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Inside a $17 Billion Maintenance Backlog Plaguing California’s Universities

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Across California’s public university systems, students, faculty and staff are learning and working in aging academic buildings where air conditioning, roofs, plumbing and electrical systems are either deteriorating or not functional. Every year, maintenance costs for University of...

California Lawmakers Reject Bills to Restrict Transgender Youth in School Sports

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers won't change state policies allowing transgender kids and teens to play on sports teams consistent with their gender identities amid heated nationwide debates over the participation of trans youth in athletics. Democratic lawmakers on the state Assembly’s Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism rejected...

Israel’s Operations in Gaza Expands to Seize ‘Large Areas.’ Palestinians Say Dozens Killed

JERUSALEM — Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip is expanding to seize “large areas,” the defense minister said, while officials at hospitals inside the Palestinian territory said that Israeli strikes overnight and into Wednesday had killed more than 40 people, nearly a dozen of them children. Israel’s offensive in the...

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