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...graders released last week by the James Irvine Foundation, a nonprofit that awards grants to youths, 90% of students who don't like school said they would be more motivated by classes relevant to their future careers. Those students have many backers, including at least one eager salesman in Sacramento...
...biggest basin lies well east of the Bay, in the broad delta formed by the convergence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. Among the most catastrophic consequences of a big earthquake in the Bay Area, says University of California at Davis geologist Jeffrey Mount, would be the failure of the delta's aging levee system, which protects not just farmland and residential areas but also the water supply for some 23 million people. Shaken hard enough, the foundations of the levees would crumple, and in a kind of hydrological chain reaction, brackish water from the Bay would surge inland...
...Remember, Ronald Reagan spent eight years in Washington without ever leaving California; these guys are actually behaving like they're in Washington. Well, you can't be a conservative Republican majority that behaves like it's in Washington. Reagan used to have a rule in Sacramento when he was in governor that if people said "we" and they meant the government of California, they had to leave. Because "we" meant the people of California, and not the government. And these guys have got to get this back in their heads...
...still alive?” on the next.A scholar of ancient Hindu texts who has spent six years in Kathmandu, Nepal, Witzel was one of three scholars asked by the Board to examine the edits, as part of the review. In January, he flew to Sacramento for a six-hour closed discussion on the proposed changes.Last Wednesday, the Board approved a revised set of recommendations, ending the four-month dispute between the Hindu foundations and the scholars over edits involving such areas as the caste system, patriarchy, the Aryan invasion theory, and deity-worship in Hinduism.The dispute...
...USTA/ITA National Women’s Team Indoor Championship, the Harvard women’s tennis team should have been deflated, demoralized, and downtrodden. However, showing resilience and determination, the Crimson (5-1) unleashed a stellar performance this weekend to overcome both South Alabama, 5-2, and Sacramento State, 4-3. HARVARD 5, SOUTH ALABAMA 2 Against No. 28 South Alabama on Saturday, Harvard convincingly won all three doubles matches to secure the crucial first point. Preethi Mukundan and Cindy Chu finished first, defeating Dijana Stanic and Jelena Krivacevic, 8-6, in the No. 3 match. The nation?...