Articles tagged "california"

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Court showdown on Prop. 8

by Josh Richman [Contra Costa Times (MCT)]

[5.Mar.09] :. WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Jack Becker and Lyle Swallow share a hilltop home in Concord’s eastern reaches, affording an expansive view of Mount Diablo and the entire Concord area, filled with their...

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A crusading editor, gunned down for the story

by Tim Jones [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[17.Aug.07] :. OAKLAND, Calif.—Until the sawed-off shotgun was raised and aimed at him, Chauncey Bailey, the tall, swashbuckling media celebrity who always walked and talked with a purpose, didn’t seem...

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TRAVELOGUE: Amid the drab landscape of Joshua Tree lies a bounty of treats

by Allen Holder [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[6.Jul.07] :. JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Calif.—Brown. I’m headed south along Park Boulevard, just outside the town of Twentynine Palms, and everywhere I look it’s the same: unrelentingly brown,...

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Michael Moore supports California heath care program

by Bobby Caina Calvan, Aurelio Rojas and Carla Meyer [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[13.Jun.07] :. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Michael Moore, the filmmaker and provocateur, rode into the Capitol Tuesday, delivering impassioned - and sharply barbed - pleas for guaranteed health care. He was embraced by...

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TRAVELOGUE: The Duke’s co-star: A movie pilgrimage to Monument Valley

by Alan Solomon [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[1.Jun.07] :. MONUMENT VALLEY, Ariz./Utah—He remembered the first time he saw this place. It was October 1948, and the chill of high-country autumn had already set in. He was here to work with Victor...

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Critics dispute Schwarzenegger’s status as environmental champion

by Kevin Yamamura [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[16.Apr.07] :. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In the latest issue of Outside magazine, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wears an untucked green shirt and jeans, posing as a champion of the environment. He sits on a rock surrounded...

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