| Lives left in limbo as end draws near for SJ community
MANTECA - Just as Frank Ferreira was moving into the Patio Trailer Park a little over a year ago, he was told he would have to leave. The tentative July 1 deadline became final when the City Council gave the park's owner permission last week to raze the Main Street community and turn it into offices and homes. The stress of finding another home has subsided. By Friday, Ferreira, 42, had found a park nearby that would take his trailer. "I'm better," he said as he packed up a few remaining belongings while moving out. Ferreira is luckier than some of his neighbors, who still are trying to relocate. The obstacles are numerous: Many other trailer parks are full, but even with spaces open, their trailers won't be accepted, because they are too old. They can't sell their trailers and pocket the cash for new apartments; no one wants to buy a 40-year-old trailer.
Magistrate denies appeal to reduce fine
Special magistrate Bill Selmi refused to reduce a $1,675 code violation fine for Mark Hunter Pearce at Tuesday's hearing. However he did impose fines in three other cases at his monthly hearing held April 17. Mr. Pearce had accrued the fine because of two mobile homes, a shed and trash and debris on his N.W. 36th Street property. He requested a fine reduction, but Mr. Selmi could find no grounds for the reduction. The cases of Norris McCrory, Elida Villalpando, Juan Solis, Kenneth King and Thomas Almond were found to be in compliance and were not heard. Code Enforcement Officer Gina Gehring charged Orieta Wireman with having fire and safety hazards on U.S. 441 S.E. property. If the property is not in compliance by May 10, a fine of $100 a day could be imposed for every day of noncompliance.
Modular home builder temporarily cuts production
Deer Valley Corp. said it has implemented a plan to curtail production of manufactured homes by about 20 percent during the first two quarters of 2007. The company was responding to an anticipated 40-year low in industry shipment rates in the first half of the year, according to a release. .
Quick Takes: News From Israel You May Have Missed
Iran, preparing for a possible confrontation with the United States and Israel over its nuclear program, has been training and funding Palestinian groups to carry out large-scale terror operations in the event of a U.S. or Israeli attack, according to sources among both Palestinian security officials and terrorist leaders. The funds, the sources said, are meant to offset the fact that other Palestinian groups are receiving funds from competing sources. The security officials said Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbass Fatah organization, in coordination with Israel-based U.S. security coordinators, has stepped up payments to Fatah militias and cells of the Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades on the condition that they cut contact with Iran and the Iranian-backed Hizbullah militia.
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