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October 11, 2008

Stories in News:

Restoring the heroes’ welcome

Sunday is the 64th anniversary of the G.I. Bill, which sent a generation of veterans to college after World War II. CBS Sunday Morning features a segment on the history of the landmark legislation and the push in Congress to improve the current G.I. Bill (a puny shadow of its former self) to provide better [...]

Posted by Donna Wares, June 21st, 2008 | Permalink
File under: News, Nonfiction, TV

Sweet deal: A new bookstore for Brentwood

The LAT reports that Diesel Books, of Malibu and Oakland, is opening a third neighborhood outpost this September in Brentwood, which lost its landmark Dutton’s bookstore earlier this spring.
Developer James Rosenfield offered Diesel’s owners a break on rent to entice them to Brentwood Country Mart at San Vicente Boulevard and 26th Street. Martha Groves [...]

Posted by Donna Wares, June 9th, 2008 | Permalink
File under: Booksellers, News, Reading life

San Francisco attack

Police say they have located a suspect in the bizarre attack in a hotel elevator on Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel. From the San Francisco Chronicle.

Posted by Donna Wares, February 13th, 2007 | Permalink
File under: News, San Francisco