February 6, 2012, 10:43 AM
California's Attorney General has joined the U.S. Department of Justice and several other states in a whistleblower lawsuit against for-profit educational firm Education Management Corporation. See which attorneys general in other states have launched investigations of for-profit colleges.
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February 6, 2012, 12:05 AM
When several armed robberies occurred recently in Lancaster, Calif., police had little of use on the two suspects. Then, a reliable image of one suspect turned up from a surveillance camera. In years past, that still might not have been enough for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s...
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February 6, 2012, 12:05 AM
New research shows it can pay to be green. A pair of California business school researchers has found that companies that disclose greenhouse gas emissions enjoy an immediate rise in stock value and positive returns to shareholders. Their study appeared in Social Science Research...
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February 6, 2012, 12:05 AM
Bolstered by a recent court ruling, a Southern California assemblyman filed legislation last week that seeks to crack down on school districts that charge parents and students fees that violate state law. AB 1575, sponsored by Assemblyman Ricardo Lara, D-South Gate, would require school...
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February 5, 2012, 12:20 AM
If you want to build a rail line between Anaheim and San Francisco, people are going to have to get out of the way. Literally. The proposed California High-Speed Rail would require a lot of land, meaning thousands of California families and businesses will have to move if the...
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February 3, 2012, 12:05 AM
California State University and University of California campuses are taking new steps to limit what students can do with their class notes: At least one CSU Chico student recently was reported to judicial affairs for selling notes to a website, while a newly updated UC Berkeley policy restricts...
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February 3, 2012, 12:05 AM
Fourteen construction companies are on the short list of firms poised to bid for contracts to begin building California’s high-speed rail system in the Fresno area later this year. The list was revealed by California High-Speed Rail Authority CEO Roelof van Ark at the authority board...
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February 3, 2012, 12:05 AM
Poor, urban and minority residents are most at risk for health problems linked to climate change, according to a new California Department of Public Health analysis of Los Angeles and Fresno counties. The department examined social and environmental factors ranging from the rising sea level to...
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February 2, 2012, 12:05 AM
If super political action committee dollars were votes in the Republican presidential primary, California would already have voted resoundingly for Mitt Romney. Restore Our Future, the super PAC supporting the former Massachusetts governor, collected $2.3 million from Californians last year,...
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February 2, 2012, 12:05 AM
More than 400 redevelopment agencies were officially shuttered yesterday, leaving a trail of uncertainty – and a potentially staggering debt load. Across the state, cities and counties have loaned more than $4 billion to their redevelopment agencies over the past few decades, but...
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February 1, 2012, 10:40 AM
Super PACs, independent expenditure groups that can raise unlimited sums from individuals and organizations, already have begun outspending presidential candidates in the 2011 race. Use our database to see who is giving to these groups across the country.
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February 1, 2012, 10:21 AM
Californians gave more than $12 million to super political action committees in 2011, bolstering the campaigns of President Barack Obama and his Republican challengers by taking advantage of new campaign finance rules that have been plagued by controversy. In all, California residents gave...
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February 1, 2012, 12:05 AM
Doctors at a Southern California clinic have announced that they are “licensed and trained” to perform a stem cell treatment pioneered by a Colorado group that is being sued by the U.S. Justice Department and Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has asked a federal judge to stop...
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January 31, 2012, 12:05 AM
The gist: In late December, the California Supreme Court upheld legislation that ended a roughly 60-year-old program intended to combat blight. As a result, more than 400 redevelopment agencies are slated to dissolve by tomorrow. How did redevelopment agencies work? Redevelopment...
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January 31, 2012, 12:05 AM
A San Francisco politician wants tougher oversight of local police and the role they play in terrorism investigations following complaints from residents that they were unnecessarily targeted for questioning and surveillance by Joint Terrorism Task Forces. Dozens of new task forces...
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