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Mariposa football alumni night set for Sept. 25 against Gustine
Undefeated 1966 Grizzlies to be honored during second annual event Mariposa County High School will hold its second annual football alumni night Friday, Sept. 25, when the Grizzlies host Gustine at the Mariposa Gold Bowl. This year’s event will honor the 1966 Grizzlies, who went 9-0 and remain the only undefeated varsity football team in…
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California could be first in the nation to create smoke-damage standards
BY LEVI SUMAGAYSAY (This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.) Two smoke-damage bills awaiting the governor’s signature address a longstanding issue brought to the fore by the Los Angeles County fires: When is it safe for wildfire survivors to move back into their homes? After the deadly January 2025 fires, which destroyed more than…
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New Texas social studies curriculum will teach role ‘radical Islam’ played in 9/11
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter (Republished from The Christian Post – christianpost.com) The Texas State Board of Education has adopted a revised social studies curriculum that highlights the role of radical Islam in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and discusses Muhammad’s “brutal military campaigns against Jewish and Christian tribes” while stressing the role of…
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More visitors, less waiting: Yosemite survey shows strong peak-season visitor experience
With visitation up, preliminary survey finds 96% of visitors rated their Yosemite experience good or excellent National Park Service News Release More people are visiting Yosemite National Park this year, but they aren’t spending more time waiting. Preliminary results from a new peak-season visitor survey found 96% of visitors rated their recreational experience in Yosemite…
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Globe accused of ‘Hit Piece’ over exposé of CA assemblyman who sent $6 million to his own nonprofit from state budget
Taxpayers did not volunteer to underwrite Assemblyman Jackson’s nonprofit By Katy Grimes (Republished from The California Globe – california globe.com) California Assemblyman Dr. Corey Jackson (D-Moreno Valley), who received his Masters in Social Work, founded and directs the nonprofit Center Against Racism and Trauma (CART), which has only been tax-exempt since February 2022. Earlier this year, he named CART his legislative…
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How the Smithsonian quietly erased America’s founders
By Jerry Newcombe, CP Op-Ed Contributor (Republished from The Christian Post – christianpost.com) Fireworks in Washington, D.C. were not reserved only for the 4th of July. Just last week, there were fireworks in some Capitol hearings related to controversy at the museum. • Is there “woke nonsense” at America’s prestigious Smithsonian museum in Washington, D.C.,…
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Mariposa County Supervisors to consider visitor center RFP, DA appointment, and service actions
The Mariposa County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 9 a.m. in the Board Chambers at the Mariposa County Government Center, 5100 Bullion Street. Meeting Overview The meeting will open with the call to order and roll call, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance, introductions, and approval of the…
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Is ChatGPT making us lonelier than ever?
(Republished from The Christian Post – christianpost.com) By Hannah Lape, Op-ed contributor By the end of the 1980s, American poet and novelist Wendell Berry faced peer pressure to give up writing by hand and get a computer, so much so that he published an essay titled “Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer.” In it,…
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‘Prayer is a mighty thing’: Church networks offer hope to communities that ‘lost everything’ in Nepal
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter (Republished from The Christian Post – christianpost.com) Days after catastrophic landslide flooding in Nepal left more than 1,000 people dead, Christian organizations and church networks are mobilizing for what they anticipate will be a years-long effort to aid survivors who’ve lost “everything,” including countless children who’ve lost parents and are now living…
