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SB Council vetoes plan for overnight RV parking
Councilman Das Williams’ effort to tweak the city’s RV parking ordinance — to allow violators to enroll in an authorized overnight parking program, rather than pay the fine or have their vehicle towed — fell just short of approval on Tuesday night.

From uber wedding site to roadside sniper attack
Jennifer Anniston and Brad Pitt had a front row seat for a made-for-movies drama last week when a sheriff’s SWAT team nabbed the Highway 101 sniper suspect at El Capitan Ranch close by the celebrated couple’s secluded beach home.

The rise of Rosewood Fall
KJEE’s morning host Spencer called Rosewood Fall “a delicious harmony of ‘big kid lyrics,’ a well-crafted song structure with a spicy aftertaste.

Janet Feld and the art of listening
Althoughsinger/songwriter Janet Feld has lived music for as long as she can remember,she didn't make her first demo tape until the ripe old age of 26 after a solojourney through Europe convinced her to make a career out of her dream.

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