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	Six total arrests in Sequoia High beating The beating of a 16-year-old Sequoia High School student on campus Thursday morning was gang-related, Redwood City police said. Slide show: Week 12 NCS round 1 football playoffs Photo slide show of the first week of the North Coast Section playoffs Palo Alto school district aims parcel tax vote for April n Move would add $96 to current $493 for six years San Mateo launches effort to improve bicycle transportation network n San Mateo officials start work on creating a cycling network Carolyn Livengood: Children's Fund seeks holiday gift donations THE CHILDREN'S Fund of San Mateo County is collecting gift donations for its holiday program to be distributed to more than 4,000 children, teens and young adults, from newborns to 18-year-olds, who are in need. Discount drug cards to be rolled out in San Mateo County n Move could help some save an average of 38 percent off retail East Palo Alto City Council censures Peter Evans n 4-0 vote may help protect city from litigation following harassment complaint San Mateo students help United Nations n Fifth-graders take lead in raising about $2,000 for UNICEF Peninsula Humane Society "Pet of the Week" Handsome, stately, calm, playful, regal, classy and debonair. We've run out of adjectives to describe our male purebred English setter, who's 9 years young and very eager to give thanks to the person or family who opens their home and heart to him. Menlo Park pharmacy shuts down The Preuss Pharmacy in Menlo Park closed its doors at the end of business Thursday after 62 years in business.The drugstore, a Santa Cruz Avenue fixture since 1947, merged with the Safeway pharmacy on El Camino Real effective Friday morning, owner and pharmacist John Celedon said in a statement. Palo Alto downtown shows signs of recovery You can't see it from the street, checkered as it is with empty storefronts and vacancy signs. But behind the papered-over windows of some of downtown Palo Alto's most prominent retail properties, signs of economic life are stirring. State cuts funding for Peninsula freeway projects Less financial aid to be allocated for improvements approved in 2007, including the Willow Road-Highway 101 interchange rebuild. California jobless rate soars to 69-year high of 12.5 percent Unemployment across the state hits 12.5 percent as San Mateo region cuts 1,500 positions. San Mateo County sheriff running for re-election despite brothel scandal n County Sheriff Munks says he'll seek another term next November Coroner IDs man killed in East Palo Alto shooting SAN MATEO — The San Mateo County Coroner's Office has identified the victim of a fatal shooting Thursday in East Palo Alto as 20-year-old Isaiah Pittman. MORE MORE LOCAL & REGIONAL NEWS HEADLINES Hayward man gets 40 years to life for Burlingame road rage killing Man gets nine months in jail for attack at Daly City party The Insider: Channing highlights Hillbarn fundraiser See if the IRS has a check waiting for you or your neighbors State unemployment hits record high 12.5% Coastsiders make pitch for Big Wave development Last of Wheeler Hall protesters cited and released at UC Berkeley DA: No charges for South San Francisco rape suspect BART to trim 70 to 80 jobs, but perhaps without layoffs International Motorcycle Show thunders into San Mateo San Bruno drops resistance to South San Francisco warehouse project Menlo Park girl, 6, remembered as outgoing, bright Roadshow: Let's talk cars Carolyn Livengood: Hillsdale Shopping Center to hold annual coat drive Bay Area home prices rising