MUSEUMS IN THE NEWS

 

March 12-29, 2006

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Locals weigh prospects for train station
By: Cecily Burt, The Oakland Tribune, March 27, 2006
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_3643576

Museums Begin Offering Cell Phone Tours
By: Dan Goodin, The Tech News World, March 26, 2006
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/49457.html

Chinese museum to honor rail workers is proposed for Carson City, Nev.
By: Associated Press, Inside Bay Area, March 26, 2006
http://www..insidebayarea.com/bayarealiving/ci_3639127

Deadline looms for Children's Discovery Museum to resolve debt
By: Barbara Hanry, North County Times, March 24, 2006
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/03/25/news/coastal/20_40_203_24_06.txt

Gala Raises $1 Mil for Asian Art Museum
By: Carolyn Gan, Asian Week, March 24, 2006
http://news.asianweek.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=5b30bcd9244edf2f5db8b88d30f1693e&this_category_id=170

Legislators look for peace in "Surf City" feud
By: Gwen Mickelson, Santa Cruz Sentinel, March 23, 2006
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2006/March/23/local/stories/03local.htm

Riverside Metropolitan Museum director says he'll retire
By: Doug Haberman, Riverside Metro, March 23, 2006
http://www.pe.com/localnews/riverside/stories/PE_News_Local_R_rmoses24.26a10e3.html

Firefighters awed by museum exhibit
By: Richard Freedman, Times-Herald, March 22, 2006
http://timesheraldonline.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3619242

First to fall: Historian happen on story of fireman who died in 1884
By: Richard Freedman, Times-Herald, March 22, 2006
http://timesheraldonline.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3595521

Decision on USS Iowa a step closer
By: Yasmin Assemi, The Stockton Record, March 22, 2006
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060322/NEWS01/603220325/1001

Giving Elephants Space Won't Cost Just Peanuts
By: Lynn Doan, Los Angeles Times, March 22, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-elephants22mar22,1,3041477.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california

115-Year-Old Bell Rings Again in Chula Vista
By: Associated Press, 10News.com, March 21, 2006
http://www.10news..com/news/8173786/detail.html

History San Jose picks interim leader
By: Associated Press, San Jose Mercury News, March 21, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/14150960.htm

A marine makeover for Back Bay
By: Pat Brennan, The Orange County Register, March 20, 2006
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1060059..php

Fullerton Arboretum opening Agricultural Museum
By: Eric Carpenter, The Orange County Register, March 20, 2006
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1061244..php

Dredging, zoo personnel changes before council
By: Associated Press, Times-Standard, March 20, 2006
http://www.times-standard.com/local/ci_3621063

Lockeford Historical Society trying to save 124-year-old warehouse
By: Keith Reid, The Stockton Record, March 20, 2006
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060320/NEWS01/603200330

Governor's budget proposal may revive arts education
By: Susan Hammer and John Kreidler, The Mercury News, March 19, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/14136850.htm

Proceeds go to help build Agua Caliente museum
By: Associated Press, The Desert Sun, March 19, 2006
http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060319/LIFESTYLES09/603190336/1050

Junior Museum and Zoo undergoes unsettling change
By: Deborah Lohse, San Jose Mercury News, March 17, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/14121759.htm

Cash-Strapped facility to continue to operate
By: Michael Burge, San Diego Union Tribune, March 17, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20060317-9999-1mi17museum.html

Museum's $10 million expansion plans OK'd
By: Colin Atagi, The Desert Sun, March 17, 2006
http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060317/NEWS01/603170339/1006

Space museum to unveil plans
By: Renee Koury, San Jose Mercury News, March 16, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/14112134.htm

Zoo getting $2 million makeover
By: Greg Kane, The Stockton Record, March 16, 2006
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060316/NEWS01/603160341

Demolition of Cultural Icon Spurs Anger
By: Lynn Doan, Los Angeles Times, March 16, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-jewish16mar16,1,1480090.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california

Villa Montezuma museum closed to public last week
By: Roger M. Showley, San Diego Union Tribune, March 16, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060316-9999-7m16villa.html

Study: Area's cultural institutions and poor don't mix
By: James Janega, Chicago Tribune, March 15, 2006
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-060315culture,1,2126198.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

Klimt paintings looted by Nazis sent to Los Angeles museum
By: Associated Press, San Jose Mercury News, March 15, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/14106147.htm

New legal approach draws museums into fray in fight against terror
By: Ron Grossman, The San Luis Tribune, March 12, 2006
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/nation/14083591.htm

Wax museum wares bring in $1 million
By: Ellen Pak, Orange County Register, March 12, 2006
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1043221..php

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