Word: calif
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...former Kirkland House resident was found guilty of six counts of armed robbery earlier this month by an Orange County, Calif. jury, but was acquitted of four similar charges of robbery...
Instead, it has decided to stay until it either establishes its independence to do what it wants or, more likely, until the Episcopal Church expels its membership. "We must remain within the church to transform it," vows dissident Bishop David Schofield of Fresno, Calif. If separation is forced upon the flock, he states, "we will take the path when it comes." Says Bishop Clarence Pope of Fort Worth, who was elected president of the new Synod: "We are moving one step at a time to test the waters...
Children abandoned physically or emotionally by their parents look elsewhere for companionship, acceptance and values. Odell Edwards, a 20-year-old serving time in a Ventura, Calif., juvenile facility for attempted murder and other offenses, recalls that by the age of 14 he was spending most of his time away from home and hanging out with a group of friends that he called his "homeboys." Says Edwards: "I never really had anyone to talk to. My father was gone. I had no one to turn to when I was in trouble, except my homeboys. They became my family...
...town's involvement transcends checkbook activism. Media-shy Meryl Streep performs as spokeswoman for Mothers and Others for Pesticide Limits. The names of celebs who huddled around a garbage-filled storm drain at a rally for Heal the Bay, a Santa Monica, Calif., group, read like a short list for the 25 most intriguing people: thirtysomething people (Ken Olin, Patricia Wettig), sitcom people (Justine Bateman, John Ritter), people named Moon and Dweezil Zappa. A sludge protest drew Dynasty's Linda Evans to Olympic, Wash. More recently, Dennis Weaver, Michael Landon and Robert Downey Jr. voiced their protest against offshore...
Once they surely would have been limited to New York City, but today established playwrights launch shows in Miami, Denver, Seattle -- even Costa Mesa, Calif...