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AND WHO REALLY CARES? – FROM CBS:   BERKELEY (KPIX 5) – While the resistance to President Donald Trump has largely been private citizens across the Bay Area and country, municipalities are jumping into the fray.  On Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council passed a five-page resolution calling for the president to be impeached.  “We were one of the first cities to standup against apartheid – that’s a movement that took off and spread and that’s very important,” Councilmember Sophie Hahn told KPIX 5.  Berkeley City Councilmember Kate Harrison co-sponsored the resolution.  “I think it’s going to send a powerful message. I think we have no choice but to do this,” Harrison said.  The home of the Free Speech Movement wasn’t the first city in the Bay Area to pass a resolution calling for the impeachment of Mr. Trump. The cities of Richmond and Alameda got there first.  I'm sure they all feel good about themselves, and will get raves from their psychiatrists.

MAJOR ART NEWS – FROM FOX:    Crayola is saying farewell to the dark-yellow Dandelion crayon from its iconic 24-count box.  The company made the announcement on Twitter Thursday, a day before National Crayon Day.  The arts and crafts company was originally expected to announce the retirement in Times Square on Friday morning during a Facebook live stream event but will reveal Dandelion's replacement instead.  This is the first time the company has retired a color from its classic 24-count box but has ditched others in the past including blizzard blue, magic mint, teal blue and mulberry.  The current 24-count Crayola box contains red, yellow, blue, brown, orange, green, violet, black, carnation pink, yellow orange, blue green, red violet, red orange, yellow green, blue violet, white, violet red, dandelion, cerulean, apricot, scarlet, green yellow, indigo and gray.  Nothing is really sacred these days, is it?  We'll remember Dandelion.  It served us well.

SHEER TRAUMA – FROM COLLEGE FIX:  Members of the University of Pennsylvania fossil fuel divestment group Fossil Free Penn apparently were “written up” by campus officials after they refused to vacate a school building at closing time.  FFP’s Abby McGuckin confirmed with The Daily Pennsylvania that 13 students were “cited for university infractions.”  Sit-in “co-coordinator” Zach Rissman said 8 or 9 students had stayed overnight at College Hall last evening, while 14 slept there the night before.  FFP member Gavi Reiter was miffed that the university — which voted down a fossil fuel divestment measure last year — doesn’t seem to appreciate what her group is doing:  “Our goal in staying overnight is to put pressure on the administration and the Board of Trustees to see that we are here and we’re giving our time and our sweat and our energy and our mental capacity to put into everything we’re bringing to the table.  I don't know how Penn can treat these little geniuses as harshly as it has.  Is there no humanity?  Is there no understanding of their feelings? 

March 30,  2017