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Aug. 27, 2007

Digging In

After studying to be an anthropologist, Solano County Court Commissioner Alberta Chew changed directions, opting for a more stable career in law.

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Solano County Superior Court
By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      FAIRFIELD - Solano County Court Commissioner Alberta Chew was faced with a kind of Sophie's Choice.
      Send a 10-year-old girl home with her mother, who had been found passed out drunk and naked on a urine-soaked mattress; or send her to live with her grandmother, who had been the subject of a previous child protective custody investigation... (continued)

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