THE NEW TEACHER CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ, WILL HOST ITS SEVENTH NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM. DISCOVER THE POWER OF TEACHER INDUCTION, WILL TAKE PLACE JANUARY 30TH TO FEBRUARY 1ST AT THE FAIRMONT HOTEL IN SAN JOSE. THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM INCLUDES THREE THEMES CENTRAL TO INDUCTION: QUALITY MENTORING, PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY AND LEADERSHIP, AND EQUITABLE LEARNING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. THE PROGRAM INTEGRATES PRESENTATIONS ON RESEARCH, POLICY, PRACTICE, AND TECHNOLOGY. MORE THAN 700 PROFESSIONALS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE PRE-CONFERENCE AND TWO-DAY SYMPOSIUM. FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION ON THE CENTER AND THE SYMPOSIUM, LOG ON TO

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A 44-YEAR-OLD SAN JOSE MAN IS BEING HELD ON SUSPICION OF MURDER, AFTER HIS GIRLFRIEND'S FETUS DIED. THE PREGNANT 25-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DELIVERED HER 18 WEEK-OLD DEAD FETUS , ON CHRISTMAS DAY. HER BOYFRIEND REPORTEDLY CHOKED HER AND KICKED HER IN THE STOMACH EARLIER IN THE DAY, AT A LOCAL MOTEL. CLIFFORD BEANE WATKINS, IS NOW BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY JAIL.

A GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH LEADER HAS DIED . 69-YEAR-OLD METROPOLITAN ANTHONY HELD AN OFFICE EQUIVALENT TO AN ARCHBISHOP, AND PRESIDED OVER CHURCHES IN 7 WESTERN STATES, INCLUDING THE PROFIT ELIAS CHURCH IN SANTA CRUZ. HE DIED OF A RARE FORM OF CANCER SATURDAY AT THE U-C DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER. HE HAS BEEN IN THE MEDICAL CENTER BATTLING BURKITT'S LYMPHOMA SINCE NOVEMBER.

KING CITY RECEIVED AN UNEXPECTED HOLIDAY GIFT FROM THE COUNTY. THE FINANCIALLY-TROUBLED CITY WAS EXPECTING ABOUT $900,000 FOR THEIR SHARE OF COUNTY PROPERTY TAX, BUT THEY ACTUALLY GOT ABOUT $1.4 MILLION. THEY PAID BACK OVER $100,000 THEY BORROWED TO MAKE THE SEPTEMBER PAYROLL, WHEN THE CITY RAN OUT OF MONEY. CITY OFFICIALS RECENTLY WERE FORCED TO CLOSE CITY HALL FOR 2 WEEKS TO SAVE MONEY, BUT NOW THEY CAN ALSO MAKE THE BOND PAYMENT THAT WAS DUE IN SEPTEMBER.