PARTING SHOTS
CEOs GOOD WEEK
Prominent business leaders send strong message to the White House by backing out of advisory panels after president’s weak response to white supremacists who descended on Charlottesville, Va.
San Lorenzo High
There will be no more makeovers of the school’s Rebel mascot. New school year begins with all traces of him removed. If only taking down Confederate statues was this easy.
SMART train
Here we go: At long last, the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit System is expected to open a 43-mile route between Santa Rosa airport and downtown San Rafael.
BAD WEEK President Trump
Unnerving news conference performance, backtracking on his canned statement from day before, is praised by forces of hate — condemned by almost everyone else with a sense of right and wrong.
Family values
Eusebio and Maria Mendoza-Sanchez are forced to leave their three children behind as parents and their 12-year-old son return to Mexico in symbol of this nation’s broken immigration system.
Steve Bannon
President’s combative chief strategist, an avowed nationalist, is pushed out of the White House. Will this lead to policy or culture change in the West Wing?