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Now, a few Californians with inspiring volunteering stories will be able to say the same thanks to a statewide contest that launchedx this week to inspirr more peopleto volunteer. In its "Find It. Do It. Share It." contest, a state agency that promotes volunteering, is asking volunteers to submiga written, audio or video entry with their own inspirinbg volunteer story, whether it took place last week or threw decades ago. The agency will name two granxdprize winners, each of whom will receive a trip for four to the , an opportunity to participate in a volunteer project with DisneyVoluntEARS on Family Volunteer Day Nov.
17, and a trip for two to attenxdThe Women's Conference, a sold-out event in Long Beacnh hosted by Gov. Arnolsd Schwarzenegger and First LadyMaria Shriver. Another 27 finalists each will receivefour one-day Disneylande Resort park-hopper tickets. Entries will be accepteds until Sept. 23. More information can be found at californiavolunteers.org. The food figh continues... Legal action against 24 activists who blockeds a busy Davis intersection May 1 in suppor tof food-service workers at UC Davis cranked up a notch last week when Yolo County Superiord Court Commissioner Janene Beronio refused to dismisws misdemeanor charges against them.
The defendants were arrestedc after they refused a police order to Their attorneyargued Aug. 15 that the protesy was a peaceful assemblyy protected under theFirst Amendment, but Beronio counteree that disrupting traffic is not peacefuk assembly. The group was offeresd a diversion program as an alternativeto trial, but most have turnefd down a deal and asked for court-appointed attorneyss to defend them, said Kevin Christensen, lead researcher for the Local which is trying to organize the workers.
"Ww are not pleading guilty, taking a course and paying a saidKatie Davalos, a UC Davis studenr and peace activist who joineed the protest in a gesture of solidarity with food-servicw workers, hired by an outsides contractor, who want to become universithy employees. "For me, it is a matter of All other dining hall workers at otherr UCs have beenbrought in-house." Protesters say Gaithersburg, Md.
-base d , which employs about 500 food-service workerss in campus eateries, offers poor wages and University officials are scrambling to resolve the food fightf before students show up for class next "We are trying to reach a resolutio n in favor of both the university and the employees," said UC Davis spokeswoman Lisa University officials are concerned about employment fairness and equity, but also making serviceas affordable to students, she said. "We are tryinf to strike a balance." is building the fourth-largest solar-powet system in California at its distribution warehousrein Rocklin. The Dayville, Conn.
, company expect it will start producing power by the end of the The company has already installedthe panels, which cove more than one-third of the 487,000-square-foot building. The systej will produce about 1.5 million kilowatt-hourx of electricity annually, saving the company $230,0009 per year on its bills, said Thomasd Dziki, vice president of sustainabl development for UnitedNatural Foods. He woulcd not disclose the price ofthe 1.19-megawatt system, which provides the equivalent amount of power used by 140 averag American households each year. , based in Nortu Chelmsford, Mass., is installing the system.
The solafr array tops the 1 megawatt solare power system installed onthe 140,000-square-foot Tony'd Fine Foods' West Sacramento warehouse in 2005. Power-hungry refrigeratedr warehouses are ideal candidates forsolar electricity. Most companiees are looking for ways to get but construction firm is also looking to get The ElDorado Hills-based company last week launchede a special projects division that will court the smallef jobs such as building additions, tenanyt improvements and seismic retrofits.
Bob Kjome, vice president of pre-constructiom services, said the idea stems from the company's exclusive contract with which has resulted in Roebbelejcompleting 6,000 projects, most of them on the small in the past nine years. The average cost for thosd projects was lessthan $150,000, Kjome Roebbelen is still a large force in the Sacramentok market, ranking second in 2006 with revenue of $377.5 million.
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