Sam Farr In The News
July 06, 2008 Web site builds community of those displaced by Big Sur fire
he blogged - is credited with catching the attention of Rep. Sam Farr, D-Salinas, and state Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-San Luis Obispo, whose district includes ...
July 05, 2008 Annual Watsonville July 4 parade draws 30000
US Rep. Sam Farr celebrated his birthday with a ride in the parade. The energetic crowd seemed reluctant to leave as the last participant paraded by. ...
July 03, 2008 Proud to be Americans
... Central Coast attended a naturalization ceremony at Salinas's National Steinbeck Center June 30, hosted by Congressman US Rep. Sam Farr (D-Salinas). ...
July 03, 2008 Basin Complex Fire: Blaze jumps fire lines, CHP turns back travelers
Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, said he was told it does not appear California's wildfires qualify as a federal disaster because the level of destruction has not ...
July 02, 2008 2008 NTA Grassroots Symposium Brings Travel Industry Together for ...
Representatives Jon Porter, R-Nev., and Sam Farr, D-Calif., co-chairs of the House Travel and Tourism Caucus, also spoke to NTA delegates about the ...
July 02, 2008 Woman paddles for good cause
It was sponsored by Rep. Sam Farr, D-Calif., and had 69 co-sponsors including Saxton, and Reps. Rob Andrews, Rush Holt, Donald M. Payne and Albio Sires, ...
July 02, 2008 FIRES: FEMA chief, governor to visit county this morning
He will be joined by US Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Farr will meet Paulison at the airport and accompany him to the command ...
July 01, 2008 New Americans sign on
On Monday, US Citizenship and Immigration Services, along with US Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, hosted a naturalization ceremony at the National Steinbeck Center ...
June 30, 2008 State expects farm bill aid
"What's exciting about this bill is for the first time ... it really reaches out to what California is doing," Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, said, ...
June 30, 2008 State Abandons Widespread Aerial Spraying to Eliminate Apple Moth ...
This conflict caused Representative Sam Farr to ask the CDFA and the US Department of Agriculture to look for other means of fighting the moth. ...
June 28, 2008 Former EPA official to campaign for Obama
... Burnett, 31, said in an interview that he was moving back to Northern California to campaign for Obama and Rep. Sam Farr (D-Carmel). ...
June 27, 2008 Sam Farr to visit evacuation center
Evacuees from the wildfire in Big Sur will have an opportunity to meet with Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, today. He is expected to visit the evacuation center in ...
June 26, 2008 Salinas man shot near Safeway grocery store
Over the past three years, US Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, has secured more than $2 million for the task force. "Helping create and grow the Gang Task Force has ...
June 26, 2008 Your Town
... Military Construction and Veterans Affairs military construction bill would bring $28.8 million to Central Coast, according to Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel. ...
June 25, 2008 Federal bill includes anti-gang funds for Monterey County
Over the past three years, US Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, has secured more than $2 million for the task force. âHelping create and grow the Gang Task Force has ...
June 23, 2008 State calls off sprayings for moth in Alameda, other urban areas
US Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, a leading voice against the spray, released a statement Thursday applauding Kawamura's announcement. ...
June 20, 2008 Aerial pesticide spraying over urban areas halted
Representatives for Congressman Sam Farr, D-Carmel, said the decision to halt spraying plans was made following meetings during the past month between Farr ...
June 20, 2008 STATE CANCELS MOTH SPRAYING: Sterile insects will be released to ...
But it is does not immediately mend what Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, called a "public relations fiasco" that has plagued the eradication campaign since ...
June 20, 2008 State stops aerial spraying over neighborhoods
... shortly after leaders with the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the US Department of Agriculture met with Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel. ...
June 20, 2008 Officials call of aerial spray for apple moth
US Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, the only Californian on the powerful House Agricultural Appropriations Committee, has been in discussions with US Department of ...
June 20, 2008 STATE CANCELS MOTH SPRAYING
But it is does not immediately mend what Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, called a "public relations fiasco" that has plagued the eradication campaign since ...
June 19, 2008 Officials suspends Calif. aerial spraying program
âEver since this thing came out I always thought it was a public disaster,â said Rep. Sam Farr, D-Calif. âThe spraying started and people just went nuts. ...
June 19, 2008 Apple moth spray program change to be announced today
Over the past four weeks, US Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, has convened a series of meetings with federal and state officials to re-evaluate the eradication ...
June 19, 2008 Another lawmaker speaks out on spraying
Meanwhile, Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, spent Wednesday with US Department of Agriculture leaders discussing the apple moth spraying. No announcement was made ...
June 19, 2008 Moth spray program cancelled
The decision was made following meetings over the past month between US Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, and federal and state officials. ...
June 16, 2008 Financial reports released on California leaders
By DEBORAH BARFIELD BERRY ⢠The Salinas Californian Washington Bureau ⢠June 16, 2008 WASHINGTON â Rep. Sam Farr took four all-expense-paid trips last year, ...
June 13, 2008 National news: NBC's Tim Russert has died
Congressman Sam Farr, from Santa Cruz, had a long friendship with Tim Russert and his wife, Maureen Orth. Rep. Farr served in the Peace Corps with Orth in ...
June 12, 2008 House votes to extend unemployment benefits for Monterey County ...
US Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, joined a bipartisan majority of his colleagues in the House to approve legislation that will aid workers who have lost their ...
June 09, 2008 Santa Cruz City Council Calls for Ending Colombia Military Aid ...
The city government urged Congressman Sam Farr to âstep up his leadership to terminate all military assistance to the Colombian Army, and to re-direct these ...
June 08, 2008 PARTY HARDY
Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, and Monterey Mayor Chuck Della Sala were in attendance. "You get a lot of old politicians coming back here," said former Monterey ...
