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SACRAMENTO; Bank told to drop payday loan link; BRISBANE ; Evicted

SACRAMENTO. Bank told to drop payday loan link. BRISBANE . SACRAMENTO. Bank told to drop payday loan link Federal bank regulators have ordered a California bank to stop providing short- term loans through a national chain of payday lenders, a move that activists said could lead to tighter regulation of the high-interest loans.

ACE Cash Express had used its relationship with Goleta National Bank, a federally chartered bank, to skirt state rules,said Shelley Curran, a policy analyst with Consumers Union. On Tuesday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currencyordered Goleta to end its relationship with ACE by the end of the year. BRISBANE Evicted squatters leave tree home The tree home on San Bruno Mountain that attracted national attention when two squatters refused to leave after 12 years is now just a tree again.

Besh Serdahely, 58, cleared out Tuesday and park officials dismantled his huts, two months after San Mateo County officials stapled a notice to the 300-year- old oak saying Serdahely and his wife, Thelma Caballero, were no longer welcome.

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