Loophole keeps bilingual education in California alive
In Sherman Oaks Elementary classrooms teachers and parents test waivers to Proposition 227. While the measure requires English immersion, districts interpret the law to allow up to 40 percent instruction in another language. Parents push for waivers claiming bilingual help aids understanding, boosting enrollment in dual immersion and English immersion options amid debate over proper language instruction policy.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Oxnard
Richard Duarte
Sherman Oaks
Campbell Union
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Andres Martinez
Marden Fregosa
Sherman Oaks Elementary School
San Jose Calif
Antz Leads Box Office as Holy Man Flops
Antz tops the weekend box office with 15.4 million, while Holy Man debuts weakly at 5.2 million. Rush Hour moves to second place with 11.5 million, What Dreams May Come earns 11.0 million, and Night at the Roxbury takes 6.2 million in the top five.
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Holy Man
Los Angeles
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Murphy
Brooklyn
Metro
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Steven Spielberg
Private Ryan
Ryan
Robin Williams
Lion
Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc
Couple donates kidney to husband on fifth anniversary
Judy and Jesse Paluck celebrated fifth wedding anniversary in hospital attire as Judy donated a kidney to her lupus-damaged husband. Doctors report the transplant shows good prognosis and note spouse-to-spouse kidney matches are rare, highlighting the couple’s fate and family belief in their perfect match.
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Minneapolis
Judy
Jesse Paluck
Palucks
Jesse Palack
United States
Paluck
Larry
Ashes scattered at Brookings site of WWII bombing
Nobuo Fujita, the only Japanese pilot to drop a bomb on the U S mainland, had some of his ashes scattered at the 1942 attack site near Brookings Oregon. Flying from a surfaced submarine, he hoped to ignite a forest fire, but coastal rain and fog kept the blaze small. Fujita died in 1997 at 65 and spent years as a symbol of peace. he visited Brookings in 1992 for the 50th anniversary and the city later named him an honorary citizen.
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Nobuo Fujita
U.S
Oregon
Fujita
Brookings City
Rape suspect tied to slain 11 year old Chicago girl
A witness identified Floyd Durr, 29, as being with 11 year old Ryan Harris on the day she was slain in Chicago. DNA tests linked Durr to the killing, though he denies the murder. He faces multiple rape charges in the same area and timeframe. The victim’s body was found July 28 in a vacant South Side lot.
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Ryan Harris
Floyd Durr
R. Eugene Pincham
Ryan
Durr
Pat Camden
The
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