Searching for food in the land of plenty

As the number of Californians facing hunger reaches “epic proportions,” officials report major strains on the system statewide.

State vacation payouts exceed caps, cost millions

Managers have routinely allowed their employees to amass unused vacation time, enabling hundreds of workers to end their public-service careers with payouts topping $100,000.

DUI checkpoint seizures raise cash, legal questions

Law enforcement agencies are more likely to seize cars from sober, unlicensed drivers than take drunks off the road at the state's sobriety checkpoints, investigation finds.
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California Watch collaborates with USC students to tackle hunger in Golden State

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 12:51pm | Robert Rosenthal

After months of hard work, Califoria Watch and USC’s Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism will launch a multi-part series Friday on hunger in California.

Part of our collaboration model calls for working with students. This partnership with 13 graduate students at USC was by far the most ambitious student project we've done at the Center for Investigative Reporting. Keep in mind when you see the series that these students did all this while juggling a full and...