May 25, 2012, 12:05 AM
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 reefs: It seems the seaweed contains compounds that could treat human diseases. "I think this finding is a nice illustration of how we...
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May 25, 2012, 12:05 AM
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 advocacy...
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May 24, 2012, 12:05 AM
In February 2011, a process server working for ABC Legal Services filed a document with the Alameda County Superior Court saying he had personally served Fremont physical education teacher Matthew Walker with a lawsuit over an unpaid $2,340.76 personal loan. In his proof of service, process...
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May 24, 2012, 12:05 AM
Americans Elect – the innovative effort to jolt the political system with a third-party presidential candidate – is facing a democratic uprising of its own. A hastily organized contingent of Americans Elect activists is agitating to reverse the group's decision last week to...
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May 24, 2012, 12:05 AM
From a Napa winemaker to a paint manufacturing employee in Fullerton, seven Californians died last year while working in a confined space – an uptick in a category of workplace fatalities that are readily preventable, experts said. “We’ve learned enough over the years that...
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May 23, 2012, 5:02 PM
Nearly a million California homeowners lost their homes in the foreclosure crisis. Now, some are being pursued by a little-known Texas company with a controversial strategy for seeking profit in the real estate collapse.
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May 23, 2012, 3:03 PM
To understand Rick Jurgens’ article on the second-mortgage debt and one Texas firm’s aggressive collection methods, you must first look at the origins of the mortgage crisis. Here, we provide an explainer, a glossary of terms, a guide to available resources and a recommended reading list.
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May 23, 2012, 3:03 PM
Homeowners thought their mortgage debt was erased after banks and lending companies took their houses – until Heritage Pacific stepped in.
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May 23, 2012, 12:05 AM
Dr. Thomas Gill’s forensic pathology career already was scarred by numerous autopsy mistakes before he started ruling on causes of death for the Solano County sheriff-coroner in 2007. Gill examined 332 deaths for the county in three years. Following a series of news stories last year...
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May 23, 2012, 12:05 AM
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 financial heft of the coalition of unions and business interests backing it. Prop. 28 would tweak the current term limits regime by reducing the total...
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May 22, 2012, 12:05 AM
After recently posting a bid for an executive compensation consultant for the first time in eight years, California State University officials decided late last week to cancel the request for proposals – citing budget concerns. In bid documents posted in March for a three-year contract,...
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May 22, 2012, 12:05 AM
Los Gatos school trustees have rescinded a contentious decision to close a mountain community's elementary school and halt plans for a new campus over concerns about seismic safety and cost increases. During a meeting last week, trustees for the Los Gatos Union School District reversed...
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May 21, 2012, 12:05 AM
A congressional committee is investigating California’s $68 billion bullet train project. The U.S. Government Accountability Office is investigating, too. Meanwhile, this proposal for the largest public works project in California history is the target of a flurry of lawsuits filed by...
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May 18, 2012, 12:05 AM
An unusually high number of officers at the state’s board-and-care facilities for the developmentally disabled have doubled their salaries.
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May 18, 2012, 12:05 AM
The state nursing board is accusing five nurses of fraud and seeking to revoke their licenses for operating a school in Orange County and the Philippines that purported to prepare students to be registered nurses in California. While students of Nightingale International California were led to...
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