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Two of four 1,060-foot catwalks connect to the 525-foot main tower from the eastern end of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
Jerry Brown Channels Forrest Gump
So dozens of over-sized bolts built into the soon-to-be-opened $6.4 billion San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge snapped when they were tightened earlier this year. What does California Gov. Jerry Brown have to say about it? “Look, s— happens,” Brown said when...
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A statue of Duke Kahanamoku stands along Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Ticket to Hawaii: Talking Points for Convincing Your Board to Send You
What better place to host a conference than Hawaii, right? Sun, golf, swimming. The National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems thinks so, too. It’s hosting its annual confab at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu in May and expects...
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Jerry Brown, governor of California, in Sacramento, California.
Jerry Brown: Rick Perry’s Radio Ads ‘Barely’ (Ahem, Register) in California
Gov. Jerry Brown isn’t worried about the miniscule amount of money that Texas Gov. Rick Perry is spending on radio ads airing in California urging companies there to leave for the Lone Star state. The 30-second ad features Perry knocking...
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Gov. Jerry Brown responds to a questions about the plan to build a giant twin tunnel system to move water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to farmland and cities, with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, right, in Sacramento, Calif., on July 25, 2012.
Jerry Brown Wants to `Get S— Done’
Jerry Brown was California’s youngest governor when he was first elected in the 1970s. Now back in the statehouse at age 74, he’s California’s oldest. Apparently he isn’t afraid to admit that, at his age, he can’t dilly-dally around anymore....
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