Sandoval names James Guthrie as new superintendent of public schools

James Guthrie’s mind is full of numbers and statistics, as one would expect after a 52-year career that includes public education consulting for the governments of Armenia, Australia and Hong Kong while teaching at the University of California, Berkeley, and Tennessee’s Vanderbilt University.

Interest spikes in Pinterest, notably from women

NEW YORK — Oh, you pretty things. Just look at the mama giraffe nuzzling a baby giraffe, that lovely idea for an indoor planter made of mason jars and those perfectly cooked bacon strips cooling on a plate. This is what people are circulating on Pinterest, the latest website-of-the-moment for sharing things you love.

Love letters reveal Nixon’s sensitive side

YORBA LINDA, Calif. — Long before Richard Nixon rose to power and fell from grace, he was just another man in love.

Whitney Houston’s daughter: ‘She’s always with me’

NEW YORK — In her first interview since Whitney Houston’s death, daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown said she’s “doing as good as I possibly can” and recalled the tender last moments she shared with her superstar mother before her sudden death last month.

In Brief

Bryant, Lakers surge in fourth, top Celtics

LOS ANGELES — The Lakers needed a last-minute basket to hold off the Boston Celtics, and Kobe Bryant knew everyone in green would expect him to take the shot.

Kentucky win streak broken in SEC final

NEW ORLEANS — John Calipari said from the time he arrived in the Big Easy that he didn’t like conference tournaments.

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