Articles by Jack Ranney
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End of drought leads to tremendous snowfall
The state of California has been in an off-and-on drought since 2011, with brief wet periods in 2018 and 2020. However, according to the University...
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Silicon Valley Bank seized after financial collapse
On the morning of March 11, 2023, the worst banking collapse since the financial crisis of 2008 occurred in Central California. The Silicon Valley Bank,...
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Chinese spy balloon stirs up fear in the US
Between Jan. 28 and Feb. 4, 2023, a Chinese-operated high altitude balloon was spotted flying across Alaska, Canada and the contiguous United States before being...
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NPHS students involved in head-on car crash
UPDATE: This article was updated and corrected 3/14/23 at 2:45 p.m. On Feb. 27, 2023, three NPHS students were riding on an off-road electric motorcycle...
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Turkey and Syria rattled by devastating earthquake
On Feb. 6, 2023, a massive, magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck central Turkey and northern Syria, killing over 50,000 people and displacing 2.4 million others. Turkey’s...
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District receives $11 million wellness grant
On New Year’s Day, 2023, Conejo Valley Unified School District received a grant of $11.3 million from California’s state government for January 2023 through December...
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Extreme weather is affecting lives
Many Newbury Park locals can agree that the winter this year has been colder, rainier and windier than most. With the severe cold and seemingly...
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Classified documents found at homes of Biden and Pence
On Jan. 20, 2023, the FBI searched the home of President Joe Biden in order to recover classified documents that he had allegedly taken during...
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China rocked by wave of protests
Over the past several weeks, thousands of Chinese citizens took to the streets to protest against the repression and totalitarian rule of the Chinese Communist...
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“Devotion” remembers forgotten war
The movie “Devotion” (2022) takes place during the Korean war, a war that has largely been overlooked in history. That is why I am pleased...