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SDAR, the San Diego Union-Tribune’s “Newspaper in Education” program, and the California Association of REALTORS® invite HomeWords students in grades 7-12 to enter the contest by March 17, 2008. Prizes range from gift cards to an iPod to a $1,000 scholarship.
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Generations of Southern Californians have been making, bottling, and delivering soft drinks, including Powerade, in Coca-Cola Enterprises' facilities in San Diego and throughout Southern California. Rather than allowing these longtime dedicated workers to follow their work to the new distribution facility at Oceanside, Coke is throwing them out on the street. Coke will not recognize their legal right to transfer. Coke is hiring new, non-union employees to replace the experienced union employees. The Union intends to bring legal action against CCE's illegal conduct.
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The economy of San Diego is influenced by its port, which includes the only major submarine and shipbuilding yards on the West Coast, as well as the largest naval fleet in the world. The cruise ship industry, which is the second largest in California, generates an estimated $2 million annually from the purchase of food, fuel, supplies, and maintenance services.[24]
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Ranked as the number-one integrated health care system in California by Modern Healthcare, Sharp HealthCare is San Diego's most comprehensive health care delivery system. It is recognized for clinical excellence for services in cardiac, cancer, and multiorgan transplantation, as well as orthopaedics, rehabilitation, behavioral health and women's health. The Sharp system includes four acute-care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, three affiliated medical groups and a health plan. To learn more about Sharp, visit http://www.sharp.com/ .
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SAN DIEGO – November 9, 2007 – To provide assistance to the relief efforts associated with the California wildfires, the Caterpillar Foundation is making an initial gift of $300,000 to be split between two organizations. The United Way of Southern California Wildfires Recovery Fund will receive $100,000 and the Salvation Army's California Wildfire Relief Fund will receive $200,000.
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Dr. Meltzer is co-director of Allergy & Asthma Medical Group and Research Center, as well as Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, both in San Diego. He has participated in nearly 600 research studies focused on various aspects of respiratory disease and authored more than 400 scientific publications.
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