Update on Union Activity at Farmer Joe’s
Daniel Swafford
Debate over the procedure by which about 90 employees will determine their preference about union representation at Farmer Joe’s Marketplace locations in Laurel and Dimond is now entering its eighth month. Since January of this year the Uni.

Voluntary Homeowner Seismic Safety Initiative
John Frando
Just after 5 p.m. on October 17, 1989, Laurel resident Libby Jacobsohn was at home when a magnitude 7.1 earthquake, centered over 70 miles away near Loma Prieta Peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains, cracked the chimney and the foundation in seven locations under her nearly 70-year-old house.

Lives Change with a Summer of Art, Science, and Service
Karly Zimmerman
“A spa for the brain.”
That’s how one 15-year-old girl described her experience in SASS (Summer of Art, Science and Service), a unique new summer program created by the Julia Morgan School for Girls in conjunction with Mills College. .

Letters to the Editor
While I do not live on Rettig Avenue, I have been jogging up the street three times a week for more than 20 years, except for times in the past year when work on clearing it was proceeding. Finally, in the past two weeks it has been completely clear.

Editorial
Sheila D'Amico
It’s been a year now since editor Toni Locke retired from her long-time volunteer position. When she did, she passed down the MacArthur Metro files and paper copies of almost 20 years of the Metro and its predecessor publication, the Laurel Reporter.