 45 miles east of San Diego… Potrero, home to about 850 people, found itself split by the plan, with environmentalist and anti-war factions ardently opposing those who welcomed the prospect of an economic boost…
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booz biometrics, castro quits, rotarix, lonsdale & checkmate
booz allen hamilton wins $6m biometrics bidfrom washington technology: Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has won a contract worth $6.3 million to conduct a biometrics research project at the request of the Air Force, the Defense Department announced yesterday. Under the contract, the McLean, Va., company will help conduct research for a new 3-D facial recognition…
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navy must cut sonar use off california
from la times: A federal judge in Los Angeles on Thursday ordered the toughest set of restrictions ever imposed on the U.S. Navy’s use of mid-frequency sonar off the Southern California coast as part of a protracted court battle to protect whales and other marine mammals from underwater sonic blasts. The order was the first…
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presidio terror & audio spotlights
anti-terror exercises set at presidiofrom monterey herald: The loud booms coming from the Presidio of Monterey on Friday will likely be an anti-terrorism exercise. The exercise is scheduled through the day, and the High Street gate will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., according to officials from the Defense Language Institute and the…
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california bioterror drill at mock concert
from san jose mercury news: How would you like to spend the day inside a crowded stadium, pretending to vomit and be drenched in fake chemical gas? Sound like fun? Wait, there’s more. Well, you won’t get paid. But you will be helping out local firefighters, police officers and paramedics practice for the biggest and…