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Category Archives: Youth
Spoiler Alert: Here's How Our Local Champ Did in the Geography Bee Finals
Hot off the wires… WASHINGTON (AP) A first-time national geography bee contender from Texas has won the annual competition in Washington. Fourteen-year-old Rahul Nagvekar, of Missouri City, Texas, won National Geographic Bee on Thursday. He will receive a $25,000 scholarship. … Continue reading
Meet Hayward's Varun Mahadevan, National Geographic Bee Finalist
Set those DVRs ya philistines! Thursday at 8 p.m. on the National Geographic Channel, you'll want to watch Varun Mahadevan, Hayward resident and 13-year-old 7th grader at Fremont's Prince of Peace Christian School, competing against nine other students from around … Continue reading
Sierra LaMar Update
On Tuesday, after police found a red vehicle they think is connected to disappearance of Sierra LaMar, some news organizations and web sites seemed to make a connection between that discovery and police statements that they think the missing teen … Continue reading
Los Gatos District's Plan to Halt School Construction On Seismic Concerns Angers Parents
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by Corey G Johnson, The Bay Citizen A Los Gatos school district's decision to halt construction of a new elementary school over state geologists' safety concerns has inflamed a local mountain community and highlighted the difficulty of building schools in … Continue reading
Video: UC Berkeley Student Automates Dorm Room, Includes Rotating Disco Light
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UC Berkeley whiz kid Derek Low is in a bit of hot water with campus authorities after the video of his renovated and now fully automated dorm room in Griffiths Hall went viral this week. The video shows Low controlling … Continue reading
Interview With Berkeley High School Principal on Attendance Scandal
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Berkeley High School administrators are considering the expulsion of between two and four students after discovering they found their way into the school's attendance software and charged other students to list them as present for classes they had skipped. More … Continue reading
In a Time of Massive Budget Cuts, Cal May Have to Borrow for a Football Stadium
Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with an AM post from somewhere in California… It's such a California story. UC Berkeley's Memorial Stadium sits on an earthquake fault line. It's going to cost about $321 million to renovate. … Continue reading
Family's Website Focuses on Search For Missing Morgan Hill Teen Sierra LaMar
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MORGAN HILL (Bay City News) The family of missing Morgan Hill teen Sierra LaMar announced today the creation of an official website dedicated to the search and safe return of the girl who disappeared on March 16. The webpage, www.FindSierraLaMar.com, … Continue reading
UC Davis Due to Release Pepper Spray Report Wednesday
UC Davis says it's set to release a report on Wednesday by the task force investigating the incident in which campus police pepper-sprayed seated student protesters last November. The report's release is subject to a court hearing tomorrow. The report … Continue reading
Video: San Jose High School Senior DeAndre Brackensick Sings 'I Like It' on 'American Idol'
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San Jose Oak Grove high school senior and top-eight 'American Idol' contestant DeAndre Brackensick sang "I Like It" on the show last night. That's DeBarge's "I Like It," for the philistines among you. Video here… Bonus: Here's DeAndre singing at … Continue reading
