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...gravely flawed and costly. By far the most heated is Proposition 8, which would amend the California Constitution to ban same-sex couples from marriage. Proposition 8 protests which have sprung up throughout Northern California in recent weeks are still raging. Over the weekend, 1,000 people stormed Fresno City Hall for a No on 8 Rally. On the eve of the election, over 100 people gathered on a busy street corner in Sacramento to scream opposing views at each other in a protest that spilled over from the weekend. And in Modesto, about a dozen men, women and children...
...lose. "This is the first time water has ever been rationed like this," says Sarah Clark Woolf, spokeswoman for Westlands Water District, which has been forced to cut irrigation supplies to hundreds of thousands of acres of agricultural land. California Farm Bureau Federation President Doug Mosebar estimates that Fresno County could lose 20% to 30% of its agricultural output this season...
...milk to "playing Russian roulette with your health"; advocates accuse the agency of relying on outdated information and harassing raw-milk producers in order to protect the pasteurizing industry. "The heat from the government against us is just palpable," says Mark McAfee, founder of Organic Pastures Dairy in Fresno, Calif., which produces and ships raw milk across the country...
...break, the Crimson ended its preseason with three losses to strong California competition. Despite the disappointing final results, Harvard looked good in its 6-1 loss to the No. 18 Pepperdine Waves (14-4) on March 27 and its 5-2 defeat at the hands of the No. 16 Fresno State Bulldogs (10-6) on Saturday. “We have a much higher confidence,” Harvard coach Traci Green said. “It always feels great to take matches off a high level program.”In the first match of the break, the Crimson...
...ready to see some sunshine and get on a real field.”Harvard will start off its five-game weekend Friday taking on Oregon (9-7) and San Diego State (11-4). Saturday brings back-to-back clashes against host San Diego (3-7) followed by Fresno State (10-3). The Crimson wraps up the weekend on Sunday evening against CSU Bakersfield (6-6).Harvard is the only East Coast team in the tournament and the only one that will be starting its season this weekend. The other four teams have been playing in tournaments every weekend since...