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Silicon Valley is beginning to see 'delight' in a new light
PALO ALTO — Ask Joshua Reeves about his online payroll service, and the last thing he'll want to discuss are its features and algorithms and software code and all that other cold jargon that usually comes pouring out of the mouths of Silicon...Tags: Square, Inc., Media Industry, Human Interest, Apple Inc., Apple iPod
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Ronald Reagan and the fall of UC
Once upon a time, the University of California was a sacred trust, the top tier of a model educational system that helped lift the state to unprecedented prosperity. It was jealously protected from outside political interference. Now UC is more often...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Teaching and Learning, Politics, Executive Branch, FBI
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Berkeley accelerating access to course materials for disabled students
UC Berkeley is making its vast library collections and course textbooks more readily available to students with visual and other impairments under an agreement reached Tuesday that could set a precedent for universities nationwide. The settlement with...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Software Industry, Education, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning
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State working poor lack education opportunities, report says
California has the highest number of working poor families in the nation, but the state does an ineffective job of providing educational opportunities to boost them out of poverty, according to a new report released Wednesday. The report, Working Hard,...Tags: Poverty, Social Issues, Colleges and Universities, Personal Income
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Car-sharing catching on in spread out South Florida
South Florida's sprawling development and limited public transportation make owning a car pretty much a necessity. But a growing number of services are popping up in South Florida giving people quick, cheap access to cars whether they're lacking one...
Tags: Pompano Beach, Coral Springs, Palm Beach County, Services and Shopping, Education
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Part-timers to lose pay amid health act's new math
Los Angeles TimesMany part-timers are facing a double whammy from President Obama's Affordable Care Act. The law requires large employers offering health insurance to include part-time employees working 30 hours a week or more. But rather than provide healthcare to more...Tags: Justice System, Healthcare Laws, Barack Obama, Labor Legislation, Darden Concepts, Inc.
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'Timmy Failure' feeds Stephan Pastis' success
The last time "Pearls Before Swine" cartoonist Stephan Pastis walked the halls of San Marino's K.L. Carver Elementary School, he was an 11-year-old, practical-joke-loving fifth-grader with a penchant for irreverent doodling — things like the Ty-D-...
Tags: Justice System, Entertainment, Teaching and Learning, San Marino, Crime, Law and Justice
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Police respond to spate of Southern California bomb threats
Bomb squads from Hollywood to East L.A. to Berkeley have been busy as law enforcement officers responded to multiple bomb threats in the wake of the Boston Marathon attack. At Cal State Los Angeles on Thursday, a caller reached authorities by a pay...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports, Bombings, University of California, Los Angeles, Crime, Law and Justice
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Caller said he planted bombs at UC Berkeley and Cal State L.A.
The caller who said he had placed a bomb on the Cal State L.A. campus and would blow it up also told police he had placed a similar device on the campus of UC Berkeley. The reactions of the two public universities, though, were markedly different. Cal...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Los Angeles Police Department, Health and Safety at School
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UC acceptance rate of California seniors at record low
The chances of in-state high school seniors gaining admission to the University of California worsened this year, as more of them applied and the number accepted dropped 2.2%, according to data released Thursday. Meanwhile, the ranks of out-of-staters and...
Tags: Human Accomplishments, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Education, University of California, Los Angeles
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UC accepts fewer Californians, more students from out-of-state
The chances of California high school seniors gaining admission to the University of California worsened this year as more of them applied and the share of those who were accepted dropped by 2.2%, according to data released Thursday. At the same time, the...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Students
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Chaos after false bomb threat at Cal State L.A.
The caller stood at a pay phone outside a Carl's Jr. in El Monte and warned police: Bombs will explode in two hours, he said. One at Cal State L.A. , the other at UC Berkeley. The reactions of the two public universities, though, were markedly...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports, Teaching and Learning, University of California, Los Angeles, Health and Safety at School
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