What you'll see: This trip provides an easy bayfront tour to a series of launch points for pretty walks, fishing, boating and recreation. Waterfront views are a highlight. Full Article at San Francisco Chronicle

By a 5-2 vote, Arlington School Board Trustees shot down an addition to the 2010 calendar that would have honored labor leader Cesar Chavez. Full Article at NBC - Dallas Fort Worth

There will be no Cesar Chavez holiday in Arlington schools, after all. Last night, the school board turned down a school calendar change that would have added the day off in 2011. Full Article at KRLD

Fiction and nonfiction writer Art Rodriguez will be at the Cesar Chavez Library, 615 Williams Road, Salinas, at 5 p.m. Thursday to share his stories and discuss options for changing lives. Full Article at The Californian

ARLINGTON — Trustees rejected a proposed 2010-11 school calendar Thursday night that would have made the district the first in the area, and possibly in the state, to honor labor leader Cesar Chavez with a day off for staff members and students. Full Article at Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Developers on Thursday unveiled their latest plans for the art-themed 21c Museum Hotel, with the downtown project now calling for a 31-story apartment tower, along with a 13-story, 250-room hotel with a modern art museum open to the public. Full Article at Austin American-Statesman

Both rise gently from broad, lakeside parks to fertile, almost uninterrupted alluvial plains. Full Article at Austin360.com: Out & About

Holidays at Dunsmuir — Dec. 6, 12-13 and 19-20; Dunsmuir-Hellman Historic Estate, Oakland. Enjoy music, entertainment, crafts, food, children and adult teas and more. Full Article at The San Jose Mercury News

ARLINGTON, Texas - The Arlington Independent School District will vote this week on a proposed measure to include Cesar Chavez's birthday in the list of school holidays. Full Article at MyFOX DFW

Bienvenido, HispanicTips is about empowerment through information for our diverse group. A community enhancer, it is a powerful platform in terms of presentation, organization and ease of use. Full Article at HispanicTips

The Arlington school district could soon be the only district in North Texas, and maybe in all of Texas, with a holiday honoring Cesar Chavez, the late Mexican-American labor leader and civil-rights activist. Full Article at KRLD

Arlington school trustees will vote this week on a 2010-11 school calendar that could make the district the only one in the area, possibly the state, to honor labor and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez with a day off for students and staff. Full Article at Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Salinas Public Library, in association with the Central California Writing Project and with an endowment from The Carmel Ideas Foundation, is presenting "The Big Slam" teen poetry slam and open mic from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, at Cesar Chavez... Full Article at The Californian

Texas educators have produced another draft of the revised social studies standards for grades K-12. Various critics have been scrutinizing the standards to see whether they include historical figures who they deem important. Full Article at Education Week

One woman is on a crusade to reform Portland, Oregon's strip club industry by suing evil club owners who put making a profit before paying women fairly to take off their clothes and wiggle around on a pole. Solidarity forever! Full Article at Gawker

Copeland, actor, comedian, author and KGO radio talk show host; Dan Niemi, a San Leandro police officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty in 2005; and Luster Knight, an Alameda County firefighter and committed community volunteer who died in 2... Full Article at Inside Bay Area

I had no idea that six-year minor league free agents didn't have health insurance. Full Article at McCovey Chronicles

So last Friday night was a good time for Mark Rogers and Darren Bennett to relax a little bit right? Some quiet time at home for a well-deserved Friday night off after directing their teams to resounding league titles? Full Article at Visalia Times-Delta

Police with the Austin school district said Monday that a 17-year-old Austin High School student turned himself in hours after shots rang out near the campus at 1715 W. Cesar Chavez St. Police said no one was injured in the shooting. Full Article at Austin American-Statesman