What’s the right thing to do when war rages and kids are dying half a world away? Students at Chapman University’s Dale E. Fowler Law School started planning a symposium back in the spring — an annual project of the student-run Diversity and Social Justice Forum, which seeks to avoid the echo chamber of ideas…
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Governor Gavin Newsom gathered with civic leaders at Los Angeles General Medical Center on Thursday, Oct. 12 to celebrate the signing of two laws intended to transform the state’s approach to the twin crises of homelessness and mental health. The first law, AB 531, seeks to create 11,150 mental health treatment beds and supportive housing…
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Advanced Placement students at the four comprehensive high schools in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District completed another stellar year, with a significant increase in both the pass rate and the number of examinations administered. And 63 seniors who earned the International Baccalaureate diploma at Valencia High School exceeded the number from the county’s other…
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In the mid-’90s Orange County-based rock bands Lit and Zebrahead were playing backyard parties together, tearing it up in front of intimate, yet rowdy crowds at Club 396 in Fullerton and trusting each other enough to give one another haircuts while maybe not in the straightest frame of mind as they were hanging out at…
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These days it’s not enough to visit a foreign country just to see the sights. Travelers want experiences, and high on the list are hands-on cooking classes. Cindy and Fred Jacobson of Yorba Linda recently returned from a trip through Spain and loved the chickpeas and spinach dish featured here so much, they recreated it…
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Tim Henderson | Stateline.org (TNS) NEW YORK — States and cities are taking advantage of expedited work authorizations for a flood of new migrants, seeking to match them with jobs so they can support their families while they wait for asylum hearings. Allowing migrants to work might enable many of them to leave shelters in…
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The idea blew the minds of Caltrans officials. In 2003, two professors from Occidental College and folks from environmental and cycling groups organized the closure of a section of the 110 Freeway — also known as the Pasadena Freeway — for several hours on Father’s Day so people could walk, push strollers with babies, and…
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Kristina Byas | Bankrate.com (TNS) Historically, Black female entrepreneurs and minority business owners have faced significant hurdles in securing business capital. Amid these challenges, the Fearless Fund emerged as a beacon of hope. Since 2018, the organization offered business grants for Black women through its Fearless Strivers Grant Contest and provided much-needed financial support. But…
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Inflation has gobbled up three-quarters of the buying power Californians’ got from pandemic-era pay hikes. That’s what my trusty spreadsheet tells me when I compare stats from September’s Consumer Price Index report and recent earnings data for four metro areas – Los Angeles-Orange County, San Francisco, the Inland Empire and San Diego. On average, weekly…
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Each year, the Anaheim Public Library hosts Anaheim Reads, a month-long celebration of reading. This year, the chosen book is “There, There,” a debut novel by Cheyenne and Arapaho author Tommy Orange. The book is about a large cast of Native Americans and a month of activities are planned around the theme of exploring Native…
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