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        <title><![CDATA[Karen Breslau - Former California Bureau Chief]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Kamala Harris Would Mean for Wall Street and Main Street]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[How the vice president’s personal history and decades in public life could inform her administration if she wins.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Wingrove]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[California Lawmakers Pass Bill Requiring Apology for Slavery]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Breslau]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:12:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kamala Harris Takes Center Stage to Stake Her Claim]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Breslau]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 09:58:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[California’s Newsom Wants Refiners to Amass Fuel Stockpiles]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-15/california-s-newsom-wants-refiners-to-stockpile-fuel-reserves</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Crowley]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A Chevron refinery in El Segundo, California, US, on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. Chevron Corp., based in California since the days of kerosene lamps, is moving headquarters to Texas after years of fighting Golden State officials over strict environmental policies and costly regulations.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kamala Harris to Tap Longtime San Francisco Network for Campaign Cash]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-08/harris-to-tap-longtime-san-francisco-network-for-campaign-cash</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Breslau]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 16:50:36 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Vice President Kamala Harris, right, and Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota and Democratic vice-presidential nominee</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[It Was Nancy All Along, Behind Every Democratic Power Move]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Plus: CEOs who struggle with stepping aside, and why a hedge fund founder backs Trump.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-08-07/nancy-pelosi-s-art-of-power-is-visible-in-rise-of-harris-walz-campaign</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Breslau]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 17:06:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Harris and Pelosi at Biden’s first State of the Union address, in 2022.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chevron Dumps California for Texas After 145 Years]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-02/chevron-misses-earnings-estimates-adding-to-hess-delay-pressure</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Wethe]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 10:16:09 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Chevron Park campus in San Ramon, California.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[California’s Billionaire-Backed City Pivots After Setback]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-22/california-s-billionaire-backed-city-abandons-ballot-measure</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Lopez]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 22:01:39 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Flannery Road at the site of a proposed development by California Forever in Solano County, California. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pelosi Endorses Harris for President After Pushing Biden to Exit]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-22/pelosi-endorses-fellow-bay-area-californian-harris-for-president</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Billy House]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 17:25:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Don’t Underestimate Kamala Harris, or Her Laugh]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A California view of the vice president. Plus: Investing amid high interest rates, and SpaceX culture woes.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-07-09/vice-president-kamala-harris-has-case-for-replacing-biden-on-ticket</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Breslau]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2024 18:03:35 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Vice President Kamala Harris at a Fourth of July celebration on the South Lawn of the White House last week.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Newsom Shocks California Politics by Scrapping Crime Measure]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Esme Fox]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2024 15:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UCLA Taps University of Miami Boss as New Leader Amid Tumult]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-12/ucla-taps-university-of-miami-chief-as-new-leader-amid-turmoil</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Breslau]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 16:39:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stanford Follows Harvard, Yale in Reinstating Standardized Tests]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-07/stanford-follows-harvard-yale-in-reinstating-standardized-tests</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Breslau]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2024 19:26:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ultra Wealthy Are Putting Money Behind Bets on San Francisco’s Comeback]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-05/san-francisco-is-growing-again-fueled-by-ai-corporate-investment</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Breslau]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2024 13:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The view from Visa’s new offices.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Columbia Says a Third of Arrests at Hamilton Hall Were Outsiders]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-03/columbia-says-30-of-arrests-in-hamilton-hall-were-of-outsiders</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Breslau]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 00:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A pro-Palestinian protestor lifts a milk crate with supplies while occupying Hamilton Hall at Columbia University in New York, US, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Pro-Palestinian student demonstrators barricaded themselves into the Hamilton Hall building at Columbia on Tuesday after the school began suspending students who defied an order to clear their encampment.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Columbia's President Keeps a Shaky Hold on Her Job]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-02/columbia-chief-assailed-for-calling-cops-keeps-shaky-hold-on-job</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Breslau]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 13:52:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Minouche Shafik visits Hamilton Hall at Columbia University in New York City on May 1.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Police Arrest 200, Dismantle UCLA Protest Camp After Clashes]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-02/tensions-high-at-ucla-as-protesters-ordered-to-disperse</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Maxwell Adler]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 08:45:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Columbia Students Occupy Building as Campus Protests Spread]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-30/columbia-to-ucla-try-suspensions-talks-to-quell-campus-protests</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Breslau]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:30:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Demonstrators barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University on April 30.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Protests Are Upending Cherished Rituals at $100,000 Elite Colleges]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-29/colleges-brace-for-2024-graduation-ceremonies-as-protests-rage</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Breslau]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:13:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Columbia University students participate in a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus in New York City on April 26. </media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[USC Cancels Main Commencement Ceremony Amid Protests, Arrests]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-25/usc-cancels-main-commencement-ceremony-amid-protests-arrests</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Breslau]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:40:53 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 24: Pro-Palestine demonstrators argue with USC public safety officers after officers attempted to take down an encampment in support of Gaza at the University of Southern California on April 24, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Pro-Palestinian encampments have sprung up at college campuses around the country recently. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)</media:description>
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