Word: california
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Quake Day: In some ways the earthquake this week hit hardest some of the things which are most integral to the Northern California lifestyle: the freeway system, the Bay Bridge, a pedestrian mall in Santa Cruz. But despite the destruction (the quake was the second deadliest in U.S. history), San Franciscans were typically resilient, taking to the streets to help their neighbors, check out the damage or simply to do some exercise. It wasn't exactly a holiday, but then again, a day off from work or school isn't a common occurrence. Said Victoria Wong...
WHEN Cesar Chavez, the leader of the United Farm Workers, spoke at Lowell and Adams House last week, he asked students to join a nationwide ban of California grapes and called on the dining halls to boycott them as well...
Grapes may not seem like something worth arguing about, but they are: California grapes are treated with pesticides harmful to the health of farm workers. Not to mention what they do to consumers...
COURTS have also been predictably unreliable in pay equity cases. In California, a federal judge recently dismissed a California State Employees' Association's claim that jobs held mostly by women paid less than comparable jobs held by men. That case involved 60,000 workers. A similar case was dismissed in Michigan...
Alford has been teaching in California since 1982, and he received tenure at UCLA...