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WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal from two San Diego-area school board members and decide whether public officials who take to social media are free to block their critics. At issue is whether their Facebook or…
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Kade West just needed something and someone to believe in. The 20-year-old Long Beach resident, born deaf and autistic, never felt like he belonged anywhere. But after the death of his mother, Dijana, from bladder cancer, in 2021, he…
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Misha Karigaca was a middle school principal when the Oakland Unified School District revamped its disciplinary policies in 2015 to end willful defiance suspensions.Instead of sending a student out of class for a minor infraction, teachers…
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In April 2019, Amy Lorenzo, age 12, left and her sister Marlenne Lorenzo, age 14, were walking to school when they were struck and killed by a dump truck that was driven by a man police believe was searching for music videos on his phone.…
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SACRAMENTO —  You’d think that filling a U.S. Senate seat would be easy, even fun. But if Gov. Gavin Newsom has to find a replacement for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, it could be agonizing.Plenty of qualified people would leap at the chance to…
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One is wideout Jordan Addison, who had tremendous success at schools on opposite sides of the country.Another is defensive tackle Jalen Carter, once projected to be the top pick but now steeped in controversy.Yet another is cornerback Joey…
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He stepped to the podium Monday and immediately revealed how eager he was to embrace the 2023 season.“It’s been 93 days since our last ballgame,” Brandon Staley said in response to the opening question of his latest news conference. “So…
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I grew up 30 feet from an oil well. We couldn’t open the windows of our South L.A. home because of what was in the air. I couldn’t play outside for more than a few minutes without feeling sick.At the age of 9, I started organizing to shut…
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ULSAN, South Korea —  Choi Byung-moon remembers that it was around 10 or 11 in the morning when the white minibus came under attack.It was a clear spring day, and from the forested knoll where he stood, he watched the vehicle inch along a…
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NBCUniversal Chief Executive Jeff Shell has stepped down after three years in the top role due to “an inappropriate relationship,” parent company Comcast Corp. announced Sunday, making him the latest high-powered Hollywood player to lose…
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