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The Teacher Turnover Trap

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California’s lack of urgency to end Hollywood writers’ strike

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Advocates: Don’t let L.A. drink from Mono Lake

With the Sierra Nevada snowpack reaching historic levels this year, state officials and residents sounded the alarm that the snowpack melt could trigger “ghost lakes” to expand and cause devastating…