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The New World Is Coming
Op-Ed: With climate change, we may witness sequoia forests convert to chaparral As it becomes ever more clear and certain that a human footprint on the planet is the single greatest threat to our...
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California’s Community Colleges Are Not Getting Better
California fall undergraduate enrollment declines have slowed, but still 'troubling' This story first appeared in the Oct. 22 issue of The Sacramento Bee. There are few indicators that California’s colleges have a crisis on...
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Biden is the best man I know to be president
Letters to the Editor: Joe Biden will be our Harry Truman -- disliked in his day, vindicated by history now It's a new year and a new beginning. We all have the chance at...
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New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Allentown, New York, impacted by snowy slides
Parts of NY dig out after potentially ‘historic’ snowfall Share story BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — At least half a dozen buildings in western New York suffered damage from icy and snowy slides, some as...
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Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck
El Monte Police Chief Ben Lowry dies at 45 of unspecified 'health issues' Lowry was first hired by the LAPD in 1985. He was promoted to director of the department’s detective bureau in 2012...
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Women Are Not Leading the Way
Letters to the Editor: Nancy Pelosi shows the need for more women leading government, and not just as pundits I’m a Democrat. A self-proclaimed Democrat, but I’m pretty sure I’m right. So, you might...
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The Black Child Who Succeeded in School
Op-Ed: I pushed my kids to succeed academically to escape racism. But it doesn't work that way. By Paul D. Miller As an editor at an American company for nearly forty years, I was...
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Berkeley police under fire for possible racism after leaked messages .
Berkeley Police Department in turmoil over leaked texts about arrest quotas The Berkeley Police Department is embroiled in controversy after a number of its officers allegedly posted a series of racist and sexist comments...
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The Tale of Genji
Letters to the Editor: Elon Musk runs Twitter. You don't like that. So ignore Twitter and go read a book. And then read a book about books. And go read a book about books....
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Judi Dench slammed ‘The Crown’ for portraying the royals as ‘nice people’
Judi Dench isn't a fan of the 'cruelly unjust' depiction of the royals on 'The Crown' which means she has been furious with the public airing of some of the more salacious claims made...