Jackson trial jury selection begins SANTA MARIA “”mdash; Michael Jackson smiled Monday facing the first group of prospective jurors to undergo screening for possible service in his trial on child molestation charges. Read more...

Some teams have harder scrimmages than others. But they don’t get much tougher than those of the UCLA men’s soccer team, which will face the full U.S. Read more...

Kenneth Stein, discussing the future of the Palestinian people, cited high voter turnout in the 2005 Palestinian elections to emphasize the potential for democratic rule in the region and to emphasize the changes underway. Read more...

Former assemblyman Marco Firebaugh launched his quarter-long tenure as a visiting professor with a lecture focusing primarily on the state of education funding in California. Firebaugh, who served the maximum three terms as an assemblyman representing Bell Gardens, Commerce and South Gate among other cities, repeatedly criticized Gov. Read more...

After seven months of unfruitful contract negotiations between the University of California and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the union has asked for help. Read more...

Why is Black History Month the only month dedicated to an ethnicity? Do you think this is appropriate? Tanzib Hossain Second-year, biology “I think the main reason is because in the history of the U.S., the African Americans, next to the Caucasians, have been here longer than any other race. Read more...

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