Long before Dr. Nicolasa “Niki” Sandoval became a nationally respected education leader, she was a first-generation college student trying to figure out what came next.

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The only mystery is whether Democrats can capture all five of the extra seats targeted in a voter-approved gerrymander of ...

In December 2014, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presented Herbert Claudius Jr. with the Legion of Merit, posthumously ...

Jun 13, 2022 Jun 13, 2022 Updated Jun 14, 2022 The Class of 2022 gathered at the Cabrillo High School campus football field under windy conditions where hundreds of families, friends and school ...