| MIDDAY BUSINESS REPORT: Wyco center has jobs aplenty
Several job fairs and mass interview sessions are planned in the next few weeks. Dennis McGovern, general manager of the fast-growing shopping and entertainment destination in Wyandotte County, estimates there are about 700 job openings. Target, which is scheduled to open at The Legends in October, has opened a temporary hiring office at 350 Speedway Blvd., and will conduct walk-in interviews from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 10, and Friday, Aug. 11, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 12. The site is next to the Kansas Speedway offices, just off Interstate 70. Billed as a "mass hiring event," the Target event illustrates the challenges of staffing 19 new stores and restaurants that have opened at The Legends just since April, McGovern said. "Now, some of the college and high school kids that had been hired are going back to school, so we have more openings again," he said.
Mapping asbestos the cause of Mesothelioma
Following in the footsteps of other counties, the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District released a map for eastern Sacramento County that shows areas more likely to contain naturally occurring asbestos, including parts of Folsom.Looking at geologic rock formations where naturally occurring asbestos is more likely to be found, the map is an updated and expanded version of an August 2005 map by the California Geological Survey. Air district officials say they have been addressing health concerns about NOA for several years, primarily in Folsom."Sacramento County and the air district at times were not aware of any naturally occurring asbestos in our county," said AQMD division manager Dave Grose. "We were well aware that El Dorado County had some."That changed during a routine site inspection of the Lago Vista High School campus in 2004, in which the Department of Toxic Substances Control discovered levels of NOA.
Union leader represents more than labor in state
BIRDS LANDING - With a cigar between his lips and a shotgun slung over his shoulder, state labor leader and Contra Costa native Jim Kellogg is the very picture of a man's man. In the testosterone-charged morning, Kellogg joined 90 shooters blasting away at fist-sized clay discs whirring over the grassy landscape in this Central Valley hunting preserve. "After we're done shooting, I'll have a beer and then I'll be a real man," joked Kellogg, a tall and well-built 62-year-old wearing blue jeans and a state Fish and Game T-shirt and cap. The scene, like Kellogg, is deceptively simple. "People have a tendency to underestimate Jim," said longtime friend and Contra Costa Supervisor Mark DeSaulnier. "He doesn't say much and he doesn't have a formal education.
LegalView.com Announces Its New, Free Legal Encyclopedia
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LegalView provides two types of legal information. First, the general legal resources, allowing people to look up legal terms and legal definitions, and to seek legal information through a wide range of legal resources; LegalView's directory includes many thousands of links to useful online resources, for instance, from legal publications and blogs, to lists of expert witnesses and paralegal services.
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