Opinion

California Lawmakers Debate How to Prevent Another College Admissions Scandal

March 23, 2019

When state legislators grilled University of California staff at a hearing Tuesday about the university’s response to the recent college admissions scandal, Assemblyman Kevin McCarty asked the question that’s been reverberating since the story broke last week....

White Nationalism, Born in the USA, Is Now a Global Terror Threat

The Conversation

March 23, 2019

The recent massacre of 50 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand is the latest confirmation that white supremacy is a danger to democratic societies across the globe. Opinion ...

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Wild Chase Reveals FUSD Failure to Support Troubled Student

Bill McEwen

March 22, 2019

Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson and the district's trustees face perhaps the biggest challenge in his nearly 27 months of leadership. Opinion Bill McEwen On Wednesday, a student wa...

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California Editorial Roundup: Police Transparency, Rent Control, Death Penalty

AP News

March 21, 2019

Santa Cruz Sentinel (March 19) on police being able to build trust by backing transparency reforms: Recent stories published in this newspaper have uncovered cases of police misconduct that resulted in officers losing their jobs. These reports were part of ...

Walters: School Accountability Good for Some, Not Others?

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

March 21, 2019

Last year, in his final budget as governor, Jerry Brown proudly proclaimed a new policy to encourage the state’s 114 community colleges to pay more attention to how their students are faring. Opinion...

How Many More of These College Scam Artists Are There?

gvwire

March 20, 2019

As someone who settled for an Army issued GED in place of a real diploma from Fresno High School (I was awarded an honorary diploma years later), and who squandered numerous opportunities at higher education, I...

Walters: Newsom Does It Again With Death Row Reprieve

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

March 18, 2019

Gavin Newsom is fond of making grandiloquent, headline-grabbing gestures couched in moralistic terms. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary “I had no right to do this. We didn’t have the formal authority. But we tried to exercise our ...

Walters: Slowing Economy Could Hit State Budget

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

March 17, 2019

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first budget proposal, unveiled two months ago, took a surprisingly conservative approach, given his promises of high-dollar spending during his campaign for the governorship. Opi...

Bribes to Get Into Yale and Stanford? What Else Is New?

New York Times

March 15, 2019

One of the funniest stories I ever heard about the college admissions madness came from an independent consultant who was paid handsomely to guide families through it and increase the odds that Harvard or Yale ...

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Don’t Leave California’s Climate Goals Stuck in Traffic

CALmatters

March 15, 2019

Remember the last time you were stuck in traffic, and you were late for something really important? Well, that’s where California’s climate goals are without the completion of our high-speed rail project designed to alleviate California’s traffic congestion...

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California Lawmakers Debate How to Prevent Another College Admissions Scandal

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Wild Chase Reveals FUSD Failure to Support Troubled Student

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California Lawmakers Debate How to Prevent Another College Admissions Scandal

White Nationalism, Born in the USA, Is Now a Global Terror Threat

Wild Chase Reveals FUSD Failure to Support Troubled Student

California Editorial Roundup: Police Transparency, Rent Control, Death Penalty

Walters: School Accountability Good for Some, Not Others?

How Many More of These College Scam Artists Are There?

Walters: Newsom Does It Again With Death Row Reprieve

Walters: Slowing Economy Could Hit State Budget

Bribes to Get Into Yale and Stanford? What Else Is New?

Don’t Leave California’s Climate Goals Stuck in Traffic