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...University of Southern California with two losses. The two losses, though, could not have been more different. Friday night the Crimson (7-6) went down 54-49 to a Siena team that it had beaten by 23 points just three weeks ago. Co-captain Emily Tay, a Los Angeles native, led Harvard with 12 points and was the only Crimson player to reach double-digits. “We could not have played worse against Siena,” coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “We were sloppy on both ends of the floor. There was nothing positive...
...think all of our kids need the opportunity to learn and to grow 11 and 12 months out of the year." - on the virtues of summer school and the possibility of lengthening the academic school year, Los Angeles Times, July...
That makes what's happening in Orange County, Calif., all the more important. One of the richest residential areas in the country, the Los Angeles suburb is known for swimming pools, golf courses and lush lawns - all of which need water. But like much of Southern California, Orange County is dry and getting drier, and the aquifer from which the county pumps much of its water is slowly draining. Importing water from wetter Northern California is an option, but an expensive one (at least $530 per acre-foot, or about 326,000 gal., of water). Meanwhile, population growth means that...
...Chilean-born husband, Rodrigo, have been happily married for more than six years, but have always made it a point to get out of town regularly sans partner. "My most favorite trips without Rodrigo are the ones I have taken to Mexico for Día de Los Muertos," she says, in reference to the holiday that Mexicans spend paying respect to friends and relatives who have died. The annual trip has become a spiritual pilgrimage of sorts for Rogoff Moraga: "It is something I will never give up and would not enjoy if he went. One of my favorite...
...Tribune Company’s decision to file for bankruptcy was only the latest in a series of setbacks for the American newspaper industry. Even before Tribune—which owns the Los Angeles Times, the Baltimore Sun, and its namesake Chicago Tribune—announced its filing, the chain was wracked by layoff and forced buyouts. The Times alone lost 150 staffers—17 percent of its employees. Smaller chains, like McClatchy, are close to defaulting on their debt, and even giants like The Washington Post and The New York Times are making cutbacks.While the decline of print...