Sharon Bernstein
By Sharon Bernstein
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Breaking News As ‘Stanford Rapist’ Goes Free, New Debate Erupts Over Judge’s Lenient Sentence
Former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner will be released on Friday after serving three months for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman near a fraternity party, a sentence that has ignited fierce debate over the way California defines and punishes rape. Turner’s sentence to months in county jail instead of years in state prison stoked international…
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Breaking News Darrel Steinberg Suggests He’ll Run for Mayor of Sacramento
California’s former top Democrat legislator hinted broadly on Tuesday that he will run for mayor of Sacramento, bringing political heft to a race to succeed Kevin Johnson, the former basketball star whose boosterism helped revitalize his home town Darrell Steinberg, a former president pro tem of the state senate and a onetime Sacramento City Council…
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Breaking News California Push Against Anti-Semitism Spreads
Students at two University of California campuses have passed resolutions condemning anti-Semitism after incidents on two UC campuses, including the painting of swastikas on the doors of a Jewish fraternity at UC Davis. The UCLA Undergraduate Students Association unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday amid controversy over the tough grilling of a Jewish candidate for…
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