Clarendon and the second-seeded Golden Bears became the first team from the western U.S. other than Stanford to reach the Final Four since Long Beach State in 1988.

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Cal (32-3) survived overtime games against South Florida in the second round and Georgia in the regional final to become the first team from the West other than Stanford to reach the national semifinals since Long Beach State in 1988.

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Wang is an assistant professor of sociology at Cal State Long beach.

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Professor OLIVER WANG (Sociology, Cal State Long Beach): Yeah.

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The State of the Air report also ranked the Los Angeles-Long Beach- Riverside area as having the third-highest level of annual particle pollution in the nation and the fourth-highest level of short-term particle pollution.

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Six of the Golden State's metropolitan areas were in the top 10 nationwide, and the Los Angeles-Long Beach area ranked No. 1 with 15, 005 workers axed in mass firings in the quarter, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which reports instances of employers who let go more than 50 workers in a quarter.

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