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Dave Brubeck dies at 91; jazz legend
In the strait-laced Eisenhower 1950s, Dave Brubeck seemed, on one hand, deeply conventional. He didn't drink, smoke or take drugs. He favored expressions like "baloney!" and "you bet" over ruder alternatives. He had a prodigious work ethic that had been...
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Six colleges failed to comply with Cleary Act, audit finds
L.A. NOWA state audit of six California colleges found that all failed to fully comply with the Cleary Act – which requires colleges that receive certain federal aid programs to publish security policies and crime statistics annually.... -
Assembly panel rejects Brown's cuts in college aid
PolitiCalAn Assembly subcommittee on Wednesday rejected Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to trim state-funded college scholarships known as CalGrants, two days after thousands protested budget cuts at the Capitol. Students packed the hearing in opposition to the cuts,... -
L.A. poised to go after Las Vegas hospital in patient-dumping cases
The Sacramento BeeYears before a Las Vegas psychiatric hospital bused a homeless, schizophrenic man to Sacramento without arranging contacts or a plan for care, a different hospital ditched Gabino Olvera on Skid Row in Los Angeles. Olvera, homeless and paraplegic,...Tags: Finance, Crime, Law and Justice, Gil Cedillo, Hospitals and Clinics, Local Elections
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Activist remembered for smile, heart
The Record, Stockton, Calif.When they gather Sunday to remember Daniel Corona, friends and colleagues will bring their own favorite stories or memories of time spent with the 48-year-old, who died suddenly on April 13. Co-workers at the San Joaquin AIDS Foundation, fellow...Tags: HIV, AIDS
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Theater workshop open to teachers, directors; scholarships available
Area drama teachers and directors are invited to attend a two-day workshop, Wednesday and Thursday, July 17-18, in Petoskey. The workshop is designed for directors, both experienced and novice, of K-12 casts, but everything taught will be applicable...Tags: Tony Awards, Teaching and Learning, Entertainment, Festive Events, Awards and Prizes
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Jazz trombone veteran to team up with Lincoln band, quartet
The Record, Stockton, Calif.Bill Watrous, a veteran jazz trombone player, will tutor and perform with members of Lincoln High School's Jazz Band on Tuesday. "We'll try to create the illusion we're not in a gym," said Jeff Nelson, a Lincoln music teacher who'll direct the 18-member...Tags: Entertainment, Colleges and Universities, Middletown, Education, Dave Brubeck
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Demery, Jones top OAA award list
The Modesto BeeCal State Stanislaus athletes have been honored many times over the years at the Outstanding Athlete Awards Banquet. Yet no member of the Warriors had received the top OAA awards since 2005. That run ended Wednesday night when basketball star Reggie...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, High School Sports, Chuck Hayes, Basketball, U.S. Army
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BRIEF: Perfect harmony
The Record, Stockton, Calif.The sound of sweet music resonated through the multipurpose room at Marshall Elementary as students from the after school Harmony Stockton program gave an end-of-the-year concert Tuesday evening. Harmony Stockton -- a collaboration of Stockton Unified,...Tags: Entertainment, Teaching and Learning, Students, Education, Venezuela
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Reaching their full potential
The Record, Stockton, Calif.Yael Castillo slipped on a prosthetic arm the other day and flexed the device's two prongs to pick up tennis balls and toss them into a bucket, to lift a can of soda and drink from it, even to grasp a pen and sign his name. Was there anything he couldn'...Tags: Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning, Students, Mountains, Education
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The Record, Stockton, Calif., Michael Fitzgerald column
The Record, Stockton, Calif.Professor Robert Benedetti, head of Pacific's Jacoby Center and one of the best analysts of the sometimes-hard-to-fathom city of Stockton, has announced his retirement set for Aug. 31. Benedetti co-conceived the Jacoby Center for Public Service and...Tags: Business, Sales, Arts and Culture
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Mother says teacher started brawl on video with daughter
The Record, Stockton, Calif.The mother of a 15-year-old Chavez High School freshman whose physical altercation with a teacher this week was captured on video and later shared on the Internet was critical Wednesday of the teacher's handling of the incident and said she is planning to...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Teachers, Juvenile Delinquency
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