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Peter Levi is a rabbi and regional director for the Anti-Defamation League. Kim Carr is the mayor of Huntington Beach. These three people are different in many respects. Yet they all felt from a young age a deep desire to work for causes that are bigger than themselves, a calling that would define the course of their lives and, hopefully, make the world just a little bit kinder, more tolerant and inclusive. They are, each in their own way, going to battle against hate. It’s a daunting, uphill fight, one that has shown itself to be particularly challenging in recent times as we experience a ...

Print California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta will create a racial justice bureau to combat white supremacy and biased policing as well as to explore the possibility of reparations for slavery. Bonta unveiled plans for the bureau on Tuesday in his first news conference since assuming the post last month. “All of our communities deserve to to be valued, to be protected,” he said. The announcement comes at a time when police killings of Black people around the country have led to street protests and demands for change. It also emerges during a COVID-19 pandemic where Asian Americans have increasi...

California’s AG Rob Bonta to Create Racial Justice Bureau The new bureau will work to tackle hate crimes, white supremacy and biased policing across the state and will work closely between the community and law enforcement. It will also consider reparations for Black Californians. May 12, 2021 •  (TNS) — California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta will create a racial justice bureau to combat white supremacy and biased policing as well as to explore the possibility of reparations for slavery. Bonta unveiled plans for the bureau on Tuesday in his first news conf...

Print The Rossmoor Spring Garden Tour and Outdoor Marketplace returns Sunday, May 16. Hours for the event are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Masks and social distancing will be required. The self-guided tour will showcase landscaping, pools, outdoor kitchens and other design elements in five private yards in Rossmoor, an unincorporated enclave between Seal Beach and Los Alamitos. The event is sponsored by the Rossmoor Woman’s Club. A marketplace will offer plants and outdoor decor, other wares and refreshments. Tickets may be purchased in advance for $15 from any Rossmoor Woman’s Club member. Tickets...

Jeremy Kappell, fired over racial slur on TV, now peddles right-wing misinformation Kappell, who worked in TV news for two decades, condemned the violence at the Capitol, but said he was "in the middle" on the message of the QAnon conspiracy. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Most Rochesterians remember Jeremy Kappell as the weatherman who was fired for uttering a racial slur while mispronouncing "Martin Luther King Jr." during a broadcast on Jan. 4, 2019. Kappell never apologized for the mistake, insisting instead that it was merely "garbled words that had been the utterance of sounds." He...