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9 Feb 2012

Today is Thursday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2012. There are 326 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History:

Marc Lamont Hill: Make Black History Month a guidepost for year-round

9 Feb 2012

IT'S BLACK History Month, a celebration that began in 1926 as "Negro History Week" and has morphed into a widely recognized and celebrated part of American culture. As a result, schools all around Philadelphia, and in most parts of the country not named Arizona, will pay particular attention to the lives, triumphs and contributions of black people in America.

History trashed at Carrillo Adobe

9 Feb 2012

Larry Carrillo, left, a descendant of the founders of the Carrillo Adobe in Santa Rosa, and Santa Rosa High School history teacher Dave Franzman, remove beam timbers and porch columns taken from the Adobe and used to support makeshift structures in a large homeless encampment along Santa Rosa Creek on Wednesday morning.