WASHINGTON — Dave Chappelle has built a career on pushing boundaries and challenging social conventions. But his greatest act of defiance may have come Sunday night at Washington's Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. At the end of an evening of tributes and testimonials, Chappelle came on stage to accept...
Ginger Baker, Cream's Volatile Drummer, Dies at 80
LONDON — Ginger Baker, the volatile and propulsive drummer for Cream and other bands who wielded blues power and jazz finesse and helped shatter boundaries of time, tempo and style in popular music, died Sunday at age 80, his family said. With blazing eyes, orange-red hair and a temperament to...
California Seeks More People of Color to Draw Political Maps
SACRAMENTO — California on Monday gave more time to apply to an independent commission that will redraw boundaries for most state and federal elections, an effort to get more people of color involved and avoid the political gerrymandering that has caused problems elsewhere. Nearly 14,000 people have applied for the...
Parents Speak Their Minds on Boundaries for New Clovis School
Parents had mixed reactions at a two-hour community meeting Wednesday evening on proposed boundaries for a new elementary school in southeast Clovis. The district will begin building the new school near Shields and Locan avenues next month. It expects to open the school in August 2020. The new school will...
Commentary: Legislators Spared From Living in Their Districts
Equity and logic would seem to dictate that state legislators should live in the districts they represent and thereby share their constituents’ daily experiences. State law has said as much for many decades, and from time to time, individual lawmakers have been caught registering to vote in their districts but...