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City finance follies tend to come back and sink teeth in tender urban hides

By Jud Snyder

YOU MIGHT HAVE found it horrifying to read in the dailies the story about this town in Los Angeles county paying its city council members $100,000 a year. The town is Bell, population around 40,000,... Read More

Grizzle on the Griddle
Prized buck returns from vacation

By Nicolas Grizzle

I spent the weekend feeling like a prized buck. Eyes glazed over, stuffed and ready to be mounted on the wall.

We all know the feeling of eating too much. Sometimes it’s... Read More

California Focus
UC students sure to revive Israel divestment issue

By Thomas D. Elias

You’d think tempers on University of California campuses last spring were hotter about the upcoming tuition increases than anything else. You’d be wrong.

The most contentious issue on the flagship Berkeley campus and the... Read More

Farewell
By Yanran Lu

It is bizarre to think that after living in Rohnert Park for so many years, I am headed out of it in just a matter of months. College - what a word, one that inspires... Read More

Lisztian Lieder
By Yiren Lu

Legend has it that Beethoven himself gave Franz Liszt his artistic christening - a short burst of clapping, a kiss on the forehead. Liszt gave me mine. Against the mirrored ceiling of Davies Symphony Hall,... Read More

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