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Texas firm accuses Calif. homeowners of fraud

Homeowners thought their mortgage debt was erased after banks and lending companies took their houses – until Heritage Pacific stepped in. + read more
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Overtime pay soars for state-run police force

An unusually high number of officers at the state’s board-and-care facilities for the developmentally disabled have doubled their salaries by working extra hours. + read more
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Donating underwriters secure contracts

Leading financial firms over the past five years have donated $1.8 million to successful school bond measures in California. In almost every instance, school district officials hired those same underwriters to sell the bonds for a profit. + read more
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Health & Welfare

Stent placements violate state regulations

For years, Desert Valley Hospital in San Bernardino County has performed numerous stent procedures without a full license to do so. State inspectors have cited the hospital repeatedly. + read more
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Health & Welfare

Neglected communities lack basic public services

California’s low-income unincorporated communities lack many public services, like sewer systems and clean water. + read more
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Daily Report

K–12
May 25, 2012, 12:05 AM
In Oakland schools, chronic absence, suspension derail black boys

High rates of chronic absence, suspension and poor academic performance signal that more than half of African American male students in the Oakland Unified School District are at risk of dropping out, according to new research.

The Urban Strategies Council, an Oakland-based community...

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Environment
May 25, 2012 | 12:05 AM

Coral-killing seaweed has medicinal benefits, researchers say

California researchers have discovered that there may be a silver lining to an invasive and toxic seaweed that is killing some of Hawaii's coral...
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Money & Politics
May 24, 2012 | 12:05 AM

Group promoting third-party candidates faces rebellion

Americans Elect – the innovative effort to jolt the political system with a third-party presidential candidate – is facing a democratic...
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Health & Welfare
May 24, 2012 | 12:05 AM

Bay Area residents sue process servers for failing to deliver lawsuits

In February 2011, a process server working for ABC Legal Services filed a document with the Alameda County Superior Court saying he had personally...
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Health & Welfare
May 24, 2012 | 12:05 AM

Workplace fatalities rise in confined spaces

From a Napa winemaker to a paint manufacturing employee in Fullerton, seven Californians died last year while working in a confined space – an...
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Money & Politics
May 23, 2012 | 12:05 AM

Libertarians fight business-labor coalition on term limits

Out-of-state libertarians are trying to defeat a term limits measure on the June ballot, but so far, they haven't been able to match the...
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Public Safety
May 23, 2012 | 12:05 AM

Solano County won’t review 300 more autopsies

Dr. Thomas Gill’s forensic pathology career already was scarred by numerous autopsy mistakes before he started ruling on causes of death for...
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May 7, 2012 | 12:05 AM
California Watch debuts Spanish-language children’s video
It’s a fact. We serve a multilingual state. The issues we cover at California Watch do not know language boundaries, and our efforts to engage community members around a story should not either. In an ideal world, every California Watch article would be available in multiple languages. As it...
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April 16, 2012 | 4:36 PM
California Watch staff named Pulitzer finalists
The staff of California Watch and the Center for Investigative Reporting was named today as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the local reporting category for exposing regulatory breakdowns in the way seismic safety standards are met at public schools. The local reporting prize went to Sara...
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April 9, 2012 | 12:05 AM
California Watch introduces children’s section
Gather 'round, Junior Watchdogs! This month, California Watch debuts a section of our website dedicated exclusively to children. As a rule, we want to reach the Californians most affected by any given matter and equip them with the knowledge they need to better understand and address the issue...
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