California's community college districts spend tens of millions of dollars on administrative positions that could be consolidated or shared by districts a short drive away, even as budget shortfalls have forced reductions in core academic functions. + read more
Any commercial fisherman used to be able to fish in U.S. seas. Not anymore. Today, the right to fish belongs to companies and private individuals under a system called "catch shares." + read more
Contracting out bus and train services has grown dramatically in California in the past decade, but Fairfield officials have fined MV Transportation 295 times over two years for poor performance. + read more
As the national debate grows louder over deploying police in schools, the largest state in the union – California – is considering a bill that would require schools to...
The Center for Investigative Reporting’s California Watch today scored two top national awards from Investigative Reporters and Editors for a series that exposed shoddy practices by an internal police force patrolling California’s developmental centers for the disabled.
The series,...
Reporter Ryan Gabrielson has won a national award for excellence in police reporting for exposing the shoddy practices of an internal police force patrolling California’s developmental centers for the disabled.
Gabrielson, who covers law and order for California Watch and its parent...
We are proud to write today that the Center for Investigative Reporting’s California Watch has won the George Polk Award for our series exposing flaws in the way a special state police force handles crimes against the developmentally disabled.
It is the second consecutive year that California...
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