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Visiting Washington State by Train
Washington State is located on the Pacific north coast of the United State; it's bordered by British Columbia (Canada) in the North, by Idaho State on the East side, and by Oregon State in the South.
The state can be divided into 6 geographic land a [...] (Read Article)
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May 19 2012 - Raiders Players Train Local High School Ballers: Fan's View
I think it was a week of contrasts for the Oakland Raiders in terms of contributions to society. Raiders linebacker Rolondo McClain was sentenced to 180 days in jail after a conviction on four charges, including reckless endangerment, third-degree assault, menacing and discharging a firearm. McClain and an accomplice apparently beat up another guy in Alabama in November 2011, for which he was ... |
May 10 2012 - Photos: On this day, the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869
The First Transcontinental Railroad was a railroad line built in the United States between 1863 and 1869 by the Central Pacific Railroad of California and the Union Pacific Railroad that connected its statutory Eastern terminus at Council Bluffs,Nebraska with the Pacific Ocean at Oakland, California. By linking with the existing railway network of the Eastern United States, the road thus ... |
May 09 2012 - Account retrieval
ELKO, Nev. - 12:51 pm Ending months of equivocation, President Barack Obama declared his support for gay marriage on... - 12:29 pm A former California transit officer who fatally shot an unarmed man on an Oakland train platform in... |
May 09 2012 - rgj.com Forums
ELKO, Nev. - 12:51 pm Ending months of equivocation, President Barack Obama declared his support for gay marriage on... - 12:29 pm A former California transit officer who fatally shot an unarmed man on an Oakland train platform in... |
May 06 2012 - Crockett group plans massive three-level model train display
CROCKETT -- A key segment of the original transcontinental railroad will soon be brought to life in one of the largest train models of its kind.The Carquinez Model Train Society is building a replica of the line which extends from Oakland to Reno with the layout focused on |
March 08 2012 - Amtrak workers file race discrimination suit against passenger train giant
The employees -- two women and nine men -- worked in the Oakland Amtrak station on Third Street. They claimed they were passed over for promotions, given extra work and singled out for disciplinary action because of they are African-American. Most of them worked in entry level positions doing janitorial work, such as cleaning the train cars. |
February 28 2012 - East Bay BART Train Kills Man
A little before 7 p.m. on Monday, a man died after walking on the BART tracks at the MacArthur station. A Richmond-bound train plowed into the unidentified man, killing him instantly. According to Oakland Tribune , "He fell at the far end of the platform, and officials found no witnesses other than the train operator during the early hours of the investigation." [ more › ] |
February 26 2012 - San Jose moves ahead with roadwork to accommodate A's ballpark
Though it remains unclear whether the Oakland A's can pursue a San Jose ballpark, city officials are moving ahead with long-planned roadwork to improve traffic flow in the area, arguing the changes are needed anyway to benefit the nearby city-owned HP Pavilion and future development near the Diridon train station. |
February 25 2012 - San Jose moves ahead with roadwork to accommodate ballpark
Though it remains unclear whether the Oakland A's can pursue a San Jose ballpark, city officials are moving ahead with long-planned roadwork to improve traffic flow in the area, arguing the changes are needed anyway to benefit the nearby city-owned HP Pavilion and future development near the Diridon train station. |
February 06 2012 - Scrap metal thieves steal toilet parts from Amtrak station bathroom
Scrap metal thieves in Oakland have apparently sunk to a new low, ransacking the bathroom at the Jack London Square Amtrak train station of brass and chrome fixtures and leaving the rail company with a hefty repair bill. The discovery was made late Tuesday night when a KTVU photographer walked into a bathroom and found that the most of the facilities had been rendered useless after fixtures and ... |
January 22 2012 - If an elected official talks loudly in public, should reporters tweet?
When California Watch's senior editor Bob Salladay took the train from Sacramento to Oakland on January 19, he didn't think he would be in a place to break news. But it's hard to ignore an Assembly candidate when she is talking loudly on her cell phone in a public space. [ View the story "If an Elected Official Talks Loudly in Public, Should Reporters Tweet?" on Storify ] |
January 05 2012 - Oscar Grant march marks 3rd anniversary of killing
Hundreds of people marked the third anniversary of a BART police officer's killing of Oscar Grant on Sunday by marching peacefully from Oakland City Hall to the site of the shooting, the Fruitvale train station nearly 3... |
December 27 2011 - Walking To Campus? Go Under The Traffic
UNC Greensboro is planning an $8 million pedestrian underpass. It's under the railway corridor at the south end of campus near Forest Street and Oakland Avenue. |
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