White House Acclaims Exit Of Activist From China

Jerry Brown did one of his characteristic political pirouettes Monday. Dan Walters

A Sacramento judge Monday refused to stop a strike today by thousands of employees at the UC Davis Medical Center and four other UC hospitals – but ordered a limited number of critical care employees to stay on the job.

BERKELEY – Of all the speeches politicians give, one of the most difficult may be the commencement address, given as it is to an audience that is often hot and tired and preoccupied with its own excitement – or anxiety – about the future. Gov. Jerry Brown tells UC Berkeley's new graduates of its political science department Monday that climate change is a greater threat to their future than many other problems. "By Twitter standards, the pace is slow but inexorable," the governor said during his commencement address.

A bill authorizing additional community college classes for students willing to pay higher fees divided Assembly Democrats on Monday as some questioned whether the proposed legislation would create a two-tiered system. Sen. Norma Torres, D-Pomona, right, chats before her swearing-in Monday with Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara, about the size of her new desk.

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