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Throughout the meeting, panelists fielded questions revolving around truth, civility, and reconciliation.

Joseph Sheppard Special to The Citizen The Auburn Enlarged City School District is a diverse district within a community rich in history and culture. Though the Auburn school district already embraces its diverse makeup, we admit there is much work that still must be done. To address this, we have recently begun to take the steps necessary to take an inward look at ourselves as a district as a whole and truly hone in on diversity, equity and inclusion within our schools. In July, the district’s board of education revamped the Strategic Planning Committee, shifting its focus t...

January 5, 2020 A fixture of TCM's programming from the beginning, when Buster Keaton's The Cameraman (1928) aired on April 17, 1994, Silent Sunday Nights offers iconic movies from the silent era as well as forgotten gems and international classics. Author David Peirce has concluded that only 26% of American silent features survive in complete form, and TCM is dedicated to showcasing the films of this important era as part of our cultural heritage. On September 15, 2019, author, archivist and scholar Jacqueline Stewart joined...

History Museum receives county grant for redesign of exhibition Courtesy of Los Altos History Museum Collection As evident in Miss Lamb’s fifth-grade class photo taken at Los Altos Grammar School in 1929, a large population of residents in the area were of Japanese descent. They were forced into internment camps during World War II. The History Museum’s new permanent exhibition personalizes the experiences through oral memoirs and photographs of local residents. The Los Altos History Museum is embarking on a reimagining of its permanent exhibition, with help from a $175,000 grant fr...

Coal Miner’s Daughter helmer Michael Apted dies at 79 ComingSoon.net is saddened to report (via The Hollywood Reporter) that acclaimed British director Michael Apted, the man behind the  Up series of documentaries and a number of celebrated films, has passed away at the age of 79. The exact cause of death and timing are currently unknown, but Roy Ashton from the Gersh Agency confirmed to THR that the director, who served three terms as the Directors’ Guild of America President from 2003-09, had died. “ His legacy will be forever woven into the fabric of cinema and our guild,”  DGA...