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In California: 9 dead in San Jose. Newsom asks, What the hell is wrong with us? Winston Gieseke, USA TODAY
I m Winston Gieseke, philanthropy and special sections editor for The Desert Sun in sunny Palm Springs, bringing you the latest headlines from this great state of ours.
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9 dead in shooting rampage at San Jose rail yard
Police spokesman Russell Davis said the gunman was an employee at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail hub, and other employees were among the victims. Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said the gunman took his own life.
USA TODAY
I m Winston Gieseke, philanthropy and special sections editor for The Desert Sun in sunny Palm Springs, bringing you the latest headlines from this great state of ours.
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9 dead in shooting rampage at San Jose rail yard
Police spokesman Russell Davis said the gunman was an employee at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail hub, and other employees were among the victims. Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said the gunman took his own life.
We look back at what’s changed in L.A. since George Floyd’s murder, an LAFD commissioner accuses the firefighters’ union of unethical interference, and one man is holding down Chino’s last Basque boarding house.
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It s lunchtime, and 83-year-old Michel Bordagary sits alone at the center of the long Boarder s Table at
Centro Basco in Chino. All that surrounds him in the empty dining room where he has eaten lunch and dinner for the past 55 years are old photographs on the dark wood-paneled walls.
He can t say for sure how many meals he has had here since 1966, when he boarded a train from Stockton for Chino, with only the clothes on his back and whatever belongings he could carry. Today, he s having Poulet Basque (braised chicken with tomatoes and peppers) and a glass of red house wine.