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501 75 cents phis tax BAV W' GROUP SERVING 27 MILLION READERS WEEKLY IN PRINT AND ONLINE LONGER TERM STRATEGIES COORDINATED BY THE (PROBLEM SOLVING OICERS) WILL BE DRAMATICALLY IMPACTED I NOT GONE Ms OAKLAND Can 911 when some 'f' 11 i Seventh St and use one of tl one is breaking into your home and an JLzOIlt Celli JH USC'lnternCt lllSteO fc? terminals in the tobby officer will come Cafi 911 after the bur i yz But not the only imj glar has gone and better hope 1 that 80 police officers have I the thief qteal vmir vrhniiter and the police union failed to agree on the public wul have to use the Internet off and the denartment has Aft rc no I i cep i it i ze I ts xtsi i "'rt it rti 1 jP rrv 11 i i MmmnTn i nnn 11DQ nna nr rnn 1 a W11C Wl vavv uuv But not the onlv imnact now 'At jtth Hint RH nnlirn nffinara hava faan laid the thief steal your computer and the police union failed to agree on the public will have to use the Internet off and the department has reorga Oakland residents are waking upQ how Wkave them within the confines to make a report online for dozens of'med to deal with the cutback to the reaHteof the new post layoff ofthe ongoing budget crisis crimes railing from identity theft to The job cuts also haveaffected re Oakland Police Department and iySt Under revised policies officers will vandalism although the systemjs not gaining personnel: Problem solving not pleasant Eighty police officers no longer be dispatched to the scene yet equipped to handle them all' lost their jobs Tuesday after the city? of most nonviolent crimes Instead People who lack access to a com t4 See POLICE Page 9 1 Thursday I July 15 2010 Serving Oakland for 136 years A (J)aklanb tribune Volume is6 No 145 AneditionoftheSanJoseewuryNhw IDSEASON REPORT I A TIMEOUT 3 GIANTS CAN CQMETOTHE STILL WIN THE WEST IRE CABARET I 1 JBsr xe DEAN COPPOLASTA ifil' siwBB BR 'JL 7' 7 AJWCTMrviJ Bl fwSBHBhvn5 BMBBBSMMMaMiBi3miiM QBaE r' 7 isfcsfc flr jaM i jKII' i' iiii ll jZ 'TbBhMR MKU Christian Dominguez 7 listens Wednesday to teacher Carissa Sugden during a summer reading program at El Monte Elementary School in Concord The reading program will not be offered next summer because the federal stimulus money it needs is running out Education to pay price as funds dry Stimulus money is running out for districts across US assuring a year of layoffs cuts report says By Theresa Harrington tharringtonbayareanewsgmupcom ederal stimulus money that helped school districts shore up programs and save jobs is running out and educators across the nation now must turn to layoffs and cuts to make up the shortfall according to a new report Starting in June 2009 Congress set aside about $100 billion to provide a two year cushion to school districts through the American Recov ery and Reinvestment Act Many districts have spent all the money they received and are having to shut down programs and lay off employees according to a report released today by the na tional independent Center on Education Policy Others are trying to spread the money through the next school year but are worried about how its impending loss will affect students and employees Nearly two thirds of all districts have used the money to save or create teaching jobs in the 2009 10 school year but up to three quarters of the districts expect to cut teaching jobs in 2010 11 because of budget de creases the report said The report is based on a nationally represen tative sample of district level administrators polled in the spring of 2010 It found that nearly 95 percent of the school districts have See EDUCATION Page 9 Tossing out these light bulbs abadidea State officials urge consumers to recycle fluorescent lights which contain small amounts of mercury By Dana Hull dhullmercurynewscom or years consumers have been urged to switch to or compact fluorescent lights which use about one quarter of the elec tricity of incandescent bulbs But unknown to many consumers the lights come with a health risk: They contain small amounts of mercury a neurotoxin that can be particularly harmful to preg nant women and children With sales of CLs in the United States now reaching about 400 million per year according to the federal Environmental Pro tection Agency concerns over the mercury they contain has grown The lignts do not pose a threat during regular use but they can be hazardous if broken are wonderful for en ergy conservation but uncon scionable not to tell people that they have mercury in said Rob the hazardous mate rials program manager for Santa Clara County a public health issue and an environmental mess if they are not disposed of prop California bans disposal of CLs in the trash because they could contaminate landfills How See BULBS Page 9 After decades in prison woman freed Williams released 31 years after murder of Oakland club owner By Angela Woodall awoodallbayareanewsgroupcom OAKLAND After nearly 30 years behind bars authorities have released the woman imprisoned for fatally shooting Eli Thornton founder of a legendary Oakland blues club rankie Williams walked out of the Central California acility Prison in Chowchilla on July 8 The parole board released her 31 years after the murder of Eli Thornton founder of Mile High Club Williams never denied shooting Thornton on May 19 1979 but she said she acted in self defense Prison reform rrlirrwioi £cj nlcv ot guedthatatage74 Williams Williams should not be kept behind bars because she no longer posed a threat to society Her original parole date was July 4 but she released for four days because of the holiday The wait was agony was praying and Williams said by telephone Tuesday During her first trial the jury i 4 Jt 4 deadlocked over the murder charge because of considerable evidence that Thornton abused her Her sec ond trial began in 1982 with a dif ferent attorney and drastically re duced defense with little mention of the abuse She turned down a plea bargain because she never thought a jury would convict her Instead the second jury sentenced her to 17 years to life The Board of Parole Hearings granted her release nine years later find that the prisoner committed the crime as a result of the stress in her Commis sioner Maureen said at the 1992 hearing See REED Page 9 IN MORNING REPORT wfeW 9 i 4 BEBETOMATTHEWSASSOGATED PRESS ENGLAND IROQUOIS PASSPORTS: An American Indian lacrosse team has been denied entry into England and will miss a world championship match after British officials said players enter the country with Iroquois Confederacy flassports Iroquois leader Percy Abrams above displays one of the passports t' f'IL UC campuses will see record number of students from outside state US EnisK Twiti KWl wTftwl' wyH I ContraCortT1mxom InsidiBayAnaxotn SOCIAL NETWORKING: ind your newspaper on acebook and follow us at TwittercomlnsideBayArea Oi WEATHER Sunny L60s PAGEAA6 INDEX Puzzles D4 Obituaries C4 Business Cl Gary Bogue A2 Opinion A8 Classified C6 Lottery AA2 Scoreboard B6 Comics D5 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