NARRATOR: The metric system is a way of measuring things. So with length, the metric measurements are millimetres, centimetres, metres and kilometres. A stamp, would be measured in millimetres. There ...

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A judge found Arcata’s Measure M, which required the city to fly the Earth flag on top of city-owned flagpoles “directly conflicts with mandatory state law and is therefore not enforceable,” the ...

A city-sponsored measure giving Los Angeles tools to regulate the recreational and medical marijuana industry was overwhelmingly approved by voters Tuesday night. Measure M easily bested a competing ...

One of several tax measures on the ballot for cities in San Mateo County on the November ballot is Pacifica's Measure M, which would increase the tax for visitors staying at hotels or other short-term ...

Measure M, placed on the ballot in the November election for Stockton voters, seeks to clarify the process for how the city sends out information to the public and who is responsible for the ...

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Early returns for Lompoc's Measure R and Measure M showed favorable gains Tuesday night, with 52.73% of votes favoring the sale of public lands for development of a proposed space center project, and ...

The recent editorial regarding Measure M gets a lot right — and then makes the wrong conclusion. The conclusion seems to be “Don’t worry, be happy — trust your city council to do the right thing.” The ...

Local activist Larry Gilbert sent me an e-mail about the moneybags behind Measure M, the unneeded and excessive half-cent tax increase from which one-quarter of the funds will go to fund mass transit ...

Common sense. Balance. Rationality. Sadly, these have all been in short supply from one side of the discussion about the future of Fort Ord. Measure M is neither rational, logical nor balanced and ...