Latest line: A good week for Caltrans, a bad week for Mike Lee

Caltrans

State highway department reopens a portion of Highway 1 in Big Sur two weeks earlier than expected, following a Herculean effort to rebuild the scenic road, which partially collapsed 12 miles south of Carmel in storms March 30.

Mike Lee

Sonoma State University president is put on leave by CSU chancellor for “insubordination” after agreeing to protesters’ demands to boycott Israeli universities and pursue divestment from Israel, sparking a backlash.

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