Word: california
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...acre Kovacevich vineyards--which make up slightly less than 1 percent of California's total grape acreage--are located just outside Bakers-field, Calif., in the heart of the state's agricultural region...
...only does California have the nation's most stringent agricultural regulations, but John Kovacevich says that he could not staff his farm if he forced his pickers to work under terrible conditions...
Here is the kind of scene that probably won't be discussed before the President's advisory board on race relations: in California's working-class town of East Palo Alto, a group of Hispanic parents went before the black-controlled school board last April to demand better bilingual education for their children. Before the meeting ended, police had to be called in to break up a fight between two participants: one a Latina and the other an African-American woman who had told her to "go back to Mexico...
...Checchi is good looking, in the John F. Kennedy mold. He's smart, Harvard M.B.A. smart. And he's rich, very rich, centimillionaire rich. He has a gated mansion in Beverly Hills, a beautiful lawyer wife, a California tan--and enough of a '60s sensibility to feel guilty about it all. After nearly three decades of making money with the Marriott Corp., the Walt Disney Co., the Bass brothers and Northwest Airlines, Checchi says it's time to give something back. At age 49, he's running for office for the first time in his life. He wants...
...California's most popular politician, Senator Dianne Feinstein, decides to go for the same job, then Checchi (pronounced check-ee) will probably be remembered as just another unsuccessful millionaire-politician with an expensive taste for public service. But if she doesn't run, the Democractic nomination may be Checchi's to buy. That's because for the first time in its history, California's gubernatorial race will have two rules that favor a tycoon with no voter following. The first is an open primary, which means voters can cross party lines; the second is a $1,000-per-person limit...