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• Viticultural giant Harold Olmo dies at 96

  - 2006-08-01

  Dr. Harold P. Olmo, who died June 30 at the age of 96, was a legend in California and world viticulture. Olmo, who retired in 1977, is credited by many with being of utmost importance in the emergence of modern viticulture in California. He received his BS degree in horticulture...

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• A Brookings Briefing: Redistricting Reform After the Ohio and California Initiatives

  - 2005-11-10

  NEWS ADVISORY: WHEN: Tuesday, November 15, 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. WHERE: The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC On Tuesday, November 8, voters in California and Ohio rejected state constitutional amendments that would reform the process for redrawing congressional and legislative districts. Opponents of the...

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• University of California-Berkeley's business school names acting dean.

  - 2004-11-25

  By Dan Laidman, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 25--UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business on Wednesday named Richard K. Lyons as acting dean, appointing the finance professor and Bay Area native to fill in while Dean...

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• CALIFORNIA WAKE-UP CALL.(housing shortage)(Brief Article)

  - 2000-09-01

  Professor John Landis of the University of California at Berkeley has released the university's comprehensive analysis of California's unprecedented housing crisis. The study, conducted for the Department of Housing and Community Development and presented at the Pacific Coast Builders Conference, underscored the seriousness of the ...

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• University of California - Brief Article

  - 2000-07-01

  Every year, California spends as much money on prisons as it does on education. Professor Manuel Castells, University of California at Berkeley.

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